Congratulations to all the BEST swimmers on a great weekend at the Cactus Classic Swim Meet. BEST placed 3rd overall. Congratulations to the following High Point Award Winners...
Celina Li - 1st Place 11-12 Girls
Ian McIlwraith - 1st Place 11-12 Boys
Chris Webb - 1st Place 13-14 Boys
Erica Stock - 3rd Place 13-14 Girls
Here is the upcoming practice schedule. Please note the changes.
Monday, May 19- 6:00-7:30pm swim
Tuesday, May 20 - 5:00-6:30pm swim - No dryland
Wednesday, May 21 - 5:00-6:30pm swim, 6:30-7:00pm pizza party
Thursday, May 22 - 5:00-6:30pm swim - No dryland
Friday, May 23 - 5:00-6:30pm swim
Saturday, May 24 - No Practice
Monday, May 26 - No Practice
Tuesday, May 27 - Summer schedule begins. For those still in school, I will offer the following practices...
Tuesday 5/27 - 6:00-7:30pm
Wednesday 5/28 - 4:00-5:30pm
Thursday 5/29 - 6:00-7:30pm
Friday 5/30 - 4:00-5:30pm
Thanks!
Coach Kevin
Greetings!
Hope everyone is having a great week and anticipating the end of the school year! The Blue Swimmers have done a fantastic job of bonding as a new group and being so positive! Our focus on stroke work and our training days have been so productive! Let's keep up the great teamwork!! It will pay off for everyone! Following are several reminders for everyone:
Practice Changes/Updates:
*Friday, May 16th=6-7:30p.m.
*Saturday, May 17th=10-11:30a.m./NO Dryland!
*Friday, May 23rd=5-6:30p.m.
*Saturday, May 24th=No Practice due to Cactus Classic Meet
*Monday, May 26th=No Practice due to Memorial Day & Cactus Classic Meet
Swim Meets:
*AZ Gauchos=Saturday & Sunday, May 17-18th/Warm Ups=7:30a.m.: Meet=8:30a.m.
*Cactus Classic=Friday, May 23-Monday, May 26th The Age Group (12 & Unders) Prelims are at the Cactus Pool & Finals at ASU; 13 & Overs have Prelims & Finals at the ASU Facility. Please refer to meet info that was given out for exact times.
*Flagstaff-"Beat The Heat" Meet=Friday-Sunday, June 6-8th NEED TO SIGN-UP IN THE SWIM OFFICE BY FRIDAY, MAY 23RD!!!
*Sparky Invite=Friday-Sunday, June 20-22nd. This is the meet for all of BEST Age Groupers instead of BEST Invite. This meet will be held at the ASU Facility.
Week of May 26-31st
Reminder about the week of Monday, May 26-Saturday, May 31st. We were originally supposed to start the BEST Summer Schedule on Tuesday, May 27th. Due to most of the elementary & parochial schools being in session through the 29 or 30th, we are offering a alternate schedule for this week. This change/schedule was e-mailed out and a hard copy put in everyone's mailbox this week. If you are out of school, you will follow the Bronze practice schedule. If you are in school, practices will be in the afternoon/evening.
Monday, May 26th=NO Practices due to holiday & Cactus Classic Swim Meet
Tues, May 27th/Thu, May 29th=6-7:30p.m.
Wed, May 28th/Fri, May 30th=4-5:30p.m.
Saturday, May 31st=10-12Noon
*NO Dryland will be offered at all this week to any of the age groupers!!
*Remember, Coach Jennifer will not be here. I will be a Team manager with the USA Swimming's Open Water national Team Camp in Fort Myers, FL from May 27th-June 1st.
I hope everyone has a great weekend! Good luck to everyone swimming in the Gauchos Meet this weekend at the Glendale Community College Pool!! See you at the meet!
-Coach Jennifer
Hi all! Here are some notes for this week...
1) Thank you to all the parents that showed up last night for the Red group parent meeting. I am very excited about working with this group of parents and swimmers this season! I will put meet schedules and summer practice schedules in the file folders of those that did not attend.
