First Undefeated Season for TCU Men

Saturday evening, an overflow crowd squeezed into the TCU pool to watch the dual between the Horned Frogs and the UNLV Rebels. Trust me - it was elbow to elbow upstairs!

The TCU men came away with a win, clinching the dual meet season championship in the Mountain West Conference. Read about it here.

“This is one of the biggest wins in our program’s history,” TCU head coach Richard Sybesma said. “It was our biggest crowd ever and for them to witness us win a conference championship is really special. It’s great to be a Horned Frog right now. Our program is on the rise.”

You just can't beat the atmosphere of a college dual meet, especially in a facility like theirs. It was loud. Fans were going berserk. Swimmers and coaches were pumped up and into every race.

Weakly Demotivator

CSCAA

Looking for college swimming records? Rules? Polls? Event Rankings? Jobs? Cash? Etc.?

Try the College Swimming Coaches Association of America site here.

Reezultz Comment

Dazed and Confused makes a good point with his/her comment concerning district results (see Reezultz):

DAZED AND CONFUSED said…

I am borred over the weekend and decide to look over District results and what to do I see....only half of the district results posted? Please help me understand why some results are out their for everyone to see, while others get to hide theirs and not post?

I think we've been down this road before. Some district results are submitted by the meet director and posted, making them available to those scouting. Others are held back and remain hidden until they're sent to TISCA after the region meet.

There's no UIL rule stating that district results must be posted online, is there?

Quote of the Day

Who looks outside, dreams;
who looks inside, awakes.



Karle Gustav II "Carl" Jung

via MyExtraLife

Insanity

Doing the same thing over and over - and expecting a different outcome, right?

College athletic directors continue to drop men's swimming, but they usually leave women's programs intact.

They claim to be doing women a favor, but we know this hasn't been a reality. If dropping men's teams were helping the women, shouldn't we see more women-only programs dominating at NCAA's?

Are the best women-only programs good because they don't have to share pool time with the men?

Did the Miami Her-icannes springboard to the top when the men got dumped? How many titles have the Nebraska women won since Byrne cut their men? Are the Rutgers women better off since the guys were shown the door?

I'm not trying to pick on women-only swim teams - if it had been up to them, men's programs would not have been discontinued.

I ask because one of the more idiotic reasons A.D.'s often give for axing men's programs is that doing so will strengthen women's programs.

Nothing could be further from the truth!

Last year, it was the Kutztown women trying to make this very point. This year, it's the Duquesne gals who are saying the same thing. Read more here.

"Unlike what Greg Amodio said about this being beneficial to all the other teams left over, this is devastating to the women because we are not two teams, we are one team," said Skyes, in reacting to plans for the men's swim team to be axed. "We train together, we travel together, compete together, and we are family. It's like cutting half of our team, not just one team."

Quote of the Day

Oh, I get a little tired now and then, but
knowing my lifestyle, that's only natural.



Harry Christopher Carabina (a.k.a. Harry Caray)

Still Adding Results Below

Too busy to scroll all that way?

Shortcut is just a click away: here.

Don't ask me what I think of you...

...I might not give the answer that you want me to...

City of Grand Prairie

An aquatics coordinator is needed at the City of Grand Prairie.

More job info is here.

Lone Star HS

A head coach is needed for the new Lone Star HS in Frisco ISD. Job is posted on TISCA site.

Contact David Kuykendall at Kuykendd@friscoisd.org

High School Suits and Relay Cards

More info on suits and relay cards (rules clarifications) has gone up on the TISCA site. Read it here.

Quote of the Day

We are confronted with

insurmountable opportunities.



Walter Crawford "Walt" Kelly, Jr.

Reezultz

A&M vs. UH (W)

UH Recap

A&M Recap


Texas vs. A&M (M)

Texas Recap

A&M Recap


ATAC "BB"


Texas vs. SMU (W)

Texas Recap

SMU Recap


UNLV vs. TCU

TCU Recap


Texas vs. SMU (M)

Texas Recap

SMU Recap


Ron has started posting district results on the TISCA site here.

