Upcoming Meet - Divisional Meet - Sharks vs. Rattan Creek Hurricanes & Brushy Creek Marlins

The next meet will be this Saturday, July 8, at the Hurricane pool.

Meet Timeline

TBA - Meet Prep team arrives
TBA - Swimmer/Volunteer check-in
TBA - Meet start time

CHECK THE WEBSITE FOR UPDATES!

Notes

• The meet is projected to end at 2 pm. Please come prepared for a LONG meet, as there are 3 teams swimming. If your swimmers cannot stay for the whole meet for some reason and you haven't already notified Coach Chip, please do so immediately! Click here to send him an email.
• The scoring system will be different that in dual meets. In dual meets, place ribbons are awarded to 1st through 3rd place in relays and 1st through 10th place in individual events. Team points for a relay are as follows: 1st - 5 points, 2nd - 3 points, and 3rd - 1 point. Team points for individuals are: 1st - 4 points, 2nd - 2 points, and 3rd - 1 point.
• At a NWSC Divisonal meet, relay events medals and team points are awarded as follows: 1st - 9 points, 2nd - 7 points, 3rd - 6 points. Place ribbons and team points are awarded as follows: 4th - 5 points, 5th - 4 points, 6th - 3 points, 7th - 2 points, 8th - 1 point.
• At a NWSC Divisonal meet, individual events medals and team points are awarded as follows: 1st - 9 points, 2nd - 7 points, 3rd - 6 points. Place ribbons and team points are awarded as follows: 4th - 5 points, 5th - 4 points, 6th - 3 points, 7th - 2 points, 8th - 1 point, 9th - 0 points, 10th - 0 points, 11 - 0 points, 12th - 0 points.
• A permanent NWSC Divisional Meet trophy is be awarded to the top team in each division. Trophies shall be awarded to the overall first place high-point swimmers and plaques to the second and third place high-point swimmers.

Special Considerations

• Your child needs to check in with the team parent at the time specified in the meet timeline and be prepared to start warm ups. Warm ups are an essential component in preparing for the swim meet. Swimmers who have not checked with a Team Parent at the appropriate time risks being scratched from the meet.
• Your child is to stay in their age group tent during the meet or let the team parent know where they are going. Team parents are not responsible for finding your child to go to the ready bench to swim.
• Do not leave the meet (unless you are a 6 and under at half time) without telling a coach! Your child may be entered in a relay at the end of the meet and it may not be in the heat sheet. Ask your team parent before you leave if your swimmer is swimming any more events.
• Please make sure your child takes home anything brought to the meet. This includes all of their belongings and any trash they make. We need to be courteous guests and clean up after ourselves. It it not the team parents responsibility to clean up after the kids.

[Volunteer Schedule] [Pool Map]

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Previous Meet Results

Yet another super duper meet for the Sharks! The final score was BCC Sharks 390.50, Round Rock DOlphins 258.50. The swimmers on both teams were absolutely fabulous.

[Meet Results]   [Meet Photos]

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Looking Ahead

Pep Rally!

It's almost time for our final Pep Rally! We will start our Pep Rally on Friday, July 7, at 6pm at the Balcones pool. Bring poster board and markers to make signs for the Divisional meet. Stay tuned to next week's Shark Bite for more details.

Invitational Meet

Meet Timeline
1:00 pm - Meet Prep team arrives
1:15 pm - Swimmer/Team Parent check-in*
2:15 pm - Remaining Volunteer check-in
3:30 pm - Meet start time
*The Sharks are one of the first teams to warm up

The Invitational meet will be held at the Round Rock Dolphin's pool on July 9. Our current Invitiational Qualifiers have declared their events and our entries have been sent to the Circuit. The entries cannot be changed from this point forward. A swimmer can only sign up for 3 events in which he/she has a qualifying time.

There are special provisions in place for late qualifiers at the Divisional meet on July 8. If a swimmer qualifies for a new event at the Divisional meet that he or she previously did not have an Invitational time, then only that event can be added late. Events qualified for at the Divisional meet can be added up to 30 minutes after the Divisional meet ends and only if the swimmer does not already have 3 events.

End-of-Season Banquet: Monday, July 10

Online RSVP Available

Date: Monday, July 10
Location: Balcones Country Club Clubhouse
Dinner: 6 pm
Awards Ceremony: 7 pm
Reservations for the banquet will be taken online only. We are requesting that all families RSVP for this event, even if you cannot attend to help us with facilities planning. There will be trophies for all the swimmers, special awards, fond farewell to the seniors, cake, and the much anticipated Shark Video/Slideshow featuring all our great swimmers and coaches. For those wishing to join us for dinner before the awards ceremony, a pizza buffet is available for purchase which includes pizza, salad bar, tea and lemonade. The price for the buffet is a flat $7/person for ages 3 and over. The deadline to reserve and pay for the optional dinner buffet is Wednesday, July 5.

