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Vallejo Aquatic ClubP.O. Box 5846

Vallejo, CA 94591(707) 553-swimwww.vallejoaquatics.org

August/September2008

2007 - 2008 VJO Board

Dave Henderson, President

Debbie Rodinsky, Vice President

Angelynne Yee, Treasurer

Brenda Craft, Secretary

Diane Powell, Membership

Debbi Tucker, Officials

Debbie Rodinsky, Interim Meet

Director

Debbie Cameron, Newsletter

CoachesRob Moreside, Head Coach

Tuffy Williams, Coach (Tuffys

Group)

Aaron Jon Toch, Age Group

Coach

SharkAttackhe Official Newsletter of the Vallejo Aquatic Club

President Daves Parting Thoughts

Hello to all VJOteam members. Thanksfor your support andefforts during my termof president this last

year; it was a privilegeand honor to serve.Please support theincoming board.Congratulations toDebbie Rodinsky aspresident for 2008-2009.

On a moreserious note, we stillhave not had anybodystepup to volunteer formeet director, nor for

snack bar. Yes, itappears to be a dauntingtask, but the concept of

job share is one way toto keep the team afloat,

since meets are aportion of our annualprofit to offset ourcosts. We will train, andsupport our staff, as wehave all been trained,and mentored by currentand past teammembers. The samepeople cannot continueto do the tasks that needto be shared by fellow

parents. Also,

orders need to be placto receive for the winmonths, and we will

selling black swim cawith pink lettering support breast cancer

Thank you all your hard work - see yon deck.

Dave HendersonPast-president, 07-08

P.S. We will be postsign up sheets for upcoming Novem

meet.

Coaches give swimmers well deserved target practiceMeeting Swimathon target benefits swimmers in more ways than one!

What better way to warm up?

NEXT HOME MEET NOVEMBER 1 & 2


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Coach Tuffy

challenging, and moving. Id recomm

watching and/or reading one or the otBut, as swim coaches often do, there one quote that stood out in my mbecause of its direct relevance swimming: The brick walls are therea reason. The brick walls are not therkeep us out. The brick walls are thergive us a chance to show how badlywant something."

As we begin a new season, of us will be facing our own brick wsome big, some small. Fatigue, pinjury, doubt, and others will all be thHow we choose to deal with them determine the amount of success attain this year. So next time yourepractice, in the middle of a hard remember why that set is there; th

show how badly you want it!

Coach Aaron Jon

Thoughts from the Deck

phenomenon (Watch online:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo).

Dr. Pausch was an accomplishedprofessor in the computer sciencedepartment at Carnegie Mellon. He hadrecently been diagnosed with pancreaticcancer, a particularly lethal form of cancerwith a median survival time from diagnosisof between 3-6 months. He had decidedto give a last lecture, which professors inacademia traditionally do as they retire todistill lessons theyve learned over theircareers. His would obviously be moremeaningful as his intention was to leavebehind a capsule for his young children towatch and appreciate as they grew oldenough to comprehend what had

happened and who their father was.

Both the lecture and book (whichis a recap of the lecture with morebackground) are greatinsightful, fun,

Coach Aaron Jon

Before last summers FarWesterns, I bought a book called The Last Lecture by RandyPausch, on a whim. I knew Idneed something to read at themeet and had heard about, butnot watched, the YouTube lecturethat had become an internet

First let me congratulateeveryone who received an award

at our annual award banquet.For those of you who didntattend and were acknowledgedfor an award, your award wasplaced in your file. If you dontknow why you received the award

see me.

We have four (4) swim meetscoming up before the end of the year.Two of the meets are closed (Vacavilleand Napa); Reno is the only meetcurrently open. PLEASE keep your eyesopen for our meet Nov. 1 & 2. Every oneshould swim in our meet! Be prepared tosign up early - this will close fast andearly.

Well we are talking swim meets inDecember (12th-14th) Santa RosaNeptunes will host an indoor meet. Thiswill be your last chance to qualify for theZone III Champ (Jan 16th-18th) at USFindoor pool).

There are not many meets, haveyour parents sign you up as soon as themeet is availablesign up fast.

The weather will be turning coldas we approach winter. Please wear

shoes and socks, warm clothes something on your head.

During your practices do the

you can. Work on perfecting your stroCome every day if you can. You can kyourself warmer in the pool by standing around or stoppingK

MOVING.

Final note I will be asking soswimmers to come to practice early 5PM to 5:30 PM to work on their strokeswill not be for everyone it will be swimmers that need to get the bfundamentals down of a particular strthat need more instruction and pract

If you have a question about this pleask me either at the pool after practicemail me at [email protected] or me a call @ 642-3008.

Tuffy


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Shark Attack Page 3SHARK PROFILES

August/September 2008

Favorite Strokes: Free Style & Backstroke

Favorite Meet Events: 50, 100, 200 & 1,000 Free and 200Back

Role Models: Christine Magnuson

Future Goals: To go to Yale & make Far Western Times

Hobbies: Swimming (of course), badminton & reading

Favorite Song: Tainted Love by Soft Cell

Favorite TV Show: Gilmore Girls

Favorite Movie: Howls Moving Castle

Favorite Book: City of BonesIf Kell ey could change one thing, she would change thefact that some children in third world countries, even our owncountry, dont have the educational opportunities that shedoes. She thinks everyone has the right to education.

When Kelley grows up, she wants to be ananesthesiologist.

