Warm-ups will start at 8:00a.m.  – swimmers age 10 & under will warm-up from 8-8:15 a.m., 11& ups will warm-up from 8:15-8:30 a.m.  The meet will start at 9:00a.m.

Swim fast and have fun!    Go LVST!

th.  Please sign up swimmers for events online on the Swimmer Entries Tab (best before Tuesday at 5p). Thank you!

VOLUNTEERS! We are in need of the following for this week’s meet:

Timesheet, 2nd shift

Colorado, 2nd shift

Head Timer, Both shifts

5 timers, 2nd shift

3 snack bar volunteers for the afternoon

Please sign up to help with these shifts at http://lvst.org/ms-volunteer/

COACHES REPORT

Lucas Valley vs. Orcas Meet Report

Way to go Lightning! Another fantastic meet!    Orcas 289  –  LVST 268      There were 117 best times and 6 more swimmers qualified for All-Stars (total of 25 All-Star qualifiers on the season) with 12 new All-Star qualifying times (total of 53 for the season). There was lots of great racing, fantastic relays, and lots of fun! The swimmers were motivated to race the swimmers next to them and to reach for their goals. There were a total of 14 lightning strikes!

Triple Best Times

Gavin Hosler

Kimi Rossi

Annie Ward

Christa Curry

Christina Farhang

Patrick Hunter

Caleb Better

Lucca McKay

Sophie Leporte

Lightning Strikes

Calliope Ruskin – Free

Lucia Leporte – Free

Trae Sebastian – Free

Antoine Habis – Back

Aisling Cassidy – Back

Anna Hotter – Back

Emma Dinkelspiel – Breast

Quinn Fitzgerald – Breast

Ava Abeck – Breast

Georgia Lee – Breast

Christopher Parker – Fly

Christa Curry – Fly

Dylan Fitzgerald – I.M.

Tatum Bortel – I.M.

Event Winners

8& Under

Emily Charlton – Breast

Dylan Fitzgerald – I.M.

Brendan Cassidy – Free

Alan Sebastian – Back

Ben Simpson – Fly, I.M.

9-10

Kimi Rossi – Free, Fly, I.M. – Triple Event Winner

Abigail Naftzger – Fly

11-12

Annie Ward – Free, Fly, I.M.  – Triple Event Winner

Ava Abeck – Back

Nicole Strack  – Breast

Connor Simpson – Free, Back, Fly – Triple Event Winner

Bennett Brewer – Breast, I.M.

13-14

Edan Flynn – Back, I.M.

15-18

Sophie Leporte – Back

SWIMMER of the Meet!!!

Back by popular demand – look for your e-mail from our LVST DJ and choose a song for the upcoming Novato meet…

Strawberry meet:

Annie Ward: Great races and brough it home with a 28.0 split to win the Free Relay.

TJ Bernhard: Dropped 17 seconds in the 25 Back and swam in his first dual meet and first relay.

Orcas meet:

Edan Flynn: Split at 25.8 in the Free Relay and over all great swims.

Emily Charlton: Great swims, and dropped almost 2 second in the Breast to qualify for All-Stars.

Last Week:

The first few days of last week were spent getting in some middle distance/sprint sets and some IM work. Then the swimmers transitioned into two days (Wednesday and Thursday) of station work with a mixture of kicking and sprint from the blocks. They also worked on dives, turns, and stroke technique throughout the week in preparation for the meet they had on Saturday against the Orcas. On Friday the swimmers had a split workout of Baseball and of a small set. In the Baseball game of last week, the swimmers were able to choose their own stroke that they felt they wanted to work on before the meet.

Swimmers of the Week: Monday May 7th – Friday May 11th

Practice Group 1 (4-4:30/4:45):

Kylar Flynn: He has been working on the small technique changes in his strokes and he is constantly thinking about what is next in improving and working towards his goals.

Emma Pearson: She listens carefully to the coach’s instructions and she is confident in trying new things. She has been working on her big round arms in freestyle and it is looking great!

Practice Group 2 (4:45-5:45)

Kimi Rossi: She is enthusiastic for every practice and for making improvements on her strokes. She works very hard in the sets and pushes herself to go one step further.

