Thursday is the Swim-O-Rama where after some stretching and instructions time, swimmers have an hour to swim as many lengths as possible. SR and SD 4:15 - 5:45PM and AG JR and N 5:30 - 7:00 PM (note this is an early start time for these groups). There is no "regular" practice. Even if you are new to the team and are not required to raise funds, we encourage all swimmers to come in and see how many lengths of the pool they can swim in an hour. The Swim-O-Rama...

Reminder The deadline to sign up for the Freestyle Festival is tonight at midnight. Here are some goal setting worksheets for the swimmers Novice and Junior swimmers who do not have official times should probably wait until after their first official meet to set goals. Once swimmers have set some goals for the season, they should ask their coach about setting up a goal meeting. guidelines for setting goals times spreadsheet goal sheet -Coach Dave

Swim-O-Rama First I listed 2 dates originally. The Swim-O-Rama will be swum on Sept 18th. (Make up day on the 22nd during practice). Location: Kroc pool Time: SR and SD 4:15 - 5:45, JR AG and Novice 5:30 - 7:00 (actual swim time is 1 hr) The Swim-O-Rama is our annual swimming fundraiser. Swimmers swim lengths of the pool and solicit donations for their effort. Swimmers will have 60 minutes to swim as many lengths as possible (200 max. ). Families with one swimmer are required to raise a minimum...

Here are a few quick notes: Saturday 8/30: Swimmer and family Beach Day. We will meet on the grass area at La Jolla Shores (not the cove) at 8:00 AM . the kids will do some fun activities/games followed by a beach run and a beach swim. All CAST swimmers and families are invited. Plan for limited parking in the adjacent lot - you may have to park up to 1/4 mile away on nearby streets. Parents with longboards, kayaks or ocean swimming experience are encouraged to help with swim...

Dave's News for now. Upcoming events: Wednesday 8/27: Just for Fun meet at the Kroc center. This is in place of practice. It is for all swimmers (even the brand new ones) all levels. This takes the place of the regular practice. Time is 5:00-7:00 PM for all swimmers. The Just - for - fun meets are just that. a very low pressure environment to swim in short races with your teammates just to get a small taste of competition. Everyone gets a ribbon for each swim, and it's a...

This Thursday the Kroc center is closed due to an internal event ( I think it's employee appreciation day). Because of this we will not have a practice. Instead, we'll have a team online zoom meeting from 6:00 - 7:00 pm for all CAST swimmers and parents. Some of the topics to be presented: Coaching changes Season planning - what meets to plan for Goal meetings for kids time stds new team suit September fundraiser upcoming events general team info A Zoom link will be included in the e-mail that...

Couple of things 1) First of all, I'm looking forward to a new season beginning on Monday. I hope everyone is enjoying the break, as well as anticipating the return to the pool. The August schedule is posted on the team website under the "schedule" tab. 2) IMPORTANT: We are in need to renew our team's Safe-Sport designation with USA swimming. The final step is to get families to take the safe sport class for parents. We are in jeopardy of being fined for not having the Safe-Sport designation as...

We're about to wrap up the summer season!!! Wednesday - Just-For-Fun meet. Tonight is another "just for fun" meet at the Kroc center from 5:00 - 7:00 PM. Almost everyone on the team has participated in these before. It's just an opportunity to get some racing in at practice, and allows swimmers to get a small taste of a swim meet with little to no pressure. See you there. Annual two week break Each year after our final meet we take some time off. . . final vacation opportunity, letting...

Dave's News for the week Last meet of the summer - Hosted by CAST We are hosting the last meet of the summer on Aug. 2nd and 3rd at Helix HS. This is an all ages - no time standard meet, which means all swimmers at all levels are eligible. We strongly encourage all swimmers (except maybe a select few that have 6 full events at the AGC meet this weekend- see me if this is you) to enter and swim in this meet. Many swimmers and families pass up...

Tonight - reminder - Just for fun meet 5:00 - 7:00 PM all groups, all levels, all swimmers at the Kroc. July Practice Calendar: Here Friday and Saturday - no practices due to the SDSA meet at Coronado HS Meet this weekend: at Coronado HS For those of you entered in the meet this weekend: Here is the info: Warmups: be on deck for stretching at the following times Friday 3:45 pm (sofia) 4:45 (Maren and Diamond) Saturday and Sunday 7:20 am For swimmers on Saturday and Sunday - if...