Parents and Swimmers, There will be open practice at JCDS for the next two weeks from 4:30 to 6:30. All groups are welcome to come for a practice and stroke techique. We are encourging people to take a break durning this time before we gear up for short course season, but there will be a coach on deck for practice at that time. We also wanted to let the masters know that practice is being held at the JCDS location as well at their regular times. Please call Coach Stephanie...

Amberjax, A few important announcenments regarding practice schedules this week and next: - Friday July 27 there will be ONE practice at 7-10 AM for combined gold and senior swimmers. This is for all swimmers who are not participating in River City Swim Championships. - No practice at ANY LOCATION Friday afternoon (July 27) due to River City Championships. - Saturday July 28 there will be Practice at the JCDS location from 8:30-10:30 for Masters, Gold, and Senior groups. This is for any swimmers NOT participating in River City. -Friday...

Contact Information for the Hotel: Juliana Ortiz Sales Manager & Event Coordinator SpringHill Suites by Marriott 1020 University Parkway Sarasota, FL 34234 [email protected] P. 941.358.3385 Ext 503 Please declare your intention to do team travel or family travel to [email protected] as soon as possible.

ATTENTION: Due to a rescheduled River City meet Monday, July 2 the parents' Meeting has been rescheduled There will be a parents' meeting Friday, June 29 at 6:45 PM for all interested parents of children in the Amberjax Age Group program. This includes children ages 14 and under. This will be an opportunity for Coach Andrew to explain the direction he intends to steer the age group program and explain the philosophy of training children in the various stages of swimming development. The meeting will be followed by a question...

Good Morning Amberjax! Below is the hotel information for Florida Age Group Championships to be held in Gainesville, Florida: SpringHill Suites by Marriott 4155 SW 40th Blvd Gainesville, FL 32608 (352) 376-8873 You may also book your reservations online with this link: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/gnvsh?groupCode=ajsajsb&app=resvlink&fromDate=7/19/12&toDate=7/22/12 Please reference the "Amberjax" when you are calling to be entered in the bloc of rooms that we have reserved. If your child is a candidate to be selected for a relay, a list with that information is forthcoming. Please contact Coach Andrew with any questions. RESERVATIONS...

This past weekend a few members of our swim team participated in the USAT Florida Regional Youth Championship. They all did very well and a few made the podium. Race Participants included: Timmy Gildersleeve Connor Smithers Raymond Warrenfeltz Indigo Warrenfeltz Azure Warrenfeltz Kaitlin Gildersleeve 2nd place 11yr old girls Courtney Crawford 3rd place 12yr old girls Kyle Smithers 3rd place 12yr old boys Congratulations and go AmberJax!

2012 Sunshine State Games Individual Team Records Julian Smith Men 9-10 50 breast 42.75 New FLAGS Cuts Established Zach Dingfield 200 IM 2:36.40 Braeden Knight 50 free 35.70 New Senior Championship Cuts Established Josh Wolfe 50 free 26.91 New Individual Time Standards Established AA Jace Crawford 100 back 1:28.35 A Luke Dingfield 100 free 1:11.25 Bethany Kendrick 100 free 1:10.17 Braeden Knight 50 free 35.70 Josh Wolfe 200 IM 2:29.09 Josh Wolfe 200 free 2:11.02 BB Braxton Andriesse 1500 free 20:24.70 Haley Brown 400 free 5:24.86 Luke Dingfield 50 breast...

2012 Midnight Madness Individual Records Alexis Durlacher Women 11-12 200 fly 2:55.87 New Senior Championship Cuts Alexis Durlacher 100 fly 1:12.67 Kevin Munoz 100 fly 1:09.03 New Time Standards Established AA Will Friedman 800 free 9:33.25 Tori Thompson 100 breast 1:22.63 A Chris Dingfield 800 free 9:45.79 Megan Altman 200 back 2:43.81 Ryan Hinojosa 200 back 2:30.91 Caroline Phillips 50 free 31.40 Julian Rubiano 200 free 2:34.74 Josh Wolfe 50 free 27.67 BB Brixana Carmona 50 free 35.88 Brixana Carmona 100 free 1:16.88 Courtney Crawford 800 free 12:10.87 Regan Gunter...

This past weekend Courtney Crawford competed in the beaches BFAST Triathlon finishing first among all twelve year old girls. Go AmberJax!

Summer 2012 AmberJax Training Schedule Starting dates for locations: -Cecil- Monday June 11 -EHS- Tuesday May 28 -JCDS- Monday June 4 Garnett Group Monday - Friday 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. @ JCDS Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.@ EHS 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. @ Cecil Saturday 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. @ EHS Bronze Group Monday - Friday 7:45 – 9:00 a.m. @ JCDS 8:00 - 9:15 a.m. @ Cecil Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 5:15 - 6:30 p.m. @ EHS Saturday 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. @EHS Silver Group Monday...