TNT Newsletter
The New Team on the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay
December 2006
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Congratulations to TNT swimmers who celebrate birthdays during the month of December: Seth Young, 12/8. Simon Boles, 12/13. Haley Pollard, 12/15. Nicholas Szydel, 12/15/. Chase Knapstein, 12/17. Will Anderson, 12/20. Adele Mantiply, 12/30.
EXTRA SPECIAL
Special thanks to parents of TNT swimmers who provided the following extra curricular highlights of their swimmers. We are super proud of you for your accomplishments in and out of the pool.
Kelsie Quale and Gracie Kahn completed the YMCA Fitness Program and won a $50.00 drawing for a shopping trip at Eastern Shore.
Hannah Denham was elected Student Council Representative for her 3rd grade class at the Spanish Fort Elementary School and was on the all A honor roll during the first quarter.
Megan Bradley was chosen as one of the "Students of the Month" for Rockwell Elementary for December. Megan and Abigail Bradley performed 3 songs each for their Christmas piano recital on December. 9. Megan has taken piano lessons for 3 years, Abigail for 6 months.
Will Anderson, Cameron Grant, and J.D. & Tyler Powell played in and won the 2006 U15 boys soccer team championship tournament game between Daphne and Fairhope. Those four and Kyle Simpson played in and won the playoff game to advance to the championship game.
Annabelle Kahalley donated 10" of her hair to Locks of Love
Savannah Ekelund was recently honored as an eighth grade first place winner at the 2006 Fall Piano Auditions, sponsored by the Mobile Music Teachers Association. The auditions were held at the University of Mobile, on November 11. As a first place winner, Savannah received both a trophy and a cash prize, repeating her success last year as a 7th grader, the entry level for this annual event. In early December, Savannah was also selected as an eight grade student of the month by the Baldwin County Music Teachers Association for the month of November
J.D. Powell turned in the fastest time among all Spanish Fort School students in the 1 mile run.
Simon Boles is has aged up to the 11/12 age group!
Thomas Kinsey went to the High School State Swim Meet with Fairhope High School and swam the 500 free, 200 free and 400 free relay. He made it to the finals in the boys 400 free relay. He also will sing in a Christmas program with the Fairhope High School Concert Choir. Thomas also made the JV soccer team for Fairhope High School.
Ashley Kinsey participated in a dance program at Christ the King with other 7th and 8th graders.
Phoenix Fisk was recently awarded an Academic Letter (the same letter as issued for athletics) and Pin from Daphne High School for her freshman year achievements. Teachers award Certificates of Academic Excellence to one student in each of their classes who has the highest grade point average and other criteria they may have set. Phoenix received two Certificates of Excellence for the first semester of her sophomore year - one certificate for her Spanish I Class and one for her US History I Class. She also went hunting with her dad recently, bagging a 210 lb. 8 point buck.
2006 HIGHLIGHTS
2006 was a very good year for TNT Swimming with many fun, exciting, and memorable experiences for swimmers, coaches, and parents. During the course of the year, the team grew to sixty five swimmers, including members from Daphne, Spanish Fort, Fairhope, Montrose, and Gulf Shores.
TNT swimmers had opportunities to travel to meets throughout the Southeastern USA, competing in Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, and Georgia. TNT also was the host team for the 2006 Fall Meeting and Hall of Fame Weekend. Listed below are TNT swimmer highlights achieved during the past year.
12 Qualifiers for the Southeastern Short Course Championships
17 Qualifiers for the Southeastern Long Course Championships.
34 Individual High Point Trophies
376 New Team Records
471 Improved Time Standards
1,508 Personal Best Times
191 Medals and 1,023 Ribbons
TNT brought home 5 team trophies in 2006: Polar Bear Invitational 1st Place, Southeastern South District 8 & under Championship Boys 1st Place, Alabama Sports Festival USA Division 1st Place, CMSA Fall Invitational 1st Place, Richard Sanborn Memorial Invitational 3rd Place.
Congratulations to the following swimmers who lead TNT in points scored at both short course and long course meets in 2006.
NATIONAL AGE GROUP TOP 16 TIMES
Have you ever heard of a swimmer being “nationally ranked”? This is what it means.
The Top 16 program is an awards program for the top level of age group swimmers. In order to qualify, swimmers must first achieve an NRT (National Reportable Time), or consideration time, which is submitted to USA Swimming’s National Tabulator. Consideration times are approximately the 25th place time from the previous year.
The age groups used for ranking individual events are 10 & under, 11-12, 13-14, 15-16, and 17-18. The age groups for relay events are 10-U, 11-12, 13-14, and 15-18. The time period for each year’s awards is from September 1st of each year, through August 31st of the following. Lists are compiled and checked in the fall and the final list prepared and announced prior to the end of the year.
