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Welcome
to 2010! Hopefully the holidays were relaxing for everyone and that
you are all ready to go back to school. This Christmas break has
been a very productive one for the club as we had two great weeks
of training for all levels. The senior and gold groups had doubles
everyday while the age-groupers worked hard every afternoon. All
the coaches are excited about what their groups accomplished and we
look forward to a great spring.
Our other exciting news is that the pool
heater at
Jacksonville
Country
Day School
has been installed and the water temperature is up to a toasty
84°.
Officiating
A critical aspect of running any swim meet is
the parent officiating. Officials volunteer their time and often do
so even when their own children are not swimming. The officials at
each meet have differing assignments depending on experience and
the host clubs particular needs. Should anyone have any questions
regarding officiating during a meet, they should approach their
coach only. We in turn will approach the Meet Referee who is
responsible for all the officials. Every call that is made is
endorsed by the Meet Referee and they in fact do overturn calls
when they deem necessary. Therefore following proper protocol is
important to keeping the meet running smoothly. Meet Referees can
remove parents from a meet for confronting, criticizing or
harassing officials so please go through us.
Each club is required to have a certain number
of registered officials based on their size. Since club sizes
fluctuate, the exact number is sometimes a floating target. As
swimmers grow and eventually graduate, there is a need to replenish
our group of officials. The response from our AmberJax parents has
been awesome. We now have far more officials than the other
Jacksonville
teams but we could always use more. As a reminder officials receive
the following benefits.
- Free registration with Florida
Swimming
- $50 discount from the AmberJax
annual assessment
- Education in the rules of swimming
- Access to the hospitality of each
meet
Personal Notes
Congratulations to Coach Andy on his new job
working at Episcopal High School in both the admissions and
development offices. We are thrilled to have him here on campus and
he will be a great resource for any AmberJax who is considering
attending Episcopal High School.
News Years Resolution Re-Cap
Congratulations to all the AmberJax who swam
in or New Years Resolution meet at the Cecil pool. We are very
fortunate to have the City of
Jacksonville
as a partner for this meet as they provided us with the free gifts
and caps.
We can also take great pride in our meet
operation. It takes a whole lot of effort from many people to put
on a meet as well as we did. Our hospitality, concessions,
officiating and meet operation are all done by volunteers who are
the best in the business. Thanks so much to everyone involved for
putting on yet another meet that was so enjoyable for the swimmers.
This is a great meet for us but it does come
at a tough time in our training. The last two weeks have seen a
combination of two holidays, cold weather and tough training. That
being said, 68 of 79 swimmers had lifetime bests.
New Team Records
Jack Munoz 9-10
Boys 100 Free
William Walker 13-14 Boys 1,650
Free
Shrimpy Harrington 15-16 Boys 200
Back, 200 Fly and 400 IM
A. Crawford, I.
Amacker, A. Gomillion, G. Hill Girls 7-8 100 Free
Relay
C. Hayford, N. Hill, E. Buck, A. Hill
Boys 7-8 100 Medley Relay
A. Cywes, K. Smithers, J. Munoz, L.
Dingfield Boys 9-10 200 Medley
Relay
C. Clark, J. Andrasco, Z. Dingfield,
T. Armstrong Boys 11-12 200 Medley
Relay
B. Ehlers, J. Arlington, B.
Harrington, R. Bass Boys 200
Medley Relay
New
Standards
JO Cuts
Kevin Munoz 100 Free
Christi Riley 200 IM
William Walker 200 IM
Senior Champs
Ryan Bass 200 IM
Alex Brown 200 IM
Sonny Kadric 200 Breast
AAA
Shrimpy Harrington 200 IM, 400 IM
AA
Megan Altman 50 Back
Caroline Bateh 100 Free
Ana Marie Bistrow 200 Fly
Blake Ehlers 200 Back
Jenny May 100 Free
Jack Munoz 100 Free, 50 Back
Christi Riley 50 Back
William Walker 100 and 1,650
A
Megan Altman 100 and 200 IM
Daniel Bergey 100 Free
Alex Brown 200 IM
Sonny Kadric 200 Breast
Skyler Kenny 50 Free
Cody Mason 100 and 500 Free
Jenny May 100 Fly
William Walker 100 Fly and 200 IM
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