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Quote of the Day

I despise the pleasure of pleasing

people that I despise.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

Quote of the Day

I don't care if I'm beautiful;  I

don't care what I am on the outside.

It isn't about the outside.

LaDonna Adrian Gaines, a.k.a. Donna Summer

Top of the World Special Edition

Quote of the Day

Writing is the only profession where

no one considers you ridiculous

if you earn no money.

Pierre-Jules Renard

Quote of the Day

Every crowd has a silver lining.

Phineas Taylor "P.T." Barnum

Quote of the Day

He was a self-made man who owed

his lack of success to nobody.

Joseph Heller

First is the Worst

Second is the best.  Third is the one with the hairy chest.  Sorry, couldn't help myself.

Back to the title of the post.

In an attempt to "scoop" the swimming media, Braden Keith took a job posting and created a headline that makes him front-runner for Jackass of the Year honors.

He has since changed "Assistant Coach Jim Henry Out at Texas" to "Jim Henry in Open Competition for Texas Assistant Job".

Keith owes Jim an apology, but don't hold your breath waiting on that...

Another Chance

If you missed the Cap 2k and were hoping for another chance to swim in Lady Bird Lake, this event might be just what you're looking for.

It's a sort of Splash-n-Dash, but with a twist.  You'll be racing along with Fido.  Read more here.

Quote of the Day

Life can only be understood backwards;

but it must be lived forwards.

Søren Aabye Kierkegaard

2012 Cap 2k

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Low Self-Esteem

C'mon and Swim

One of our swim parents put together a season highlight slide show/video and used this tune for part of it:

Thanks, SS!
Maybe Bobby can use this at camp...

Quote of the Day

Perhaps one has to be very old before one

learns to be amused rather than shocked.

Robert Browning

Two More Jobs

Coaching:

A summer team coach is needed by the Town of Flower Mound. Job info is here.

Management:

A regional supervisor is needed in Houston.  Job info is here.

Quote of the Day

Everybody for fifty years has tried to get us to be

a bigger company...and I always like to remain

small, so that I feel like I'm a part of it every day.

Carroll Hall Shelby

City of Lancaster

A recreation supervisor (athletics/aquatics) is needed at the City of Lancaster near Dallas.  Job info is here.

2012 Charlotte Ultraswim

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Vic Coppinger YMCA

A pool manager is needed at the Vic Coppinger Community Center YMCA in Pearland.  Job info is here.

Clear Creek HS

An assistant coach is needed at Clear Creek HS.  Job is posted on TISCA site.

Contact Jana Williams

2012 UIL 5A State Results

Quote of the Day

It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities.

Eric Hoffer

Cedar Hill HS

An assistant coach is needed at Cedar Hill HS.  Job is posted on THSCA site.

Contact Gina Farmer at 469-272-2014.

2012 Region III-5A Results

40th Anniversary: An Opposing Viewpoint

No, not the Rangers' 40th anniversary.  Remember Title IX?

While most recent pieces on Title IX have touted progress for women in athletics, few have mentioned the decline in men's sports.

Doug Robinson points out the unintended consequences of proportionality here.

Universities have been running scared ever since and become remarkably creative in the process. They've scrambled to even up the numbers because a) football has 100 or so players on the roster and there isn't a women's football team, and b) there isn't as much interest in athletics among females.

Hundreds of men's programs have been cut to even the percentages of women vs. men in participation. According to one report, between 1981 and 1999, universities eliminated 171 men's wrestling teams, 84 men's tennis teams, 56 men's gymnastics teams, 27 men's track teams and 25 men's swimming teams. For every female athlete gained, 3.6 men were lost.

Ready for the more frightening news?  Radicals spouting off on Title IX continue to tell the world "We still have a long way to go!"

I guess they won't be happy until they've wiped out a few hundred more men's programs...

2012 Charlotte Ultraswim

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Quote of the Day

I had the right to remain silent...

but I didn't have the ability.

