Sorry We're a Little Late!!!!!

This edition of the Newsletter arrives just a tad later than normal. For reasons explained below, things were a little hectic the first weekend in December. But worth it!!
 

CSC Swimmers Level Levels:

At the Missouri Valley Swimming Level II Championship meet on December 4-5, approximately 67% of all swims from all clubs were faster than their entry times. For our own CSC swimmers, however, the numbers were much higher. In fact, of CSC's 103 individual swims, 86 of them, 76%, were faster than their entry times. The following CSC swimmers led the onslaught: Meg Acton (1), Hilary Ashworth (5-in 5 swims), Sarah Brengarth (5-in 5 swims), Chuck Caldwell (4-in 4 swims), Katherine Caldwell (1), Melissa Chapman (4), Elizabeth D'Agostino (4-in 4 swims), Kayla Durnil (4-in 4 swims), Pharan Evans (5-in 5 swims), Hallie France (1), Sarah Goddard (3), Kate Hallsted (2), Ryan Hallsted (4-in 4 swims), John Jerry (2-in 2 swims), Ashley Mahon (2), Heidi Malizia (5), Sarah Massey (6-in 6 swims), Gina Mattli (3), Margaret Maynard (1-in 1 swim), Brittan Ota (3), Claire Piester (6-in 6 swims), Julie Schenker (6-in 6 swims), Becky Seay (4), Kelly Smith (1), Lyndsey Smith (5).

In addition, Chuck Caldwell finished 1^st in both the 50 and 100 breast, Melissa Chapman finished 1^st in the 100 and 200 breast, the 200 free and the 200 IM, Claire Piester finished 1^st in the 50 and 100 Breast and the 100 IM, Julie Schenker finished 1^st in the 50 and 100 fly and the 200 IM and Julie and Claire finished in a dead heat for 1^st in the 50 free. Hilary Ashworth, Claire Piester, and Julie Schenker all put up USA Swimming "A" times and would be eligible to move up to the Level I meet.

Congratulations to all our swimmers.
 

CSC Sweet at Sugar Creek

CSC swimmers also smoked the pool at the Sugar Creek meet December 3-5. Results were not available by the time the Newsletter went to press but we understand there were lots of best times. Watch for results on the Web Site and next month.
 

CSC-Led Kewps Pound Parkway

In their first two dual meets of the season, the Hickman Kewpie Boys Swimming and Diving team, led by lots of CSC swimmers swept past Parkway West on December 3 (137-51) and Parkway Central on December 4 (117-68).

Watch the Newsletter in January for a complete list of Hickman's CSC State Qualifiers.
 

Level II Meet a Huge Success

CSC's hosting of the Missouri Valley Level II Championship Meet was a spectacular success. "You guys really do a great job," is the gist of the quote heard repeatedly from coaches and parents as they left the meet Sunday afternoon.

CSC hosted 13 teams, and 360 swimmers for the 2-day meet. There were 1,475 total swims by those 360 swimmers and 991 of those swims were faster than the corresponding entry time.

On the financial side, CSC took in $3,514 in entry fees alone, of which the club gets to keep $3,162.60, plus the profits from food concessions, heat sheet sales and CSC's portion of dry concessions from Action Accents and Level II-logo merchandise.

Special thanks to CSC's meet directors Jane Piester and Wendy Castagno, and to CSC President Lisa Schenker. But they were not alone. All of the following pitched in to make the meet a success: Ross Smith, Cynthia LaBoile, Brenda Sanchez, David and Julie Schenker, Hap, Martha and Kate Hallsted, alumni-parent Alex Dadant, Jim, Cindy and Emily Brengarth, Karen, John and Amy Malizia, Paul Wagner, Terry and Cindy Durnil, Skip DuCharme, Pam Spencer, Sharon Devine, Rob Koenig, Sue Salzer, Kathy Seay, Jeri Doty, Lisa and Bob Jerry, Karen Rogers, Pam and John Massey, John Wetz, John and Kim Garrett, Chuck Ashworth, Ginny Mattli, Katherine and Chuck Caldwell, Claire and Bryan Piester, Cheryl Tekotte and her Mom, Kay and Bill Goddard, Tuck Wong, Jacob and Christina Atchely. There are likely to be names we missed and we're very sorry not to include you-but we sure appreciated your help.
 

