Busy week for the Dolphins

Well it has certainly been a busy week for the team! We had Swim meets bookending the week and our swimmers did very well indeed. Even cooler, I found out at least one other person actually reads this blog! Who knew ;)

Austin and Morgan took 4th place in events at the State Games and all of our swimmers posted personal best times in all of their events over two meets! This is shaping up to an exciting first year anniversary for our team.

Who would have thought a team could accomplish so much in just one year of existence! We have gone to the State Age Group Championships (AKA the Junior Olympics) and grown to over 45 team members! We have also instituted a swim camp program to spread swimming far and wide in the Sanford Community. The first camp was a Major success and we are going to hold more to continue our attempts to make Sanford into Swimtown USA!

Open Water

The Dolphins got their first taste of open water swimming and did really well. Out of the entire state of NC the team placed 17th, ahead of other local teams despite the fact that we only swam one day of the meet! Well done Dolphins.

Summer swimming is kicking into high gear. We are starting practice at the LC outdoor pool which is always a lot of fun.

Coaching tip:

To keep swimmers year round you have to keep them in the summer. There is a lot of competition from vacations and laziness that can pull a kid away from the team. Try to shake it up a bit and add a new twist that is fun to keep interest up. In our case, we are practicing at a different location and incorporate diving breaks into the practice, it works for us!