Ronald "Ron" White

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2012 Charlotte Ultraswim

Psych Sheet

Seeing Stars/Hearing Birds?

If it happens on a backstroke finish, subtract one (1) from your stroke count.

If it happens thirty (30) times a season on the foosball field, find another sport.

Chin-cinatti Bengal lineman Jacob "Quit Ringin' My Danged" Bell is hanging up his jockstrap over concussion concerns.  Read more about the former Ram here.

"If you're telling me 'I'm seeing stars' is some sort of concussion, then you're getting a couple a week. You're going to get a minimum 30 concussions in a season. That just gives you a ballpark figure of what people are truly dealing with."

HIgh Profile AD's Leaving

Stanford's Bob Bowlsby will take over as Big XII commissioner. Read more here.

A&M's Bill Byrne will retire.  Read more here.

He'll probably do some fishing but will likely stay away from the stink bait...

So Said Mr. Pock

Don't act surprised...

City of Midland

A pool manager is needed at the City of Midland.  Job info is here.

Graviss Makes Jr. National Team

Mizzou-bound Daniel Graviss (Elkins HS/First Colony Swim Team) qualified for the USA Swimming Jr. National Open Water squad.  View complete roster here.

South Montgomery YMCA

A youth development director (swim sports & play) is needed at the South Montgomery Family YMCA near Houston.  Job info is here.

MD Anderson YMCA

A pool manager is needed at MD Anderson Family YMCA in Houston. Job info is here.

Parent Letter

Many of you have already seen this.  In case you haven't, it's a letter from St. Louis Cardinal manager Mike Matheny to his Little League parents.  Read it here.

Closes with this:

I know that right now you are asking yourself if this is what you want to get yourself into and I understand that for some of you it may not be the right fit. I also think that there is a great opportunity for these boys to grow together and learn some lessons that will go beyond their baseball experience. Let me know as soon as possible whether or not this is a commitment that you and your son want to make.

Thanks,

Mike Matheny

Thanks, DJA!

Quote of the Day

The thing that doesn't fit is the
thing that's the most interesting.



Richard Phillips Feynman

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Learned 'em Real Good!

Quote of the Day

If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon
find yourself without it. Your life will be
impoverished. But if you invest in beauty,
it will remain with you all the days of your life.



Frank Lloyd Wright

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Can you explain this?

How did this guy get into the Rock-n-Roll HOF...



...and these guys didn't?

Cypress Springs HS

An assistant coach is needed at Cypress Springs HS.  Job is posted on TISCA site.

Contact Coach Timothy Szafran and Athletic Coordinator Richard Cobia.

2012 Region V-5a Results

Paris HS

A head coach is needed at Paris HS.  Job is posted on THSCA site.

Contact Barry Bowman at 903-737-7427.

2012 Region III-4A Results

Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD

A swim coach is needed at Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD in McAllen. Job is posted on THSCA site

Contact Orlando Garcia at 956-354-2220.

Brand new program.

Quote of the Day

Though analogy is often misleading, it
is the least misleading thing we have.



Samuel Butler

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Time for some good news:

via Laughing Squid

Spoiler Alert!!

Pro wrestling is fake.

Diamond Dallas Page was a pro wrestler.

Now that we've gotten that out of the way, visit Diamond Dallas Page Yoga here.

Seen This?

I got caught in the middle of one of these nerd sword fights down on the drag one day while sitting in traffic.  This one ends a little differently than the one I witnessed:




The student, Nick, is fine and was released from the hospital around 3:45PM the same day, May 4th, 2012. I also feel the need to clarify the situation to those unfamiliar with the roads around UT campus. This sword fight took place on Guadalupe St just in front of the Co-op. The "crosswalk", is understood to be the entire area in between the two lights.

Troll comment of the day: "The 4th is strong with this one"


Didn't quite stop in the nick of time...