The program awards consist of certificates which are awarded to the fastest 16 swimmers of each sex in each recognized event in each age group. The awards are made for both short course yard and long course meter events. In addition the fastest swimmer in each event receives a pin. Awards are also made to relay teams in the same way.
SOUTHEASTERN TOP 10
After the National Age Group Top16 is finalized, Southeastern Swimming publishes its Top 10 Times listing for short course and long course. This listing can be found on the Southeastern Swimming web site at: http://www.seswim.org/meets/top5.htm
Congratulations to those TNT swimmers who were listed for the 2005 – 2006 Short Course and 2006 Long Course seasons. Short Course: Will Anderson, 10 & under boys 100 back 1st, 100 free 1st, 50 back 2nd, 200 IM 2nd, 100 IM 3rd, 500 free 6th. Long Course: Will Anderson, 11 – 12 boys 100 back 7th, 800 free 8th, 50 back 10th. Savannah Ekelund, 11 – 12 girls 50 back 10th. J.D. Powell, 11 – 12 boys 800 free 10th. Kyle Simpson, 11 – 12 boys 100 back 5th, 50 fly 10th.
AGE GROUP TIME STANDARDS
Motivational time standards are established by USA Swimming in order to measure age group swimming performance on a national scale. This scale is based on the 10th place time in the nation for each event in the following age groups: 10 & under, 11 – 12, 13 - 14, 15 – 16, 17 - 18. Times that are within 5% of 10th place are AAAA times. Times within 10% are AAA, 15% AA, 20% A, 25% BB, and 30% B.
Time standards are utilized by host teams to limit the size of certain meets. For example, because our LSC (Local Swimming Committee) encompasses such a vast geographical area (Alabama, Tennessee, and the Florida Panhandle), the annual Southeastern Championships are generally restricted to A – AA times as qualifying standards in order to regulate the length of meet sessions. Conversely, time standards are also employed at other meets like the South District meet, in order to limit entries exclusively to non – Southeastern qualifiers.
TNT recognizes the improved time standards of our swimmers by listing them in all post meet competition reviews and by awarding specialty, black and gold “Improved Time Standard” ribbons. TNT swimmer time standards can be viewed on the Best Times page located on TNT’s web site at: http://www.swimtnt.com/BEST_TIMES_MAIN.html
IMPROVED AGE GROUP TIME STANDARDS
TNT Swimmers have accounted for ninety four improved motivational time standards since our first meet at the end of September. Keep up the good work!
Will Anderson, 100 back AAA, 200 IM AA, 100 IM AA, 500 free AA, 100 fly A, 100 breast BB, 50 breast BB. Simon Boles, 200 IM BB, 100 free BB, 50 free BB, 100 back BB, 50 breast BB, 100 IM BB, 100 breast BB. Savannah Ekelund, 50 free AA, 200 back AA, 100 fly A, 200 free A, 200 IM A, 200 fly A, 100 back A, 200 back A, 100 free A. Daniel Doucet, 200 back BB, 50 free BB, 400 IM BB, 100 free BB, 100 back BB, 100 fly B. Mia El-Hamaki, 100 breast B. Sahra El-Hamaki, 100 free BB, 100 IM B, 50 fly BB, 200 IM BB. Griffin Fisk, 50 back AA, 100 back A, 50 free BB, 500 free BB, 50 breast BB, 100 IM BB, 100 free BB, 100 breast BB, 200 free BB, 50 fly BB, 100 fly BB, 50 fly B. Cameron Grant, 200 IM B. Emily Grant, 50 free A, 400 IM A, 100 free A. Raegan Grant, 200 free, BB, 50 breast BB, 100 breast BB, 50 free B, 50 fly B. Gabrielle Horst, 50 back BB, 50 free BB, 100 back BB, 50 free B, 50 breast B, 200 free B, 100 free B, 50 fly B. Gracey Kahn, 50 free A, 200 free BB, 100 fly BB. Ashley Kinsey, 50 free B. Lauren Kinsey, 100 back AA, 50 free A, 200 IM A, 100 IM A, 50 back A, 50 breast BB, 100 fly BB, 100 free BB, 50 fly BB, 200 free BB.. Thomas Kinsey, 400 IM BB, 100 free BB, 200 back BB, 200 IM BB, 200 free BB, 200 fly B, 100 back B, 100 fly B, 200 breast B, 100 breast B. Adele Mantiply, 100 fly AA, 100 breast AA, 100 free A, 200 free A. Megan Midkiff, 50 free B, 50 fly B. J.D. Powell, 50 breast A, 100 back A, 100 breast A. 200 IM A, 100 free A. Tyler Powell, 50 breast BB, 100 back BB. Kelsie Qualie, 200 IM AA, 50 free A, 50 back A, 100 IM A, 500 free A. Anna Ramsey, 100 IM B. Madison Scharles, 50 back AA, 100 back A, 100 free A, 50 free A, 200 IM BB, 50 breast BB, 200 free BB. Jordan Simison, 50 free B, 50 fly B, 100 back B. Kaitlin Simison, 100 breast BB, 50 breast B. Kyle Simpson, 100 fly AAA, 50 fly AAA, 50 back AAA, 200 free AA, 100 IM AA, 200 IM AA, 50 free AA, 100 free AA, 100 breast A, 50 breast BB. Ryan Simpson, 100 free BB, 50 free BB, 50 breast B, 100 breast B, 100 IM B. Frances Sledge, 100 breast B, 50 back B. Ashley Szydel, 200 IM AA, 100 free AA, 500 free A, 100 breast A, 200 free A. Boyd Turnipseed, 50 back AA, 100 free A, 100 fly A, 200 IM BB, 50 breast BB, 200 free BB, 50 fly BB, 100 breast BB, 500 free BB, 100 back BB, 100 IM BB.
