Catching Up

Ran into a couple of old swim coaches-turned administrators a couple of weeks ago at the Lamar CISD Invite.  Great seeing Joe Imre (coached at Terry HS) and Jerry Kipping (ran the program in Corpus Christi) again!

Comment on another post gave a link to this excellent article.  It's a two-pager without pictures.  Sorry about that, visual learners.

Forget all that now. “Cafeteria-style” curricula are all the rage. Such is not the stuff of which a competitive 21^st-century workforce is made. Worse, it is not the stuff of which informed, effective citizenship and leadership are composed.

What’s the remedy? For starters, prospective students and their parents should consult ACTA’s What Will They Learn? when choosing a college. If students and their parents begin voting with their pocketbooks through enrolling only in serious schools, the rest of higher education might well become serious once again.

Lake Travis Relays

Appalachian Trail Tat

The Tellepsen Family Downtown YMCA (Houston) needs a youth development director - aquatics

Even before the Paris mayhem, Texans named Illegal Immigration and Foreign Terror Groups as the top threats to our country.  More here.

Remember when cigarette ads were banned from television?  We old-timers do.  They said that too many years suckin' on them cancer sticks'll kill ya.  Keeping them Marlboro Man ads off the tube will save us from ourselves, right?

via KelownaNow

So...how are drug companies able to advertise things that they warn - in their own commercials - might kill you pretty danged quickly?  Why are we still told to ask our doctors about ___?

Big Pharm sure has more clout than Big Tobacky!

Got this via email:

Funny we were reminded to "Take it easy on the breaking rules part."

Latest CSCAA Women's Division I poll has Texas at #4 and A&M at #7.  Read more at Swimming World.

Still pretty far behind on posting results, but hope to catch up a bit soon.

Battleground Area Swim Team needs developmental coaches

The USA Swimming Foundation's silent auction is underway.  Visit and bid here.  There's even a "Pampering" category for you sprinters & divers.

Quote of the Day

Start by doing what's necessary;

then do what's possible;  and

suddenly you are doing the impossible.

via Plamen Petrov

Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone,

a.k.a. St. Francis of Assisi

Quote of the Day

The analogy we use around here sometimes, and

I think is accurate, is if a JV team puts on Lakers

uniforms that doesn’t make them Kobe Bryant.

via Sports Tsar

Barack Hussein Obama II

Quote of the Day

We often take for granted the very things

that most deserve our gratitude.

via This Recording

Cynthia Shoshana Ozick

Quote of the Day

Life's under no obligation

to give us what we expect.

via Atlanta History Center

Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell

Quote of the Day

Someone is going to have to explain to

me at some time how raising taxes on

job-creators is going to create more jobs.

via The Columbus Dispatch

James Daniel "Jim" Jordan

Misc.

It's a long-ish post, so here's something to listen to:


Terri Stanton has updated Joseph's Journal at the Caring Bridge site.  Read it here 

Thank you from the bottoms of our hearts for your continued hands that have held ours and offered millions and millions of prayers for Joseph and our family.

The most talked about swim from this year's Eddie Reese Invite was Clark Smith's 2000 free.  Read more here

Smith, the reigning NCAA champion in the 500 freestyle, uncorked a 17:44.39 in the 2000 free. Since it’s not an official event, it’s tough to compare the swim to anything else, but it is indeed fast. Smith averaged 53.22 per 100 yards, an astounding pace for such a long swim.

via Luis Maram

Enjoyed Seth Godin's blog post yesterday, titled "Witch hunts make no sense".  Check it out here

Which is expressed by those in power as: "There's a good reason I'm afraid and punishing this person will make that reason go away."

Hunting witches never makes things better. Partly because there are no witches.

Sooooo...have y'all experienced this sort of behavior?  Did you have a boss who feared his/her employees?  Did y'all wonder who'd be the next scapegoat?

El Paso County needs an aquatics manager

The Hood County YMCA needs an aquatics director

The City of Corpus Christi needs an athletics/aquatics program manager

A SOBO (southbound thru-hiker) named "Last Chance" has 700+ miles left in his journey.  Like many hikers, he had trouble getting out to the trail from Gatlinburg.