Why is water so weird?

How should I know? Read about it here.

via Coast to Coast AM

Their controversial ideas expand on a theory proposed more than a century ago by Wilhelm Roentgen, the discoverer of X-rays, who claimed that the molecules in liquid water pack together not in just one way, as today's textbooks would have it, but in two fundamentally different ways.

What you talkin' 'bout, Willis Wilhelm?

"Our understanding of water is an evolving picture," Pettersson says. "Further research by many different groups is needed before this exciting and important journey can end." With so much to gain, who could disagree?

Yeah, who?

FLASH!!!!

A freedom we've long taken for granted has been taken from us.

You and I no longer have the right to groom ice whenever and wherever we choose. The nanny state is out of control.

That's right, folks:

Zambonis have been banned from the Erie Canal!!

Read more here.

Quote of the Day

Organization can never be a substitute
for initiative and for judgement.



Louis David Brandeis

For the engineer that has everything:

via Geekologie

Team GPA's

The fall swimming brainiac teams have been posted at CSCAA's site.

I'd like to congratulate the teams that made the list, but those swimmers are too focused on academics to be wasting their time reading my site...

Division I

Division II

Division III

NAIA

Thanks, BG!

Quote of the Day

This became a credo of mine...attempt the
imposssible in order to improve your work.



Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis

UNO Going D-III

It's official - the University of New Orleans is making the move to NCAA Division III. Read more here.

SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!!!!!

Oops...sorry...wrong sport...

Jenny Dial quoted Longhorn backstroker Cole Cragin (Friendswood, 2009) in her article on athletic scholarships.

Read Long, long shot at the Houston Chronicle here.

“I had an idea that I could be good enough to get a scholarship,” Cragin said. “But that’s not why I stuck to swimming. I don’t think anyone should play a sport just to get a scholarship.”

Plenty of stats at the end, as well as several comments.

KATavares wrote:
5.9% of boys earn scholarships, while 8.2% of girls earn scholarships. I'm glad to see Title IX is working equally.

Title IX and Duquesne

...but wait - there's more!

Title IX stupidity rising to some new lows

Duquesne waited several days before finally explaining why four men's teams were dropped. On the athletic department's web site, the reasons for the move are listed: Financial impact, facilities limitations, gender equity, Atlantic 10 Conference support/affiliation, global warming, nuclear proliferation and Hurricane Katrina.

OK, I made those last three up, but whatever came after or before "gender equity" was unimportant.

Duquesne flunked handling of athletic cuts

Some swim team parents are trying to raise enough money to sustain the men's team themselves, but Amodio indicated earlier this week that facilities are a major obstacle.

"If you take a look at the [eliminated] sports -- and we looked at the financial impact of all of them -- but baseball is played at an off-campus facility, golf is off-campus, wrestling is on campus but at a facility the university is considering what to do with, and in swimming we do not have a diving well," Amodio said. "As well as our swimmers have performed, that's a facility limitation that we're not going to be able to change."

Reduce Football Scholarships?

Yer talkin' crazy, man!!!

Read more here.

There is no justification for this; all this is doing is allowing the big boys to stockpile players. Many of them will never see the field. But at least they won't see the field in an opposing uniform.

National Signing Day is on Wednesday. Florida, who is my team, is ranked No. 1 by all the recruiting services. Barring a last minute collapse, they will remain No. 1 after Signing Day. They will bring in 28 new players when football starts again.

Twenty-eight scholarship players in one class is over half an NFL sized roster. Why do they need that many players?

The truth is they don't.

Ma-ma-ma-ma...mama says Title IX is the tool of the devil...

Quote of the Day

Now and then an innocent
man is sent to the legislature.



Franklin McKinney "Kin" Hubbard

Hendrickson HS

A head swim coach is needed at Hendrickson HS in Pflugerville. Job is posted on TISCA site.

Contact Tera Hollywood at tera.hollywood@pflugervilleisd.net

2009 District 25-4A

2009 Region VII-4A

2009 UIL 4A State

Attention HS Officials

If you're planning to work the UIL state meet at the end of this month, you should read this.