Thanks, BB!

More Bad News

Sorry fans, but there's some downright miserable news out there.

We'll start off with a little Title IX piece.  UCLA celebrates the fourtieth anniversary:



 No mention of their dumping men's swimming, though.


On the subject of dumped men's programs, here's Cal Benz on Nebraska's men's swimming rules violations:



  Read an old article here.


Ready for a positive story on men's college swimming?  You won't find one here.

Butler is dealing with Title IX issues. Read more here. Don't worry about men's swimming being on the chopping block up there, though. They dumped men's swimming long ago.

Men's swimming was dropped at Rutgers a few years ago. Doesn't look like it saved them a whole lot of money, though. The university soaks students for a grand each year to prop up their bloated athletic department. Read more here.

Take your pick on which is the most damning statement about the Rutgers athletic department, based on a report by Bloomberg News this week examining spending in big-time sports:

a) Rutgers gave $28.5-million from the university budget and student fees, or almost $1,000 per student, to finance sports during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011.

b) The $19.4-million that Rutgers allocated to athletics from its general budget would have been enough to hire about 256 assistant professors or 132 full professors, based on salary figures provided by the university.

c) Fiscal 2011 included the first losing football season in six years. Ticket sales for all sports, led by football, plunged by $3.1-million; donations fell $1.5-million; and income from royalties and licensing declined $477,558.

How about d) all of the above ?

Looking for an escaped from all the bad news?  They say this new movie's pretty danged good:

Rules Notification

Just in case you didn't get the email:


To: USA Swimming Officials, Coaches, General Chairs, LSC Officials Chairs

From: Dan McAllen III, Chair, Rules & Regulations Committee

Subj: NOTICE re: Rule 102.24.4D Adjustment for Timing System Difference

Due to technical difficulties, the Rules & Regulations Committee is postponing the effective date of Rule 102.24.4D until further notice. Those who may have downloaded the update to Hy-tek Meet Manager 4.0 sent out on April 30, 2012 should revert to their previous version of Meet Manager.

Quote of the Day

The key to ultimate success is the
determination to progress day by day.



Edmar John Mednis

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Quote of the Day

Get your facts first, then you
can distort them as you please.



Samuel Langhorne Clemens, a.k.a. Mark Twain

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Quote of the Day

I do have a political agenda. It's to
have as few regulations as possible.



James Danforth "Dan" Quayle

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Title IX for Dummies!

Sure wish they'd write that one!

The avalanche of Title IX 40th Birthday articles is upon us.  What few will contain is the truth about how screwed up this well-intentioned law has become.

Proportionality has DIRECTLY resulted in the elimination of thousands of athletic opportunities for young men.  Whether it was roster caps or the outright cutting of entire programs, proportionality has destroyed coaching and athletic careers across the nation.

College Swimming has posted a list of men's swimming programs dropped in the past few decades here.


Thanks for the heads up, HN!

Quote of the Day

Most of the energy of political work is
devoted to correcting the effects of
mismanagement of government.



Milton Friedman

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Dawson HS

An assistant coach is needed at Dawson HS in Pearland.  Job is posted on TISCA site.

Contact Matthew Winton

2012 UIL 4A State Results

Quote of the Day

Making the simple complicated is commonplace;
making the complicated simple,
awesomely simple, that’s creativity.



Charles Mingus, Jr.

Two More HS Jobs

Both found on THSCA site:

Strake Jesuit (Houston) contact is Terry Meara (713-446-6446).

Carroll (Corpus Christi) contact is Brenda Marshall (361-878-4888).

2012 UIL State Results

Loss Shocks Swimming World

Absolutely stunning news out of Arizona.

Norway's 100 breaststoke World Champion, Alex Dale Oen is dead.  Read more here.

Thanks for the heads up, SJB.

NCAA taking first step...

...toward cracking down on athlete/coach romances. Read more here.

