Timers needed for Dual Meet tonight at UNB Pool

Can anyone who is available to be a timer for tonight's Dual Meet running from 5:30pm - 7:30pm please be at the pool by 5:00pm?

 

Thank you very much in advance for any help you can provide.

A drive for Andrew to East Coast Champs

If anyone has room to take Andrew (Shags) to and from Halifax could they please email Paula, pcruthe@unb.ca

 

thanks

 

Julie

IP Practice Schedule Update and Time Trial request from Coach Paula

Dryland for the IP Group is at 6:00 tonight and they will just be doing core work etc.. on deck.

 

Schedule change for IP starting next week (June 23rd):

• Monday practice will be PM from 5:30pm-7:00pm instead of AM.
• No dryland after today.
• Friday AM will be from 7:30am-9:30am instead of 6:00am-7:30 am

Friday night 5:30PM - 7:30PM is Time Trial and please come to help out if you can (Provincial, IP and National groups).

Thanks Folks,

Paula

Inter Provincial and National Groups - Practice Notice from Paula

All workouts this weekend for the Inter Provincial and National groups will be in Saint John Long Course and regular workout times at UNB are cancelled due to LC training in Saint John.

Coach Paula.

Fredericton Aquanauts Celebrate a Great Year

Swimmers and families from the Fredericton Aquanauts Swim Team celebrated a very successful year last night at their Annual Year End Banquet. Over a hundred people gathered to honour our swimmers and the families that support them.
Trophies were awarded to the Top Swimmer in each age group. These swimmers had the fastest times in each of their respective age groups. Those are as follows:

10 and under girls: Cassidy Richards
10 and under boys: Eric Meng
11-12 girls: Katarina Schatz
11-12 boys: Alex Horwood
13-14 girls: Lauren Adam
13-14 boys: Mark Garland
15-17 girls: Danielle Merasty
15-17 boys: Chris Garcelon

The overall top swimmer from the FAST was Danielle Losier. Danielle was the top female winner at the Swim NB banquet last weekend. She has smashed NB records in both short and long course this year. Danielle competed in the Beijing Olympic Trials in Montreal earlier this spring. She is so deserving of the title “Top FAST Swimmer”.

Another special award was given to the swimmer who had the greatest improvement. Rachael Martin started swimming just a few short years ago. She works so hard every day and has improved to be a force to be reckoned with in the pool, especially if you’re willing to race her in the 800 meter or the mile!! Way to go Rachael!!!

Rene Boudreau was presented by Ruth Hawkes with the Marianne Limpert Scholarship. Boudreau was also a NB record breaker this year with his 200 back stroke performance at the East Coast Swim Championships in PEI this past March. He attends Ecole St Anne and is the first swimmer from his school to receive this honour.

We also honoured our graduating swimmers who are leaving our program this summer. Sarah Hebb, Rene Boudreau, Jacqueline Soicher, and Danielle Merasty will all be missed by the FAST family.

Our Fast swimmers are holding an Open House this coming Thursday the 19th of June from 6:30-7:30 at the UNB Pool. Our Acting Head Coach, Paula Crutcher would like to invite all kids who would like to check out the FAST program. Swimmers vary in ability from the Olympic Hopefuls to the learn to swimmers. Since this year is an Olympic year, it is the perfect time to try out this exciting sport where “no child sits on the bench”. See you at the pool….

This past week end Swim NB honoured all those swimmers who raced to be the top ten in each swimming event for the year at the Annual banquet. We would like to recognized those great swimmers . Swimmers were recognized for the first place, top three and top ten finishes. The following FAST swimmers were included:
Swim NB’s Top Three Finishers:

11-12 Girls:

Lauren Adam (1st: 50 & 100 free, 50, 100 & 200 breaststroke, 100 & 200 IM and 100 fly, 2nd: 200 & 800 free, 3rd: 50 & 200 fly, 100 back, 400 IM)

Katarina Schatz (1st: 50, 100 and 200 back, 2nd: 50 & 400 free, 3rd: 100 & 200 free, 100 IM) Chelsey McCarthy (2nd: 50 fly, 100 back, 3rd: 50 back)

