Texas Swimming

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Quote of the Day

I got on the merry-go-round,

kiddo, and I never got off.

via Pinterest

Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas

Saturday, June 11, 2016

Quote of the Day

I always tell kids, you have two

eyes and one mouth. Keep

two open and one closed.

via SportsNet

Gordon "Gordie" Howe

Wednesday, June 08, 2016

Quote of the Day

...we have to pass the bill so that

you can find out what's in it...

via Tory Daily

Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi

Saturday, June 04, 2016

Quote of the Day

It's a lack of faith that makes people afraid of

meeting challenges, and I believe in myself.

via Pittsburgh Courier

Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.,

a.k.a. Muhammad Ali

Friday, June 03, 2016

Quote of the Day

The price one pays for pursuing any

profession or calling is an intimate

knowledge of its ugly side.

via IndieWire

James Arthur Baldwin

Thursday, June 02, 2016

Quote of the Day

The chief error in philosophy is overstatement.

via The Measurement Standard

Alfred North Whitehead

Wednesday, June 01, 2016

Road closures due to high water have made travel in south Texas miserable. You can check your routes for problems like high water, wrecks, and construction here

If you're searching for the TISCA Academic All-State list, find it here

via Frisco ISD

Heard that Frisco ISD's Ronnie Rogers is retiring. Ronnie's had a great coaching career. Texas high school swimming is losing one of those really, really good guys that don't come along every day.

Two high school assistant jobs (Longview & Flour Bluff) were recently posted on the TISCA site here

This weekend's Longhorn Elite meet features some big names. Links:

Psych Sheet

Parking Info

Timeline

The City of Cedar Hill needs a pool manager

Park Cities YMCA needs an aquatics coordinator

via NationStates

Didn't get that ambassadorship to Grand Fenwick? If you didn't buy your way in with campaign contributions, you'll have to work for it. Looking for that first rung on your way up the diplomatic ladder? Start as a Pool Ambassador! Info here

St. Anthony Catholic HS (San Antonio) needs a swim coach. Contact Kevin Smisek at 210-832-5620

Leander HS needs a swim coach. Contact Timothy Smith

Warren HS needs a swim coach. Contact Bryan Dausin at 210-397-4260

Texas Gold needs an assistant coach

Blue Tide needs assistant coaches

Quote of the Day

No one forgets the truth;

they just get better at lying.

via SCREENPRISM

Richard Yates

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Quote of the Day

I'd rather do a really good small

part than a really bad big part.

via Interviewly

Ronald "Ron" White

Thursday, May 26, 2016

In Case You Missed It

This was a big story on the trail last year.

via Portland Press-Herald

A woman - Geraldine Largay (66) - had disappeared back in 2013 up in Maine. Searches had turned up no trace. An episode of North Woods Law included her story and the search for her.

Geraldine's remains were discovered in October of last year - more than two years after she'd gone missing. Seems she'd become lost and was unable to find her way back to the trail.

A Boston Globe article reveals she'd kept a journal while lost. She'd survived nearly a month in some of our country's most rugged territory.

Read more here

“This is some of the worst country in Maine,” Palman said. “It’s hard to understand how logistically difficult this area was. On any given day, by the time a searcher would get close to where Largay was found, they’d have to turn around to make it back to their vehicles by nightfall.”

Tragic. If only she'd have been able to get a good signal fire going...

Quote of the Day

When the president does it, that

means that it is not illegal.

via blue cheddar

Richard Milhous Nixon

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Quote of the Day

Whenever we can, we follow the law.

via Forbes

John Andrew Koskinen

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Quote of the Day

No country has ever prospered that

failed to put its own interests first.

via The New York Times Magazine

Donald John Trump, Sr.

Thursday, May 19, 2016

Quote of the Day

Columbus did not seek a new route to the

Indies in response to a majority directive.

via The New York Times

Milton Friedman

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

New TISCA URL

Under construction:

TISCA

Quote of the Day

Aim above morality. Be not simply

good, be good for something.

via Wikipedia

Henry David Thoreau

Monday, May 16, 2016

Quote of the Day

Individuals can spend their money

more wisely, efficiently, and more

humanely that can government.

via Larry Elder

Laurence Allen "Larry" Elder

Sunday, May 15, 2016

Quote of the Day

This relationship is going to be built on trust.

via People

Marla Ann Maples

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Syracuse AD Leaving

via USA Today

Syracuse AD Mark Coyle is leaving. You know the routine. They start out with the old "One team, one family, one vision" bit. They close it out with a "spend more time with family" - type exit statement.

In other words, "One team, one family, one vision, one year."

He took over for Daryl Gross Negligence back in June of '15. Read more here

via USA Today

Article was written by Chris Carlson, the same guy whose fictional account of Orange athletics set me off back in January of last year. Read that post here

Carlson continues to repeat this lie:

Gross oversaw dramatic improvement of SU's non-revenue teams and on-field success...

Bullcorn! The only "revenue" sport at Syracuse is men's thump-thump. Every other sport costs more than it generates.

Many "non-revenue" sports suffered during the Gross era. He destroyed the men's and women's swimming programs.

Gross replaced swimming with a women's hockey team that blows through a nearly seven-figure budget annually, while playing to home crowds numbering in the dozens.

Knowing his definition of success, one has to wonder if Carlson still thinks Enron would be a great investment...

Site Issues, Jobs, & Virtual Standings

TISCA site's been down a while. Ron says the hosting service closed up shop w/o letting anyone know. Look for an updated site soon, possibly in a few days.

A source clued me in on another kind of site issue. Let's start off by saying Bobby swam for their program before we moved to Mansfield and we were fortunate to be part of their team - he made his first TAGS cut w/them.