I stood there for well over two hours. During that time it started to rain so I got to test my new rain gear which worked well. I finally got a ride as far as the Sugarland Visitors Center. I walked around there asking folks if they would give me a ride to Newfound Gap and after an hour I got a ride from a guy who hikes the trails in the Smokeys every day he can.

View Last Chance's trail journal here

Back in March, Bobby and I had no luck hitching out of Gatlinburg.  Finally, we walked into a practically deserted convenience store and found a clerk with some free time to drive us out to Newfound Gap.  Journal entry here.  Crazy place, Gatlinburg...

Club Results

EPAP Monster

AGS 10 & Under

KATY Quad

FAST Fall

Haunted Hat

METRO

RACE

Boo Bash

Spooky Sprint

Spooky Sprints

AAAA Progressive Series II

Great Pumpkin

Great Pumpkin Spooky Mile


HS Results

The Woodlands Invite

Oak Ridge/Magnolia

Keller Invite

Klein Invite (JV)

Klein/Kingwood (JV)

Klein/Kingwood

Spooktacular

AAHSSL "C" Duals

AAHSSL "D" Duals

AAHSSL Duals (Block)

AAHSSL Duals (Northside/North)

AAHSSL Duals (Northside/South)

North East Duels

LCISD Private Invite

Tomball Halloween

Weslaco


College Results

A&M/Incarnate Word/Miami (M&W)

SMU vs. UH (W)

UNT vs. UH (W)

Trinity vs. McMurry (M&W)

Hendrix Relays (M&W)

Hendrix Classic (M&W)

UNT vs. Rice (W)

SMU vs. Rice (W)

SMU vs. TCU (M)

Kansas vs. TCU (W)



If you're on a computer/device that doesn't have this site on "Favorites" - and don't want to type in the blogger address - typing in texasswimming.org will get you here...if you really don't have anything better to do...

Download a free copy of  Swimming Technique here

CSCAA women's D-I poll is here.  Texas 3rd, A&M 15th, SMU 21st.

Men's D-I poll here.  Texas #1.

Quote of the Day

If you see anything on the internet

three times, you know it's true.

via Right Wing News

Katherine Timpf

Quote of the Day

Texas will again lift it's head and stand

among the nations.  It ought to do so,

for no country upon the globe can

compare with it in natural advantages.

via thinglink

Sam Houston

Quote of the Day

History isn't a sculptured cup;  it's
more like a sieve through which
so many stories pass and disappear.

via here & Now

Julie Checkoway

Quote of the Day

A person always doing his or her best becomes

a natural leader, just by example.

via The Sports Post

Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio, Jr., a.k.a. Joe DiMaggio

Quote of the Day

It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.

via Daily Mail

Sir Edmund Percival Hillary

Results & More (but not much more)

College Results

North Texas vs. A&M (W)

Rice Invite (W)

Ouachita Baptist vs. Incarnate Word (M&W)

Wayland Baptist Invite (M&W)

Southwestern vs. UTPB (M&W)

McMurry vs. Trinity (M&W)


Club Results

PACK Open

ESA/Sharks/SST

Gulf Senior

Piney Woods

COPS 2/3

Spooky Splash

AQTX

AAAA Progressive Series II (real time)


High School Results

Oak Ridge Intrasquad

Lewisville/Guyer/Denton/Ryan

Georgetown Cup #2

Leander/Georgetown/East View

Arlington ISD Invite

Atascocita Early Bird Invite

Kingwood/Cy-Creek/Taylor

Kingwood vs. Klein Oak (V & JV)

Atascocita vs. Klein (JV)

Klein vs. Westside

San Antonio Duals 1

San Antonio Duals 2

San Antonio Duals 3

San Antonio Duals 4

Trojan Invite

Lake Travis/Westlake/Westwood


Link to UIL press release on the approval of "24 to state" is here.

The Jewish Community Center (Dallas) needs an aquatics manager

The City of Pearland needs an aquatic supervisor

Mansfield Aquatic Club needs a head age group coach

Interesting story out of Mansfield highlighting inequities in athletics here.  As usual, MISD found a way to spin it.

