THE JENKS TROJAN WAVE January 2015 Volume I Issue IV Coaches Corner: Happy New Year! Wow, what a fantastic year for in 2014. JTSC swimmers have been very successful and the coaches and I could not be more proud. Congratulations to our swimmers for QUOTE of the dropping time, achieving qualifying times and accomplishing personal goals. Now that the New Year is upon us, it is time to MONTH: evaluate goals and recommit. GOALS: Goals are important to the success of every swimmer, “You can’t put a coach and parent. The paths to reaching goals are always changing. It is time to take a look and see what you have accomplished; do you limit on anything. need to modify your goals and what new goals can you set? Championships are around the corner; have you looked to see if you The more you have qualified? Division II’s and Age Group Championship qualifying times are available online. If you have any questions please, email your coach. We would love to see a large state team dream, the further representing JTSC at Oklahoma Age Group Championships. COMMITMENT: Are you committed? The New Year brings a time you get.” for renewing your commitment. This means not just the swimmers, but coaches and parents as well. Swimmers: commit yourself to your – swimming and to your team. You can do this by setting attainable goals and being there for your teammates. Just a few suggestions to help: have written goals and share them with your coach and teammates; being on time and giving 100% focus at practice; cheer on your teammates at practices and meets. Parents: commit yourself to your kids and their team. You can do this by getting your child to practice on time and frequently, give your swimmer positive feedback, volunteer and support your swimmers teammates! We appreciate everything that you do, as JTSC would not be successful with our parental support. The entire coaching staff and I are looking forward to an amazing 2015! Sincerely, Coach Ali

NOTES FROM THE PRESIDENT………… As we enter the New Year, we want to highlight a few of our accomplishments from 2014. We hosted a very successful Speedo Sectional Championship Meet, undertook a team travel meet to Texas, hosted a College Swimming workshop and enjoyed a wonderful SWIMMERS of the MONTH:

dive in movie. We also participated in many service These swimmers have been projects that benefitted our community. Our athletes nominated by their coaches have found success on many levels thanks to our for their dedication, leadership, work ethic dedicated coaching staff and our friends at JCE. In enthusiasm, and team spirit! the coming year, we have many exciting activities CONGRATULATIONS to the following swimmers: planned. Please mark your calendar for the up coming events: Division II (Feb. 14-15), Oklahoma SENIOR: David Warner State Championship Meet (Feb.27-Mar. 1), Sectionals (Mar. 5-8) and the Short Course ADVANCED: Reed Gillman & Dylan Borchert Banquet (Mar. 28). Look for more information on these events soon! We have your 2015 is full of fast AGE GROUP: Russell Trinh swims, good health, and great meets! NOVICE: Arianne Rivas Karen Grundy JTSC President In December, several of our swimmers traveled to Richardson, Texas for the COR meet. This is a meet that featured some super fast swimming. Senior swimmers, Charee Graham & Beth Grundy got a photo opportunity with 6 time Olympic medalist . Brendan is currently the head coach of Austin Aquatics and Sports Academy in Austin, Texas! (Photo Credit: Karen Grundy)

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UPCOMING EVENTS….

1/9-1/11: New Years Invite (Union/Swim Tulsa)

1/13: Park & Rec # 1 (Jenks)

1/16-1/18: Meet of Champions (Bartlesville)

1/22: Movie PREMIRE: Touch the Wall HAPPY

1/27: Park & Rec #2 (Jenks) BIRTHDAY

1/30-2/1: AESC Ice Breaker (OKC) Hayden Bonnett

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING ENTRIES for SWIM MEETS: Entries Natalie Eaton for ALL USA meets, are always due 15 days prior to the event. Please be sure to pay attention to these dates so your swimmer does not miss a chance to Hannah Hughes participate in a meet!!! JTSC is proud to Micaela sponsor a special showing of the documentary Hughes Touch the Wall. This event will take place on Thurs, Aiden January 22 at the AMC Southroads 20 at 6:00. Kennicutt There will be no late practices that evening so we Alex can get as many swimmers to see the film Kennicutt as possible. The tickets will be sold on a first come, first Mckenzie serve basis! Please stay tuned for more details! Elaine

Saghar Mirtarazjani Touch the Wall is the story of two amazing women and their journey to

swimming’s highest stage- the 2012 London Olympics. The young phenom John Perona () is just beginning her career and is saddled with mile-high expectations; the veteran () is trying to rediscover the juice Joshua Rau that took her the previous two Olympics. Touch the Wall is a story of winning Phillip Shaw and losing, of commitment and triumph through adversity. It’s also a story of family, of loving what you do and having fun with the people around you. In a Tad Tan world starved for heroes, Missy and Kara stand tall in Touch the Wall. To View More on the Film, visit: www.touchthewall.com

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National Record

IN THE NEWS…….

NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS FROM THE ELITE USA SWIMMERS………. “Pick one thing to strive to be the best at and commit to it. Tell your coach and your teammates to hold you accountable. In 2009, I committed to taking seven underwater dolphin kicks off EVERY wall in practice. And it transformed my 200 IM.”

Ed Moses “Stop pulling on the lane rope (mostly for breaststrokers).”

Lenny Krayzelburg “Focus on things that tend to get overlooked in heavy training – starts, turns, underwater kick-outs. Set a goal for each of these and be consistent with it, every day every practice.”

Andrew Gemmell “Make sure you recover well. It is ‘easy’ to work hard in the pool, but if you don't take care of yourself outside of the pool and recover correctly, your performance will suffer.”

Darian Townsend “Have fun doing the hard practices. When I know I have a tough set or day coming up, I want to go into it with a positive attitude and just enjoy testing myself.”

Nick Brunelli “Get to every workout 15 minutes earlier to stretch and mentally prepare for the workout.”

Nancy Hogshead-Makar “Every swimmer should make the resolution to have more fun on the pool deck and more focus in the pool. did this the best as a swimmer and as a coach.”

Gary Hall Jr.

“Listen to your body and be more communicative with your coach.”

Austin Surhoff “Leave every practice better than you were before you got there. Find one thing to improve on every day, whether practice was good or bad.”

Adam Small “Every swimmer should commit to staying 10 minutes after every practice to work on the finer details of a race, like turns, starts and finishes. Ten minutes every practice over the course of a year adds up to about 50 hours of additional work that will pay off when it matters the most.” “One thing that I've tried to improve on over the past couple of years is my optimism. I don't think it's normal to be happy all the time, but by looking ‘on the bright side’ of things, my attitude has improved. Getting up early, jumping in a cold pool and working hard isn't an easy thing to do. But by realizing that it's going to help in achieving an ultimate goal at the end of the season, a swimmer can find joy in their improvement.”

Kim Vandenberg “Have gratitude and appreciation for the ability to swim and compete. Not everyone has that opportunity in life.”

Mel Stewart “Eat cleaner, whole foods, supplementing regular meals with at least four 100 percent raw meals per week.”

Catherine Breed “Pick one thing and perfect it. For example, I want to be the best at underwater or I'm going to hold my breath into the walls on my turns. Get sleep and drink water and for extra credit, cut out processed foods. Make a memory jar and over the year, fill it up with happy memories, proud moments and good times/jokes. Then next year, you can go through and read them.”

2014-2015 JENKS TROJANS ADVISORY BOARD Karen Grundy Emily Forbes Jessica Fenton John Eaton

PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER

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Belinda Packard Natalie Wilson Diego Henao George Villarreal

REPORTER BOOKKEEPER HEAD COACH AQUATIC CENTER DIRECTOR

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