Sunday, February 05, 2017
Saturday, February 04, 2017
Reminder(s)
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1) A few years ago, folks in Austin pressured TISCA to stop posting state meet call-ups. TISCA failed to stand up for swimmers & coaches, so it became a job for us "rebels".
I took a couple of turns at the wheel before homelessness (AT-style) and a return to the pool deck made it impossible to continue. Luckily, we have another swim nerd who agreed to take on the job.
This will be Scott Scofield's third year on Call-Up duty. Please let him know how much we appreciate his work.
Coaches, please email your results files to Scott ASAP!
He'll post his lists here
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2) Coaches & Sponsors - When choosing your Region COTY, please avoid the "voting block" mentality some multi-school districts push. It's your vote, not your school district's.
Also, maybe you should cast your ballot for the coach who did the most with his/her program. Sometimes that's the guy/gal whose team destroyed the competition. Other times, it's a coach whose squad overachieved, but still ended up back in the pack.
Don't tell me I'm "throwing away my vote" when I select someone who's done the best coaching job and not the sponsor who filled out the bus request and ordered the Whataburgers...
Friday, February 03, 2017
Quote of the Day
Pursuit and possession are
accompanied by states of
consciousness so wide apart
that they can never be united.
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John Griffith "Jack" London
Thursday, February 02, 2017
Quote of the Day
Show me a man with a tattoo and I'll show
you a man with an interesting past.
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John Griffith "Jack" London
Wednesday, February 01, 2017
Quote of the Day
As one grows weaker one is less
susceptible to suffering. There is
less hurt because there is less to hurt.
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John Griffith "Jack" London
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Quote of the Day
I do not live for what the world thinks
of me, but for what I think of myself.
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| via Famous Authors |
John Griffith "Jack" London
Monday, January 30, 2017
Quote of the Day
Life achieves its summit when it does to the
uttermost that which it was equipped to do.
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John Griffith "Jack" London
Sunday, January 29, 2017
2017 State Call-Ups
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What's the same:
For the third straight year, Scott's agreed to compile state meet call-ups.
Site he'll post on is Texas Swim Meet Results
Address to email results files is here
Ties are broken based on preliminary times.
Prompt and accurate submission of region results files is required for this to work!
What's different:
For each event, twenty-four (24) advance to this year's state meet.
For swimming events:
a) the top two (2) finishers in each of the eight (8) regions automatically advance, and
b) the next eight (8) fastest times from around the state advance as our "call-ups".
Each of the three (3) region diving medalists advances to the state meet.
Friday, January 27, 2017
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Quote of the Day
How terribly downright must
be the utterances of storms and
earthquakes to those accustomed
to the soft hypocrisies of society.
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John Muir
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Quote of the Day
The sanity of society is the balance
of a thousand insanities.
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| via American Poems |
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Monday, January 23, 2017
Quote of the Day
To leave a people to themselves, is generally
the best service their rulers can render.
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William Ellery Channing
Sunday, January 22, 2017
Rule Book Help
Hoping someone can tell me where in the NFHS Swim/Dive rule book it says:
"In championship meets held in counties
beginning with the letter "V", there
shall be at least two (2) acts of idiocy."
beginning with the letter "V", there
shall be at least two (2) acts of idiocy."
I know we're not having any trouble meeting that quota down here!
First
Swimmer "A" reports to 200 i.m. awards ceremony, but isn't recognized.
Since results posting is lagging, we finally notice a "DQ". When I ask the meet officials why we (swimmer &/or coach) weren't informed of the disqualification, one said - with a straight face - "We don't do that."
Yes, I promptly lost my mind*.
When asked what planet he was on, official stuttered, stammered, and eventually concluded "This one."
I explained that I'd never been at a meet - high school, college, club, summer league - where an official didn't at least let a swimmer or coach know about an infraction.
When I asked that the meet committee be called, I got:
That likely meant that either a) no meet committee had been selected, or b) they didn't know what a meet committee was.
Surely it wasn't "b", right? I mean, I remember being asked to be on one the last time I was at a meet there!
So, rather than call their "meet committee", they decided that - at least for the remainder of the meet - any disqualifications would be communicated to swimmers &/or coaches.
No, a thank you wasn't in order. See the 12/11/16 quote by Addison here
Second
This one's on the coaches...I mean sponsors.
Of the tiny number of divers in our district, we had a guy who'd started out at the bottom. Our diving coach brought him along and he won our district championship by 20 points.