In case you missed it, this important info for meet directors and officials was posted on the TISCA site a couple of weeks ago.

USA Swimming

Over at SCAQ Blog, Tony Austin takes on USA Swimming. Read the post and comments here.

His failed attempts to touch base with USA Swimming execs has him frustrated. I hope he's able to get through and be heard.

A few years ago, I needed help and had no idea who to contact. I decided to dial up Jonty Skinner's number in the hopes that a receptionist/secretary would direct me to someone who could help me out.

To my surprise, Mr. :49.44 (100m free WR, 1976) answered the phone! After a brief conversation, it was clear that Coach Skinner was not only going to point me in the right direction, but he was also going to remain involved and follow through.

Jonty's moved on. Our loss is British Swimming's gain...

Realignment

The 2010-2012 football and basketball alignments are here.

It'll be interesting to see how closely we'll follow these when the new swimming alignment is released.

City of Kyle

A pool manager is needed by the City of Kyle.

Job info is here.

Quote of the Day

A certain amount of opposition is a great help
to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.



John Neal

Florida Gators

One of several great features on their site is Gatorvision Online. Check out press conferences there.

The list of Gator Olympians dates back to Catie Ball (Gold Medal in Mexico City).

Gator Men

Gator Women

Weakly Demotivator

Cedar Ridge HS

A head swim coach is needed at the new Round Rock ISD school called Cedar Ridge. Job is posted on THSCA site.

Contact Todd Ford at 512-704-0202 or todd_ford@roundrockisd.org

Quote of the Day

I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.



Golda Mabovitch Meyerson (a.k.a. Golda Meir)

Shouldn't PETA be all over this?

The Pennsylvania assistant high school swim coach who allegedly had a relationship with one of his girl swimmers is going on a trip. Raymond Novak is headed for Costa Rica.

Article outlining original charges is here.

During the alleged incident in her home, the head coach at the time called Novak because he was late for practice. Detectives said Novak drove to practice with the girl.

Sorry, boss. We wuz lookin' fer lost puppies-n-kitties. We'll try'n git there in time fer the main set.

Novak is accused of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, statutory sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault, endangering the welfare of children, criminal use of a telephone, indecent assault and corruption of minors.

Now for the story about the vacation - I mean humanitarian trip. Read more here.

Novak asked Blahovec to change the conditions of his bail so he could go on the trip to work as a volunteer at an animal shelter with his girlfriend.

During a hearing Wednesday, Blahovec expressed reluctance about granting the request.

"I can see where the commonwealth would be a little nervous about someone going to Costa Rica. That's a big Wheel of Fortune destination," Blahovec said. He noted that Novak could easily volunteer at a local animal shelter.

Novak said that he volunteers at a local shelter and the trip had been planned and paid for before his arrest. He claimed he had no plans to flee prosecution and if that been his objective, he would not have posted his trip details on an Internet social networking page.

Details of his trip? Internet social networking page? This guy just doesn't get it...or does he?

I know y'all are dying to get started. Plenty of angles in this one. Time for you smart-alec commenters to start connecting the dots....

For balance, here's a comment posted on the Bad Bad Teacher site:

dee says:
September 11, 2009 at 4:17 pm

Completely false accusations….and a terrible shame that his life has been ruined because of a lying teenager. and also a shame that there is a website titled bad bad teachers for people who haven’t even been found guilty….so hopefully when the truth comes out there is a website called good good teacher.

The site's got this disclaimer at the top of the page:

NOTICE: All individuals listed on this site are presumed innocent unless they have been found guilty in a court of law. The BadBadTeacher.com notation appearing on graphics on this site is a WATERMARK and NOT an expression of fact or opinion.

Quote of the Day

Success isn't measured by money or power
or social rank. Success is measured by
your discipline and inner peace.



Michael Keller Ditka, Jr.

Another List - Check Back for Updates

Note (1-31-10, 9:30 a.m.): Not posting varsity district results, since they aren't all available (and some districts have yet to swim their meets).

