It Takes A Team - CCAQ Meet Recap

Sherry Mueller

It Takes A Team

You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins." – Jim Stovall

On Jan 10-12 2025 our team attended the first meet of 2025 hosted by CCAQ.  This was one of the rare ‘everybody can swim’ meets of this season.  The events of the past couple of weeks remind us that when we come together as a team our kids can accomplish anything.   Let’s applaud the efforts of our kids and our parents who work so hard for our kids.  This meet recap acknowledges the successes of our kids, remembering it is because of the dedication of our parents encouraging them in their pursuits that everybody wins.

NOTABLE SWIMS

We applaud Xichen (Jalon) Jiang and Remy Lee for completing the USA Swimming IM(X)treme challenge.

Emily Howard  continues to have successful swims, picking up BB TIMES for her 100 Back and 100 IM. 

RISING STAR

Amelia Kpaduwa, at age 8, is one of our rising stars.  She qualified more B TIMES and more (5-8) A TIMES, placed 1st in 4 events and 2nd in 4 events. 4 events were in the TOP 10 TIMES. 

WATCH LIST

Kaitlyn Fu – Bronze Elite, picked up a First Time B Time for her 100 Breast and a First Time (5-8) B Time for her 100 Free.  Her 100 Breast made the TOP 10 TIMES and placed 4th.  This was only her 2nd ever swim meet.  We are encouraged by her amazing performance.  Kaitlyn, we are watching you.

TEAM RECORDS:

Our swimmers repeatedly demonstrate the highest level of personal performance as team records continue to be broken.  The latest records to fall are:

Individual Team Records

  • Jonathan Ko - Platinum (Open 200 Breast);

 Relay Team Records

  • Male 5-8 100 MR - Austin Zhang, David Wang, Anson Jiang, Alex Zhang

FIRST TIME SWIMS

Our swimmers continue to work hard on technique.  Here we acknowledge the swimmers who accepted the challenge of swimming an event for the very first time.

New C Times

Attaining personal excellence and getting their first C times are:

  • Esmee Choi - Bronze Elite (7-10 100 Free);
  • Marion Gao - Silver (7-10 100 Back);
  • Christopher Ho - Platinum (13-14 100 Fly);
  • Ellie Huang - Bronze (7-10 100 IM);
  • Isaiah Kim - Bronze (7-10 50 Fly);
  • Charlotte Lents - Silver (13-14 100 Breast, 100 Fly, 200 Free);
  • Raymond Li - Gold (13-14 200 IM);
  • Ryder Li - Bronze (5-8 25 Fly);
  • Casper Ngan - Gold (Open 200 Breast);
  • Celine Ojong - Bronze Elite (11-12 100 Back);
  • Cheng ze (Eric) Tang - Bronze (13-14 100 Back, 100 Breast, 50 Free);
  • George Xiang - Bronze Elite (11-12 100 Breast);
  • Chenxiao Yin - Bronze (5-8 25 Back, 25 Fly);
  • Weiya Yin - Bronze Elite (7-10 100 IM, 50 Back, 50 Fly);
  • Alex Zhang - Bronze Elite (5-8 50 Breast, 50 Fly);
  • Bryson Zhang - Bronze (5-8 25 Free);
  • Eric Zhao - Bronze Elite (11-12 100 Breast, 100 Free);
  • Weifeng (David) Zhou - Bronze Elite (13-14 50 Free)

First Time (5-8) B Times

Taking personal excellence to the next level these swimmers reached B times the first time swimming these events.

  • Kaitlyn Fu - Bronze Elite (7-10 100 Free);
  • Ryan Song - Bronze Elite (5-8 100 IM);
  • Alex Zhang - Bronze Elite (5-8 100 Free, 50 Back)

First Time B Times

  • Taylor Age - Silver (7-10 100 Fly);
  • Noel Barbero - Platinum (15 & Over 1000 Free);
  • Kaitlyn Fu - Bronze Elite (7-10 100 Breast);
  • Alexander Hastings - Gold (11-12 200 IM);
  • Amelia Kpaduwa - Silver (7-10 100 Back);
  • Terrence Liu - Gold (11-12 100 Back)

First Time BB Times

  • YiYan (Cathy) Chen - Platinum (13-14 100 Back);

NEW TIMES

More typical are the swimmers exhibiting personal excellence by moving up the time standards from C to B, or to BB, or to A, or to WAG / Age Group Champs (Spring and Summer formerly JO).  These swimmers demonstrate their hard work pays off.

