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Winter Swim Records
9 -10 Boys
Trevor Carroll
50 Breaststroke 21.14
Connor Miller
50 Butterfly 16.57

13-14 Girls
Charlotte Rivard
50 Fly 28.81

15-18 Girls
Ellen Bartlett
100 Free 1:03.44

15 -18 Boys
Joe Thomas
100 Free 52.93

A Championship Qualifiers
25 individuals swam qualifying times at some point during the season.
19 competed in individual events at A Championships.
Ellen Bartlet – 15-18 100 Free; 50 Back
Trevor Carroll – 9&10 25 Breast
Caroline Cox – 11&12 50 Fly; 50 Free
John Gunning – Relay Only
Eddie Hernon – 15-18 100 Free; 50 Breast
Isabel Haglund – 8&Under 25 Back
Will Higgins 15 – 18 100 Free
Bryce Kiley – 8 & Under 25 Fly; 25 Back
Marguerite Lee – 13 – 14 50 Fly; 50 Breast; 100 IM
Katherine Lee – 15 – 18 50 Fly; 50 Breast
Natalie Looney -Relay Only
Tessa Maguire – 13 -1 4 50 Back
Alex Metta – 15 -18 100 IM; 50 Back
Evelyn  Metta – 15 -18 50 Fly; 100 Free
Connor Miller – 9 &10 25 Fly
Rachel Mullen – 15 -18 100 Free; 50 Back
Katherine Osborne – 13-14 50 Back
Aaron Portanova – 13 – 14 50 Breast; 50 Free
Alison Payne – 15 -18 50 Fly; 100 IM
Aidan Reardon – Relay Only
Austin Reardon – 9&10 25 Free
Charlotte Rivard – 13 &14 50 Fly; 50 Breast; 50 Free; 100 IM
Gia Rodriguez – 9&10 25 Fly
Meaghan Shaughnessy 13-14 50 Free
Alex Shute -11&12 50 Back
Joe Thomas – 15 -18 100 Free; 100 IM
Brianna Whelan – 15 -18 100 Free; 50 Breast
Shannon Wilson – 15 -18 50 Breast; 50 Back

Congratulations to the following swimmers for receiving a coaches award this
season!
Little Rays
Olivia Bedard
Ethan Brownbill
Elizabeth Cardini
Lexi MacDonald
Grace DiLeo

Blue
Matthew Bonner
Priscilla Zhang
Ayush Bharadwaj
Shayla Keady
Brett Lampron
Mary Lee

Gold
Andrea Stebbins
Joe Sullivan
Matt Sullivan
Erinn Wagner
Ava Ekberg

Gold II
Laura McAuliffe
Gia Rodriguez
Ben Wong
Danny Hernon

Seniors
Jimmy Conley
Natalie Looney
Tessa Maguire
Rachel Mullen

Most Inspirational Athlete
Isabel Haglund

WOW – what a wonderful meet yesterday. Out of 158 individual swims, our swimmers had 65 best times! That is 41%! Congratulations to Connor Miller for setting a new team record for the 9-10 boys 25 fly with a time of 17.45.  The old record was 18.04 swam by Joe Thomas in 2005. Joe is 16 now, some of you might have seen him swim the 100 Free yesterday – he swam it in 52.93 – a best time and one that would have qualified him for the State High School Swim Meet!  Terrific swim Joe!

Great job to everyone – remember that best times don’t happen every meet, if you did not get one this meet, you will! We have one more dual meet and one more shot to get some “A-Regional” times before the “A” meet. There are a number of swimmers right on the cusp of these times – so get excited about the final dual meet and let’s see what happens.

I want to share with you a comment that we received from some of the Newton parent volunteers. They said that we have a very nice, polite group of swimmers! This is not the first time we have received this type of compliment during the season. You all are doing a wonderful job in and out of the pool.  Parent’s thank you for your commitment to your swimmers and the program – those compliments are because of the outstanding families we have and all the hard work we do with our children at home.

MEET VOLUNTEERS – THANK YOU!
This was a very challenging meet logistically for the bullpen and for all the parents given the set-up with where the swimmers were asked to sit. I would like to thank ALL of our parents especially those who worked computer,timing, stroke & turn, bullpen and pre-bullpen. It was not an easy task I know and many of you were probably ready to hurt someone or something by the time you were done volunteering. Please know that your efforts do not go unnoticed! We would not be able to be a part of this league without the wonderful parent support we have.