Mary Welton Age: 12

Kelley Henderson Age: 13

Favorite Strokes: Free Style & Butterfly

Favorite Meet Events: 200 Free and 100 IM

Role Models: Her Parents

Future Goal: To go to college & make the Olympics

Hobbies: Swimming & soccer

Favorite Song: Beat It by Michael Jackson

Favorite Movie: Finding Nemo

Favorite Book: To Kill a Mockingbird

If Mary could change one thing, it would be:

to have world peace .

When Mary grow s up, she wants to be a marine biologist.


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August/September 2008

Cassidy McGuire Age: 7.5Cassidy swims in the summer with the Benicia Sting Rays. She

wants to improve her swimming by swimming year round with Vallejo.She likes coming to practice and laughs at her coachs jokes.

Cassidy loves breaststroke and is working on her freestyle andbutterfly. Backstroke is her least favorite stroke, but she will do it whenencouraged by her coach.

She will be swimming in several fall meets. Her coach says tohold her breath* (Free/Fly) and swim FAST.

By Coach Tuffy

*Dont worry, Cassidy, Coach Tuffy tells EVERYONE that breathing is overrated!

Vivien Ly has just started swimming with VJO. She is very

anxious about swimming in a meet (or is it her grandmotherthan is anxious?). She will attempt her first meet at our poolon November 1st. She has fun swimming and enjoys Tuffyshumor, most of the time. She likes breaststroke and freestyle.She is learning backstroke and butterfly. She tries hard andworks at learning all the strokes.

By Coach Tuffy

Vivien Ly

Dino Putong Age: 9

his is Dinos second year of swimming with VJO andhe thinks its fun. He almost enjoys swimming in thewinter. The team is looking forward to Dino helpingthe 9-10 year boys relay. He is working on his diveand butterfly. His favorite stroke is anything but

butterfly.

By Coach Tuffy


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Payton swam with Tuffy last year in the fall. Sheloved it so much that she and her sister came back this fall!Loves breaststroke! However, she only tolerates the other 3strokes.

She swam well last summer for the Sting Rays inBenicia (Summer Recreation League).

Her only question is Is Tuffy really older than dirt?She is going to not only swim the 100 Breast & Free,

she is going to attempt a 100 Back, RIGHT PAYTON??

By Coach Tuffy

SHARK PROFILEAugust/September 2008

Payton Onesti Age: 10

Welcome (Back) to the Deck

New Swimmers

Matt Mallari Jaired Barefield Chazmin Cruz

Emily Jewik David Larson Jessica Larson

Alexa Jacobson Kelsey Jacobson Camron Jacobson

Emily Casper Molly Casper Katie Krider

Vivien Ly Cassidy McGuire Alyssa Lisenko

Natalie Lisenko Jennessa Pansoy Amanda Radtke

Ashley Sotelo Isabell Angel Kalin Nagle

Tori Singley Jeromy Chang Ramiro Mendoza

Julian Payne Linda Payne Amalia KeilholtzLourdes Sandoval Paulina Sandoval Logan DeSilva

Tim Collins

Returning Swimmers

Kayla Scott

Kelsi Norman

McKenna Gregory

Payton Onesti

Bianca Onesti

Jacob Bautista

Andrew Butler

John Butler

Announcement:

Back, by popular demand, HOT COCOA NIGHTS

Right after Thursday practices, beginning in November

Parents, well need your help to keep this running so please pitch in!


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Volunteer Central

Parents, as we prepare for our next swim meet, we need volunteers for some key positions so thatwe can make sure our meet runs like a well-oiled machine. In the spirit of fairness, we would liketo spread the workload out as much as possible and are asking parents to volunteer to dosomething, if at all possible. A sign-up sheet will be available on deck so please, please, pleasesign up to help out.

Like being on deck? We need at least 5 parents to volunteer to be marshals will train.

Like getting a lot of exercise? We need at least 2 runners at all times to transport paperworkbetween the timers and the computer room and post heat & lane assignments.

Like counting money? The snack bar could use a cashier.

Like the excitement of the race maybe head timer would be the job for you.

Feel at home in the kitchen maybe you can help out with hospitality or the snack bar.

And, of course, hospitality does need some help feeding the massesthe volunteers for this jobjust might be the best-loved volunteers out there.

We have a new batch of scrip cards available for VJO families (and friends). Just use these cardswhen you check out at local grocery stores and a portion of your purchase gets donated to the team. Ifyou need a new card, or need to change your donation beneficiaries, please let us know. You can [email protected] and request card(s), or see Diane or Debbie Cameron on deck. If youneed help getting this set up or have questions, please see Debbie Cameron on deck or schedule a meetingeither by phone at (707)644-5654 or email at [email protected]. Some additionalinformation is noted below:

Raleys: go to http://raleys.com and click on Wellness then Quality of Life Card at this point you canregister your card dont forget to register Vallejo Aquatic Club as one of your beneficiaries.

Luckys: S.H.A.R.E.S. card (Supporting Humanities, Arts, Recreation, Education & Sports) no need toregister this card; simply use the one provided by the team.

Food 4 Less: Fill out the form attached to the card and drop it off at the customer service counter at thestore. This card needs to be preloaded and then it can be used like a gift card.

Safeway: Get your card directly from a local Safeway grocery store and then go to www.escrip.com toregister it. Click on 1-sign up and dont forget to include Vallejo Aquatics Club (Group ID # 139414752)as one of your beneficiaries. If you need to renew, just click on YES RENEW.

SCRIP NO COST FUNDRAISING TO AID THE TEAM

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