Good Morning--

We are getting into high gear for the first Home Swim Meet of the season on Monday. As you can imagine, there is a dizzying number of details when planning an event for approximately 500 people! A real source of pride for the Wahoos is how efficiently we run a meet. I know we always remind the kids that every point counts, but it is true too for our volunteer army--every parent is crucial to the success of a meet.

More importantly, our team has been honored time and time again for its sportsmanship in both the water and as hosts and guests. So, let's have some fun, swim the best races possible, pray for good weather, and show all of our guests from Hermitage, Glen Allen and Walton Park what hospitality is all about. Oh yeah, and let's get home at a decent hour!

I have attached the Meet #3 Worker Schedule. (It's also available on the woodmont4fun.com site) If you will not be able to fulfill your job, you must try to find a replacement, and also let Tina Guthrow know immediately eyefordetail@comcast.net If your swimmer will not be able to participate, send Mike McKee a message ASAP mmckee11@vt.edu. His or her absence affects 3 other swimmers.

IMPORTANT--Parking will be limited. We are asking all of our parents to park in the lower lot to allow enough space for our guests.

Thanks for all you do to support our kids. See you Monday evening.
LET'S GO WAHOOS!

Cathy Welborn
WRA Aquatics Director

swim and dive news

Greetings Wahoos!

DIVE MEET #1 -- Woodmont and Three Chopt vs Church Run
We are coming up on our first dive meet tomorrow afternoon at 1pm. Divers need to arrive at Woodmont for warm-ups at 12:30. If any parent of a diver can volunteer to help Kathleen Dunn or Coach Bowen, it would be greatly appreciated. Please contact Kathleen at dunnfeld@comcast.net if you have any questions about tomorrow's meet. Good Luck to Coach Bowen and to all of our Wahoo Divers!

SWIM MEET #2 --Woodmont vs. Walton Park
No question...our second swim meet against Walton Park was both exhilarating and exhausting. Hearty congrats to our coaches for their brilliant seeding strategy and to all of our swimmers who gave 100% in the water. We came SO CLOSE to winning against a team that is nearly double our size. This proves two things: We are definitely some mighty, Mighty Wahoos and...Every Single Point Counts! (the meet score report can be found on the News page at woodmont4fun.com)

Thanks to all of our parent volunteers for hanging in. It was a looooong, hot night with a few technical difficulties. But, as we were leaving, the Clerk of Course made a point of telling me how wonderful our kids are and thanked the team for our patience and sportsmanship. NICE! We will get a chance to show our hospitality to this team on July 19th.
A big THANK YOU to Gayle Park for the cool watermelon and baked goods at Tuesday's Fun Practice!

Results Meet #2
WP 1062
WRA 1041

Quad Winners
Sarah Kaskey
Bryan Pinney
Jolie Smith

Triple Winners
Sarah Bender
Crawford Cannon
Abbey Crank
Mac Dooley
Michael Fisk
Sean Pinney
Danny Welborn

REMINDERS-- Please wear WRA swim caps, or at least caps without other team logos, at our meets. You can purchase these from Margaret Hood. Call the coaches ASAP if your swimmer is going to miss a meet. Their absence affects 3 other swimmers in relays.

Meet #3 Info to follow,
Cathy Welborn
WRA Aquatics Director

1 down, 5 to go...

Hi Wahoos,
Congrats to our coaches and swimmers, and many thanks to our parent volunteers for an awesome first meet. Three Chopt was missing a few key positions and many of you stepped up to fill the gaps. A big thank you to Jennifer Rector and Kelli Dennehy for preparing and serving strawberry shortcake to all of our Wahoos at the first FUN practice following the meet. We need several parent volunteers for the second fun practice on Tuesday morning. If you can bring sliced watermelon or any other healthy snack for 70 or so swimmers, please send me a note. We need a parent to organize this effort.

The official score of the first meet and times for events have now been posted to the JRAC website. www.jracsummerswim.org You can also check your swimmer's ranking going into the second meet as well.

