Coach Carly

Swimmers and Parents - The purpose of this message is to inform everyone that Coach Carly will be leaving the RICE Aquatics coaching staff in mid-June to begin medical school. She will be attending UNT-HSC, TCOM (University of North Texas - Health Science Center, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine) in July. The school is located in downtown Fort Worth and Carly's current interests are in Emergency Medicine and Osteopathic Research as well as physician missionary work.

Coach Carly has been a great asset to RICE Aquatics the past year and half since she joined the team post graduation from RICE. Her ability to teach while keeping the kids interested and excited about swimming has been a major plus to the program. All of us at RICE Aquatics would like to thank Carly for her hard work and dedication to all of our swimmers and wish her the best on her new endeavor in medical school.

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Senior Swimmer gets ready for RICE

Senior RICE swimmer, Paul Chaguine has chosen to attend RICE University this fall. A senior at Lamar High School, Paul joined RICE Aquatics as a freshman and has progressed from Age Group 3 to the Senior groups. Over the past year and a half Paul has been lifeguarding at the Rec Center and teaching swim lessons in addition to being apart of RICE Aquatics. When not at the pool Paul was on the varsity tennis team, the robotics team and finished with a class rank of 10 out of more than 600 students. Paul's intended major is Chemical and Bimolecular Engineering with a focus in either material science or bioengineering. Paul intends on swimming with RICE Aquatics through the summer and transition into a master swimmer once school starts up. The coaching staff at RICE wishes him good luck as he transitions into college and looks forward to having him poolside over the next few years.


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Masters Nationals

Here is a link to the Psych sheets for this years short-course Master's nationals. RICE is represented well with swimmers ranked in the top 20, 10, and 5 of there events. If you spot any of the swimmers making the trip tell them good luck before they leave on Thursday.
 

Sunday Master's Practice

Practice is back on for Sunday afternoon. We will be swimming at our normal scheduled time.

Great Meet this Past Weekend

I wanted to pass on a big Thank You to everyone who helped out at the meet. Many parents/master swimmers pulled some long hours at the pool and went above and beyond for the team. With out all of you the meet would not have been a success. I think we now have a larger base that has better knowledge of how a meet runs and what it takes behind the scenes. Look for this week service hours posted for our meet we are hosting on June 18th - 20th. Everyone will be expected to contribute in some way for the meet. We have at least 1-2 people in every position who can help train and teach all aspects of the jobs they had at the meet. We will be setting up weekly meetings towards the end of May to get everyone on board for the meet.

See you at the pool,
Coach Jason

Parents- A couple notes about the meet this weekend.

1 - The meet has been split into two meets, an AM and a PM meet by team. RICE will be swimming in the AM section of the meet both days. There will be no switching or changing of sessions by any team or swimmer.

2 - Our Warm Ups are the first warm ups at 8:05, swimmers will not be let into the fenced area until 8:00 am. I do advise arriving early enough to get a great set up area.

3 - Parents and Swimmers will sit outside of the fence along the West side of the pool. This is the tree covered area that goes to the Soccer fields. We will need any parent whom may have a pop up tent to bring these so we have a spot for our swimmers to sit under. We will be using./purchasing tents for the meet operations, timing, and have one at the FCST meet. If you can reply to me if you are bringing a tent so I can have a good idea of the numbers to expect. I would also recommend extra blankets,towels for swimmers to sit on as well. Pop up chairs tend to crowd up the area so we will leave those for parents mostly.

4 - Parents will be allowed into the pool for viewing through the fence adjacent to the pool and basketball courts. We are not allowing set up inside the perimeter of the fence but using this more for a viewing area. Parents can come in a few heats prior to their swimmers events and then exit after they have swam.

5 - All the swims will start from the end of the pool where the blocks are currently located. Timers will be behind these blocks for all 100,200 and 400 events. When it is time for the 50's the timers will walk to the diving board end of the pool to time these events.

6 - Coach Kyle and Carly will alternate days at our meet and the FCST meet. I am going to be working the computer areas through the meets so will try and get as many races in as possible. I am trying to round up some older swimmers to help assist through out the meet with swimmers getting to the blocks. The best option is to write on their hand their events and print out a timeline and event list. They need to check in with their coach at least 2 events prior to theirs.

7 - Its going to be sunny and hot so have stuff prepared for your swimmer. Water, Water, Water. 

8 - There will be another set of swimmers/parents coming in as the morning meet is wrapping up. Please make sure to keep our area clean so its not a mess for them. Also Pop Ups in the seating area need to be picked up so the PM session can set up. Nothing can be left out overnight and be guaranteed to be there on Sunday.

9 - Reminder that for many this is the first glimpse into our team and our practice facility so lets leave them with a great impression. Just keep the smiles going that I see at practice everyday. If anyone approaches you with questions about things answer as best you can or direct them to someone who is working the meet.

See you at the pool,

Coach Jason