Dear Coaches,
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Tuesday, February 27, 2018
If I were a miler...
...who'd planned his/her training/rest for a great 1500 on Sunday, this would definitely ___ me off!
Quote of the Day
The penalty for success is to be bored
by the people who used to snub you.
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Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor
Sunday, February 25, 2018
End of Mack Beggs title match was chaos. Had huge lead, nearly got pinned, then came the crescendo of cheers/boos. pic.twitter.com/FrLixVsTAj— Brad Townsend (@townbrad) February 24, 2018
Friday, February 23, 2018
Hogan & Woessner Out
USA Swimming pushed out two bigwigs yesterday. Read their letters:
In what is one of the more unusual portions of any resignation letter, Susan beats Sean to the punch with this:
...I engaged in kissing on a single occasion with then-coach Sean Hutchison. I have never had sex with Sean Hutchison.
We're all thankful she got that out there before he did, right?
All kidding aside, it's a shame it's come to this for USA Swimming. We're an organization with tremendous people. It only took a handful to make us look like idiots.
Read more here
Quote of the Day
Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes
a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.
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William Franklin "Billy" Graham, Jr.
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Ritter Podcast
This week's show features former TISCA/NISCA president DJA.
Listen here
Also, check out one of the sponsor's groovy products:
Swimnerd Pace Clock
Quote of the Day
I am not a 'yes' person. No matter who you are
married to, you still need to lead your life.
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Melanija Knavs, a.k.a. Melania Trump
Monday, February 19, 2018
Sunday, February 18, 2018
Catch-All
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5A
6A
Help! Back in the 90's, I used to put together a 4A mythical state meet. Kind of like Swimming World's mythical national meet. Planning to do it again. I'll need meet result files from 5A district, region, and state meets to make this happen. I'll start working on it once a few results come rolling in.
Also, I'd like to do something similar for middle school/junior high. There are several big middle school meets around the state each year. If I can get those meet files, I might be able to put that together as well.
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SEC's conclude today. Real time results are here
Registration for the 2018 TISCA Clinic is already open here
ASCA Fellows 2018: Call for Applications
Info/registration for 2018 Cap 2k is here
Quote of the Day
In our age there is no such thing as "keeping out
of politics." All issues are political issues, and
politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions,
folly, hatred, and schizophrenia.
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Eric Arthur Blair, a.k.a. George Orwell
Monday, February 12, 2018
Quote of the Day
The sport I love has taken me around
the world and shown me many things.
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Bonnie Kathleen Blair
Sunday, February 11, 2018
The Salesman:
Note: Only a matter of time before SwimScam pulls down old articles/videos featuring Hutchison. Might want to - holding nose/biting lip - pay them a visit here
The Athlete:
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“At no time did I ever abuse Ariana Kukors or do anything with her that was not consensual,” the statement said. “I absolutely deny having any sexual or romantic relationship with her before she was old enough to legally make those decisions for herself. Prior to that time, I did nothing to ‘groom’ her.”
“Her younger sister also lived with us for several months and her mother was a regular visitor to our home,” the statement added. “I deeply regret that she would make these wild allegations all these years later.”
She said: My Story
Believe HER
Quote of the Day
While it is true that you learn with age, the
down side is that what you learn is often
what a damn fool you were before.
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Thomas Sowell
Wednesday, February 07, 2018
NCAA's & NISCA
If you're planning to attend the NISCA Conference & NCAA Men's D-I meet in Minneapolis, get a move on!
Schedule is here
Register here
At Saturday's awards banquet, long-time Texas high school coach Dana Abbott (Katy HS & Pope/Saint John XXIII HS) will be honored.
Be there, or be regular quadrilateral.
Quote of the Day
The more concerned we become over the
things we can't control, the less we will
do with the things we can control.
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John Robert Wooden
Sunday, February 04, 2018
Region Meets
First, in case you haven't seen them, unofficial call-up lists are on Scott Scofield's blog:
6A
5A
This is the third straight year Scott has done this for our swimmers, coaches, and fans. Also helping out was Paul Hodges. Thanks, guys!
Now, let's share some of the more unusual things seen at this year's region meets.
Want me to go first? Okay, here's a start:
1. We had officials standing side-by-side to do relay take-off judging. Even if neither noticed what their neighbor had noted on his/her heat sheet, it's NOT how dual confirmation is supposed to be done. No matter how trusted an officiating crew is, the appearance just isn't good!
2. Our prelim 500 free bell-ringer had some trouble getting a good ring out of the bell. While hundreds looked on in amazement, this official held the bell upside down, shook it vigorously, and just couldn't manage to get much of a ring out of it. This went on, heat after heat. If only we'd gotten some sort of chant going to help out..."Turn it over! Turn it over!"
3. A young man was "counting" for lane 7 swimmer in a consolation final heat of the 500 free. Had his Beats on and was really enjoying himself...until the coach realized his count was off by a couple of lengths. Coach was less than ten (10) feet away, hollering at the guy counting. Zero response. Kid just continued to stare off in to space. Finally, coach hopped up on bulkhead, went over to counter, ripped off headphones, and gave the stunned kid hell. Couldn't help myself...said out loud "You're fired!"
4. Our boy divers were 1st & 4th in region, but our dive coach forgot to register with TISCA this year. As a result, I was recognized as boy diving COTY for saying "Divers, go dive" each afternoon.
5. We had a couple of schools qualify relays for consolation finals that no-showed Saturday. Danged sponsors..
6. There was a tie for 4th in the 50 free. Thinking it could impact call-ups, they had a swim-off after the 400 free relay. Complete waste of time & energy. UIL rules state that ties are broken by prelim times. They didn't tie in prelims, so swim-off wasn't necessary.
If anyone has some video of our bell-ringer or lap counter, please post!
Anyone care to share unusual events from their region meets?
Friday, February 02, 2018
2018 Call-Ups
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Once again, the UIL asked TISCA not to post call-ups.
Just takes a little twist of the nose ring and our coaches' association toes the line...
Scott's got it covered again this year.
Please help him out by emailing complete (prelims & finals) meet result files from your region meet.
Send them to Scott's email
View call-ups on Scott's site
Quote of the Day
I feel sorry for those who live without competition...
fat, dumb, and unhappy in cradle-to-grave security.
Donald Mcintosh "Don" Kendall
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