TNT Newsletter
The New Team on the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay
Summer 2007
GOING TO THE BIG SHOW
Sixteen swimmers from TNT will be participating in the 2007 Southeastern Long Course Swimming Championships, July 19 – 22 in Nashville, TN. The meet features the fastest age group swimmers from the states of Alabama, Tennessee, and the Florida Panhandle.
Fourteen of our swimmers are entered in a total of 54 individual events and two more will support the team effort by attending the meet as members of the 11 – 12 and 10 & under boys relay teams.
Congratulations to those swimmers representing TNT at the 2007 SES LC Championships.
The meet features a championship format requiring swimmers to compete during morning preliminary sessions, with the top 8 finishers returning in the evening for finals competition. This makes for a very exciting meet with swimmers racing to make finals and then the whole team returning to the pool that evening to cheer for those who qualified. TNT enters the meet with three swimmers already listed in the preliminary top 8.
Kyle Simpson enters the preliminary rounds with six first place rankings in the 11 – 12 boys’ 50 & 100 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 50 & 100 butterfly, and 200 IM. Will Anderson is ranked 4th in the 11 – 12 boys’ 50 and 100 backstroke, 7th in the 100 freestyle and 8th in the 200 freestyle, and Tyler Powell is ranked 7th in the 9 & 10 under 100 breastroke. TNT’s
11 – 12 boys’ 200 medley and freestyle relays are ranked top 8, as is the 11 – 12 girls 200 medley relay. Several more TNT swimmers are within striking distance of making the final rounds.
With less than 15 swimmers entered in individual events, TNT will again compete in Southeastern Swimming’s Small Team Division, which will also make for an exciting meet as TNT tries to add the 2007 Long Course Team Championship title to the Short Course title that the team won back in March. Check the team website each day of the meet for team updates and real time results.
SUMMER LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
Dozens of TNT swimmers represented their summer league teams in the Gulf Coast Area Aquatic League Championship Meet, held July 14 – 15 in Gulf Shores. GCAAL is composed of nine seasonal “summer league teams” located throughout Baldwin County.
Congratulations to Kyle Simpson who earned Swimmer of the Meet honors with 5 first place finishes and two new league records.
Congratulations also to Coach Ross, whose Lake Forest Seahorse team won the league championship and was also elected GCAAL Coach of the Year. Also, congratulations to Coach Mary whose Rock Creek Barracuda team won the Division 3 championship, finishing 3rd place over-all and also won the meet Spirit Award!
TNT swimmers who broke league records were all from the Rock Creek Barracudas and include Kyle Simpson, 11 – 12 boys 50 butterfly and 100 IM; Andrew Szydel, 25 butterfly; 13 – 14 Girls 200 medley relay (Gracey Kahn, Savannah Ekelund, Kelsie Quale, and Adele Mantiply).
Sixteen TNT swimmers representing their summer league teams won meet high point trophies.
Lake Forest Seahorses: Megan Bradley, 8 year old girls 2nd Runner Up; Sahra El-Hamaki, 1st 12 year old girls 1st Runner Up; Connor Funke, 7 year old boys High Point Champion; Killian Kahalley 6 & under boys 2nd Runner Up; J.D. Powell, 12 year old boys 1st Runner Up; Tyler Powell, 10 year old boys High Point Champion; Emily Smith, 6 & under girls 1st Runner Up.
Point Clear Piranhas: Patrick Parish, 8 year old boys 1st Runner Up.
Rock Creek Barracudas: Will Anderson, 12 year old boys 2nd Runner Up; Savannah Ekelund, 13 year old girls 1st Runner Up; Gracey Kahn 14 year old girls High Point Champion; Kyle Simpson, 12 year old boys High Point Champion; Ryan Simpson, 10 year old boys 1st Runner Up; Andrew Szydel, 9 year old boys High Point Champion; Ashley Szydel 11 year old girls 1st Runner Up; Adrian Novak, 14 year old boys High Point Champion.
TNT TRAINING BREAK
Wednesday, July 18 will be the final day of TNT swimming practice for the 2007 long course season. TNT swimmers and coaches will take a break from organized training beginning Thursday, July 19 in order to re-coup and prepare for the upcoming 2007 - 2008 short course season.
TNT 2007 – 2008 REGISTRATION
Registration for the 2007 - 2008 short course season will be held on Sunday, August 19 from 1:00 - 3:30 PM in the lobby of the Bounds Family YMCA. Any outstanding account balances remaining from the 2006 – 2007 season must be satisfied prior to registering for the new season.
Swimmers will return to practice beginning August 20. Practice level assignments including days, times, and fees will be emailed to families on Tuesday, July 24. If you know of any new families who plan to join TNT, please encourage them to contact Coach Jan Mittemeyer as soon as possible in order to secure a spot in the program.
EXTRA SPECIAL
Thank you to TNT parents for providing the following extra curricular highlights for inclusion in this section of the newsletter.
Adele Mantiply is attending oil painting classes at Page and Palette and has completed 4 oil paintings this summer
Ashley Kinsey received State and Grand recognition from the Duke Tip program for doing well on the ACT. Thomas and Ashley swam for the Rock Creek Barracudas this summer.
Patrick Parish and his second grade religious education class took part in their first holy communion on May 6, 2007 at St. Lawrence Catholic Church. Patrick is also a member of the inaugural Point Clear Piranhas summer league team, coached by Johnye Tinsley. He was recently honored by the Mobile Optimist Club as the GCAAL male swimmer of the week for July 2-8, 2007. Patrick is scheduled to compete in the 2007 State Games of America, August 3-5 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center.
J. D. Powell won 4 gold medals at the Alabama State Games held June 30th. J.D. was awarded the Lake Forest Swim Team age group high point trophy for the 2007 season. J.D. also broke multiple Lake Forest age group team records. J.D. is now running with, and a member of, the defending county champion Spanish Fort M.S. Cross Country team.
Tyler Powell won 3 gold and 1 silver in swimming at the Alabama State Games. Tyler won the 50 free, 25 breast, 100 free, 100 IM, and 10-yr old High Point at the GCAAL City Meet for Lake Forest Swim Team, which won the Large Team Division team championship. Tyler was awarded the Lake Forest Swim Team age group high point trophy for the 2007 season. Tyler was the highest point scorer on the entire Lake Forest team of 215 swimmers. Tyler also broke multiple Lake Forest age group team records.
Coach Ross Moore was named the GCAAL 2007 Coach of the Year. Ross coached the Lake Forest Seahorses to an undefeated 2007 season and the 2007 GCAAL City Meet large team title.
Coach Mary Hudson coached the Rock Creek Barracudas to the 2007 GCAAL City Meet small team title and Meet Spirit Award.
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCKS
A warm welcome to new swimmers, Reagan Holifield, age 10 and Rachel Holifield, age 9 who joined TNT this summer. Congratulations! You are going to have a lot of fun and learn to swim really, really fast.
BIRTHDAY GREETINGS
Happy birthday to TNT swimmers who participated in the program this summer and who celebrate birthdays during the months of June and July: Megan Bradley, 9 on 6/26; Daniel Doucet, 14 on 7/10; Jordan Doucet, 12 on 7/7; Raegan Grant, 11 on 6/24; Gracey Kahn, 15 on 6/20; Taylor Miller, 11 on 6/3; Emily Nix, 13 on 6/20; Adrian Novak, 15 on 7/9; J.D. Powell, 13 on 7/1; Madison Scharles, 11 on 6/16; Frances Sledge, 10 on 7/29. Another year older and faster!
THE GOOD GUYS
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