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AMBERJAX WATERLOG Fall 2009
This has been a really exciting time for the AmberJax family. We want to officially welcome the
Jacksonville Country Day School team aboard and thank them for their enthusiasm and hard work. This
fall also saw the addition of a few new coaches to our staff. Coaches Pat Raiser, Chris George and Mike
Dingfield have all joined us. We are lucky to have them aboard and are already seeing results in the
water.
Of course fall brings high school season. We were very fortunate to have so many AmberJax representing
so many schools. However, each school has different attendance requirements so our own attendance has
been a bit confusing at times. However, overall we have had overwhelming success with all of our
swimmers.
Short Course Junior Nationals
Congratulations to our three swimmers who currently have qualifying times for Juniors. We are confident
that we will a few more cuts and are close to sending relays as well. We will be flying to Columbus Ohio
on Wednesday December 9th and arriving back in Jacksonville on Sunday December 12th. Remember that
if you are attending this meet, you need to be in touch with your teachers immediately so that you can
make arrangements to miss school during this time.
B Championships
This will be a great meet for all our swimmers who are new to the sport or who are finally getting a
chance to swim an event they haven’t swam in a while. Remember you can only swim events that you
don’t have a times in. This will be the final meet of the year and we’re looking forward to many fast
swims. Please talk to your coach if you have any questions about your eligibility.
Finally, I wanted to say thank you all so much for the team support that the DeMotte family has received
over the last few months. As many of you know, the pregnancy with our third child wasn’t as smooth as
we would have hoped for. However on October 12th, we were blessed with the arrival of Macey Laurence
DeMotte who weighed in at 6 lbs. and 5oz. She is perfect and we can’t fully express how great it is to
have her here. Since her birth, we have been very touched with the kind gifts and expressions of support
from our AmberJax family. All our children are fortunate to have this extending group of swimmers and
families as part of their lives. Thanks so much to all of you! Holiday
Holiday Schedule
The practice schedule for the week November 23rd through November 30th
Monday and Tuesday are normal practice times
Senior Wednesday, Friday and Saturday will be from 7:00-10:00am
Gold Wednesday, Friday and Saturday will be from 8:00-10:00am
Silver Wednesday, Friday and Saturday will be from 8:30-10:00am
Bronze Off
Garnett Off
From the Coaching Staff to all of you,
Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
NEW TEAM RECORDS
Daytona Beach 11-13 September
34 of 37 swimmers had lifetime bests
No New Records
New Senior Champs Cuts
Sonny Kadric 100 Back
Kandes Soapes 100 Free
New JO Cuts
William Walker 13-14 Boys 100 Free, 200 Free and 100 Fly
New AA Times
Kandes Soapes 11-12 Girls 100 Fly
William Walker 13-14 Boys 200 Free
New A Times
Chip Clark 11-12 Boys 100 Back
William Walker 13-14 Boys 200 Free
Down Under 9-10 October
40 of 43 swimmers had lifetime bests
No new team records
No new Senior Champs
New JO
William Walker 13-14 Boys 500 Free
Cody Mason 13-14 Boys 100 Back
New A Time
Cody Mason 13-14 Boys 200 IM
Nike Short Course Invitational Wrap Up
Congratulations to all of the AmberJax family for hosting our biggest meet yet. We had just fewer than
600 swimmers here and plenty of fast swimming. Hosting meets helps promote our club in many ways
but is certainly not easy. We can only consistently host the successful meets that we do because of
overwhelming help that parent volunteers offer. From officials to timers to concessions and plenty of
other tasks, our parents are the best in North Florida. Thank you all so much for everything that you do!
Of the 128 AmberJax that we had swim in the meet, 119 of them had lifetime bests.
