DFAC NEWS 2022-03-07 from Coach Tammy
Congratulations to our state swimmers, Dmitriy and Payton!
We may be small, but we are mighty! In addition to their wins, they represented our team well in their sportsmanship. Next year, let’s bring more of our team to the championships!
| Dmitriy 12 & Under State Championships 10&U competition 2nd place 200 IM 3rd place 100 BR 3rd place 100 IM 3rd place 200 FR 4th place 100 FR |
Payton 13 & Over State Championships 13-14 competition 3rd place 100 FL 4th place 50 FR 12th place 100 FR |
Starts and Turns Clinic
See you this Thursday and Friday, March 10-11th for our clinic.
-Those who were in Dolphins and Sailfish during the winter session: 5-6:30pm
-Those who were in Gold and PF/SR during the winter session: 6:30-8:00pm
Placement sessions for new and returning swimmers are being held Tuesday and Wednesday, March 8-9th. If you know of interested families, please direct them to the sign-up on our web site.
Banquet
Please join us in celebrating our past year at the team banquet on Monday, March 21st 6:00pm in the cafeteria at Harvest Intermediate School.
Next Session- schedule to be posted soon
We are fortunate to train in a new and well-designed facility. As a community group that feeds into
the high school teams, we are offered space for training and we keep the pool occupied.
We are, however, limited in time and space due to high school teams and other community needs. As the high school season is finished, we are presented with some opportunities. So, there will be changes to our practice times for the spring session in order to meet a few objectives:
1. Allow for growth in our team numbers.
2. Increase training times in swim, dryland or both for all of our groups.
3. Provide a sufficient number of lanes to meet training needs particularly for Gold and PF/SR.
Move-ups
For both safety and swimmer success, we look at each swimmer’s readiness for the next level. Ability, age, social group, maturity, goals, and more are kept in mind when our coaches discuss placement. When moving up a group, there are significant training changes involving increased responsibility, skill level, training times, and yardage. Some moves are much harder than others, and each session the groups will have a slightly different feel due to its members. Please know that we give this considerable thought and discussion. Our coaches are looking out for the best interest of all swimmers. Moving up to a higher level is exciting, but it is far more important for each swimmer to feel that they can keep up with the workout and be comfortable in the group. We will notify you
