News Splash July 1

Andrew Hasek

Good afternoon Aquajets,

Way to race this weekend in Gridley Aquajets! The coaches saw a lot of progress and a lot of supporting teammates. I love to see it!

Thank you to Scott Denney and Abby Bowen who got their on-deck official training started this weekend! The team greatly appreciates your help. I hope to see even more officials in training at our few summer meets remaining.

BEST TIME-BOWL CUT CHALLENGE TALLY: 358/450  - details below

Aquajet team calendar - MEETS, team events & more!

  • July 4th – no afternoon practice
  • July 5th - no practice
  • July 8th - MOD Pizza fundraiser & Team Dinner – 6:30pm (Senior and Pre-Senior pm practice done early at 6:15pm)
  • July 9th - Orland Dual Meet in Orland [Dual, SCY] 
  • July 12th-13th - Plumas Rapids Open in Quincy [AGO, SCY]  OME Link  Camping Registration
  • July 12 – no practice
  • July 16th - Durham Mini Meet in Durham [8&Under, SCY] 
  • July 17th – Little Gator Meet in Gridley [6&Under, SCY]
  • July 17th - 20th - Bill Rose Classic: SNS LCM Championships in Roseville [Qualifier, T/F, LCM] OME Link
  • July 19th-20th - Orland Otters Invitational in Orland [Invitational, SCY] OME Link
  • July 19 – no practice
  • July 23rd - NVAL Poster Decorating Potluck Party - 6:00pm at the Denney House
  • July 25-27th - NVAL Championships in Redding [Invitational, SCY]  - hotel details below
  • July 25-Aug 1 - No Practices 
  • Aug 2nd - Swim-a-thon -  8:00am at the PV Pool
  • Aug 5th - Chipotle fundraiser (East Ave) - 5:00pm-9:00pm
  • Aug 12th - End of the Summer BBQ -  6:00pm, location is TBD

COACH’S CORNER

I am challenging the Aquajets to push themselves this summer and see how much they can progress. In past summers if swimmers could get enough best times, then I would dye my beard blue (check out our Instagram for pictures). This summer, to be in line with our Despicable Me NVAL theme, if the Aquajets can achieve 450 or more official best times before NVALs, then I will get a bowl cut to go with my Vector costume.

We are offering another LCM practice at the Red Bluff this Friday (7/4, 7:30am-9:30am) for Pre-Senior and Senior group swimmers. If your swimmer wants to commit to attending that practice, please let me know. If no swimmers give me notice by the end of the day on Thursday, then I will cancel that practice.

There is no afternoon practices this Friday on July 4th and there is no Saturday practice this week (7/5). Enjoy your time off and have fun celebrating the holiday weekend Aquajets!

Next week on Tuesday July 8 we are having a MOD Pizza fundraiser and Team Dinner! Stop by MOD for pizza and to support your Chico Aquajets! Bring the attached flyer into the store when you purchase or use the coupon code MODGIVE25 when ordering online and MOD will donate 25% of the proceeds to our team. Senior and Pre-Senior afternoon practice will end at 6:15pm this day. I will also be handing out group awards for the month of June around 6:45pm. I hope to see a lot of Aquajets there!

Our Chico Aquajets have made the final round for the Best of Chico Youth Sports Program! If you want to vote, you can do so at the following link: Best of Chico Youth Sports Program Vote. You can vote everyday!

I recommend downloading the Sports Engine Motion App. You will use the same login credentials you use when logging into our CAJ website. This app will let you see your swimmers best times and compare them to specific cuts to make it easy to see how far your swimmer is from making a specific cut in their events. There are other useful tools available in the Sports Engine Motion app as well, take some time to play around with it and see what’s there.

The Gridley Gators are hosting their annual Little Gator meet for 6 & Under swimmers on Thursday July 17 in Gridley. Warmups are at 5:15pm, with the racing planned to start at 6:00pm. All swimmers are limited to 3 individual events, that does not include relays. If you want to sign your swimmer up, please email me with their events by the end of the day on Saturday July 12. The individual events offered are: 25 Fly, 25 Back, 25 Breast, and 25 Free. Gridley will be placing swimmers on a relay team.

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

  • Make sure your swimmer is USA Swimming registered (the link can be found in the “USA Swim Registration” section of the news splash)
  • Make sure your swimmer brings a water bottle to every practice
  • Check out the Team Page on Elsemore for CAJ gear: Team Page Link

Please make sure you are familiar with all of the Old Business/Policies and Procedures

Your next race has already started,

Coach Andrew