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...

July Practice Calendar Tonight is the deadline to sign up for the upcoming meet on July 11-12-13. This is an all ages No time standard meet, which means that every person on the team is eligible to swim in this one. The meet is in Coronado at the BBMAC pool at Coronado HS. -Coach Dave

Here is a little more info for the meet this weekend. CAST swimmers should arrive at 7:20 am (Helix HS - park in back of school off of Lowell st) Meet information: We will be putting some relays together at the day of the meet. Relays are always fun for the kids, so we'll try to put 3-4 relays together. General meet information Estimated timeline for 8 lanes (if not enough officials are available, we will run 6 lanes - which will cause about 30 minutes to be added to...

WED Night - Just for fun meet This Wednesday is our June Just for fun meet. ALL LEVELS - ALL CAST Swimmers - 5:00 - 7:00 PM at the Kroc ctr. Almost everyone has done these. For those of you who have not yet participated in one of our just-for-fun meets, They are to practice competing without the pressure of a "real" meet. Please arrive at 5:00 and let's have some fun! CAST hosted meet this weekend We are hosting a meet this Saturday at Helix HS. The meet is...