2) Gauchos Meet this weekend...warm-ups Saturday and Sunday at 7:30am. Team shirt order for this weekend will be Red T-shirt on Saturday and White T-shirt on Sunday.
3) Saturday practice this week is 10:00-11:30am...no dryland
4) Looking ahead to next week...
· Friday, May 23rd - 5:00 - 6:30pm practice
· Saturday, May 24th - No Practice
· Monday, May 26th - No Practice
5) Summer practice schedule will begin Tuesday, May 27th. For those swimmers still in school that week, I will have the following make-up practices...
· Tuesday, May 27th - 6:00 - 7:30pm
· Wednesday, May 28th - 4:00 - 5:30pm
· Thursday, May 29th - 6:00 - 7:30pm
· Friday, May 30th - 4:00 - 5:30pm
6) Flagstaff Meet is June 6th - 8th. Hotel information can be found on the BEST website. If you plan on attending, you need to sign up in the office on the sheet on
That is all for right now.
Thanks!
Coach Kevin
Greetings!
The happenings for this week are pretty straight forward. Please make sure you know of any schedule changes due to meets or holidays
Practice Updates:
*No Friday, May 16th-Due to !0 7 Under Swim Meet
*Saturday, May 17th-YES, there is practice!! 11:30-12:30p.m.
*NO Monday, May 26th-Due to Memorial Day Holiday!
Swim Meets:
*Friday, May 16th=AZ Marlins 10 & under Meet Warm Ups=3:30p.m./Meet starts=4:15p.m. Both Coach Jennifer & Coach Mo will be attending this meet.
*Sat. & Sun., May 17-18th=Gauchos Meet Warm Ups=7:30a.m./Meet=8:30a.m. Coach Jennifer will be attending this meet.
Week of May 26-31st:
Due to the fact that most of the elementary schools are not out until at least May 29th, there will NOT be a Starfish/Rising Stars practice on Wednesday morning, May 28th. We were supposed to start the summer schedule this week. Following is the schedule for this week:
Monday, May 26th=No Practice due to the Memorial Day holiday
Tuesday, May 27th=4-5:15p.m.
Wednesay, May 28th=NO PRACTICE!
Thursday, May 29th=4-5:15p.m.
Friday, May 30th=NO Practice scheduled for Fridays.
Saturday, May 30th=11:00a.m.-12Noon
FINS...Remember, Starfish and Rising Stars will begin using fins the week of May 27th!!
I hope everyone is having a great week. Good Luck to everyone who is swimming either at the AZ Marlins 10 & Under Meet or at the AZ Gauchos Meet on Saturday and Sunday!
-Coach Jennifer
Hi all! Here are some notes for this week...
1) There is no dryland this Saturday. Practice is from 8:00-10:00am.
2) Gauchos Meet is this weekend. Warm-ups begin at 7:30am on both days. Swimmers should plan on arriving by 7:15am. Entries are posted on the bulletin board.
3) I will pass out summer schedules next week. I understand swimmers might still be in school when we start and I will have make-up practices that last week in May. This information will be on the schedule I pass out.
4) There will be no morning practices next week....getting ready for Cactus Classic!
5) I will also be passing out a summer information sheet next week. This will need to be filled out and returned to me. It will ask about summer school schedules and any other conflicts this summer.
6) We have been having some great practices and should be getting ready for a great summer! Keep up the great work!
7) I know Finals are fast approaching...please try to make as many practices as possible. I do understand that swimmers may need to miss a day to study...just let me know when they will be missing.
That is all for right now.
Thanks!
Coach Kevin
Sunday May 25th no practice
Monday May 26th 11:30-1:30 only
Friday May 30th no 6:00pm masters
Thank you!
Brophy Masters Social at the Getts
Saturday, May 10th 6pm-10pm
Booze, burgers and Dogs will be provided.
Please bring an appetizer,salad or side dish (A-M) or a dessert (N-Z)
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Hello!
Hope this finds everyone looking forward to a great weekend! I am finally successful at getting into this new blog system!! I feel like I went through an initiation!
What a great weekend we just had!! It was truly a Best Weekend with the Team Breakfast; Team Pictures; Intrasquad Meet and the Best Team Banquet! I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did! I felt renewed when I got to Monday!