Aisling Cassidy: She is ready to go when practice starts and she starts her warm up right away. She also has been working on all her strokes and is doing a great job in the sets.

Practice Group 3 (5:45-7:15)

Nathan Roll: He is working very hard in each and every practice and is taking wonderful steps in improving everystroke. He is also patient when learning new things and is listening to the coaches.

Bridget Rogers: She pays close attention to the coaches instruction and is ready to go at every practice.

LVST Coaches and Board of Directors

Should be a great day for swimming on Saturday – the Lucas Valley Lightning will be on fire!  Below is a message from the Orcas, the heat sheets are attached and it looks like we may need one or two more timers (please check your volunteer signups).  We look forward to seeing everyone in Terra Linda – warm-ups start at 8:00 a.m.

Message from the ORCAS

The ORCAS welcome the Lucas Valley Lightning to Terra Linda on Saturday!  The meet starts at 8:30 am and your warm-ups will be at 8:00 am.

PARKING
The pool has a small parking lot, which is usually pretty full by 7:45.  Most of the parking is on the street.  There is a Shopping Mall lot across the street.  In          consideration of our neighbors, we ask people NOT to use the spaces directly          adjacent to the buildings, i.e: Scotty’s Market and the other small businesses.  This          parking is for their customers.

NOTE:  Anyone parking next to or in front  of Ashy’s Nail Salon (on the near corner) is in serious danger of being towed!  (No joke!)

POOL
We will save the grassy area behind the wading pool for your team.  This is to the right as you enter the gate.  There is a fair amount of space, and not a lot of          shade.  You are welcome to bring your tents.  Note:  the wading pool will be closed during the meet, and we also ask for help keeping swimmers out of the shallow area of the main pool.

OFFICIALS
Because  of the configuration of the pool we need 2 Stroke and Turn Judges from each team for each shift (four in all for the meet).  There is one judge at each corner, to cover that quadrant.

Our Referee will be Bruce Keith-Brown.  Our Head Timer is Bart Saling. Please have your timers check in with him at 8:00. We have 8 lanes, so we need 8/2 *3) 12 per shift from your team.

COACHES
The Orcas Head Coach is Tim Baker.   Our assistant coaches are Andy Benoit and Gina Castagnola..

SNACK BAR
We have a most excellent snack bar, if I do say so myself.   Please encourage your team to visit it for meals and refreshments.

The Orcas are looking forward to a fun meet!  We will have the coffee ready for you!  Let us know if there is anything else we can help you with.

Heat sheets for Orcas meet

Lane assignments for Orcas meet

LVST Board of Directors

Coach Jack and Amanda are so proud of everyone. The Strawberry Meet had so many great races and best times. The end score of the meet was: Strawberry 301- LVST 226

Way to go Lightning!!!

Coach Jack has put together some great statistics and results from the Strawberry meet.

Best Times

223/296 or 75% of all swims were best times!

The following swimmers achieved a personal best time in all three of their individual events:

8&Unders

Jenna Miller

Ila Finn

Nia Sorel

Calliope Ruskin

Ben Simpson

Alan Sebastian

TJ Bernhard

Dylan Fitzgerald

Amelia Thommes

Emma Dinkelspiel

9&10′s

Kendra Parker

Laura Gravelle

Aisling Cassidy

PaytenEmerick

Casey McKay

Abby Naftzger

11&12′s

Nicole Strack

Anna O’Brien

Georgia Lee

Conor Cassidy

Jack Irish

13&14′s

Juliana Swanson

Anna Leporte

Caleb Better

Patrick Hunter

Jeremy Naftzger

Jackson Taylor

Ciaran Murphy

15-18′s

Julienne Pasichow

AuggieApodaca

Lightning Strikes:

A “Lightning Strike”occurs when a swimmer beats their previous best time by 3 or more seconds! We had 47 Lightning Strikes from the last meet:

8& Under 25 Free

Kaia Sheehan (-6.24)

Ila Finn (-5.81)

Zoe Jaros (-5.24)

Wyatt Schow (-3.58)

Miles Finn (-3.26)

9-10 50 Free

PaytenEmerick (-5.72)

Laura Gravelle (-3.17)

15-18 100 Free

Sara Zeimer (-3.26)