“Sexual relationships between coaches and student-athletes have become a serious problem,” declares the opening line of a new publication the National Collegiate Athletic Association is distributing to all its member institutions, urging athletic departments to create policies that “unambiguously and effectively” prohibit such relationships.

Of course, these relationships create conflicts of interest. But the issues run deeper than that, argue authors Deborah L. Brake, a University of Pittsburgh law professor, and Mariah Burton Nelson, executive director for the American Association for Physical Activity and Recreation.

The authors state that such relationships do not necessarily constitute sexual harassment, which is unwanted. Rather, they are a form of sexual abuse (though not necessarily criminal assault) because the employee holds a position of power over the athlete – rendering an athlete’s consent, stated or unstated, illegitimate. “The public understands that children can be manipulated into ‘agreeing’ to behaviors that are inappropriate and even criminal because they are, relative to adults, powerless,” the document reads. “Whether the student-athlete is 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, or older, she or he is significantly less powerful than a head coach, assistant coach, athletics trainer, sport psychologist, athletics director, or other athletics department staff with supervisory control or authority over student-athletes.”

Quote of the Day

Up to now, American has not been a good milieu
for the rise of a mass movement. What starts
out here as a mass movement ends up as
a racket, a cult, or a corporation.



Eric Hoffer

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Mustang Senior Circuit

Frisco IMX

Aggie Open

Houston Open

CCAA Unclassified

AAAA "C" (SCM)

AAAA "A+" Distance

BAS End of Season (SCY)

2012 CSCAA Convention

Convention will be in San Antonio May 17 - 19.  Registration info is here.

One topic for discussion will be the recent NCAA survey on qualifying procedures for D-I national championships.

On campuses across the country:

Fighting Literacy, One Child at a Time

Read Superheroes gather at Arlington Public Library to fight child literacy here.

Former Aggie Julia Wilkinson

Quote of the Day

Show me a man who claims he is objective
and I'll show you a man with illusions.



Henry Robinson Luce

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Your Morning Science Lesson

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Quote of the Day

A life of frustration is inevitable for any
coach whose main enjoyment is winning.



Charles Henry "Chuck" Noll

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TISCA Changes?

Want to see some changes in TISCA?  Looking for folks who think outside the rectangular prism?  Shouldn't we look for coaches that want more than just a title and a couple of trips to Austin each year?

Maybe it's time to consider term limits for region swim/dive reps.  After six years, the time has come to either step aside for the new blood, or take your experience to a higher position, right?

How about the elimination of dual roles?  When one coach serves in multiple positions, he/she takes away an opportunity from another coach.  Again, let's create more chances for some new blood.

Let's elect/appoint active coaches only.  When I got into administration, I resigned my board position.  Only coaches who are coaching Texas high school teams should be representing Texas coaches' and athletes' interests.

Okay, cue the crickets...

St. Andrew's Episcopal

A head coach is needed at St. Andrew's Episcopal in Austin.  Job is posted on TISCA site.

Contact Laura Longoria

2012 SPC Championships Results

In case you missed...

...today's CBS wrap-up of some 2012 NCAA winter sports seasons, the show will re-air on Sunday, May 13 at 2:00 central.  Highlights from the D-II meet hosted in Mansfield were part of the show.

You Owe Me A Coke!

via Indexed
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The New Timed Finals?

Coincidence?

April 21 - Longhorn Kickoff

April 22 - Fran Crippen Memorial Results

April 23 - HERSEY SWIMS 4:40 IN THE 400 FREE?

Nice work, Braden!

SwimSwam : Timed Finals = Braden K : Scott G

Ron Ballatore Passes

Former UCLA coach Ron Ballatore passed away yesterday. Read more here and here.

Ballatore's Bruin men were the victims of Title IX cuts in 1994.  He went on to coach at Brown and Florida.

Ron "Sticks" Ballatore, UCLA Swimming Tribute Video from Dan on Vimeo.