BEST Intrasquad Swim Meet. What fun it was to get back to "some racing" long course style!! The Blue group looked very good/strong for early season. It was nice to see everyone have an opportunity to race, but no pressure! We had a great percentage of best times! We had 74% best times for the group!The big point that I noticed was how strong everyone looked at the end of their races! I am really glad that almost everyone got the opportunity to race the 200 Free.
BEST Team Banquet. Wow! Between the Red and Blue groups, we had a great turnout for the banquet on Sunday afternoon! Everyone looked so nice, all dressed up! The food and videos were great! I just want all of you to know that I truly meant all of the positive words that I spoke about all of you! You make this all worth while for me each and every day! And I know the Best is yet to come for all of you! A big congrats goes out to those of you who won special recognition awards:
Red Group Coaches Award=Logan Bianchi
Blue Group Coaches Award=Laura Gonzales & Brad Dorsey
Age Group Most Spirited Award=Emma Dromiack
Thanks to those of you who attended. It is nice to have the opportunity to get together and celebrate our achievements and good fortunes that have been blessed upon this team over the past year!
Blue Parent Meeting. A big thank you to all of you who attended the Blue Parent Meeting last night! It was really good to have the time to talk with all of you. More than anything I wanted to provide more info on how I operate and my philosophy. If you were not in attendance, I did put the entire meeting packet in your mailboxes. Besides talking through the meeting outline, I did discuss several other items. I will outline those thoughts for you below. Besides the normal group stuff, I tried to expand on or give more insight into the areas that I feel are of utmost importance at this stage/level of swimming development.
*Practice thoughts (items of important with this group)=
-The Responsibility the Swimmer has in his own day-to-day approach to his swimming "learning to make each workout count";
-Stroke work vs. Training time. We are now beginning to spend more time with training at least 3-4 days a week;
*Competition Thoughts=
Responsibility and the role that each swimmer has in his own success with competitions which now include the areas of Warming Up/Warming Down/The Learning & Implementing of Race Strategies;
*Dryland Focus=
Looking at both how dryland plays an ever-growing role of importance in the entire program from bottom to top;
How it can vary season to season. Focusing on the running and increase of dryland during the spring and moving into more dryland maintenance in the summer season;
Other options that come into play during the summer as use of the dryland time frame:
*Mental Training. When I began introducing several of these concepts to the Red Group late this past winter, I found that they were "hungry" to learn and that they wanted more of this. Areas to explore and expand upon through this season include-Goal-setting (we will do goal-packets); Visualization (they love this exercise!); Focus Strategies; and possibly Relaxation skills.
As we explore these areas, I will try to keep the parents in the loop!
May Meets. The entries for the May Meets are finished and posted. Please double check the entries for the Gauchos Meet on May 17-18th & Cactus Classic, May 23-26th.
June Meets. The first of two June Meets is fast approaching. The "Beat The Heat Meet" in Flagstaff is June 6-8th. I will work on that entry May 20th. Please make sure to sign up for this meet in the office, IF you are participating.
The second meet in June has been altered for the BEST age groupers. Due to Arizona Swimming only approving the BEST Closed Invite for Senior Swimmers the weekend of June 20-22nd, the BEST age groupers are going to participate in the Sparky Invite, on June 20-22nd. this meet is held at the ASU complex. As soon as we have the information, we will get it to you.
Meet Contracts. Thank you to those of you who have filled out and turned in the meet contracts that I distributed. They sure helped me complete the May entries much quicker and more efficiently. I do not want to enter swimmers who have no intention of participating and then YOU have to pay for it! If you have not let me know your summer meet plans, please do so ASAP. It helps me out greatly!
Summer Practice Schedule. Remember the BEST Summer Practice Schedule goes into effect on Tuesday, May 27th. VERY IMPORTANT...the Blue Group will follow Bronze's practice schedule Tuesday, May 27th-Saturday, May 31st! This is due to Coach Jennifer being gone. I am attending USA Swimming's National Open Water Select Camp and Championships as a team manager. We will start the Blue summer schedule on Monday, June 2nd. (I marked this on the copy of the Summer Schedule that I included in the Parent Meeting packet last night.)