NOTEWORTHY:
Two Woodmont Wahoo records were broken at the very first meet! Sarah Bender broke Amanda Baker's 1997 record of 22.26 in the Mite 25 Backstroke with a winning time of 21.46. Danny Welborn broke the Intermediate 100 Freestyle record of 1:00.66 set by Joey Woods in 2004 with a winning time of 1:00.45. Way to go Sarah and Danny!

QUAD WINNERS
Sarah Bender
Crawford Cannon
Mac Dooley
Evan Michael Fisk

TRIPLE WINNERS
Connor Pinney
Sean Pinney
Jolie Smith
Danny Welborn

Here's the schedule for Monday's meet.
Cathy Welborn



MEET #2 WORKERS’ SCHEDULE -
Away Meet at Walton Park (WP)
Monday, June 21st 6:30 p.m.(warm-ups at 6:00)

1st Shift 2nd Shift
TIMERS - Dave Jeffries (560-0787)
1. Bill Pownall Ann Campbell
2. Jennifer Rector Doug Campbell
3. Karen Carico John Walter
4. Chris Moser Emily Moser-Wright
5.Sharon Azula Robin Proffitt
6. Anthony Cario Julie Copeland
7. Laurel West Paola McNeil
8. Laurie Crank Babs Phillips
9. Emily Moser-Wright Ian Godwin


STROKES/TURNS - Tina Guthrow (560-0066)
1. Ellen Wood 2.Wayne Stevens
1. Rick Fisk 2. Michael Tighe


TABLE WORKERS - Robin Proffitt (560-4848)
1. Alianne Bauer - verifier
2. Alice Sahhar - verifier


CLERK OF COURSE - Cathy Welborn 272-7097
1.Cathy Welborn 2. Ana Warden


EVENT CARDS
1. Gayle Park 2. Kelli Dennehy


MITE MOMS & DADS
1. Jackie Reeves/Karol Jacobs
2. Mindy Peters /Kevin Sutherland


MEET RIBBONS
1.Katie Pinney

1 down, 5 to go...

Hi Wahoos,
Congrats to our coaches and swimmers, and many thanks to our parent volunteers for an awesome first meet. Three Chopt was missing a few key positions and many of you stepped up to fill the gaps. A big thank you to Jennifer Rector and Kelli Dennehy for preparing and serving strawberry shortcake to all of our Wahoos at the first FUN practice following the meet. We need several parent volunteers for the second fun practice on Tuesday morning. If you can bring sliced watermelon or any other healthy snack for 70 or so swimmers, please send me a note. We need a parent to organize this effort.

The official score of the first meet and times for events have now been posted to the JRAC website. www.jracsummerswim.org You can also check your swimmer's ranking going into the second meet as well.

NOTEWORTHY:
Two Woodmont Wahoo records were broken at the very first meet! Sarah Bender broke Amanda Baker's 1997 record of 22.26 in the Mite 25 Backstroke with a winning time of 21.46. Danny Welborn broke the Intermediate 100 Freestyle record of 1:00.66 set by Joey Woods in 2004 with a winning time of 1:00.45. Way to go Sarah and Danny!

QUAD WINNERS
Sarah Bender
Crawford Cannon
Mac Dooley
Evan Michael Fisk

TRIPLE WINNERS
Connor Pinney
Sean Pinney
Jolie Smith
Danny Welborn

Here's the schedule for Monday's meet.
Cathy Welborn



MEET #2 WORKERS’ SCHEDULE -
Away Meet at Walton Park (WP)
Monday, June 21st 6:30 p.m.(warm-ups at 6:00)

1st Shift 2nd Shift
TIMERS - Dave Jeffries (560-0787)
1. Bill Pownall Ann Campbell
2. Jennifer Rector Doug Campbell
3. Karen Carico John Walter
4. Chris Moser Emily Moser-Wright
5.Sharon Azula Robin Proffitt
6. Anthony Cario Julie Copeland
7. Laurel West Paola McNeil
8. Laurie Crank Babs Phillips
9. Emily Moser-Wright Ian Godwin