A&M vs. SMU (M)

Ags Recap

Mustang Recap

Rice/LSU/Tulane/Houston

Houston Recap

Rice Recap

BAT Baracuda

HSC 9-14

FLEET 9-14

HCAP 9-14

KATY 9-14

MAC 9-14

Rice vs. UNT

UNT Recap

Rice Recap

TRS B/C

MARS B/C

Frisco B/C

Texas Gold Trophy

District 8-5A JV

District 14-5A JV

TCU/UALR/Centenary

TCU Recap

UT vs. Arizona

Women's Recap

Men's Recap

Incarnate Word Invite

Quote of the Day

The path of least resistance

is the path of the loser.



Herbert George "H.G." Wells

Quote of the Day

An artist's only concern is to shoot for
some kind of perfection, and on his
own terms, not anyone else's.



Jerome David "J.D." Salinger

Holy Guacamole!

What an article! Read what Duquesne A.D. Greg Amodio had to say about dropping four men's sports here. Incredible!!

"This is really not a cost-cutting measure," athletic director Greg Amodio said Thursday, breaking a weeklong administrative silence, "but a strategic reallocation of dollars."

"Frankly it's not something we can control; that's a federal mandate," Amodio said of the law that ensures equity for women's programs and scholarship dollars in intercollegiate athletics. "The new structure will be in long-term compliance with Title IX, for which we engaged an outside consultant, a nationally respected expert on Title IX issues and all of our initiatives have been approved."

Who would have guessed?!?!

Corpus Christi ISD

A junior varsity coach is needed at Corpus Christi ISD. Job is posted on TISCA site.

Contact Brenda Marshall at 361-878-4880 or BJMarshall@ccisd.us

San Antonio Wave

A head coach is needed at San Antonio Wave. Job is posted on TISCA site.

Contact Mike Smith at president@sawave.org

2009 LC TAGS

Ummmm...that would be a "no"...

TISCA site has statement on Kinesio Tape here.

City of Seabrook

The City of Seabrook needs an aquatics manager. Find out more here.

More on Duquesne Men's Swimming

Our pal over at the Independent Women's Forum, Allison Kasic, weighs in here. Her post has a link to the Saving Sports post which includes this interesting chart.

Yesterday's local reaction to the slashing of four men's sports at Duquesne is here.

"They were frank about it, they were firm about all of this when they told us," said Pandit, a Hampton High School graduate. "You can join all the Facebook groups you want and write all the e-mails that you'd like, but the truth is that a decision has been made and these sports aren't coming back."

Translation: We're just kidding! Don't go public or you'll regret it. Constitutional rights have been suspended. You no longer have the right to speak freely. We will be monitoring athletes and coaches. By the way, remove the latest post from your team blog - that one informing readers that we've dumped your men's program and eliminated one of your assistant coaching position (unless, or course, you can raise millions)...

The father of a swimmer -- who spoke to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette under the condition that he remained anonymous for fear of reprisal against his son -- said he called the Duquesne athletic department Tuesday morning to speak with athletic director Greg Amodio. The father wanted more information about the cuts and how the money saved would be reallocated.

"When I called down there, I just wanted a few answers, I just wanted to talk to the athletic director to ask why, but, I was told by the person who answered the phone that he was traveling with the men's basketball team," the father said. "I was sort of taken aback by all of that. I was wondering why it was so important for him to be with the basketball team when all this was happening. I was also told he won't be available until Friday."

The men's basketball team is not scheduled to leave until today for its Thursday game at Xavier.

Dave Saba, associate athletic director for media relations, told the Post-Gazette Monday and Tuesday that Amodio would have no further comment beyond the news release issued early Monday evening.

Catch that? Called Tuesday. Told A.D. was traveling with basketball team. Basketball team was leaving Wednesday for Thursday night game. Any bets on how available he'll be Friday? Monday?

How's that for leadership? Amodio's just layin' low 'til this all blows over...

Finally, there's the "screw you guys - you got what you deserved" post at Title IX Blog here.

Quote of the Day

If you see a snake, just kill it -
don't appoint a committee on snakes.



Henry Ross Perot