SWIM MEET COMMITMENTS FOR 2/20 MEET!
Attached are the meet commitments for our final dual meet this season. Please take a look at it and make sure your child’s name is marked if they intend on swimming. Let me know by no later than Wednesday, 2/16 by 9PM so that I can get meet line-ups done.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH MEET – SNACK BAR DONATIONS NEEDED
We will run a snack bar at our only home meet and would like to ask every family whether your child is swimming in the meet or not to make some type of donation. Thank you for all who have donated something thus far, your support is much appreciated.

We will collect any final donations during workout at Blue Hills on 2/19 or dropped off at Mary Beth Cox’s house – 67 Beach Street. Listed below are specific items we would like, pick something that works for you and your family. We will update the list as donations begin to come in.
Cans of Soda
Bottled Water
Juice Boxes/Gatorade
Nutrigrain Bars/Granola Bars
Pre-packaged Cookies/crackers
Small bags of Chips/Pretzels
Apples/Oranges/Bananas
Swedish Fish/Sour Patch Kids
Starburst/Skittles
M&Ms/Hershey Bars
Twizzlers/Ring Pops

WINTER STROKE CLINICS – FEBRUARY 22 – 24 AT WESTWOOD – REGISTRATION OPEN
REGISTRATION IS DUE NO LATER THAN THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17 – only six spots remain so DO NOT DELAY. Stroke clinics will be offered by Coaches Colleen and Kim Miller during the Winter Break. There will be no more than 6 swimmers per group, and swimmers will be divided up by ability levels. This is a wonderful opportunity for your swimmers to get more intensive stroke work in a smaller group setting. We are limiting this program to 12 swimmers per 45 minute session, or a total of 24 swimmers for the Winter Clinic series. You must commit to all three days and pre-registration and payment is required so that we can schedule the appropriate number of coaches for this program.

Session I:  10:00 – 10:45AM (Open to Gold—Senior Groups)
Session II: 10:45 – 11:30AM (Open to Little Rays and Blue)

Clinic Overview:
Tuesday – Starts/Diving—In water and on blocks/deck
Wednesday – Free Flip Turns & Backstroke Rollover Turns*
Thursday – Open Turns—Fly, Breast and Transition Turns*
*Little Ray & Blue focus will be work primarily on kicks of each stroke during this week and lots of streamlines on Wednesday and Thursday).

UPCOMING LIFEGUARD SCHEDULES
Saturday, February 19:  Alex Metta: 12 – 2
Saturday, February 26:  Evelyn Metta: 12 – 2
Sunday, February 27:  Patricia Lee 1 – 3:30

MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Year-End Swim Banquet
Sunday, March 20th from 4:30 – 6:30 at the Elks Club. More details are forthcoming.  We will recognize ALL swimmers at this banquet so you will not want to miss out on all the fun!

Annual Norwood Aquatics Club TRIVIA NIGHT
Friday, April 29 – 7PM at Norwood Elks; more information to come.

YEAR-END SWIM BANQUET
I am in the process of getting awards done for the swimmers and want to have names placed on them. Please check the attached PDF file and make sure names are spelled correctly. No need to respond if everything is “A-Okay.” If something is amiss, please let me know by no later than Monday, February 21. Thank you for your help.

FEBRUARY PRACTICE & MEET SCHEDULE

Tuesday, 2/15  Vanderbilt
3:15 – 4:10         Senior./JR
4:10 – 5:00         Junior/Gold II

Sat., 2/19            Blue Hills
12 – 12:40          Little Ray I/Blue I/Gold IA
12:20 – 1:00       Little Ray II/Blue II/Gold IB
1:00 – 2:00         Gold II/Junior/Senior

Sunday, 2/20   2:30PM Warm-up/3:00PM Start           V. Natick            Home @ Westwood

Tuesday, 2/22  Vanderbilt
3:15 – 4:10         Senior./JR
4:10 – 5:00         Junior/Gold II

Thursday, 2/24                Dedham
3:30 – 4:30         Gold II/JR/SR
4:30 – 5:00         Little Ray/Blue/Gold

Sat., 2/26            Blue Hills
12 – 12:40          Little Ray I/Blue I/Gold IA
12:20 – 1:00       Little Ray II/Blue II/Gold IB
1:00 – 2:00         Gold II/Junior/Senior

Sun., 2/27           Blue Hills
1 – 1:45                                Little Ray I/Blue I/Gold IA
1:45 – 2:30         Little Ray II/Blue II/Gold IB
2:30 – 3:30         Gold II/Junior/Senior

If you have any questions regarding any information within this email, please feel free to contact me via email.

See you soon!

Kimberly Miller
Head Coach
Norwood Aquatics Club