Weekly Update 10/19

Hello everyone!

I hope you are having a nice and relaxing mid-October weekend. It almost feels like Fall! This week is a busy week for Pinnacle swim & dive…

WEDNESDAY: we will NOT be practicing for our usual mandatory practice. Instead, we will be at the Tatman home having our annual team pasta party, 6:00-9:00 pm! Make sure you sign up to bring something! I reattached the sign up link to this email. I can’t wait to celebrate with you all!

www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0C4BA4AD2CA75-potluck/22049069

Wednesday is also the district meet for the divers. Good luck divers!

THURSDAY: our LAST dual meet of the season! Boy, has time flown by. This meet will be against Notre Dame at McDowell Mountain Ranch (off Thomson Peak Rd). Remember, it is our superhero theme meet, so dress up as DC characters (batman, superman, wonder woman, green lantern, etc.)!!  You can wear your superhero gear to school (as long as school appropriate)!  We will be leaving right after school.

FRIDAY: PVUSD swimming invitational at Foothills Recreation Center. Only 33 swimmers will be travelling to this meet (see list below) and they will be excused from 6^th and 7^th period. We will meeting in our usual spot in the gym and will be leaving at 12:15 pm (right after lunch). THE WHOLE TEAM WILL WEAR POLOS! We probably won’t be back to school until about 5:30 pm, so pack accordingly. It is going to be a fast and fun meet! This is a state-qualifying meet, so for those of you that are close to consideration/automatic times, it will be important to stay healthy this week and have a positive attitude! Each and everyone of you are capable of achieving your goals and your coaches and teammates want to do everything to help you get there! Go Pioneers!

Samantha Fazio Ally Yancy Gabby Lizzul Julie Gibson Isabel Whited Grace LaPorte Hayley Hill Megan Klander Victoria Toris Kelsie Lane Zoe Rosin Jessica Williams Kennedy Forbes Paris Wierenga Faith Lauinger Grace Robinson Katrina Bearup

Jake Shaneyfelt Mitchell Tatman Steele Forbes Noah James James Hughes Ethan Klein Ryan Klein Aaron Apel Ryan Neill Danny Tatman Alex Broda Mike Headley Samuel Bolar Samuel Francis Cole Pallas Scott Mangiapane Blake Carter (alternate)

After the district meet on Friday, there is only the last chance meet (AMDG) on Nov. 1^st at Brophy. I will be speaking with individual athletes about attending this meet.

Wednesday, October 29^th will be our last practice as an entire team. We will be voting for captains for next season. 

THURSDAY, November 6th will be a MANDATORY practice for ALL state qualifiers. Practice time TBA. 

Our team banquet is December 2^nd, make sure you RSVP to the evite that Carol Schroedl has sent out. Carol, thank you so much for all your help!

Coach Paige

Weekly Update 10/12/2014

Hello!

I hope those of you who went to the Homecoming dance had a wonderful time! And thank you again to the Fazio family for hosting the t-shirt party in their home this afternoon! 

Things coming up this week:

Wednesday: mandatory practice. The last few Wednesday’s have been great, let’s keep it up!

Thursday: Last home dual meet and senior recognition night! After the meet, we will have a team dinner and celebrate our seniors at the pool! Please bring $3 to practice this week (by Wednesday) for pizza. Thank you to the senior parents who are organizing it!

Other important dates:

Oct 22^nd: Team pasta party at the Tatman house. More details to come on what to bring!

Oct 23^th: Last dual meet against Notre Dame at MMR. Theme meet: DC superheroes!

Oct 24^th: PVUSD meet at Foothills Recreation Center. There will be a select number of athletes that will attend (like an invitational). These athletes will be leaving after lunch on that Friday (excused from 6^th and 7^th period) for a 1:00 pm warm up and 2:30 pm start. I will be sending in entries by the end of this week.

Parents, we were assigned two lanes for timers so if there are four of you that would like to time, it would be much appreciated!  

Nov 1^st: AMDG last chance invitational at Brophy

Nov 7-8^th: AZ D1 State Championships. 12:45 pm check in, 2:30 pm start (both days)

SAVE THE DATE!! Our team banquet will on December 2^nd at 6:00 pm at the Grayhawk Country Club (same location as last year).  An evite will be sent out soon for parents/guests that would like to attend.

 Coach Paige

Weekly Update 10/5/2014

Good afternoon! 

"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships." --Michael Jordan

Yesterday was a very successful day for Pinnacle! Girls came in 2^nd to Xavier and the boys came in 6^th! Several best times were achieved and most importantly, there was great racing! And that is what this sport is all about. A special shout out to the boys on the 200 and 400 free relays who dropped 3 seconds in both races and received considerations times! This is the best they have done during this part of the season.  There are still quite a few swimmers that are so close to consideration/automatic times…we have two more opportunities to do so at Districts and the Last Chance meet. Please talk with me, Jenny or Kyu about how we can help you achieve your goals, as well as meet our team goals of being a top 5 team in the state. I am so proud of all of you and the hard work that you put in, along with being such smart students. Don’t ever forget that you have a team, a pioneer family that cares about you and supports you!  

Reminders:

MANDATORY PRACTICE, Wednesday

Our Saguaro dual meet is on Thursday at Chaparral Pool. Remember that this will be more like an intersquad meet, since their team is so small. Also, don’t forget to email me an event or two that you would like to do. This is a great opportunity to try something new!

NO PRACTICE this Friday. I’ll be at the homecoming game, hope to see you there!

T-SHIRT PARTY:

This will be a fun, annual, team-bonding event! The captains and coaches would like everyone to attend!

When: October 12^th

Time: 12-3 pm

Where: Captain Sam Fazio’s house

6702 E Running Deer Trail (off Dynamite and Scottsdale Rd., Saguaro Highlands gated community, gate code 5555)

**Please bring $5 to practice on Wednesday for the t-shirts and give it to one of the captains!**

Lastly, the last dual meet (Oct 23) is going to be another theme meet. The meet will be Marvel superheroes vs DC superheroes. Notre Dame will be Marvel characters and we will be DC characters (Superman, Batman, Green lantern, Wonder Woman, etc.). I am letting you know now so that you can plan for a costume! While you are at the t-shirt party this Sunday, you can brainstorm, as a team, creative ways to be the DC superheroes. This week, at school, is the homecoming spirit week and Thursday is superhero day, so you could get stuff to wear for both days!  You are all superheroes in my book :)

Coach Paige