Students In Summer School. PLEASE make sure that I know if your Swimmer is attending Summer School. Also, I need to know the times and the duration (start & finish dates) of their summer school session. Between the workouts offered by the Bronze and Blue groups, EVERYONE will have ample opportunity to practice each week! PLEASE GET ME THIS INFO ASAP!!! I want to make sure these Swimmers have a schedule ahead of time that they know!!
Coming Soon. GOAL-SETTING SESSION!!
As I close for now, I want to take a moment to wish a very special group of people...MOTHERS...a "Happy Mother's Day" to each and everyone of you! I hope your day is special because of your family! Relax and enjoy!
Have a great weekend!
Coach Jennifer
Greetings! I am finally on the new blog system. Thank you for your patience. It took several attempts before I was "accepted" into the new system!
The Starfish and Rising Stars have had a great first month of the long course swim season! Having two long course practices; doing some running and having a "Fun Day" have helped mix up the practice routine a bit for them which helps keep it a little more exciting and new!
And then with the BEST Team Intrasquad Swim Meet last Saturday, May 3rd, we are full speed ahead into the racing mode once again! Hopefully, everyone took notice of how well our Starfish and Rising Star Swimmers performed at the meet! We had many first time long course swims; many first time swimming of new events and MANY new best times! (The best times beads will be in the mailboxes on Saturday, May 10th. Remember, if this was the first time to swim long course or to swim an event long course, you will not receive a bead for that swim) We had many comments that everyone enjoyed the team breakfast also!
BEST Team Banquet. Wow! Doesn't everyone look so nice when we are dressed up?!. I was so glad to see many of our Starfish and Rising Star Swimmers at our team banquet. It is our special time to be together as a team and celebrate our many good fortunes and successes! A special congratulations goes out to the Swimmers who won Coaches Awards for their groups:
Starfish=Ava DiStefano & Houghton Mayfield
Rising Stars=Elise Roediger & Allison Winter
*A job well done for everyone and the food was pretty darn good too!!
Upcoming Meets. Following is a recap of the May Swim Meets for the Starfish & Rising Star Swimmers:
*Friday, May 16th-10 & Under AZ Marlins Meet. The entries are posted and were put in mailboxes. We have 25 Swimmers attending this meet! Warm-Ups=3:30p.m./Meet Start=4:15p.m. The meet is located at the Phoenix Country Day Aquacenter. This is located 2 blocks North of Camelback on 40th Street. **NO Rising Star Practice on Friday, May 16th!!*Saturday-Sunday, May 17-18th-AZ Swimming Gauchos Meet. The entries are also done and posted for this meet. The group going to this meet is small. We only have 14 Starfish/Rising Star Swimmers attending. **There will still be practice on this Saturday, May 17th! (@11:30a.m.)
As far as the June Swim Meets go:
*The first one is the "Beat The Heat" Swim Meet in Flagstaff. The dates are June 6-8th. Please make sure to sign-up in the office if you plan on attending. I will be working on the entries the week of May 19th. At this meet, the 8 & Unders swim both Saturday & Sunday afternoon, while the 9 & overs swim in the mornings. We do have a block of rooms at the Drury Inn.
*The AZ Marlins have another 10 & under Meet on the meet schedule. This is set for Friday, June 13th. However, they have indicated to us that they may need to cancel that one. As soon as I hear, I will inform everyone.
*The 3rd June Meet has been altered for our age groupers. The BEST Closed Invite has been approved for Senior Swimmers only! Our age groupers will now attend the Sparky Invite. June 20-22nd. this meet is hosted at the ASU facility. More info to follow as soon as we know the details!
Parent Meeting. Thanks again to all of those parents who attended the parent meeting last week! I did put all of the meeting info in the mailboxes for those not in attendance.
Meet Contracts. Thank you to all of the families who have returned their meet contracts for the summer! It really has helped in getting the May Swim Meet entries done quicker and I know who is going. I am still missing 7-8 of those contracts. Please make sure that I know what meets you DO want to attend and those you DON"T! I want to be as accurate as possible, AND I don't want families paying for meet entries when they never intended on participating in the first place!!