Teague Foreman (3rd: 1500 free)

13-14 Girls:

Lauren Adam (1st: 50 & 100 breaststroke, 2nd: 200 breaststroke)

Chelsey McCarthy (2nd: 100 fly)

15-17 Girls:

Danielle Losier (1st: 50, 100 & 200 breaststroke, 100 & 200 IM and 100 butterfly 2nd: 50 free, 50 fly, 3rd: 200 fly)

Danielle Merasty (1st: 50, 100 & 200 freestyle, 3rd: 400 free, 100 fly)

Monica MacDonald (1st: 50 fly)

Kaitlyn Young (1st: 200 fly, 2nd: 200 & 400 IM, 3rd: 50 & 200 back)

11-12 Boys:

Alex Horwood (2nd: 200 back, 3rd: 50 back, 100 IM)

13-14 Boys:

Mark Garland (2nd: 400 IM, 3rd: 200 back)

15-17 Boys:

Rene Boudreau (50, 100 &200 back, 50, 100 &200 fly and 200 & 400 free, 2nd: 50 free)

Chris Garcelon (50, 100 & 200 breaststroke, 100, 200 & 400 IM and 50 free, 2nd: 100 free, 200 back)

Swim NB Top 10’s:
11-12 girls:

Lauren Adam, Katarina Schatz, Chelsey McCarthy, Cassidy Richards, Rachel Nason, Teague Foreman, Mary Ketterling

13-14 Girls:

Lauren Adam, Chelsey McCarthy, Jordana Stanford, Eden Vanderlaan, Laura Heffernan, Rachael Martin, Laura Whalen, Anne Ketterling

15-17 Girls:

Danielle Merasty, Danielle Losier, Kaitlyn Young, Monica MacDonald, Sarah Hebb, Eden Vanderlaan, Carly Davies, Theresa Ketterling

11-12 Boys:

Alex Horwood, Joshua Lee, Djordje Lepir

13-14 Boys:

Mark Garland, Jon Reid, Eric Garcelon, Alex Horwood

15-17 Boys:

Rene Boudreau, Chris Garcelon, Sam McGinn

East Coast Short Course Champs in Halifax

Following are the confirmed swimmers for this meet. This will be a parent meet. I do have rooms booked at Gerard Hall (Doubles are 48.27 student rate, 63.34 others) that I will release on June 23rd. If any of you wish to stay on campus for this great room rate, let me know. There are cafeteria facilities close by for meals as well.

• Katarina Schatz
• Kait Young
• Lauren Adam
• Teague Foreman
• Jon Reid
• Mark Garland
• Alex Horwood

Julie MacDonald

ajulie.macdonald@gmail.com

FAST News - Important Dates coming up - Notice from Coach Paula

Hello FAST Families,

With the end of the season FAST approaching I would like to send out a few reminders for important dates over the next few weeks.

FAST AGM and Banquet    Tomorrow Night!!!  Killarney Lake Lodge at 6:30 PM
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FAST Bring a Buddy Night Thursday June 19th @ 6:30-7:30 PM at UNB.  All groups are encouraged to come and bring a friend.  It will be a fun hour with swimming and games!! If you normally have practice at a different time on Thursday that workout is cancelled and come to the 6:30 Time with a friend!!

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LAST DAY FOR FAST Practices   June 20th, 2008  (IP will end dryland on June 20th but water training for East Coast and Club Nationals will continue)

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Long course training in Saint John, times are as follows:

8:15-10:15pm - Friday, June 13 - Paula coaching
6am-8am - Saturday, June 14 - Paula coaching
4:30-6:30pm- Saturday, June 14 - Shags coaching
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Provincial, IP and National will be having a Quad Meet on Friday, June 20th  from 5:30-7:30 pm.  Please email Paula if you will be participating with your event requests by Wednesday June 18th, 2008.  pcrutche@unb.ca Event options 50 100 200 400 Choose your stroke and you can swim 2 events max.

If you are planning on attending the Quad Meet you are required to bring someone with you to help with timing.
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Looking forward to seeing you all at Killarney Lake tomorrow!!