Seems Aquastar was touting themselves as a USA Swimming 2016 Bronze Medal program. Looks like they really aren't.

Before:

After:

Prosper HS needs a swim coach. Contact Jody Hormann at 469-219-2215

Hightower HS needs a swim coach. Contact Padriac McGinnis

The City of Coppell needs an aquatics coordinator

The YMCA of Greater Houston needs youth development directors for aquatics at the TW Davis Family YMCA and the Weekley Family YMCA

Top ten Texas SCY teams (as of this a.m.) in Virtual Club Champs (w/national rank):

Nitro Swimming (8)
Lakeside Aquatic Club (21)
The Woodlands Swim Team (24)
Alamo Area Aquatic Association (27)
Texas Ford Aquatics (51)
First Colony Swim Team (52)
Cypress Fairbanks Swim Club (61)
Metroplex Aquatics (67)
Katy Aquatic Team for Youth (104)
North Texas Nadadores (105)

Quote of the Day

Of course we have compassion.

We just don't believe the safety

net should be used as a hammock.

via Texas GOP Vote

Allen Bernard West

Sunday, May 08, 2016

Quote of the Day

People all over the nation are starved

for honesty and common sense.

via USA Today

Benjamin Solomon "Ben" Carson, Sr.

Monday, May 02, 2016

Quote of the Day

Hammer your thoughts into unity.

via E-Verse Radio

William Butler Yeats

Saturday, April 30, 2016

Quote of the Day

History must repeat itself because we pay

so little attention to it the first time.

via tricklar

William Forrest "Blackie" Sherrod

Thursday, April 28, 2016

Quote of the Day

You help me, I'll help you. That's politics.

via Chris Savas

Terence Richard "Terry" McAuliffe

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Quote of the Day

Is it bad to admit on Twitter that I'm a Belieber?

via The Los Angeles Times

Jonathan Paul Manziel, a.k.a. Johnny Football

Sunday, April 24, 2016

Bull & More Bull

Get the hook out.

Get a picture.

Then release! Easy as 1, 2, 4!*

Yes, Leon's a big Donald Trump supporter. What gets me about conservatives who are anti-Trump is this:

Y'all have complained - for 7+ years - that Obama is the worst president ever. Now y'all act like the world will come to an end if Donnie ends up in the White House. Where's the logic in that? Ask yourselves how he can possibly be worse than what you've had.

Y'all ain't here fer poly-ticks now, is ya? Yer here fer jobs, right?!?! Here's what's new since the last jobs post a couple of weeks ago:

JCC of Austin needs a head coach and an assistant coach

Eisenhower HS needs a swim coach

The City of Mesquite needs a swim coach

Nitro is looking for assistant coaches

Texas City HS needs a swim coach. Contact Leland Surovik at 409-916-0146

Fulshear HS needs a swim coach. Contact Oschlor Flemming at 832-223-0151

Clear Brook HS needs a swim coach. Contact Michael Allison at 281-284-2160

McKinney HS needs a swim coach. Contact Jeffrey Smith at 469-302-5959

Tyler needs a high school/club coach

The City of San Angelo needs an assistant pool manager

The South Montgomery Family YMCA needs a youth development senior director - aquatics

BTA needs assistant coaches

ESA needs a head age group coach

The YMCA of Highland Lakes needs a pool manager

The City of Austin needs an aquatic recreation program coordinator

Liberty Christian School (Argyle) needs a swim coach

Heat/Psych sheets for USMS Short Course Nationals are here

YMCA Masters Nationals results are here

Belton's Savannah Henry (daughter of Patrick & Wendy) recently signed with Southern Illinois University. Read more here and here.

“It means I get four more years of doing what I’m really passionate about doing and what I spend so much time doing,” Henry said of signing with the Salukis. “I have some family ties there but also it’s a great school with a great team that’s on the rise and working hard and it’s something I wanted to be a part of.”

*That's what I tell kids learning relay starts. Swing, step, and go - it's as easy as 1, 2, 4! One or two get it...

Joseph Stanton Update

Terri posted this on Joseph's Caring Bridge page Friday:

Roller Coaster

By Terri Stanton — Apr 22, 2016 8:52am

I just found out that Joseph's lungs have both declined since yesterday. I haven't gotten to talk to the doctor yet so I don't have any more information on how this could happen but I want to ask you to pray that the LORD would send His greatest angels of healing to Joseph's bedside and never leave him infusing his sweet body with all that is needed to fight this horrific infection to clear his lungs completely. They had to increase the oxygen that the ventilator is delivering to 50% when it had been at 35% most of the day yesterday. Please pray for the wisdom and divine inspiration of all who care for Joseph that the Great Physician would impart His greatest ideas for how to better help my prince.

Blessings to you and yours always,
Terri

Doris Lochte

via Huffington Post

Ryan Lochte's biggest fan - grandmother Doris Lochte - passed away on the 19th. View her obituary and offer your condolences here

Quote of the Day

There is a difference between conceit

and confidence. Conceit is bragging.

Confidence is believing you

can get the job done.

via The Times-Picayune

John Constantine "Johnny" Unitas

Friday, April 22, 2016

Quote of the Day

To talk well and eloquently is a very

great art, but an equally great one is

to know the right moment to stop.

via BBC Music Magazine

Johannes Chrysostomus
Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart,
a.k.a. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Thursday, April 21, 2016

Texas Swimming Pics

Looking for pictures of Texas swimmers?

Longhorn swim dad Andy Ringgold (Brett's his boy) posts a boatload of pictures of club, high school, and college swimming.

Find them all at Andy's flickr page (Aringo) here