8&Under 25 Back

TJ Bernhard (-16.99)

Emma Pearson (-8.47)

9-10 50 Back

PaytenEmerick (-5.76)

Ally Teper (-4.26)

8&Under 25 Breast

Amelia Thommes (-6.91)

Brett Brewer (-5.36)

Nick Hamilton (-4.22)

Alan Sebastian (-3.83)

9-10 50 Breast

PaytenEmerick (-6.84)

Lucia Leporte (-3.55)

Laura Gravelle (-3.2)

11-12 50 Breast

Anna O’Brien (-5.64)

Nathan Roll (-4.18)

Georgia Lee (-3.74)

13-14 50 Breast

Georgia Applegarth (-4)

Danielle Craig (-3.22)

8&Under 25 Fly

Antoine Habis (-9.34)

Luke Klima (-6.74)

Amelia Thommes (-5.53)

9-10 50 Fly

Kendra Parker (-9.94)

Abby Naftzger (-7.36)

Anna O’Brien (-6.47)

Peter Bulkley-Armas (-5.76)

11-12 50 Fly

Juliana Swanson (-4.14)

Trae Sebastian (-3.78)

Dario Apodaca (-3.42)

8&Under 100 IM

Brett Brewer (-14.5)

Ben Simpson (-11.89)

Grayson Seaman (-4.76)

Sydney Hellar (-4.72)

9-10 100 IM

Hayden Lowder (-25.47)

Abby Naftzger (-9.93)

Laura Gravelle (-8.86)

11-12 100 IM

Sawyer Taylor (-7.47)

Tyler Bortel (-5.22)

Trae Sebastian (-4.47)

13-14 100 IM

Ciaran Murphy (-6.38)

15-18 100 IM

Zoe Monty-Montalvo (-6.27)

AuggieApodaca (-3.03)

Event Winners

The following swimmers placed 1st in one or more of their individual events:

8&Under

Dylan Fitzgerald (Back and Fly)

Brendan Cassidy (Free)

Ben Simpson (IM)

Kylar Flynn (Fly)

9&10

Abby Naftzger (Back and Fly)

Peter Bulkley-Armas (Back)

Hayden Lowder (IM)

11&12

Connor Simpson (Free, Back, and Fly) – Triple Event Winner

Bennett Brewer (Breast and IM)

13&14

Lindsey Jordan (Fly)

15-18

Julienne Pasichow (Breast)

AuggieApodaca (Breast and IM)

All Star Qualifiers:

We had 19 swimmers qualify for All-Stars with 40total All-Star qualifying times.

Orcas meet Sat. May 12th – sign-up by Tues. May 8th

We need swimmers and families to sign up for the meet this Saturday May 12 against the Orcas. It will be held just a few miles away at the Terra Linda Recreation Center, the Home of the Orcas. We are looking forward to a very exciting meet with lots of great racing opportunities. The sign-up method is the same as the Strawberry Meet – on the Lucas Valley Website (lvst.org)there is a tab called “Swimmer Entries” on the left hand-side of the page. Swimmers can swim a max of 3 events, plus Relays that will be announced in practice and via email.

Last Week:

We had a great “spirit week” leading up to our first Dual Meet against the Strawberry Seals. Starts and turns were emphasized and, as always, we got some good sets in and worked on stroke technique. Points were given to the swimmers for attendance and for performance in our “spirit events” that took place at the start of each practice. For instance, on Monday, without revealing what the spirit event for the day was, points were awarded to the first boy and girl to enter the water from each practice.The rest of the week included kickboard toss, ring toss/streamline contest, goggle toss, and relays on Friday. All the points were tallied up from the week and our winners for the spirit week were as follows:

1st Practice:

1st Place: Byron and Jill

2nd Place: Luke, Libby, and Sydney

2nd Practice:

1st Place: Kimi and Leland

2nd Place: Abi, Laura and Wes

3rd Practice:

1st Place: Bennett and Annie

2nd Place: Emma and Ian

The swimmers that got first place will receive an ice cream certificate and swimmers that came in second place will receive a gift from the draw bag of surprises.

Swimmers of the Week: April 30th- May 4th

1st Practice:

Byron Finley: He has been working very hard on changing small details about his stroke and is listening to the coaches.