New (5-8) B Times

  • David Wang - Bronze Elite (5-8 50 Breast);
  • Austin Zhang - Bronze Elite (5-8 100 IM, 25 Free)

New B Times

  • Bradley Age - Platinum (13-14 200 IM);
  • James Chen - Silver (11-12 50 Back);
  • Esmee Choi - Bronze Elite (7-10 50 Free);
  • Christopher Ho - Platinum (13-14 50 Free);
  • Lawrence Huang - Gold (11-12 200 Free, 50 Free);
  • Jayden Lo - Gold (11-12 100 Back, 100 IM, 200 Free, 50 Back);
  • Casper Ngan - Gold (11-12 200 IM);
  • Evan Song - Silver (7-10 100 Free)

New BB Times

  • Jenny Chen - Silver (13-14 50 Back);
  • Emily Howard - Silver (7-10 100 Back, 100 IM);
  • Xichen (Jalon) Jiang - Platinum (13-14 500 Free);
  • Amelia Kpaduwa - Silver (5-8 50 Free);
  • Terrence Liu - Gold (11-12 100 Free);
  • Shawn Wu - Gold (7-10 100 IM)

New A Times

  • Jonathan Ko - Platinum (11-12 100 Fly);
  • Remy Lee - Platinum (11-12 100 Free)

New AA Times

  • Jonathan Ko - Platinum (11-12 100 Free);

CHAMPIONSHIP TIMES

New JAG

  • Terrence Liu - Gold (11-12 50 Free);
  • Elaine Zhang - Platinum (11-12 50 Free)

New SumAG

  • Terrence Liu - Gold (11-12 50 Free);

TIME DROPS

BEST TOTAL TIME DROP was earned by Lawrence Huang - Gold with a total (-49.61).  BEST SINGLE TIME DROP was earned by Bradley Age - Platinum for dropping (-47.85) for his 200 IM. 

Getting those harder to get time drops are: 

Lawrence Huang - Gold (-49.61);  Bradley Age - Platinum (-47.85);  Casper Ngan - Gold (-46.28);  Jayden Lo - Gold (-45.26);  Xichen (Jalon) Jiang - Platinum (-36.59);  Kaius Choi - Gold (-31.7);  Reggie Zhou - Bronze (-27.31);  Austin Song - Bronze Elite (-27.26);  Charlotte Lents - Silver (-22.48);  Kamdyn Miller - Platinum (-20.14);  Eric Zhao - Bronze Elite (-20.04);  Ryan Song - Bronze Elite (-19.32);  Ellie Huang - Bronze (-18.06);  Jenny Chen - Silver (-12.31);  Weiya Yin - Bronze Elite (-11.98);  Emily Howard - Silver (-9.31);  Austin Zhang - Bronze Elite (-8.87);  Victor Wen - Bronze (-8.07);  Nathaniel Schneider - Gold (-7.73);  David Wang - Bronze Elite (-7.29);  Kelvin Yu - Bronze (-6.89);  Alex Zhang - Bronze Elite (-6.64);  Esther Kim - Bronze (-5.65);  YiYan (Cathy) Chen - Platinum (-5.59);  Christopher Ho - Platinum (-5.59);  Ryder Li - Bronze (-5.54);  Shawn Wu - Gold (-5.31);  Evan Song - Silver (-4.97);  Esmee Choi - Bronze Elite (-4.68);  James Chen - Silver (-4.6);  Jonathan Ko - Platinum (-4.53);  Remy Lee - Platinum (-4.33);  Terrence Liu - Gold (-4.22);  Jolie Yin - Platinum (-3.77);  Isaiah Kim - Bronze (-3.32);  Brayden Coson - Gold (-2.85);  Anson Jiang - Bronze (-2.81);  Amelia Kpaduwa - Silver (-2.78);  Raymond Li - Gold (-2.46);  Celine Ojong - Bronze Elite (-2.39);  Haonian Li - Bronze (-1.82);  Ian Chao - Bronze (-1.76);  Taylor Age - Silver (-1.75);  Ethan So - Gold (-1.09);  Dylan Sun - Bronze Elite (-0.9);  Damian Serna Arbow - Platinum (-0.84);  YiXing (Carlos) Chen - Platinum (-0.77);  Ryan Ho - Bronze (-0.55);  George Xiang - Bronze Elite (-0.33);  Elaine Zhang - Platinum (-0.31);  Jessica Seabert - Silver (-0.16);  Noel Barbero - Platinum (-0.12)

IMX EVENTS

Recognizing our swimmers who stepped up to the IMX Challenge events.