Quote of the Day

Doesn't "expecting the unexpected"
make the unexpected expected?



George Denis Patrick Carlin

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Is there a soda company...

...that will follow suit? Not likely!
via Laughing Squid

The HORROR!!

via Colossal

Has Splash-O-Truth Gone Under?

It's been quite a while since we last heard from Splash-O-Truth.  They were hacked a while back.  We've not gotten any mass emails recently.  Nothing new had been posted on their site for months.  Now, their account has been suspended.

Title IX Issues at SMU?

An article in The Daily Campus claims SMU isn't giving female athletes their fair share. Read more here.

Beth Wilson, associate vice-president and Title IX coordinator, said the university has done a superlative job meeting federal requirements. “I think we’ve done pretty much what we needed to do,” she said. “I think the issues have been addressed or are being addressed.”

Wilson said she could not discuss why SMU spends twice as much on men’s sports compared to female athletes until she reviewed the data SMU submitted to the Department of Education. When a reporter offered the records to her, Wilson refused to look at them.

Dr. Ellen Jackofsky, an accounting professor in the Cox School of Business and a member of the Faculty Senate Athletic Policies Committee from 1995 to 2011, reviewed SMU’s athletic spending. When asked if the records showed SMU in compliance with Title IX, she said, “Absolutely not.”
“This shouldn’t be happening,” Jackofsky said. “I’m disappointed to hear that, to know that’s where we are.”

Some students said the spending disparity is understandable for a simple reason.

“Come on, it’s football,” Gerardo Padierna, a first-year student, said. “Football is king.”

Others said the disparity is disturbing.

“This is a lawsuit waiting to happen,” sophomore Katherine Montgomery said.

How long before Nancy's flight touches down at Love Field?

Quote of the Day

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that when
you bore people, they think it's their fault.



Heinz Alfred "Henry" Kissinger

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If I Wanted America to Fail

Three More HS Jobs

Three more high school swim coaching jobs are posted on THSCA site

Crosby HS needs a head coach.

Contact Jeff Riordan at 281-328-9200.

2012 Region VI-4A Results

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Big Spring HS needs a head coach.

Contact Phillip Ritchey at 423-264-3662

2012 Region I-4A Results

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Tomball HS needs both a head and an assistant coach.

Contact Ronny Peacock at 281-357-3047.

2012 UIL 5A State Results

2012 USMS SC Nationals

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Quote of the Day

There is no doubt that the reason for my
awful oversight was over-confidence
that sapped my sense of danger. So
that is where to look for the cause
of bad blunders - in the exulting
feeling of self-congratulation.



Alexander Alexandrovich Kotov

Mean Green All-Americans

Four (4) gals from the North Texas squad have been named CSCAA Mid-Major Honorable Mention All-Americans.  Read more here.

Selected for the Mean Green were:  Rosa Gentile, Mona Groteguth, Krista Rossum, & Catia Weickgenant

D-II Swimming on CBS

This Saturday, CBS will air a special on the NCAA winter championships. The show is scheduled to air at noon central.  Read more here.

The Drury University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams have dominated the Division II swimming and diving championships recently. But an upstart program from Grand Canyon University has its sights set on knocking off the reigning title holders and staking their claim as the best in the pool at this year’s championship.

Bispo UT Women's Athlete of the Year

Longhorn senior Karlee Bispo has been named UT Women's Athlete of the Year.  Read more here.

"I think it's really awesome that they take time to put on something like this for us. We have a chance to get together, get all dressed up and celebrate each other's accomplishments," said Athlete of the Year winner and Olympic swimming hopeful Karlee Bispo.

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The Pool Ambassador is responsible for overseeing the community pool area, ensuring authorized resident and guest use only together with a safe and enjoyable pool experience. The Pool Ambassador consistently exceeds resident expectations and provides the highest levels of product and services, including superior customer service.

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