Kaia Sheean: She has recently moved up a group in the 8 and Under Practice and in the new group she has been stepping up and has been making great changes to her strokes.

2nd Practice:

Sophie Tight: She has been coming to practice even though she sometimes has to come a little later due to other activities and when she steps onto the pool deck she is ready to go and excited to try new things.

Peter Bulkley Armas: He is ready to go and pushes himself in sets and has been listening to the coaches comments.

3rd Practice:

Erin Rose Charlton: She has been asking great questions and has been working really hard on her breaststroke and is also open to trying other strokes as well.

Cole Parker: He gets into the pool and is ready to push himself in practice and in sets.

LVST Board of Directors

All that practicing will be put into play this Saturday! The coaches will be working with swimmers this week on starts and turns and will also have some fun activities planned to prepare the swimmers for the meet. Warm-ups will start at 8:00 a.m. Saturday morning.  Swimmers age 10 & under will warm-up from 8-8:15 a.m., 11 & ups will warm-up from 8:15-8:30 a.m.  Be sure to go to the website and register for the meet by Tuesday evening.   We’ll send out heat sheets on Friday.

Bingo/Pasta Feed: Friday May 4^th at 6:00 p.m.

The LVST tradition of a pasta feed and bingo the night before our first meet continues!   We’ll serve dinner at 6:00 p.m. with a potluck of pasta, salads and garlic bread.

A- L Families bring a pasta dish to share

M-R Families bring a salad to share

S- Z Families bring bread/garlic bread to share

LVST will provide the plates, napkins, utensils and water/lemonade (adults should provide their own refreshments).

Bingo will start at 7:00 p.m. in the community center.

Coaches Update

Practice schedule on Friday, May 4^th will be as follows:

Practice Group 1 (8 and Unders): 4-4:30

Practice Group 2 (regularly 4:45 to 5:45pm): 4:30 to 5:15pm

Practice Group 3 (regularly 5:45 to 7:15pm): 5:15 to 6 pm

- Relays will be posted on Friday May 4^th

Last Week:

On Monday the swimmers had their distance day to start off the week with some relaxed swimming. Tuesday the swimmers had a great kick set where they broke certain distances in half and worked on beating their times from the longer distance in the shorter distance. On Wednesday the swimmers had a great sprinting day, we broke the practices into two groups (switching halfway through workout), one group started with a more dynamic longer sprint set and the other started with a shorter 25 (1 lap) swim set. On Thursday the swimmers had a similar set to Wednesdays but it had a concentration on IM’s (all four strokes). One set was 4x 125′s IM (5 laps) with a double up on one of the strokes, the other set was 3/3 transitions (a set from Cal) were the swimmers sprinted 3 strokes of one stroke straight into 3 strokes of another. The swimmers had another great baseball (sprinting from the blocks for time) game and some prep work for the Strawberry Meet this Saturday.

Swimmers of the Week: Monday April 23^rd-Friday April 27^th

Practice Group 1 (4-4:30/4:45):

Nick Hamilton: Ready to go when practice starts and is listening to the coaches when they are talking. He is eager to try new drills and to learn more.

Erin Robinson: She listens carefully to the coach’s instructions and she makes sure she is ready to go. She also asks great questions related to her stroke and swimming.

Practice Group 2 (4:45-5:45)

Laura Gravelle: Her enthusiasm for swimming shows at every practice she attends. She is working on her strokes and has been cheering her teammates on during practice.

Caroline Bulkley Armas: She has been putting in 100 percent into each practice and she pushes herself and her teammates to reach for their goals.

Practice Group 3 (5:45-7:15)

Ciaran Murphy: His eyes are on the coaches when they begin talking or explaining a drill, and he has been pushing himself in the sets.

Anna Leporte: She is paying close attention to detail with her strokes and has been working hard during the sets.

Private Lessons: The coaches have many time slots open for private lesson during the week. The swimmers can work on anything from starts, turns, and specific strokes, with a coach. Private lessons can be set up through the LVST website by scrolling over the “Register” tab and selecting Private lessons. You should see a calendar with all available dates/times. Email lvswimschool@gmail.com with your request and we will set you up!

LVST Board of Directors