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TNT Newsletter

The New Team on the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay

August 2007

WELCOME

Welcome to all new and returning TNT swimmers and families. We begin our fourth year of operation with approximately ninety swimmers. These numbers represent new opportunities, as well as challenges, as our young, dynamic team progresses in order to meet the needs of all of our swimmers.

Since the inception of the program in May 2004, TNT has been a work in progress, being built upon a foundation of hope, faith, cooperation, and the determination to succeed. As a new year begins, nothing less will required as we continue to progress toward our program goals and objectives.

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCKS

A warm welcome to 28 new teammates who recently joined TNT. Congratulations! You are going to have a lot of fun and learn to swim really, really fast.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Congratulations to those swimmers who celebrate birthdays during the month of August: Julia Adams, 11 on 8/17; Savannah Cummins, 9 on 8/21; Jordan Dyess, 7 on 8/14; Savannah Ekelund, 14 on 8/23; Anna Holliman, 8 on 8/15; Lauren Kinsey, 13 on 8/24; Lola Mahner, 9 on 8/28; Makenna Mosberg 8 on 8/5; Andrew Oswald, 11 on 8/20; Payton Pierce, 11 on 8/26; Mason Pitre, 8 on 8/27. Another year older and faster!

EXTRA SPECIAL

Returning team families are familiar with the section of the newsletter dedicated to recognizing the extra curricular effort of TNT swimmers. All team families are asked to please email newsworthy information for inclusion in this section of the September newsletter, due out the second week of next month. Past publications can be viewed on the team website at http://www.swimtnt.com/Newsletter_Archives.html

FUNDRAISING

TNT offers several options for families to meet fundraising requirements and applies fifty percent over that amount as a credit to family accounts. Last year’s successful Christmas wreath and online magazine subscription fundraisers are scheduled to begin again in September. Please contact Debbie Anderson for answers to fundraising questions by phone, 990-2640, or email at wande1964@aol.com

LOCKER ROOM ETIQUETTE

People who swim, play basketball, lift weights, take aerobics, etc., all end up in the locker rooms at some point during their visit to the Y. For this reason it is very important that all of our swimmers treat the locker room and those who patronize it with respect. Swimmers are asked to please not leave towels on the floor, loiter, play, or socialize there. Also, the YMCA has requested that swim bags not be stored in the locker rooms, but instead be taken out to the pool deck while swimmers are practicing. We receive very few locker complaints from the Y and want to keep it that way, therefore parents are asked to please talk to their swimmers about the abovementioned policies.

POOLSIDE POPULATIONS

The pool deck is a place where people tend to gather when arriving to deposit or pick up swimmers for practices at the YMCA. It is always good to see our families and we are happy to have moms, dads, uncles, aunts, grandparents, etc. visit to watch the swimmers perform. However, please be aware that the pool deck can become a crowded and noisy place, especially during the transition from one practice group to another. Spectators are asked to please help alleviate congestion and noise by congregating in the breezeway between the locker room and pool deck, or if you find it necessary to be on the deck, along the length of the pool and not directly behind the lanes where most of the instruction is occurring.

UPCOMING MEETS

Please refer to the meet schedule posted on the team website to view the listing of meets for the short course season at http://www.swimtnt.com/Meet_Schedule_SC_07-08.html Meet notices will be distributed approximately one month prior to the meet date.

You can also find information about TNT’s meet entry policies and about opting out of meets at http://www.swimtnt.com/Meets_Opt_Out_Form.html

THE GOOD GUYS

TNT thanks those supporters who advertise their business on our web site. Proceeds from advertising sales help us with operational expenses and allows TNT to provide low cost, competitive swimming instruction to children of all ability levels. Please visit http://www.swimtnt.com/advertisers_page_06-07.html to learn more about the services our advertisers offer.

TNT COMPETITION REVIEW

2007 SOUTHERN ZONE AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS

TNT Swimming’s Kyle Simpson won 7 medals while competing at the 2007 Southern Zone Age Group Swimming Championships held August 1 – 4 in Houston TX. The SES team finished 2nd place out of 15 teams from throughout the South.

Kyle’s gold medal performance in the 11 – 12 boys’ 100m butterfly resulted in a time of 1:03.10, tentatively the fastest reported time in that event in the United States this year. The time also falls within the top 20 fastest times ever recorded by United States Swimming in that event for boys his age. He is also tentatively ranked in the National Age Group Top 16 in the following events: 200 backstroke 10th, 50 butterfly 11th, 100 backstroke 12th, 50 backstroke 15th.

Kyle also won a silver medal in the 50m butterfly and a bronze in the 50m backstroke. He also won medals in the 200m medley and 200m freestyle relays finishing 4th, as well as the 100m backstroke and 100m freestyle, finishing 5th.

2007 SOUTHEASTERN LONG COURSE CHAMPIONSHIP

Complete Results TNT Results Team Scores Pics News Release

TNT Swimming won its second consecutive first place trophy in the small team division at the 2007 Southeastern Long Course Swimming Championships, held July 19 – 22 in Nashville, TN.

The meet drew more than 500 elite age group swimmers representing 40 teams from the states of Alabama, Tennessee, and the panhandle of Florida. TNT also recorded it’s highest over – all team score with 320 points, ranking 12th place over – all and 4th place among teams from Alabama.

TNT swimmers competed in 54 individual events, accounting for 37 new best times, 18 improved time standards and 11 new team records. Four TNT swimmers qualified individually for championship finals, winning 16 medals.

Leading TNT was Kyle Simpson, age 12 from Daphne, who won six of his seven individual events, earning six gold and one silver medal. Kyle’s outstanding performance also earned him the meet’s 11 – 12 boys high point trophy.

Will Anderson, age 12 from Fairhope also had an great meet, qualifying for championship finals in three events and winning medals in the 50 meter backstroke, 200 meter freestyle 5th, and 200 meter individual medley 5th.

Tyler Powell, age 10 of Spanish Fort also qualified for championship finals in the 10 & under boys 100 breastroke earning a 7th place medal, as did Anna Ramsey, age 12 of Daphne who finished 8th place in the 11 – 12 girls 100 backstroke.

TNT Relays also scored points, including the 10 & under boys’ freestyle relay team consisting of Tyler Powell, Ryan Simpson, Andrew Szydel, and Ben Turnipseed who each earned medals for their 4th place finish.

Several TNT relays also scored team points. The 11 – 12 boys’ freestyle and medley relays team of Simon Boles, Boyd Turnipseed, Kyle Simpson and Will Anderson scored team points finishing 5th and 7th place respectively. Anna Ramsey, Griffin Fisk, Ashley Szydel and Lauren Kinsey also scored, finishing 8th place in the 11 – 12 girls 200 medley relay.

Also representing TNT’s at the 2007 SES Long Course Championships were: Gracey Kahn, Adele Mantiply, Haley Miller, and J.D. Powell.

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