STROKES/TURNS - Tina Guthrow (560-0066)
1. Ellen Wood 2.Wayne Stevens
1. Rick Fisk 2. Michael Tighe


TABLE WORKERS - Robin Proffitt (560-4848)
1. Alianne Bauer - verifier
2. Alice Sahhar - verifier


CLERK OF COURSE - Cathy Welborn 272-7097
1.Cathy Welborn 2. Ana Warden


EVENT CARDS
1. Gayle Park 2. Kelli Dennehy


MITE MOMS & DADS
1. Jackie Reeves/Karol Jacobs
2. Mindy Peters /Kevin Sutherland


MEET RIBBONS
1.Katie Pinney

Coach Mike Message

I hope everyone is doing well. I'm not sure how the meet went from a parent's perspective, but I thought the kids did absolutely amazing last night. We knew that we wouldn't be leaving with a win, but that didn't stop the kids from swimming their hearts out. As a team, we dropped a huge amount of time. What's more impressive is that our kids swam nearly 250 individual races. All but 16 of those races were best times (not counting DQs, most of which would have been best times). That is really extraordinary! I will post the individual meet results on the bulletin board after practice today.

There are a few things that I need your help with or need you to be aware of:

1. Walton Park is our closest competition in the division. As of now, the only swimmers who will miss the meet are:

Ieuan Phillips
Quinn Schreck (can only do first 3 events)

Because we will have most of our team, we have a shot at pulling off this upset. Please let me know ASAP if your child cannot make this meet.

2. I will be out of town this weekend coaching a year-round meet. I leave Friday and will not be back until Sunday night. I will not have email access, but feel free to call me at 804-514-7578 if you need me.

3. Help me encourage your kids to keep up with practice. I have a season-long practice progression. What we do now, we will build upon as the season goes on.

4. DQs are a part of swimming. Even the best swimmers disqualify every now and then. However, it is very important that your child understands why they DQed. I try to make sure that everyone understands and learns from their mistake, but please encourage your kids to ask me why if they do not know.

5. It's never too late to join the swim team. If your swimmer has a sibling or friend who is interested, we'd love to have them!


As always, let me know if have any questions at all, and please, please, please let me know if your child cannot make the next meet. Thanks,

-Mike McKee

June 12 th - bad weather info

Hi everyone,

Crossing my fingers that we don't get any weather tomorrow, but just in case, here is an overview of what we need to do.

See you at Three Chopt!

Cathy Welborn


JRAC Weather Policy Guidelines

Be aware of the pool’s policy for thunder/lightning BEFORE the meet starts and inform your team: 15, 20 or 30 minute delay from the last occurrence. Do they want the deck clear? Do they have shelter for everyone or should you go to the car? If they go to their cars think about how you are going to be able to keep everyone informed.

Staff observes thunder/lightning –SWIMMING IMMEDIATELY STOPPED.


The “clock” then starts – dependent on each pool’s policy. If it lightning/thunders again the “clock” re-sets and each time thereafter that it occurs.


NOTE- Just because it thunders/lightnings you do NOT automatically go into an hour delay. It may only occur once and depending on the pool’s policy you can resume competition in 15,20 or 30 minutes.

The referee, JRAC reps from each team, head coaches from each team and pool management should then come together to discuss/monitor the situation.


Monitor the weather:

Weather channel on the internet or on-site tv

Call the local news station

Contact someone at home or send someone home to monitor the Weather Channel

If after an hour it doesn’t appear to be clearing up the referee, JRAC reps from each team, head coaches from each team and pool management will meet to decide whether to further delay or postpone.

If postponed it needs to be scheduled quickly….preferably for the next evening.

NOTE: If you have reached the hour you do NOT have to automatically postpone. If information shows that in 15-20 minutes it will pass thru you can continue to wait and then resume.