WADA banned substances & methods list for 2016 is here. 

USA Swimming has implemented "no faster than" times for all Sectional meets.  View those "maximum" time standards here.

Check out links list (to the right of this page) for updates to Time Standards for 2015-16.

Still have more time to waste?


...no need to thank me, just doin' my job...

Quote of the Day

You can't be brave if you've only had

wonderful things happen to you.

via biography

Mary Tyler Moore

One Million

It took ten years, but this blog finally broke through the one million page view barrier.

Yay texasswimming.org

Let's celebrate with fire!

All Over the Map

Front page of this morning's Victoria Advocate sports section:

Read the online version here

Special thanks to sports writer Mike Forman for not printing my starting weight!

Cory Wells, of Three Dog Night fame, passed away yesterday.  One of their many hits:



Good news out of Austin is - drum roll, please - TISCA's decades-long quest for "Twenty-Four to State" will be implemented by the UIL for the 2016-17 season.  Better Nate than lever, right?

Palo Alto College needs a club team swim coach

Life Time Fitness (southwest Houston region) needs an age group coach

Quote of the Day

We had the number one record in the United

States, and we had just filed for welfare.

via Fox News

Emil Lewandowski, a.k.a. Cory Wells

Quote of the Day

Honesty is more than not lying.  It is truth telling,

truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.

via Deseret News

James Esdras Faust

Quote of the Day

A lie has no legs, but a scandal has wings.

via Encyclopaedia Britannica

Thomas Fuller

Quote of the Day

The point of cool is to erase your ability to

say no.  Saying yes buys you cool cachet,

but it always ruins your life later.

via vipWiki

Gregory John Gutfeld

Mxide Rstlseu & More

Leon's hoping to land a big one down at Sharkathon this weekend.  Event was nearly cancelled due to Red Tide.  More here

Coppell YMCA needs a swim coach

Duncan YMCA needs a youth development director - aquatics

via Rock Star Triathlete

Wonder about our top athletes and their post-race recovery routines?  Read more at USA Swimming here

After a race, hopping in for a good cool down and grabbing a snack and a recovery drink are nearly universal practices. Massage is more common at the elite level for older athletes, and cold water immersion is growing in popularity. There is a hierarchy of recovery practices, and it is probably never a good idea to sacrifice something at the top of the list for something on the bottom.

LAC Intrasquad

DADS Open

MAC Open

SSN Open

Aledo vs. Granbury

Grapevine-Colleyville Sprint Invite

Tiger Relays

Georgetown Sprint Invite

Georgetown Cup

MAC (NT) head age group coach Justin Doherty is moving on.  They'll certainly miss him!  The guy has an incredibly high "actively coaching to looking at phone" ratio.  Count him as one more guy who wouldn't play foller the "leader"...

Summit/Granbury/Timberview/Cedar Hill

Spring vs. Conroe

Caney Creek vs. Conroe Park (JV)

The Woodlands Intrasquad

Florida/Indiana/Texas (M&W, LCM)*

Today's meet (SCY) starts at 10:00 a.m.  Real time results here

Katy ISD Sprint Invite

Klein vs. Collins (JV)

LCAT Pecan Classic

Del Norte #1

SWATOberfest

CFSC IMX

Texas Terrapins Quad

Gulf Open Water

LAC BB+

Spin Beck's chat with UT women's coach Carol Capitani is here

MAC L2 D1

A&M vs. Kentucky (M&W)

McMurry vs. Austin (M&W)

UH Intrasquad (W)

TCU/Incarnate Word/Liberty (M&W)

UNT/Liberty/Incarnate Word (W)

Dual-a-Palooza 1 (W)

SMU Classic (W, Real Time)

Weslaco RGVSCA

AAHSSL "C" Dual 1

AAHSSL "D" Dual 1

Northside Pentathlon (N)

Northside Pentathlon (S)

Legacy/Mansfield/Keller/Martin

Kingwood Intrasquad (DC vs. Marvel)

Cinco Ranch vs. Kingwood (JV)

Seven Lakes/Taylor/Klein



*Wait!  No Michigan?!?!

