UPCOMING EVENTS:
JULY 30 - AUGUST 02, 2008
USA SWIMMING
SOUTHERN ZONE CHAMPIONSHIPS
ATLANTA, GA.
TEAM TRAVEL ONLY - LSC SELECT TEAM
COONGRATULATIONS SAVANNAH ANTONETZ,
13-14 GIRLS TEAM SELECTION!
AUGUST 10, 2008
3RD ANNUAL SWIM LOUISIANA TEAM BANQUET
PRIEN LAKE PARK - HARBORS EDGE ROOM
1:00 - 3:00 PM
SEMI-FORMAL ATTIRE, MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW
NEW SWIMMER EVALUATIONS
YOU CAN JOIN THE AREA'S #1 TEAM ANYTIME!
SWIM LOUISIANA conducts evaluations for anyone interested in becoming part of the best youth sports program in the area every Monday through Thursday at the SPAR Recreation & Aquatic Center, and the OLQH-Family Life Center. SPAR is located at 933 W. Parish Rd. Sulphur, Louisiana 70663. The evaluation fee @ SPAR is just $3.00 per swimmer for in-district children (Sulphur Residents) and $4.00 for out-of-district children. The evaluations are held from 4:00-4:45 PM in the Main Pool. The evaluations at the OLQH-FLCC are free. Evaluations are held from 3:30-4:45 PM in the pool with Coach Lisa Jakel. Anyone interested in making an appointment for a different evaluation time may call Coach PJ Keller at (337) 263-3182. Registration materials will be handed out at the conclusion of the evaluation session. Anyone with questions regarding the evaluations or the Swim Louisiana program in general may call Coach Keller (337) 263-3182, Coach Andy Antonetz at (337) 479-1466, or Coach Lisa Jakel at (337) 477-7349. You can also send an email to any of the coaches at coachpj@swimlouisiana.com
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SWIMLOUISIANA is proud to offer a structured and guided competitive swimming program for area children aged 5 & up. We are led by professional, accredited coaches and have a training group for every level of swimmer.
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UPCOMING
SWIMLA
MEETS BEING HELD AT SPAR
July 17-20, 2008
Louisiana
State Championship
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This page was last updated by PJ Keller: July 23, 2008
WE ARE SWIMLOUISIANA!
The #1 competitive swimming team in the area for children aged 5 and older. Run by coaches, supported by parents, and
made special by the athletes!
The #1 coaches in the REGION, with more than 35 years combined experience and multiple coach of the year awards!
The #1 indoor swimming facility in LA:
The SPAR Aquatic Center, and also serving the Lake Charles area at the OLQH Family Life Center Indoor Pool!
The #1 experience in a youth sport for children! Learn to swim Fast, have Fun, make Friends & enjoy staying Fit!
Over 100 swimmers from ALL OVER southwest Louisiana,... even Texas!
SWIM LOUISIANA REACHES
LEVEL 1 CERTIFICATION FROM
USA SWIMMING
Coach PJ Keller and Coach Andy Antonetz are pleased to announce that Swim Louisiana has been awarded our Level 1 Club Recognition Certification from USA Swimming. This is a major milestone for our team, and indicates that we are one of the top overall swimming businesses in the state. We are well run, well organized, well structured and our swimmers are improving rapidly. Swim Louisiana is one of only a handful of teams in the state to reach Level 1. There are 5 levels all together and each level requires additional work from the club.
Each team must submit documents, records, and data to meet criteria in several categories including business management, volunteerism, parent education, athlete progression, athlete development, and coach certification / education. This is a big deal for the swimmers, parents and the coaches! Everyone can be proud about this one!
SWIM LOUISIANA FINISHES 11th AT 2008
LOUISIANA STATE CHAMPS, GIRLS TAKE 9th PLACE OVERALL
A new attitude, a new philosophy, and some hard decisions. That's what it took for our State Level Swimmers to end up with our best ever finish and team record 594 point total. Since March 30, 2008 the National Prep and Senior Groups, as well as Coach Andy's Gold Group have been working at a new level, with a new focus. All of that hard work paid off in the end as Swim Louisiana not only hosted one of the finest championships in state history, but swam incredibly well while hanging in with some very big clubs. We also left some bigger clubs in our dust as our swimmers didn't back down for a single race and reached a new level of excellence for our club.
By the numbers, Swim Louisiana was the 13th largest team with just 21 swimmers. There were 13 teams who had more entries than us going into the meet. By comparison, Crawfish Aquatics (who won the meet) had 71 swimmers and 340 entries compared to our 21 swimmers and 67 entries. At the Short Course State Champs back in March of 2008, SWIM took 30 athletes and had 81 entries...where we ended up 14th with 453 points. In July of 2007 at the State Meet in Monroe, SWIM took just 14 swimmers but had 69 entries...and we ended up 15th with just 313.50 points. At the 2007 Short Course State Championships at LSU, we had 21 swimmers (identical to this meet) and had 61 entries. We swam to 16th place at that meet, ending up with 320 points overall. This season was similar to our 4 previous championships, so how did we improve so much? We took 21 swimmers, had 67 entries and scored 594 points. That's 150 points more than we have scored at any of the last 4 state meets!
Of the 67 swims we had, 41 swims ended up in the Top 16 of the State. That's an astounding 61% of our swims!!! Of the 67 swims that we had, 50 swims were lifetime best times...or 74.6%!!! Again, a team record for Lifetime Best Times at a Championship Meet. We raced, we raced hard, and we worked our #$@# to be prepared for this meet.
Swimmers who are reading this need to understand this from two or three points of view. If you are a swimmer who can look in the mirror and say, "Yes, I bought into the new mentality, did what I was asked, and had a great two week run between Austin & State" then you my friend are in for even more results during the short course season. If you are that same person but fell short at state...it's likely MY fault for resting you either too little (I felt some girls needed to rest about 2 days sooner,) or too much (I felt that I rested all of the boys about 3 days too much.) Bottom line is that you did the BASE work, had the consistent attitude, earned the right to swim fast and will be PAID in full during the short course season (as long as you continue to work at this level). If you look in the mirror and can honestly say that, "No, I didn't give this season 100%, can do better and need to fix this or that," then here is the proof on why you should! Even if you swam great at the last two meets, you STILL could have swam EVEN faster! You will never get to the next level if you don't do something you have never done! Consistently bad habits will always produce consistently mediocre results. Some good, some ok, some bad. You wanna have the SUPER MEET, well it begins with Day #1 and continues until you walk into the site of the 2009 Short Course State Meet!
GREAT JOB EVERYONE ON AN AWESOME SEASON, AN AWESOME MEET AND AWESOME RESULTS!
