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Thanks for another GREAT season! Final score from this past weekend... East Grand Rapids 1140.5 TCAC 1132.5 Zeeland 1026 West Ottawa 981 out of 16 teams This stresses the importance of every swimmer and their part in relays. Scoring for the meet was... Individual 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-9-7-5-4-3-2-1 Relays 40-34-32-30-28-26-24-22-18-14-10-8-6-4-2 follow the link below for results!!!!! |
TCAC B Meet Results
Follow the link below to view B meet reults! |
1/12/10 Tip
Behaving Like a Champion Making good decisions when under pressure is a life-long challenge. You will still make mistakes, but that’s part of being human. An important part of making mistakes is how you deal with them and then trying to learn from them. Being a competitive athlete offers daily opportunities to “behave like a champion,” not just during a meet, but also in practice and in everyday life. How about while you’re having a bad set or workout, and you know you need to act one way when you’d much rather throw a tantrum and cry? What about when you’ve been taken off the relay because someone swam faster than you? Again, is this a perfect time to get angry or feel sorry for yourself, or should you figure out how to swim faster by working harder or smarter in practice and then cheer louder than anyone else for the relay. How about when you miss that cut by .01 of a second in the mile?! Sure, you will be disappointed. Who wouldn’t? But is it “champion” behavior to throw your cap and goggles and quit swimming? No. A champion would get upset (for a short time), dust themselves off, get back to training and try again. Behaving like a champion shouldn’t be reserved for those who are winning and only when you are competing. Sport is about many things, and winning is only one of them, no matter how important it might seem at the time. Behaving like a champion and being mentally tough is a much greater challenge when you are NOT winning, which might mean more and make you an even greater champion…in and out of the pool. |
BY JENNY SUSSER, PhD//Sport Psychologist
12-14-2009 Juniors update
2009 SC Junior Nationals WOW, what a way to put Michigan Lakeshore Aquatics on the map. We had a lot of heads turning in Columbus this past weekend, and not with just our evening swims. Even time trials had some people asking "who is MLA?". A recap of what was accomplished. Day 1 Courtney Bartholomew 200 IM- 21st 2:03.83, Eric Solis 200 IM-11th 1:49.62 Taylor Garcia (first National meet swim) 50 Free 24.50 Time trials- David Moore 50 free 22.05, Shelby Lacy 50 Free 24.60, Kyle Taylor 100 Fly 51.99 Day 2 Eric Solis 400 IM-2nd 4:51.30, Kyle Taylor 200 Free-26th 1:40.86, Shelby Lacy 100 Breast-9th 1:04.21, Courtney Bartholomew 100 Back-1st 52.22 (Junior National meet record!) David Moore 100 Breast 58.65, Taylor Garcia 100 Back 57.17 Day 3 Courtney Bartholomew 200 Back 1st-1:54.17 (Junior National meet record!), Emily Bos (recovering from her hand injury) 100 Free-3rd 49.94, Eric Solis 200 Breast 4th-2:01.68 Kyle Taylor 100 Free-47.05, Courtney Bartholomew 100 Free-51.96, Shelby Lacy 200 Breast-2:23.55 Time trials- Taylor Garcia 100 free 53.41 BTW at the Long Course Invite Sunday Taylor Garcia qualified for the LC NATIONAL meet this summer in the 100 backstroke. |
12-02 Suits
PARENTS and SWIMMERS Below is a link for practice suits. This is sponsored by Different Strokes Swim Shop. |
11-16-2009
ATTENTION SWIM PARENTS...swimmers too. We have added a new page to our website...The Starting Block. Each week we will bring you some words of wisdom from the American Swim Coaches Association or one of our own coaches. Please take the time to check it out.... |
