TIGERSHARKS NEWS - WEEK ENDING 01/24/2026

(COACH) Jim Stretch

Announcements and Reminders:​​

  • ACT SOON - DDST VALENTINES MEET FEB. 6-8TH
  • MEET RECAP - CARSON HOSTED, BLIZZARD BLAST  
  • MORE C.A.F. POOL REPAIRS IN FEBARUARY
  • UPCOMING CHAMPIONSHIP MEETS
  • ZONE 4 ALL STAR TEAM & MEET - APPLICATIONS OPEN 
  • SAVE THE DATES, PLAN TO BE THERE AS WE HOST THE INTERMOUNTAIN CLASSIC
  • WE'RE ON SOCIAL MEDIA!  CHECK US OUT.

DDST VALENTINES MEET - Join the eighteen Tigersharks already signed up to compete .  Enter online at FastSwims.com, act soon- as entries close at 11:59pm on Wednesday January 28th.

BLIZZARD BLAST MEET RECAP- Our meet was a multifaceted success. Thank you to every Tigersharks parent and adult family member who helped shop, prepare, and execute one of our key fundraisers each year. Without these events, our program dues would need to be materially higher to support club operations and expenses. -  The athletes who competed raced to many new personal bests, moving them closer to their USA Swimming motivational time standards and championship meet qualification goals.
 
CARSON AQUATIC FACILITY MAINTENANCE & REPAIRS - By now most are aware there will be another maintenance project at our pool beginning next month. Our pool will be closed from February 23-March 20th. For the time being we are happy to be back in our home pool! We are actively working to secure pool space to continue training during the upcoming closure, which comes at an especially challenging time of year due to hundreds of additional high school athletes using area pools for the NIAA swim season. Area facilities prioritize their high school commitments over accommodating a temporarily visiting USA Swimming club, and as a result, finding alternative arrangements for this closure is proving more difficult than the December 2025 closure.
 
UPCOMING CHAMPIONSHIP MEETS   - As our short course competitive season begins to conclude Tigersharks schedule includes: CCS Age Group Championships (Clovis/Fresno CA), Rosevile,CA SCY Sectionals and Western Zone Sr. Championships, Mesa AZ. Entries are closed for the Clovis meet BUT newly qualified athletes and events can be added after the DDST meet Feb 6-8th. If your athlete would compete in either Sectionals or WZ Sr's we need to know interest levels in these meets to confirm there is enough interest for the club to send coach(es). Please declare online at each meet's EVENT PAGE.

ZONE ALL STAR MEET-  We’re excited to share information about the upcoming Pacific Swimming ZONE ALL STAR MEET, taking place on Sunday April 26th in Morgan Hill CA.  This meet is a special opportunity for qualifying swimmers to represent our team AND ZONE 4 at the LSC championship level.  Please note: this is a selection based meet and swimmers must meet specific time requirements and submit an application to be considered.  If your athlete has at least one "BB" time they may be eligible and we encourage applying.  Information, eligibility details and athlete application form are available HERE.  For those who do apply (or have already applied) please consider helping our Z4 Zone All-Stars by chaperoning the team, timing or officiating at the meet.  Chaperone applications are online HERE.

PLAN TO PARTICIPATE/VOLUNTEER CARSON HOSTED INTERMOUNTAIN CLASSIC 05/22/2026   - PLEASE save the dates. We need you and your athletes for our Tigersharks hosted Intermountain Classic swim meet May 22 through 24th, 2026.    This meet is one of our team's key fundraisers and helps support Tigersharks operations.

TIGERSHARKS ARE BACK ON INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK -   We’re excited  to announce that the team is officially launching brand-new Instagram and Facebook accounts ! These will be the social media place for meet highlights, swimmer shout-outs, behind-the-scenes moments, updates, and all the fun that makes our team special.   We want these pages to reflect our swimmers and families — and that’s where you come in! 📸🎉   If you have great photos or short videos from practices, meets, team events, or just fun team moments, we’d love for you to share them with us. Action shots, podium smiles, team spirit, and candid fun are all welcome!   Follow along, help us spread the word, and let’s show everyone the energy and community that makes our team awesome. More details on how to submit content coming soon!
 
Questions, issues, etc?  Please email Coach Jim.

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Helpful Links:

Want to get more from our SportsEngine Motion software?  Try the PARENT APP it's free and available on the App Store or Google Play.

A good, six-minute, YouTube video for athletes about attending your first swim meet

Help for parents/swimmers on fastswims.com can be found at: https://sites.google.com/view/fastswimsv2/support/parents-swimmers?authuser=1

The online meet entry tutorial for ome.swimconnection.com can be found at:  https://sites.google.com/site/omehelp/how-to-for-parents-and-swimmers

Learn more about our LSC Pacific Swimming at: http://pacswim.org

View the new USA Swimming TIME STANDARDS for 2024-28 via THIS LINK.

Learn more about USA Swimming, the national governing body of the sport of swimming: http://usaswimming.org

Want to learn about the rules?  See pp. 19-24 of the  2025 USA Swimming mini-rulebook PDF  for the rules of each of the four competitive strokes as well as the multiple stroke individual medley events.  That's right, ALL the stroke, starts and turn rules of ALL official races in just six pages.