Paula

FAST News - Reminder.. Deadline for Chaperones for Grand Prix and East Coast meets

Please note that tomorrow is the deadline for East Coast registration.  I have not received any volunteers for chaperoning for this meet or Grand Prix yet. If I don't have any parents willing to chaperone, this will become a parent meet.

 

Thanks

 

Julie

FAST News - REMINDER Mark Your Calendars - AGM / Year End Banquet - Thursday June 12th - SPECIAL GUEST!

Hi everyone,   This is a reminder of the Banquet this Thurday... Please RSVP to  gyoung8940@rogers.com so we can get an idea of numbers...

It's that time of year again! We have scheduled the Annual General Meeting just before the Year End Banquet so that we can vote in the new board of directors and approve the operating budget for the upcoming season. To be able to vote in the new board and pass the budget, we will need to have 30% of the FAST families attend, so please try to make it… more about the AGM below.

We are having the event at the Killarny Lodge this year on Thursday, June 12th @ 6:30pm. Our special for the event will be incoming Head Coach Marta Belsh. This is a really great opportunity for parents and kids alike to meet Marta and get to know her a bit before next season starts.

PLAN:  Pizza and drinks bought by the club 
       Salads -  National and Interprovincial , Fishes and Teen Fitness  groups     
       Desserts and Sweets:  Red, black and provincial  

COST:  $10 per family or $3 per person . 

This is a gathering to celebrate the year gone by and to anticipate the amazing year coming up.

As for the AGM…

Here are the Board position descriptions, and current candidates. If you are interested in participating on the board next season, or would like to help out in some capacity, please do not hesitate to contact me. Many hands make light work.

President:         Leads the volunteers through the year’s activities, runs the monthly Board meetings.
CANDIDATE:  Michel Losier

Vice-President:  Assists the President in the above duties.  Traditionally becomes President the following year.
CANDIDATE:  Ron Richards

Past President:  Assists the Board and Club in conducting its activities.
CANDIDATE:  Michael Schatz

Treasurer:          Administers the Club’s finances.  Attends registration in the Fall, collects payments from families, maintains swim credit accounts, provides monthly financial statements, and controls inflow and outflow of the Club’s finances.

CANDIDATE:  Mary Heffernan

Registrar:          Responsible for organizing and attending registration in the Fall. Manages swimmer registration records, ensures all swimmers’ information is accurate and up to date, and manages inflow and outflow of swimmers through the year.

CANDIDATE:  Michelle Reid

Secretary:         Records minutes of Board and other official Club meetings.  Provides assistance to Club events in general.

CANDIDATE:  Jen Adam

Team Managers: Usually require 2 people to perform these duties, although only one person votes at Board.  This role organizes and manages all Club travel requirements to and from Meets (between 15-20 per season).  Also performs various duties at FAST hosted meets.

CANDIDATE:  Claudette Young

Meets and Officials:       This position ensures that meets hosted by FAST (usually 2-4) are well organized, have the necessary Officials, ensures that other attending teams have registered all their swimmers, that hospitality of officials and coaches is looked after, as well as ensuring canteen facilities are available among other responsibilities.

CANDIDATE:   Bob Garland 

Communications: This position ensures that communications within the Club and outside the Club are well performed.  This includes communicating with families, the Board, the media, swim NB, etc, through e-mail lists, the website and other forms.

CANDIDATE:  Heather Horwood

Fundraising:      This role is responsible to lead the committee that conducts major fundraising initiatives for the Club.  These include the Delta Tickets, Citrus Sale, Swim-A-Thon, Flea Market, Grocery Bagging and others as required.

CANDIDATE:  VACANT

Group Parents Rep:  This position is responsible for liaising with the Group Parents who represent each group of swimmers on the Club.  They also assist the Board in conducting Club activities.

CANDIDATE:  VACANT

Head Coach:     The coach is responsible for all swimmer training programs, management of assistant coaches, and ensuring that we meet the team’s performance objectives.  (Actually this position is not up for grabs at the AGM, as we have a contractual relationship with Jamie)

Not up for election:  Currently Paula Crutcher and will shift to Marta Belsh in August.

