News Splash September 2

Good afternoon Aquajets,

I hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend! Our fall season is rolling right along, and our swimmers have been doing a great job at practice. The coaching staff has been impressed with how hard the swimmers have been working and how much good sportsmanship we have been seeing. Keep it up Aquajets!

Aquajet team calendar - MEETS, team events & more!

• Sep 15^th – Cancellation Deadline
• Sep 27^th – CAJ Autumn Aquatic Adventure – 11:30am at the PV Pool in Chico
• Oct 3^rd-Oct 5^th - Spooktacular
• Wed Oct 15^th – Fish Bowl (CHS vs PVHS swim meet) – 4:00pm at the PV Pool
• Nov 3^rd-Mar 1^st – Polar Bear Season
• Nov 11^th – Practices Canceled for Veteran’s Day
• Nov 21^st-Nov 23^rd  – WAC Cranberry Classic
• Nov 26^th-Nov 30^th – Practices Canceled for Thanksgiving Break
• Dec 6^th – North State Winter Champs
• Dec 24^th-Dec 25^th – Practices Canceled for Christmas Eve and Christmas
• Dec 29^th-Jan 4^th – Practices Canceled for Winter Break
• Mar 6^th-Mar 8^th – SNS 14 & Under SCY Championships
• Mar 28 – CAJ Spring Takeoff
• Jun 12-Jun 14 – CAJ Winzenz Family Summer Splash
• Jul 16^th – Jul 19^th – Bill Rose Classic: SNS LCM Championships
• Jul 24-Jul 26 – NVAL Championships

COACH’S CORNER

The CAJ Autumn Aquatic Adventure on Saturday Sep 27 at the PV Pool is open for signups! Every Aquajet should plan on attending this meet. It is time to start getting back into racing and this is a great way to do so. Swimmers should plan on attending meets regularly to check-in on their progress, and to stay motivated. Athletes that don’t attend meets, have a strong chance of burning out. Also, since we are hosting this one, we will need all hands-on deck to make sure it runs smoothly. The last few meets we have hosted have impressed me with how well we have worked together to offer a positive meet experience for the swimmers. Let’s keep that streak going Aquajets and have a fun Saturday of racing to wrap up September! OME Link

Last week the Navy, Pre-Senior, and Senior groups restarted regular dryland sessions. Dryland is a useful tool in helping swimmers get stronger and improve their body control in ways that are hard to focus on in the water. Dryland sessions help swimmers become better athletes overall, and in turn help their performance in the pool. Navy group will have one dryland session a week on Wednesdays 4:15pm-4:45pm at In Motion. Seniors and Pre-Seniors will have two dryland sessions a week on Wednesdays and Fridays 5:00pm-5:30pm at In Motion.

The majority of our schedule for this 2025-2026 season has been uploaded on Team Snap and on our Aquajet Website calendar. If you have not done so already, take the time to carefully read over the schedule and to block to put some of the important dates into your personal calendar so you don’t accidently double book yourself down the road.

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