SOUTHEASTERN QUALIFIERS
Eight TNT swimmers are currently qualified for the 2007 Southeastern Short Course Championship Meet, to be held March 15 – 18 in Nashville, TN. Qualifiers include Will Anderson, Savannah Ekelund, Daniel Doucet, Griffin Fisk, Lauren Kinsey, J.D. Powell, Madison Scharles, and Kyle Simpson.
Several more TNT swimmers are very close to making their Southeastern “cuts”. Those who are within 5% of achieving the qualifying time include Ryan Simpson, Tyler Powell, Adele Mantiply, Gracey Kahn, Emily Grant, Jordan Doucet, Kelsie Qualie, Cameron Grant, and Jessica McAlpine.
MAKING CHANGE
Andrea Doucet will be turning over the team treasury duties to Teri Kinsey beginning January 2007. Many thanks to Andrea for her time and effort managing TNT family accounts, checking meet entry fees, paying bills, etc. Andrea will continue her volunteer efforts as TNT’s registration coordinator.
Beginning January 1, 2007 there will be a new folder for payments located in the front of the file box. Please deposit payments there and not in the Kinsey family file folder.
GET EM WHILE THEY'RE HOT
Families planning to attend the Orange and Blue Classic Meet, scheduled for February 2 – 4 in Auburn, AL need to reserve their hotel rooms not later than January 2, 2007. TNT has blocked 25 rooms at the Holiday Inn Express – Auburn. Please refer to TNT Swimming when reserving your room. Phone: 1-334-5021090
THE BEST IS STILL AHEAD
With the New Year approaching, so is the remainder of the Short Course swimming season. It should be noted that events for 8 & under swimmers are not offered at the Orange and Blue Classic in Auburn, although those swimmers may compete in 10 & under events.
The South District meet in Pensacola also serves as the Southeastern 8 & under championships. Please plan to attend so that we can have our best team finish possible.
January 12 - 14, 2007
GPAC Winter Invitational
Location: Pensacola, FL
February 2 - 4 2007
Orange and Blue Classic
Location: Auburn, AL
March 10 - 11, 2007
South District Championship Meet &
8 & under Championships
Location: Pensacola, FL
March 15 - 18, 2007
Southeastern Championship Meet
Location: Nashville, TN
PNY Polar Bear Invitational
February 17 - 18, 2007
Gulf Shores, AL
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.
A-Safe Online Backup Service
Bounds Family YMCA
Cricket Realty and Management
Chris Myers AutoMall
Coldwell Banker, Kitty Ruzic - Realtor
Cotton’s Restaurant
KONE, Inc. Elevators and Escalators
Mary Beth Mantiply, Attorney at Law
Primary Transportation Services, Inc
REMAX by the Bay, Judy Niemeyer - Realtor
Shannon Thomas Arndt, Attorney at Law, P.C.
Sledge’s Custom Building, Inc.
Springdale Travel Agency
Steven Kinsey, M.D. F.A.C.S.
Thomas Hospital Infirmary Health System
Threaded Fasteners, Inc.
Watermark Design
Waterville USA, Inc.
FEEDBACK
Please direct questions, comments, suggestions, or corrections regarding information contained in this newsletter to Jan Mittemeyer at swimtnt123@aol.com or by phone 599-1019.
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