 Michael Schatz - President 

FAST News - CORRECTION - LC Training / Time Trial mixup

Sorry people. This is my mistake. Allow me to clarify what is coming up.

Friday June 13th 8:15pm - 10:15pm is LC training in Saint John … No time trial happening here.
Saturday June 14th 6:00am - 8:00am is LC training in Saint John
Saturday June 14th 4:30pm - 6:30pm is LC training in Saint John

As for the time trial…. It will be occurring here in Fredericton at the UNB pool on Friday, June 20th from 5:30pm - 7:30pm

This time trial is open to members of the Provincial, Inter-Provincial and National groups. The events will be as follows:

50
100
200
400
Open choice of stroke
We still need stroke and turn judges and timers and possibly a computer operator….

Again, my apologies for the confusion. If you have any questions, please contact me and I will do  my best to confuse you further.

Michael Schatz - FAST President.

FAST News - Long Course Time Trial at LC training in Saint John - Additional Info

I should have mentioned that all this is scheduled to happen next Friday June 13th (time trial) and June 14th (training sessions).

Michael Schatz

FAST News - Long Course Time Trial at LC training in Saint John

Volunteers are needed for a time trial to be held at the Saint John Aquatic Center as part of the Long Course training sessions being held there that weekend.

To hold a successful time trial, we will need stroke and turn judges as well as timers…. A computer operator might come in handy too! If you are able to help out, please let Coach Paula know as soon as possible (pcrutche@unb.ca).

This time trial is open to members of the Provincial, Inter-Provincial and National groups. The events will be as follows:

50
100
200
400

Open choice of stroke

All this is working on the assumption that we will get all the volunteers that we need to make the times official. Please help out if you are able.

The Friday night time trial will run during the scheduled pool time we have been allotted (8:15pm - 10:15pm)

The remaining training sessions will run on Saturday at 6:00am to 8:00am and 4:30pm to 6:30pm as previously scheduled.

Michael Schatz - FAST President

FAST News - Chaperones Required for 2 upcoming meets

We are looking for 2 chaperones for Grand Prix in Montreal June 26 - 29th and 2 chaperones for East Coast championships in Halifax July 4 - 6th.

 

Please let me know by June 12th if you are available to help out with either of these meets. I am also looking for vans with drivers for both these meets. We will pay kms plus gas for anyone who volunteers.

 

Julie MacDonald

FAST News - East Coast Championships - Halifax - July 3rd - 6th

Please read the e-mail below from our Team Manager, Julie.

 

If you are interested in being a chaperone for this meet, please contact Julie (ajulie.macdonald@gmail.com) as soon as possible. If we do not get a volunteer by June 12th, this will become a parent meet with parents being responsible for their swimmer's transportation and accomodation.

 

This meet requires that the swimmer be at least 11 years old and have an East Coast qualifying time. If you are unsure of your swimmer's status, please contact their coach. 

 

Thanks, Mike.

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Please let me know by June 12 if you child is planning to attend this meet in Halifax July  3  - 6th. 

 

I have a block of rooms booked at the university residence and am hoping to make this a team meet. Let me know if your child is planning to travel with family or the team when you send back the permission slip.

 

thanks

 

Julie MacDonald

FAST News - Last Day of FAST practices for the Season

Hi everyone,

The last day of the FAST season for most swimmers will be June 20th, the last day of school. Some of the National and Inter-Provincial swimmers will continue to practice as there are some long-course events coming up in June and July.

Thank you all for being part of FAST this season. I hope we will see you all next season, and at the year-end AGM/Banquet on June 12th… 6:30pm at the Killarny Lodge. Come join in the fun!

Michael Schatz - FAST President

FAST News - Mark Your Calendars - AGM / Year End Banquet - Thursday June 12th - SPECIAL GUEST!

Forgot one thing.... Please RSVP to Claudette Young at gyoung8940@rogers.com so we have some idea of how many families will be coming.

 

Thanks!

 

Mike.

FAST News - Mark Your Calendars - AGM / Year End Banquet - Thursday June 12th - SPECIAL GUEST!