The events to qualify for an IM eXtreme score are:

10 & Under: 200 Free, 100 Back, 100 Breast, 100 Fly, 200 IM
11-12: 400 Free (LC) or 500 Free (SC), 100 Back, 100 Breast, 100 Fly, 200 IM
13-18: 400 Free (LC) or 500 Free (SC), 200 Back, 200 Breast, 200 Fly, 200 IM, 400 IM

IMX Challenge Achieved

These swimmers picked up the final event(s) they needed to complete all 5 events of the IMX Challenge for their age.  They qualified for the IMX Certificate from USA Swimming.

  • Xichen (Jalon) Jiang - Platinum Age 14 (13-14 500 Free);
  • Remy Lee - Platinum Age 12 (11-12 100 Back, 100 Breast)

New IMX Swims

These swimmers added these new events to their IMX challenge for this season/age.

  • Taylor Age - Silver Age 9 (7-10 100 Fly);
  • Kaius Choi - Gold Age 11 (11-12 100 Fly);
  • Kaitlyn Fu - Bronze Elite Age 8 (7-10 100 Breast);
  • Marion Gao - Silver Age 10 (7-10 100 Back);
  • Alexander Hastings - Gold Age 12 (11-12 200 IM);
  • Jonathan Ko - Platinum Age 11 (11-12 100 Fly);
  • Amelia Kpaduwa - Silver Age 8 (7-10 100 Back);
  • Terrence Liu - Gold Age 12 (11-12 100 Back);
  • Jayden Lo - Gold Age 12 (11-12 100 Back);
  • Casper Ngan - Gold Age 12 (11-12 100 Breast, 100 Fly, 200 IM);
  • Celine Ojong - Bronze Elite Age 11 (11-12 100 Back);
  • Jessica Seabert - Silver Age 11 (11-12 100 Back);
  • George Xiang - Bronze Elite Age 11 (11-12 100 Breast);
  • Eric Zhao - Bronze Elite Age 12 (11-12 100 Breast)

AWARDS & POINTS

Our  66  swimmers brought home 160 awards.   31  1st place,  33  2nd place,   24  3rd place,  31  4th place, 24 5th place, 17 6th place.  These are our 1st thru 6th place winners.

1st place

  • Taylor Age - Silver (7-10 100 Fly);
  • YiYan (Cathy) Chen - Platinum (13-14 100 Back);
  • Anson Jiang - Bronze (5-8 25 Fly);
  • Jonathan Ko - Platinum (11-12 100 IM, 200 Free, 200 IM, 50 Fly, 50 Free, 500 Free);
  • Amelia Kpaduwa - Silver (5-8 25 Fly, 25 Free, 50 Breast, 50 Free);
  • Remy Lee - Platinum (11-12 100 Free, 100 IM, 50 Breast);
  • Terrence Liu - Gold (11-12 100 Breast);
  • Jayden Lo - Gold (11-12 50 Back);
  • Charlotte Ngan - Platinum (11-12 100 Breast);
  • Nathaniel Schneider - Gold (7-10 100 Free, 200 Free, 50 Back);
  • Damian Serna Arbow - Platinum (15 & Over 500 Free);
  • Ryan Song - Bronze Elite (5-8 25 Breast);
  • David Wang - Bronze Elite (5-8 50 Breast);
  • Alex Zhang - Bronze Elite (5-8 100 Free, 50 Fly);
  • Austin Zhang - Bronze Elite (5-8 100 Free, 25 Back);
  • Elaine Zhang - Platinum (11-12 200 Free, 50 Back)