If the meet has not started and thunder/lightning occurs the meet can not be postponed until after 4:30

getting ready for the first meet

Hi folks,
Here is a note from the hosts of this Sunday's swim meet at Three Chopt. Let me know if you have any questions.
See you soon,
Cathy Welborn
Aquatics Director

We’re looking forward to hosting you at Three Chopt Recreation Club on SUNDAY, 6/13. Here is some basic information for you:

Parking
The parking lot at Three Chopt will not accommodate all of us. There is additional parking available at Skipwith Elementary School and Skipwith United Methodist Church, both across Skipwith Road from the pool. There is also parking available on Skipwith Road across from the pool.

Seating
Visitor seating is in the baby pool area and the area by the pump house. There are some chairs available, but you may want to bring additional chairs. Please do not tape any signs to the fences or use body paint that transfers to the pool chairs.

Warm Ups
Visitor warm ups are at 3:30.

Concessions
Buns Up Burgers and BBQ will be offering hotdogs, hamburgers and Joe Parker’s fabulous BBQ in the picnic pavilion area. Combo meals (meat and two sides) are available for $5.00. The snack bar will also be open.

Inclement Weather
We will follow JRAC policies regarding inclement weather.

Please let me know if you have any question or I can assist you in any way.

Heather Heishman
mommyof1xx1xy@hotmail.com

Awesome speciality jobs

FRIENDLY REMINDER--LAST CHANCE CLINICS TOMORROW NIGHT AT WRA!

If you signed up for any of the following positions, this is the last chance to get certified. It is important that you understand that we will not be able to run our meets if you do not attend this clinic or one held previously. If you would like to attend any of these clinics, but are not scheduled for one of these positions--COME ANYWAY! No doubt we can use the backup.

If anyone can come a bit early to help me set up chairs for this clinic, please let me know. It will be crowded as it is the last chance to get certified for all teams.

Thank you and see you tomorrow night at the pool.
Cathy Welborn
Aquatics Director


LAST CLINIC! Wednesday, June 2
Woodmont
Strokes & Turns 6:00-7:00 p.m.
Referee 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Starter 6:00-7:00 p.m.
Head Timer 7:00-7:30 p.m.
Head Table 6:00-7:00 p.m.
Clerk of Course 6:30-7:30 p.m.

May 29, 2010

Greetings!

Firstly, I want you all to join me in thanking our President, Rick Adkins, for getting the pool open today. No one can imagine how many hours Rick has voluntarily given to our community pool over the past 3 or 4 years. Getting WRA up and running each season requires countless hours of planning and sweat labor. It doesn't just happen in a couple of weeks, either--he works year round to make it all happen. We all need to all pitch in this summer to make sure it stays as beautiful, clean and safe as it is today. Please offer to volunteer some time to help out--it would be greatly appreciated. And when you see Rick and Anne Adkins, let them know how much you appreciate what they do for the pool and for our team. The entrance looks fantastic!

We are getting ready to go to print with the Wahoo Swim and Dive Book. Check the attached Roster for the 2010 Wahoo Swim and Dive Team. If you see any errors, please send me a note with the change(s) ASAP. If your kid is diving, but you don't see a bold/ital beside his/her name, let me know. If you prefer a different phone number, or would like to add your spouse's name and/or email, send it to me. Most importantly, you must check the birthdate and spelling of your swimmer and/or diver's name because this is what goes to the League. Also, if you happen to see a name or email that is missing from the list, please let me know. Many people sent their registrations to the PO Box and I am still missing a few including the Dennehy's. If anyone knows their phone number, please let me know.

We will be sending out the Worker's Schedule next week. Please DO NOT make any more changes in SignUp Genius.

MANDATORY CLINICS
If you signed up for any of the following positions, this is the last chance to get certified. It is important that you understand that we will not be able to run our meets if you do not attend this clinic or one held previously. If you would like to attend any of these clinics, but are not scheduled for one of these positions--COME ANYWAY! No doubt we can use the backup.

If anyone can come a bit early to help me set up chairs for this clinic, please let me know. It will be crowded as it is the last chance to get certified for all teams.

Thank you and see you on Wednesday at the clinic!
Cathy Welborn
Aquatics Director