Summer Practice Schedule. Reminder...we change to the summer schedule on Tuesday, May 27th. please make sure you know the correct times. The summer schedule is as follows:
*Starfish=
Mon 11:15a.m.-12:15p.m.
Tue/Thu 4-5:15p.m. (with dryland)
Saturday 11-12:00Noon (Only 5/31; 6/14; 6/28; 7/5; 7/12; 7/19 & 7/26)
*Rising Stars=
Same schedule as Starfish with the addition of Wed 11:15a.m.-12:15p.m.
FINS. Everyone either needs to start bringing their fins or they need to purchase a pair for the start of the summer schedule. We will begin using them the week of May 27th. I would recommend Speedo's Orange and Blue short Fins.
June Social Activity. I would like to plan a social activity for the two groups in June. If anyone has any ideas on an outing or would like to help with it, please let me know. I think the children would really enjoy some social time together once everyone is out of school!
As I close, I want to wish all of the Mothers a very "Happy Mother's Day" this Sunday. I hope everyone's weekend is a special one! Thank you once again for your support of BEST!
-Coach Jennifer
2008 Beat the Heat Classic - Updated.doc
Sign up in the office ASAP if you plan to attend the meet in Flagstaff.
Click on the Form1.doc to get information for making your reservations on line. All reservations must be made by Friday, May 25th.
Flagstaff Drury Inn & Suites | |
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300 South Milton Road We have blocked rooms at the new Drury Inn & Suites for June 6th - 8th at $99 + tax per night. Please call the hotel and ask for the Brophy East Swim Team block and reserve your rooms. The meet will start on Friday with warm up at 1 p.m. and start at 2 p.m. for 9 & Over swimmers. Saturday morning's warm up will be at 9:30 a.m. and start at 10:30 a.m. for all 9 & Over swimmers. All 8 & Under swimmers will warm up at the conclusion of the morning session but no later than 1 p.m. with start time no earlier than 1:30 p.m. On Sunday morning warm up will be at 9:30 a.m. and start at 10:30 a.m. Please sign up in the office ASAP if you plan to attend this meet. Only those signed up will be entered in the meet. There will be a limited number of swimmers allowed in this meet (350) so we need to send in entries early in order to secure a spot. If you have any questions please let us know. | |
Hi all! Here are some notes for this week...
1) Great job by the swimmers at the Intrasquad Meet. This was a great chance to see where we are at as far as our racing goes. I was very happy with the turns of the swimmers and how they really held their strokes together. Now we need to keep adding more pieces to the puzzle and really fine tune our technique over the summer.
2) Friday Practice (May 9) - Red will practice with Blue at 5:30 - 7:30
3) Saturday Practice (May 10) Red will practice with Blue at 9:00 - 11:30 (Dryland beginning at 9:00).
4) Entries are posted for the Gauchos Meet and the Cactus Classic. Any changes...please let me know asap.
5) There will be a Red Group Parent Meeting on Wednesday, May14th at 6:00-7:00pm. I will go over summer practice schedules and summer meets during this time as well
6) Happy Mother's Day to all the moms this Sunday! Thank you for all the hard work you do for your swimmers and all your support. Hope you have a great day and the swimmers take good care of you!
That is all for right now.
Thanks!
Coach Kevin
Hi all! Here are some notes for this week...
1) Great job by the swimmers at the Intrasquad Meet. This was a great chance to see where we are at as far as our racing goes. The biggest thing we really need to work on is using our legs during our races. This is something we will be doing more of in practice.
2) There is no dryland practice this Saturday (May 10). Practice will be from 8:00 - 10:00am.
3) There is No Friday AM practice this week (May 9). Distance animals can have a day to rest and get ready for a tough next week.
4) Entries are posted for the Gauchos Meet and the Cactus Classic. Any changes...please let me know asap.
5) Happy Mother's Day to all the moms this Sunday! Thank you for all the hard work you do for your swimmers and all your support. Hope you have a great day and the swimmers take good care of you!
That is all for right now.
Thanks!
Coach Kevin