On to the CSC Invitational

Now that we're in the groove, its time to start thinking-and signing up-to work the CSC Invitational, a three day meet on January 28, 29, 30, 2000. This is another wonderful opportunity to make some money for the club and to watch our own children swim. As should have been obvious at the Level II meet, it takes at least 50-75 people to fully staff any swim meet. After the great job that was done at the Level II meet, we should all be looking forward to working together again for our Club at the end of January. Watch for sign-up sheets at the pool. For the really anxious, call Jane Piester for information.
 

Officials Clinic Announced

CSC will host a clinic to train new Stroke and Turn Judges on Tuesday, January 11, 2000 at 7:00 p.m. in Room 109 of the School of Law on the MU Campus.

At present, CSC has only 3 USA Swimming member-qualified swimming officials and that is simply not enough for the club to continue to host meets.

Perhaps you noticed the stroke and turn judges, referee and starter at the Level II meet and wondered: "Who asked them to do that???" The answer is "nobody," they're volunteers, just like everyone else who works a meet.

To be a swimming official, a person needs:

1. To be interested in competitive swimming and the various strokes;

2. To be a non-athlete member of USA Swimming and Missouri Valley Swimming (this costs $30 per year for an individual member or $50 a year for family membership). Membership provides insurance coverage;

3. To attend a stroke and turn workshop which goes over the swimming strokes and rules relating to them;

4. To take a written test (done at the clinic) on those strokes;

5. To work three sessions of a swim meet as an apprentice stroke and turn judge-working with more experienced swimming officials;

In addition, swimming officials must be recertified each year by attending a clinic that discusses any applicable rule changes and any new developments in our sport.

The clinic on January 11 will last about 2 hours and will include the certification test as well as extensive discussion of all swimming strokes.

Please contact Jim Devine at 882-7453 or 445-7256 to reserve your space at this clinic. Stroke and Turn judges who certify at this clinic will be able to do almost all of their apprentice work at the CSC Invitational on January 28-30.
 

Parents to Buy Swimming Events!!!!!

Now is your chance to buy your own swimming event.

Advertising revenue is a wonderful way for swim clubs to earn extra cash for their program operations.

At the upcoming CSC Invitational, parents wishing to sponsor an event can do so for $10. Your name will appear in the heat sheet next to the event with the words "Sponsored by:..."

If you want more than an event, consider buying a larger advertisement in the Heat Sheet. For this meet, a 1/4 page ad costs $25, a ½ page ad costs $50 and a full page ad costs $100. Please pass this information on to your employer and friends and let them get in on the fun. Contact Lisa Schenker for more information.
 

Swim-A-Thon is Coming January 22, 2000

Swim-A-Thon is a registered trademark of USA Swimming and is a national program that helps clubs like ours raise money for their program operations. Swimmers ask sponsors, friends-neighbors-relatives, to pay for the swimmer to swim a certain number of lengths of the Hickman pool from 8:00 a.m.-12:00 noon on January 22, 2000. Under this program, CSC keeps 95% of the money that is raised by the Swim-A-Thon. The other 5% is sent to USA Swimming.

Those swimmers-such as our CSC high-school boys-who cannot make the Swim-A-Thon because of high school swimming restrictions are encouraged to assist by sponsoring one of our younger non-high school swimmers. Lisa Schenker is serving as match-maker for those high school swimmers willing to sponsor a younger swimmer.

More information about Swim-A-Thon will be sent home by the coaches soon. Parents and others are encouraged to attend the Swim-A-Thon event on January 22.
 

CSC Fee Increase Set for January 1, 2000

As of January 1, 2000, CSC fees will increase. New fees are $65 for Seniors, $45 for Age Group. And no, the Y2K Bug cannot be used as an excuse for not adding the $5.

Part of this fee increase is likely to go to Hickman High School for use of some of the pool equipment. The Timing System, Scoreboard and lane lines all get extensive use by both CSC and the Hickman teams. Particularly as to the Electronic Equipment (timing system and scoreboard) which tends to corrode with the dampness, repair is almost always necessary. Along with the computer equipment that CSC owns and provides, the timing system and scoreboard make our meets much more attractive to spectators and participants. The money that CSC will be paying will help offset the actual cost of those repairs.

