Texas Swimming

Sunday, January 28, 2018

Quote of the Day

Virtue is harder to be got than knowledge of the world;

and, if lost in a young man, is seldom recovered.

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John Locke

Saturday, January 27, 2018

Quote of the Day

For neither good nor evil can last forever;

and so it follows that as evil has lasted a

long time, good must now be close at hand.

via Wikimedia Commons

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Thursday, January 25, 2018

Scott's Back for 2018 Call-Ups!

Scott Scofield will handle 2018 state meet call-ups again! Make sure y'all let him know how much we appreciate the job he does for our athletes, coaches, and fans.

Email your complete region meet files to Scott here

He'll post call-ups on his site here

Little Retiring

Long-time Friendswood HS coach John Little is retiring.

Guess he'll have more time to ride The Liberator.

via Houston Chronicle

Little managed to build a state powerhouse with limited outdoor pool time.

The program finally moved indoors with the opening of the FISD Natatorium in 2010.

via FOURSQUARE

To apply for the FHS head coach/natatorium manager position, click here. Deadline is March 23.

Quote of the Day

I'm always leery of someone who tells me how

hard they work. Hard workers just work hard

and let their results speak for themselves.

via Justin Steele Photography

Luigi "Geno" Auriemma

Sunday, January 21, 2018

2018 State Meet Call-Ups (Edited 1/25/18)

Great news! See update on 2018 call-ups here

2013 & 2014 state meet call-ups were posted on this site.

Scott Scofield took over for us in '15, '16, & '17.

Neither of us can do it this time around.

Wouldn't it be nice if TISCA would go back to taking care of this?

Since it's likely they won't, does anyone out there want to give it a shot this year?

It's a tough job, requiring great communication, speed, and accuracy.

Complete meet result files from each region (in both classifications) must be gathered.
For swimming events, the top two (2) finishers in each event automatically advance.
The next eight (8) fastest times in each event advance as call-ups.
Prelim times are used to break any ties.
For diving, the top three (3) finishers automatically advance.

Let me know ASAP if you're able to take this project on for our athletes, coaches, and fans.

Thanks,

Button

Weakly Demotivator

Quote of the Day

There are going to be days when you

think you've got no more to give, and

then, you're going to give plenty more.

via Pinterest

Paul William "Bear" Bryant

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Quote of the Day

Experience is a truer guide than the words of others.

via The Telegraph

Leonardo da Vinci

Sunday, January 14, 2018

Weakly Demotivator

Quote of the Day

Expert: a man who makes three correct guesses consecutively.

via EasyReaderNews

Laurence Johnston Peter

Saturday, January 13, 2018

Quote of the Day

If you are out to describe the truth,

leave elegance to the tailor.

via Science Vibe

Albert Einstein

Friday, January 12, 2018

Quote of the Day

My imagination makes me human and makes me a

fool; it give me all the world and exiles me from it.

via Romantic Circles

Ursula Kroeber Le Guin

Sunday, January 07, 2018

Weakly Demotivator

via DesignCrowd

Quote of the Day

My boy, one small breeze doesn't make a wind storm.

via Complex

John Joseph McGraw

Sunday, December 31, 2017

Weakly Demotivator

Quote of the Day

If I don't push you, I'm cheating you.

via SB Nation

Thomas Michael "Tom" Izzo

Saturday, December 30, 2017

Quote of the Day

The older I get, the more I realize that arguing

on the basis of facts and logic only gets you

labeled as someone who is out of step with

the times, if not lacking in compassion.

via Fausto

Thomas Sowell

Friday, December 29, 2017

Quote of the Day

We learn about life not from the pluses

alone, but from the minuses as well.

via the guardian

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Thursday, December 28, 2017

Best Springsteen Song...

...you never heard of? Might be this one from Tunnel of Love (1987):

Quote of the Day

People don't notice whether it's winter

or summer when they're happy.

via Russia Beyond

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Quote of the Day

Wherever socialism spread, misery

followed - and still follows.

via Pinterest

Gregory John "Greg" Gutfeld

Sunday, December 24, 2017

Weakly Demotivator

Quote of the Day

I don't want to live in a nanny state where people

are telling me where I can go and what I can do.

via Politic365

Randal Howard "Rand" Paul

Sunday, December 17, 2017

Weakly Demotivator

Quote of the Day

Can nice guys win? Sure, nice guys can win -

if they're nice guys with a lot of talent. Nice

guys with a little talent finish fourth, and

nice guys with no talent finish last.

via Pinterest

Sanford Braun, a.k.a. Sanford "Sandy" Koufax

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Quote of the Day

If you can see the handwriting

on the wall...you're on the toilet.

John Elroy Sanford, a.k.a. Redd Foxx

Sunday, December 10, 2017

Weakly Demotivator

Quote of the Day

The thermometer of success is merely

the jealousy of the malcontents.

Salvador Domènec Felip Jacint Dalí i Domènech,
Marquis de Púbol, a.k.a. Salvador Dali

Tuesday, December 05, 2017

Mission Statement

Quote of the Day

Democracy is the art and science of running

the circus from the monkey cage.

via Encyclopaedia Britannica

Henry Louis "H.L." Mencken

Monday, December 04, 2017

Miscellaneous

We used to remind kids to avoid getting in a vehicle with someone looking for a lost kitten/puppy or offering free candy.

Now we need to tell them to steer clear of politicians, media types, and entertainment folks?

Art Adamson Invite

Texas Invite

USA Swimming Winter Nationals

via Alabama Entertainment

Congratulations to former FCST head coach Allison Beebe on being selected as head women's coach for Team USA's 2018 Junior Pan Pac squad. Read more here

In case you missed the 2017 Golden Goggles awards, here's a very short highlight video:

USA Swimming YouTube playlist is here

A few job openings:

The City of Corpus Christi needs a recreation coordinator

The YMCA of Metro Dallas needs an aquatics coordinator

The Waxahachie YMCA needs an assistant swim coach

The J.E.R. Chilton YMCA (Rockwall) needs a swim coach

The T. Boone Pickens YMCA (Dallas) needs a swim coach

Quote of the Day (Naughty Word Warning!)

Edited 12/7/17:

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Rather than butt heads with...well, let's just leave it at rather than butt heads, I'll post the Quote of the Day as a screen shot of a Twitter post.

If the post is pulled again, just send me an email and I'll be more than happy to share.

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