New Team Records
Hannah Sykes, 7-8 Girls 25 Free, 50 Free, 25 Breast, 25 Fly, 50 Fly and 100 IM
Kameryn Mallinson, 7-8 Girls 25 Back, 50 Back
Will Fletcher, 6 and Under Boys 25 Back
Tyler Sheffield, 6 and Under Boys 25 Fly
Julian Rubiano, 7-8 Boys 25 Back, 50 Fly
Brian Harrington 15-16 Boys 200 Fly
New Cuts
Junior Olympics
Megan Altman 50 Fly
Jacob Andrasco 50 Breast
Chris Dingfield 100 Fly
Alexis Durlacher 50 Fly
Cody Mason 200 Back
William Walker 200 IM
Senior Champs
Marilyn Rowell 50 Free
Shelby Walding 200 Back
New Time Standards
AA
William Walker 500 Free
Shrimpy Harrington 200 Fly
A
Megan Altman 50 Free, 50 Fly
Alexis Durlacher 50 Fly
Savannah Fleming 500 Free
Christina Lawler 100 Free
Cody Mason 100 Back
Kevin Munoz 50 Free, 100 Free
Christine Riley 100 Free
Maddie Shaw 50 Free
Jake Sykes 50 Free
BB
Megan Altman 100 Breast
Jacob Andrasco 50 Free, 100 Breast, 100 Free, 100 Back
Seth Bergey 50 Free
Megan Brown 200 Free, 50 Fly
Michael Devine 100 Breast
Chris Dingfield 400 IM, 1000 Free
Alexis Durlacher 50 Free, 100 Breast, 100 IM, 100 Free, 50 Back
Ashley Gunter 50 Free
Regan Gunter 50 Free
Kameryn Mallison 50 Back
Maddie Shaw 200 Back
Hannah Sykes 50 Free, 50 Fly, 100 IM,
William Walker 100 Breast
Bolles 7-8 November
40 of 42 swimmers had lifetime bests
New Records
Julian Rubano 7-8 Boys 25 Back
New A time
Kandes Soapes 200 Free
Sarasota Meet Wrap Up
The AmberJax just returned from the Sarasota YMCA Turkey Meet and we are thrilled with the results.
This was a team travel meet which are a great opportunity for the team to build stronger ties with each
other. Four swimmers and Coach Doug left Friday morning while the rest of the group boarded the bus
and drove down Friday evening. We ate dinner at Felix’s restaurant in Ocala which was an upscale Italian
bistro. Thankfully we got a room to ourselves as it turns out many of us were a bit underdressed. We
rolled into Sarasota about 10:00pm and went to bed. The older kids arrived at the Sarasota YMCA around
7:00am for warm up while the younger kids got there around noon. Saturday night we had pizza back at
the hotel and hit a movie before going to bed. Sunday’s meet schedule was the same and the morning
swimmers boarded the bus after lunch around 1:30 and were off. Sunday’s afternoon session had a few
delays but everyone was back in Jacksonville by 10:00pm.
Meet Stats
42 of the 43 swimmers on the trip had a lifetime best.
Team Records
Christi Riley 11-12 Girls 50 Breast
Chandler Soapes 15-16 Girls 200 Back and 100 Fly
Shrimpy Harrington 15-16 Boys 100 Back
New Standards
Senior Champs
Joey Arlington 200 Back, 50 Free
Nick Blume 50 Free
Alex Brown 200 Free, 100 Back, 200 Fly
Blake Ehlers 500 Free
Trey Murphy 100 Back, 200 Back
Christi Riley 100 Breast
JOs
Zach Dingfield 200 IM, 100 Free, 50 Fly
Jack Munoz 50 and 100 Back
Kevin Munoz 100 Free
Lexi Riley 50 Back
AAA
Christi Riley 50 and 100 Breast
Brian Harrington 100 Back
Chandler Soapes 100 Fly, 100 Free
AA
Joey Arlington 50 Free
Nick Blume 50 Free
Alex Brown 200 Free, 200 Fly
Cristina Hernandez 200 Back
Kandes Soapes 200 Free
A
Alex Brown 100 Back
Ebb Buck 50 Free
Evan DeGidio 100 Fly
Zach Dingfield 100 Free
Micah Hall 200 Free
Cristina Hernandez 200 Fly
Jack Munoz 50 Back
Kevin Munoz 200 Free
Trey Muphy 200 Back
Lexi Riley 50 Back
Shelby Walding 200 Back
Congratulations to all the AmberJax!