Please don't forget to include this increase in your January payment.

But don't worry: if you do forget, we'll remind you!!
 

Visit Us on the Internet:

Don't forget: The Columbia Swim Club is now LIVE on the World Wide Web. Visit us at:

http://www.law.missouri.edu/~devine/csc1.htm

As you'll see, there are several levels to the web site and you should be able to find something of interest to you. If not, please let us know.

Other web sites of interest to CSC swimmers and families:

Missouri Valley Swimming Homepage: http://www.idir.net/~mvsswim

USA Swimming Homepage:

http://www.usswim.org
 

December Practice Schedule:

The December practice schedule will be the same as the November schedule, at least up to December 18. Practices after that date will be sent home by the Coaches. There is no practice on either Christmas Day or New Years Day:

Monday: Senior 7:00-9:15 p.m

Tuesday: Senior 5:00-7:00 p.m. Age Group 5:00-6:30 p.m.

Wednesday: Senior 7:00-9:15 p.m.

Thursday: All Groups 5:00-6:30 p.m.

Friday: All Groups 5:00-6:30 p.m.

Saturday: Senior 7:30-10:00 a.m. Age Group 8:30-10:00 a.m.
 
 
 

Oops!!??

In the November Newsletter, two new CSC records were listed. Unfortunately, we did not list the new 17 & Over Women's 200 Butterfly Record set by Lindsay Tekotte at the Springfield meet. Congratulations Lindsay-terrific swimming and our apologies.
 

Upcoming CSC Meet Schedule
 

December 12-Chesterfield, MO

Swim Your Own Age ABC-(Single Age swim groups let more swimmers win-a good meet for all)

January 7-9, 2000-Kansas City, MO

Polar Bear ABC (A meet for all just after New Year's)

January 14-16-Omaha, Neb.

All Star Meet for 14 & Unders (must apply to be on team. Usually AA times or better)

January 28-30-Columbia, MO CSC Winter Invitational. A chance for all our swimmers to swim together.
 

Upcoming CSC Board Meetings:

For 2000, the CSC Board is switching its meeting day from Wednesday to Tuesday. The January, 2000 Board meeting will be Tuesday, January 11, 2000 at 7:30 p.m. at the Columbia Parks and Recreation Office.
 

Meet Coach Paul Monroe and Coach Dee Brown

The stunning success of CSC swimmers at the Level II Championship was due in large measure to the dedication of our two age group coaches who, under the direction of interim head coach Phil Garverick, assisted our swimmers in improving their swimming. The fact is there are no successful swim programs without successful age group swimming. The Kansas City Blazers are the perfect example. While the Blazers publicly tout the fact that they have placed at least one athlete on each of the last four U.S. Olympic Swim Teams, they are able to do so because of the 160 swimmers that they bring to the Level II meet. All successful swim programs are pyramid-shaped with the largest number of swimmers in the age group program. This month, the Newsletter features both Coach Paul Monroe and Coach Dee Brown:

News: Tell us about your swimming background.

Coach Paul Monroe: I really did not start swimming until I began taking lessons at age 14. My brother-in-law swam in the late 1980's and my brother was on the Hickman team for a couple of years before I started. When I first started lessons, I could just barely tread water, but only for just a few minutes. I stuck with the lessons and spent some time taking notes on swimming videos to learn as much as I could about the sport. I joined CSC and the Hickman H.S. team as a sophomore and competed for three years with the Kewpies. Often I would jump out of the pool and run to the side to watch someone else get a best time, just as I had done. My favorite strokes were the butterfly and the breaststroke.

Coach Dee Brown: I started swimming when I was 5 and swam for St. Louis USA Swimming teams and MICDS High School until I was 16. At the national level, I swam everything from the 50 to the 1650 free and even the 400 IM at the Junior Championships over the years and won the 200 and 400 meter free at the 1991 Juniors-West meet. I also qualified for Seniors in all the freestyle events and was named Rookie of the Meet at Senior Nationals in 1991 when I finished 3^rd in the 200 and 5^th in the 400 meter free. I also swam those two events at the Olympic Trials meet in 1992.

News: How did you get into coaching?

Coach Paul: I started helping with the Columbia Parks and Recreation Summer team. I continued into the regular season as a volunteer with CSC and have been an assistant with the club for the past year and a half.