Quote of the Day

I'm wary of the gotcha nature of discourse that

turns all debates into a battlefield.  We are now

all experts at divining what's in people's hearts.

via ccj SYMPOSIUM

Gregory John Gutfeld

Quote of the Day

Each minute we spend worrying about the

future and regretting the past is a minute

we miss in our appointment with life.

via the mindfulness bell

Thích Nhất Hạnh

Quote of the Day

Science is the belief in the

ignorance of the experts.

via Scientific American

Richard Phillips Feynman

Quote of the Day

The world hates change, yet it is the

only thing that has brought progress.

via pinterest

Charles Franklin Kettering

Quote of the Day

The only vice that cannot be forgiven

is hypocrisy.  the repentance of a

hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.

via Wikipedia

William Hazlitt

There's a Storm Brewin'!

...maybe that's it...maybe that ain't it...

Quote of the Day

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression

and cruelty by the bad people but the

silence over that by the good people.

via Huffington Post

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Adult Camp

More info here.

If you want to attend, you'd best register right away (here).

Quote of the Day

Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.

via Great Thoughts Treasury

Thomas Fuller

Quote of the Day

I couldn't wait for success,

so I went ahead without it.

via Variety

Jonathan Harshman Winters III

Click on Pics for Enlargificationing

These were posted on the Thru-Hike blog.  They're two of my favorites from the Maine section.

Bald Pate

Katahdin

When we had them, the views in Maine were fantastic!

What could go wrong?

Chilly reception at the NOC February 26

via Wikipedia

Seemed like every time we had a tough choice to make out on the trail, it turned out to be a mini-disaster.  Eventually, I began adding "What could go wrong?" after each decision.

Knowing how our leaders have tackled "Border Security", the "War on Poverty", and the "War on Drugs", how much faith do you have in their "War on Supplements"?  Read more here.

Insert:  What could go wrong?

Thanks to USA Swimming for sharing this funny...they don't really believe, do they?

In case you haven't seen them, here are the UT men's Orange/White meet results.  No, they weren't tapered/shaved.

Coach Reese recently spoke at the TISCA coaches' clinic in Austin.  As usual, he was both entertaining and informative.  His best "stuff" comes when he's gone off on a tangent, then follers that with another tangent (or three).

Check out combined results from yesterday's North Texas pentathlon meet.

Quote of the Day

If you are depressed, you are living in the past.

If you are anxious, you are living in the future.

If you are at peace, you are living in the present.

via Catalyzing Change

Lao-Tzu

Athletic Foodie Update

via Athletic Foodie

Olympic swimmer turned stunt cyclist Garrett Weber-Gale gives us the latest on his business in this Swimming World article.

Great results ain't easy, easy results ain't great.

SW: When did the idea for AthleticFoodie spring to mind?

GWG: We started AthleticFoodie in 2009, as a way to start helping athletes learn about sports nutrition, and use it to not only feel better, but improve overall performance. AthleticFoodie began as a blog that published nutrition content, a place where we shared healthy recipes, and put on events with sports teams and schools.

AthleticFoodie snacks became an idea in 2014 after interviewing over 120 athletes and their parents about the things they struggle with, regarding nutrition and performance. It was obvious that the parents didn’t have much time, and were not sure how to best fuel their athletes. The athletes also didn’t know much about nutrition, and it became apparent that we could really help them.

We came up with the concept of shipping snacks, designed specifically for a swimmer’s performance, directly to the swimmer’s doorstep. It has been amazing to hear such positive responses from the athletes and parents around the country who are shipped AthleticFoodie snacks. We knew this would be a way that we could help many athletes achieve better performance, while also making parents’ lives easier.

Quote of the Day

A nation can have a constitution or it can

have a bureaucracy.  It cannot have both.

via fanshare

François-René, Vicomte de Chateaubriand

Quote of the Day

I promise to play for the logo on the

front, not the name on the back.

via tinypic

Sidney Patrick Crosby

Quote of the Day

I never said most of the things I said.

via SB*Nation

Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra

via TBW Productions