Hi everyone,

It's that time of year again! We have scheduled the Annual General Meeting just before the Year End Banquet so that we can vote in the new board of directors and approve the operating budget for the upcoming season. To be able to vote in the new board and pass the budget, we will need to have 30% of the FAST families attend, so please try to make it… more about the AGM below.

We are having the event at the Killarny Lodge this year on Thursday, June 12th @ 6:30pm. Our special for the event will be incoming Head Coach Marta Belsh. This is a really great opportunity for parents and kids alike to meet Marta and get to know her a bit before next season starts.

PLAN:  Pizza and drinks bought by the club 
       Salads -  National and Interprovincial , Fishes and Teen Fitness  groups     
       Desserts and Sweets:  Red, black and provincial  

COST:  $10 per family or $3 per person . 

This is a gathering to celebrate the year gone by and to anticipate the amazing year coming up.

As for the AGM…

Here are the Board position descriptions, and current candidates. If you are interested in participating on the board next season, or would like to help out in some capacity, please do not hesitate to contact me. Many hands make light work.

President:         Leads the volunteers through the year’s activities, runs the monthly Board meetings.
CANDIDATE:  Michel Losier

Vice-President:  Assists the President in the above duties.  Traditionally becomes President the following year.
CANDIDATE:  Ron Richards

Past President:  Assists the Board and Club in conducting its activities.
CANDIDATE:  Michael Schatz

Treasurer:          Administers the Club’s finances.  Attends registration in the Fall, collects payments from families, maintains swim credit accounts, provides monthly financial statements, and controls inflow and outflow of the Club’s finances.

CANDIDATE:  Mary Heffernan

Registrar:          Responsible for organizing and attending registration in the Fall. Manages swimmer registration records, ensures all swimmers’ information is accurate and up to date, and manages inflow and outflow of swimmers through the year.

CANDIDATE:  Michelle Reid

Secretary:         Records minutes of Board and other official Club meetings.  Provides assistance to Club events in general.

CANDIDATE:  Jen Adam

Team Managers: Usually require 2 people to perform these duties, although only one person votes at Board.  This role organizes and manages all Club travel requirements to and from Meets (between 15-20 per season).  Also performs various duties at FAST hosted meets.

CANDIDATE:  Claudette Young

Meets and Officials:       This position ensures that meets hosted by FAST (usually 2-4) are well organized, have the necessary Officials, ensures that other attending teams have registered all their swimmers, that hospitality of officials and coaches is looked after, as well as ensuring canteen facilities are available among other responsibilities.

CANDIDATE:  VACANT

Communications: This position ensures that communications within the Club and outside the Club are well performed.  This includes communicating with families, the Board, the media, swim NB, etc, through e-mail lists, the website and other forms.

CANDIDATE:  Heather Horwood

Fundraising:      This role is responsible to lead the committee that conducts major fundraising initiatives for the Club.  These include the Delta Tickets, Citrus Sale, Swim-A-Thon, Flea Market, Grocery Bagging and others as required.

CANDIDATE:  VACANT

Group Parents Rep:  This position is responsible for liaising with the Group Parents who represent each group of swimmers on the Club.  They also assist the Board in conducting Club activities.

CANDIDATE:  VACANT

Head Coach:     The coach is responsible for all swimmer training programs, management of assistant coaches, and ensuring that we meet the team’s performance objectives.  (Actually this position is not up for grabs at the AGM, as we have a contractual relationship with Jamie)

Not up for election:  Currently Paula Crutcher and will shift to Marta Belsh in August.

 Michael Schatz - President 

FAST News - Top ten camp and Banquet

Hi all

 

Deadline was extended to Monday noon!! I will be dropping the orders off to Robin at that time.

 

To date I have received orders from Rene Boudreau, Danielle Losier, Danielle Merasty, Monica Macdonald,Jon Reid, Teaque Foreman.

 

Anybody else wishing to go contact me ASAP .... even if you are a top one or ten swimmer you need to place an order for your meal and your spot in the camp!!!!

 

Please indicate your preference for the meal...chicken or salmon.

 

Michelle Reid