2nd place

  • Bradley Age - Platinum (13-14 200 IM);
  • Noel Barbero - Platinum (15 & Over 1000 Free);
  • YiXing (Carlos) Chen - Platinum (13-14 100 Free, 500 Free);
  • Christopher Ho - Platinum (13-14 50 Free);
  • Lawrence Huang - Gold (11-12 50 Breast);
  • Anson Jiang - Bronze (5-8 25 Back);
  • Jonathan Ko - Platinum (11-12 100 Fly, 100 Free, 50 Back, 200 Breast);
  • Amelia Kpaduwa - Silver (5-8 100 IM, 50 Back, 50 Fly, 100 Back);
  • Remy Lee - Platinum (11-12 100 Breast);
  • Terrence Liu - Gold (11-12 50 Free);
  • Jayden Lo - Gold (11-12 200 Free);
  • Charlotte Ngan - Platinum (11-12 50 Free);
  • Nathaniel Schneider - Gold (7-10 100 Back, 100 Breast, 50 Fly, 50 Free);
  • Jessica Seabert - Silver (11-12 100 Back);
  • Ryan Song - Bronze Elite (5-8 100 IM, 50 Breast, 50 Free);
  • Alex Zhang - Bronze Elite (5-8 25 Fly, 50 Back);
  • Austin Zhang - Bronze Elite (5-8 25 Breast, 25 Free, 50 Free);
  • Alice Zhu - Platinum (11-12 200 Free)

3rd Place

  • Noel Barbero - Platinum (15 & Over 100 Breast, 100 Free);
  • Mindy Barrera - Platinum (11-12 100 Back, 100 IM);
  • YiYan (Cathy) Chen - Platinum (13-14 200 Back);
  • Lawrence Huang - Gold (11-12 50 Free);
  • Anson Jiang - Bronze (5-8 100 Free, 25 Breast);
  • Remy Lee - Platinum (11-12 100 Back, 50 Back);
  • Raymond Li - Gold (13-14 100 Free);
  • Jayden Lo - Gold (11-12 100 IM);
  • Charlotte Ngan - Platinum (11-12 50 Breast);
  • Nathaniel Schneider - Gold (7-10 100 IM, 500 Free);
  • Ryan Song - Bronze Elite (5-8 50 Back);
  • Dylan Sun - Bronze Elite (7-10 100 Back);
  • David Wang - Bronze Elite (5-8 25 Breast);
  • Austin Zhang - Bronze Elite (5-8 100 IM, 50 Breast);
  • Elaine Zhang - Platinum (11-12 100 Back, 100 Free, 200 IM);
  • Alice Zhu - Platinum (11-12 50 Fly)

4th  Place

  • Noel Barbero - Platinum (Open 200 Breast);
  • James Chen - Silver (11-12 50 Breast);
  • Jenny Chen - Silver (13-14 50 Free);
  • YiXing (Carlos) Chen - Platinum (13-14 400 IM);
  • Kaius Choi - Gold (11-12 100 Fly, 50 Free);
  • Brayden Coson - Gold (15 & Over 100 Free);
  • Kaitlyn Fu - Bronze Elite (7-10 100 Breast);
  • Christopher Ho - Platinum (13-14 100 Free, 200 Free);
  • Emily Howard - Silver (7-10 100 Back, 100 Free, 50 Free);
  • Ellie Huang - Bronze (7-10 100 IM);
  • Lawrence Huang - Gold (11-12 100 IM, 200 Free);
  • Xichen (Jalon) Jiang - Platinum (13-14 100 Breast, 200 Free, 500 Free);
  • Charlotte Lents - Silver (13-14 200 Free);
  • Jayden Lo - Gold (11-12 100 Back, 100 Breast);
  • Charlotte Ngan - Platinum (11-12 100 Fly, 200 Breast);
  • Jessica Seabert - Silver (11-12 50 Free);
  • Ryan Song - Bronze Elite (5-8 25 Fly);
  • Dylan Sun - Bronze Elite (7-10 50 Fly);
  • David Wang - Bronze Elite (5-8 25 Back);
  • Alex Zhang - Bronze Elite (5-8 100 IM);
  • Elaine Zhang - Platinum (11-12 50 Free, 500 Free)

5th  Place

  • Noel Barbero - Platinum (15 & Over 200 Free);
  • Mindy Barrera - Platinum (11-12 50 Breast, 50 Free);
  • YiYan (Cathy) Chen - Platinum (13-14 200 IM);
  • Christopher Ho - Platinum (13-14 100 Breast);
  • Jasmine Howard - Silver (11-12 100 IM, 50 Free);
  • Isaiah Kim - Bronze (7-10 50 Back);
  • Remy Lee - Platinum (Open 200 Fly);
  • Charlotte Lents - Silver (13-14 50 Free);
  • Raymond Li - Gold (13-14 200 Free);
  • Ryder Li - Bronze (5-8 25 Fly);
  • Terrence Liu - Gold (11-12 100 Back);
  • Casper Ngan - Gold (11-12 100 Fly);
  • Charlotte Ngan - Platinum (11-12 100 Free, 200 IM);
  • Jennifer Seabert - Silver (11-12 200 Free);
  • Damian Serna Arbow - Platinum (15 & Over 100 Fly);
  • Alex Zhang - Bronze Elite (5-8 25 Breast, 50 Breast, 50 Free);
  • Elaine Zhang - Platinum (11-12 100 IM, 50 Fly);
  • Alice Zhu - Platinum (11-12 500 Free)