He was recognized as our district Diver of the Year.
Instead of selecting his coach as COTY, our sponsors instead gave that honor to the sponsor of the second place boy...who's still working on completing an eleven dive list...
*no cursing or yelling, just pointed questions & statements
Weakly Demotivator
Bringing back the weekly demotivators.
See what I done did there?
Y'all must think I'm just plain D-U-M dumb!
Saturday, January 21, 2017
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Quote of the Day
If you begin to think you're something you're
not, you're looking in the wrong mirror.
Eugene Andrew "Gene" Cernan
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Let's start it off with an oldie:
...didn't say it was a "goodie"...
Psych sheet for this week's Austin Arena Pro meet is here
More meet info, along with live stream, is here
Parking in Austin is always an adventure, right? That info's here
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Wondering what the most-read posts on TEXAS SWIMMING were in 2016?
Why? What's wrong with you? Get a life!
Top Ten list below, in case you're bored out of your skull:
1. 2016 Call-Ups
2. USA Swimming to Hammer NITRO Coach
3. 2016 State Meet Call-Ups
4. New TISCA URL
5. Tyler ISD Update
6. 2016 UIL State Meet Results
7. Official Qualifiers Lists
8. High School Openings
9. Doping Rant
10. Jobs, "Music", & More
Can't say I didn't warn ya...
Eagle Swimming Association needs a head coach
Fort Hood Dolphins need an assistant coach
The Thousand Oaks Family YMCA needs an aquatics director
Cedar Park Swimming needs an assistant. Resume & references to swimcps@gmail.com
Los Fresnos HS needs a head coach. Contact Patrick Brown
Aggie Swim Camp needs assistant coaches. Contact Shannon Clark
Athlete and Coach applications for the 2017 USA Swimming Diversity Select Camp are here
Listen to a podcast featuring Magnolia's Terry Jones here
Quote of the Day
Leadership is the willingness to put oneself at risk.
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John Calvin Maxwell
Wednesday, January 04, 2017
Quote of the Day
I'm against picketing, but I
don't know how to show it.
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Mitchell Lee "Mitch" Hedberg
Tuesday, January 03, 2017
Quote of the Day
Thankfully, persistence is a
great substitute for talent.
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| via The Wall Street Journal |
Stephen Glenn "Steve" Martin
Sunday, January 01, 2017
Quote of the Day
A true soldier fights not because he
hates what is in front of him, but
because he loves what is behind him.
Gilbert Keith "G.K." Chesterton
Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Quote of the Day
The free man is he who does not
fear to go to the end of his thought.
André Léon Blum
Sunday, December 25, 2016
Andy Ringgold's Pics
Andy just updated the follerin' links. Enjoy!
Texas Swimming (club, high school, & college)
NCAA Swimming (poster set)
USA Swimming (poster set)
When we talk about folks who do so much for our kids and our sport, names like Andy Ringgold and Sam Kendricks should come to mind right away.
Thanks and Merry Christmas to Andy, Brenda, and the boys!
Quote of the Day
The more you love a memory,
the stronger and stranger it is.
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Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
Saturday, December 24, 2016
Friday, December 23, 2016
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Quote of the Day (Thanks, DJA)
The price of excellence is discipline. The
cost of mediocrity is disappointment.
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William Arthur Ward
Monday, December 19, 2016
Sunday, December 18, 2016
Quote of the Day
The universe is not required to be in
perfect harmony with human ambition.
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Carl Edward Sagan
Saturday, December 17, 2016
Quote of the Day
I am not in favour of quotas. Just put the best
person into the job. It is not about gender;
it is about experience, leadership, and vision.
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| via The Var Guy |
Angela Jean Ahrendts
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Clemson can't afford swimming...
...but they're able to build a football complex with a slide & laser tag.
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| via Clemson Football |
Genius!
Quote of the Day
If you don't read the newspaper,
you're uninformed. If you do
read it, you're misinformed.
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Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr.
Monday, December 12, 2016
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Quote of the Day
In doing what we ought we deserve
no praise, because it is our duty.
Joseph Addison
Friday, December 09, 2016
Quote of the Day
You should run your life not by the
calendar but how you feel, and what
your interests are and ambitions.
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John Herschel Glenn, Jr.
Wednesday, December 07, 2016
Quote of the Day
It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link
in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.
Sir Winston Churchill
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