Coach Dee: I've had a lot of ups and downs in my swimming career. The most valuable came when I was 14 and I began enjoying swimming for myself. As an elementary education and secondary school science and math major, I'd like to instill that love of the sport in our younger swimmers.

News: What is your most embarrassing moment in swimming?

Coach Paul: The very first year I swam competitively, I was entered in my first long course meet at my yard time. In addition, I was entered in a senior event instead of a 13-14 event. I had only been swimming competitively about 5 months and really was not very good. With my yard time, I was seeded near the top of the event and wound up swimming next to Phil Garverick and between Phil and one of his college swimming friends. My older brother was also in the heat. I was able to keep up with those guys up until the very first stroke. Needless to say, I was a little embarrassed.

Coach Dee: I can think of a couple. When I was swimming, paper suits were "french-cut" and very tiny. I can remember swimming lots of 1650 races with a "weggie" the entire distance. Once in the 1650, my lap counter dropped one of the numbers in the pool and jumped into to get it. All I saw were panickly legs kicking and scrambling in my face as I approached the wall and someone tried to drag her out.

News: Over the next month, what do you expect to be doing with the swimmers in your group?

Coach Paul: The rest of this month, we will be working strokes, starts and turns. We also want to build to a higher aerobic base. Our yardage per day should drop from 3500-4000 yards per day to 3000-3500 because we will be spending more time on strokes.

Coach Dee: In trying to improve swimmer's strokes, as Paul mentions, my goal is to allow my swimmers to make a smooth transition to the next Age Group practice level. I have been very proud of my swimmers who have asked to move up and take on the heavier workload. When a swimmer elects to move up, they display the motivation and iniative that I think is evidence of a passionate worker.

News: What do you want for your swimmers?

Coach Dee (speaking for all of our Coaches): I want them to develop a passion for swimming. I hope to do this by developing their competence in the water through stroke work and improved endurance. I hope to show them to use their passion to motivate them to work hard to elevate their performance. If kids love swimming, they are more apt to want to be good at it. In other words, they are more willing to work hard to improve their performance if they enjoy what they are doing. I think this passion is important because I want them to achieve personal accomplishments as young swimmers and because I hope that they will continue swimming as adults.
 

Holiday Party Slated

CSC will host a Holiday Party during the regular practice on December 21, 1999. Please plan to attend.
 

Fee Reminder!

We are not allowed to have a Newsletter without a reminder about fees. Your monthly fees are due and payable by the 10^th day of the month. Please use the envelope enclosed with this newsletter or give your money directly to Coach Garverick. Please Do Not leave checks or money in the CSC Mailbox.
 

Swim Guides Are Coming!!

Sometime in the next month, those swimmers who are already registered with Missouri Valley Swimming for 2000 should receive their 2000 Missouri Valley Swim Guide. The Swim Guide, published yearly by MVS contains lots of information about Missouri Valley Swimming, USA Swimming and their programs. It also contains qualifying times for the Missouri Valley Division II and Division I meets, the Level II meet next year, as well as the National Age Group Time Standards and Top 16 Times, Junior and Senior Qualifying Times and Qualifying Times for High School, College and YMCA swimming. Finally, the Swim Guide contains the fastest 8 Missouri Valley swims for each age group in each stroke and distance for the 1998-1999 short course and 1999 short course seasons and the 1999 Missouri Valley All Academic team. Please note the high number of CSC swimmers mentioned in the Top 8/All Academic teams and the CSC swimmers listed on the covers as participants in Juniors and as members of the Missouri Valley Swimming All Star and Zone teams.
 

Last Newsletter of the twentieth Century!!!

This, of course, is the last Newsletter of the Century. Our thoughts, prayers, and best wishes are with each of you and your families during the holidays and into the New Year. See you next century.
 

Contact Us:

CSC Hotline: 443-4272

Lisa Schenker, Interim President: 443-4189

Wendy Castagno, Interim Secretary: 874-5150

Blake Tekotte, Treasurer: 445-3379

Mike Misfeldt. Membership Chair: 445-7928

Carol Koenig, Mentoring for new members: 442-3438
 

To submit suggestions for or comments about the CSC News, contact Jim Devine, 445-7256, 882-7453, devinej@missouri.edu