6th  Place

  • Taylor Age - Silver (7-10 50 Fly);
  • Noel Barbero - Platinum (15 & Over 200 IM, 50 Free);
  • Esmee Choi - Bronze Elite (7-10 50 Free);
  • Kaius Choi - Gold (11-12 200 Free);
  • Brayden Coson - Gold (15 & Over 50 Free);
  • Anson Jiang - Bronze (5-8 50 Free);
  • Xichen (Jalon) Jiang - Platinum (13-14 50 Free);
  • Jayden Lo - Gold (11-12 50 Fly);
  • Evan Song - Silver (7-10 100 Free, 50 Back, 50 Breast);
  • Shawn Wu - Gold (7-10 50 Free);
  • Jolie Yin - Platinum (13-14 100 Back);
  • Weiya Yin - Bronze Elite (7-10 100 IM);
  • Alice Zhu - Platinum (11-12 100 Free, 100 IM)

POINTS

Our swimmers earned an astounding total of 3307 points Taking TOP POINTS at this meet was Jonathan Ko - Platinum with 188 points followed closely by Nathaniel Schneider - Gold with 160 points.

Congratulations to all our point getters.

Jonathan Ko - Platinum (188);  Nathaniel Schneider - Gold (160);  Amelia Kpaduwa - Silver (148);  Elaine Zhang - Platinum (146);  Alex Zhang - Bronze Elite (131);  Remy Lee - Platinum (123);  Austin Zhang - Bronze Elite (123);  Charlotte Ngan - Platinum (111);  Noel Barbero - Platinum (104);  Ryan Song - Bronze Elite (102);  Jayden Lo - Gold (100);  Alice Zhu - Platinum (98);  Mindy Barrera - Platinum (97);  Emily Howard - Silver (91);  Anson Jiang - Bronze (82);  Xichen (Jalon) Jiang - Platinum (76);  Kaius Choi - Gold (74);  David Wang - Bronze Elite (72);  Christopher Ho - Platinum (70);  Evan Song - Silver (67);  Dylan Sun - Bronze Elite (66);  Lawrence Huang - Gold (63);  Damian Serna Arbow - Platinum (63);  Jessica Seabert - Silver (61);  Jasmine Howard - Silver (60);  Terrence Liu - Gold (60);  Shawn Wu - Gold (57);  YiYan (Cathy) Chen - Platinum (55);  Taylor Age - Silver (51);  YiXing (Carlos) Chen - Platinum (49);  Charlotte Lents - Silver (49);  Raymond Li - Gold (48);  Casper Ngan - Gold (46);  Ellie Huang - Bronze (42);  Jenny Chen - Silver (32);  Brayden Coson - Gold (31);  Jennifer Seabert - Silver (31);  Weiya Yin - Bronze Elite (30);  Ryder Li - Bronze (26);  Isaiah Kim - Bronze (25);  Jolie Yin - Platinum (24);  Bradley Age - Platinum (21);  Esmee Choi - Bronze Elite (20);  Chenxiao Yin - Bronze (19);  Ethan So - Gold (17);  Kaitlyn Fu - Bronze Elite (15);  Alexander Hastings - Gold (14);  Eric Zhao - Bronze Elite (13);  Marion Gao - Silver (12);  Kelvin Yu - Bronze (11);  Celine Ojong - Bronze Elite (7);  Alessandra Vitolo - Bronze (7);  Bryson Zhang - Bronze (7);  Cheng ze (Eric) Tang - Bronze (5);  Victor Wen - Bronze (4);  Kamdyn Miller - Platinum (3)

TOP 10 BEST TIMES

New Top 10

Placing their event in the ALL TIME TOP 10 PERSONAL BEST TIMES for the first time are:

  • Noel Barbero - Platinum (15 & Over 1000 Free);
  • Jenny Chen - Silver (13-14 50 Back);
  • Kaitlyn Fu - Bronze Elite (7-10 100 Breast);
  • Amelia Kpaduwa - Silver (7-10 100 Back);
  • Remy Lee - Platinum (11-12 100 Free);
  • Terrence Liu - Gold (11-12 100 Breast);
  • Nathaniel Schneider - Gold (7-10 100 Free);
  • Ethan So - Gold (15 & Over 50 Back);
  • David Wang - Bronze Elite (5-8 50 Breast)

Top 10

Updating their personal bests in the ALL TIME TOP 10 PERSONAL BEST TIMES are:

  • YiXing (Carlos) Chen - Platinum (13-14 400 IM);
  • Jonathan Ko - Platinum (11-12 100 Fly, 50 Fly, 50 Free, 500 Free, 200 Breast);
  • Amelia Kpaduwa - Silver (5-8 25 Free, 50 Breast, 50 Free);
  • Nathaniel Schneider - Gold (7-10 500 Free)

RELAYS

Female 7-10 200 Free Relay: 3rd Place – Amelia Kpaduwa, Taylor Age, Esmee Choi, Emily Howard

Female 7-10 200 MR: 4th Place – Amelia Kpaduwa, Esmee Choi, Emily Howard, Marion Gao

Female 11-12 200 Free Relay – A Team: 2nd Place - Elaine Zhang, Charlotte Ngan, Mindy Barrera, Alice Zhu

Female 11-12 200 Free Relay – B Team: 4th Place - Jennifer Seabert, Jasmine Howard, Tiffany Chen, Jessica Seabert

Female 11-12 200 MR: 1st Place - Elaine Zhang, Charlotte Ngan, Alice Zhu, Mindy Barrera

Female 13-14 200 MR: 3rd Place - Jenny Chen, Jolie Yin, Prisha Vashisht, YiYan Chen

Male 5-8 100 Free Relay: 1st Place - Austin Zhang, Alex Zhang, David Wang, Anson Jiang

Male 5-8 100 MR: 1st Place - Austin Zhang, David Wang, Anson Jiang, Alex Zhang

Male 7-10 200 Free Relay: 2nd Place – Dylan Sun, Shawn Wu, Evan Song, Nathaniel Schneider

Male 7-10 200 MR: 1st Place - Nathaniel Schneider, Shawn Wu, Dylan Sun, Evan Song

Male 11-12 200 Free Relay: 2nd Place - Remy Lee, Kaius Choi, Casper Ngan, Jonathan Ko

Male 11-12 200 MR – A Team: 1st Place - Kaius Choi, Jonathan Ko, Remy Lee, Lawrence Huang

Male 11-12 200 MR – B Team: 3rd Place - James Chen, Terrence Liu, Casper Ngan, Jayden Lo

Male 13-14 200 Free Relay: 1st Place – YiXing Chen, Raymond Li, Bradley Age, Xichen Jiang

Male 13-14 200 MR: 1st Place - Christopher Ho, Raymond Li, Bradley Age, Chengze Tang

Male 15 & Over 200 Free Relay: 1st Place - Noel Barbero, Ethan So, Brayden Coson, Kamdyn Miller

Male 15 & Over 200 MR: 3rd Place - Ethan So, Noel Barbero, Damian Serna Arbow, Brayden Coson

WRAP UP

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. – Helen Keller

It’s takes a team to set up camp, fill timing chairs, break down camp, AND cheer all our kids on.  Being together and working together lets our kids know they are not alone.  Together we can do so much.

We are a team focused not only on the physical aspects of swimming, but also the mental aspects. I saw this message and thought I’d share it with our team.

Here are 6 things to say to your swimmer on a daily basis that can make a positive impact on their swimming: 

  1. "I love watching you swim" Every swimmer likes to hear that it's joyful to watch them do what they love to do. 
  2. "I'm proud of how hard you work" Praising your swimmer's effort will help them maintain a growth mindset and place more value on the process versus the outcome. 
  3. "I believe in you" Swimmers need to hear that you believe in their dreams and have faith in their abilities on a regular basis. 
  4. "I see your improvement" It's encouraging for your swimmer to know that they are making progress and that it is noticed. 
  5. "Tell me about practice" It's good to show interest in your swimmer's training, but let them share as much or as little as they want. 
  6. "How can I help?" Offering support can open the door for them to communicate what they might need to achieve their goals.

GO SHARKS

GMA Sherry