To complete an online RSVP, access the Banquet reservation page through the link on the Sharks home page at www.bccsharks.org, or directly at: www.bccsharks.org/banquet/banquet_form.html.

BCC Sharks 2006 Memories DVD

Following in BCC Sharks tradition, every year Jeff and Debbie Dean produce a fabulous multimedia show that highlights the Sharks season. The multimedia show is presented at the End-of-Season Banquet and features all our swimmers and coaches through the season with a combination of slideshow, music and video clips.

This year you may pre-order (before the banquet) a copy of the BCC Sharks 2006 Memories DVD in advance, with pick up and payment at the Shark banquet on July 10. See www.bccsharks.org/photogallery/dvd_preorder.html for more information.

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Swimmer Kudos

The Sharks had 300 time improvements this week—way to go!!! And, we now have 55 invitational qualifiers!

BINGO (improved in 3 out of 3 individual events) swimmers:

1. Allison, Greg
2. Angione, Sydney
3. Bowers, Robert
4. Chan, Andre
5. Cotton, Benjamin
6. Cumpian, Grace
7. Cumpian, Walker
8. Daly, Audrey
9. Dehne, Ashley
10. Dehne, Sean
11. Holder, Natasha
12. Iyengar, Varun
13. Krawl, Rhiannon
14. LaBelle, Steven
15. Lai, Steven
16. Larson, Eric
17. Larson, Matthew
18. Lundry, Alex
19. Morrice, Annabel
20. Morrice, David
21. Morrice, Marybeth
22. O'Gorman, Kevin
23. Oney, Clark
24. Powell, Jessie
25. Prado, Leah
26. Prado, Trenton
27. Raitt, Lexie
28. Reeb, Victoria
29. Riggs, Matthew
30. Robinson, Karina
31. Sanchez, Kuan
32. Schnur, Derek
33. Singh, Tejinder
34. Spooner, Hallie
35. Tenpas, Jordan
36. Tenpas, Nolan
37. Uhlenhop, Pete
38. Vetter, Michael
39. Yi, Cynthia J

New team records:

1. Boys 15-17 100 IM
   old record: 59.47, set by Chris Doughty on 7/16/2000
   new record: 56.95, set by Josh Nosal

2. Boys 7-8 100 Medley Relay
   old record: 1:23.38, set by R. Fielder, K. O'Gorman, E. Larson, L. Dielmann on 7/21/2003
   new record: 1:21.59, set by R. Larson, D. Morrice, W. Bowers, S. Dehne

"Top 20" time drops:

1. Mameli, Sophia M (6&U G) 25 BACK 66.17
2. Holt, Clay M (6&U B) 25 BACK 34.46
3. Prasadh, Rishi R (6&U B) 25 BACK 26.18
4. Alpern, Justin D (7-8 B) 25 FREE 25.83
5. Wanguhu, Wangeci F (6&U G) 25 FREE 23.68
6. Weis, Natalee E (6&U G) 25 BACK 23.54
7. Lee, Clare (6&U G) 25 FREE 23.36
8. Hankins, Matthew S (6&U B) 25 FREE 23.03
9. Wanguhu, Manyara M (7-8 B) 25 FREE 20.44
10. Spiller, Keri M (9-10 G) 25 BREAST 19.22
11. Prasadh, Rishi R (6&U B) 25 FREE 13.75
12. Fidai, Zain I (7-8 B 25) BACK 12.96
13. Bowers, Annie (6&U G 25) BACK 12.06
14. Bodwell, Brynn E (7-8 G) 50 FREE 11.03
15. Uhlenhop, Pete M (7-8 B) 50 FREE 10.27
16. Whitford, Riley M (6&U G) 25 FREE 9.88
17. Wanguhu, Manyara M (7-8 B) 25 BACK 9.74
18. Prasadh, Jai G (7-8 B) 25 BACK 9.73
19. Stout, Maggie G (6&U G) 25 FREE 9.54
20. Iyengar, Seema (7-8 G) 25 FREE 9.47

Go, Sharks!!! Click here for more best times info.

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Shark Shack

For those who did not pick up your NWSC Divisional T-shirts at the Round Rock meet, stop by the Shark Shack to pick at the Divisional Meet.

The Shark Shack will have swim caps, goggles, and a few fun items for sale at the meet. Check out our newest shark toys! We still have a few 2006 t-shirts for sale. We also have a small number of t-shirts from years past that are half price!

If you lose something during the meet, check at the Shark Shack – people usually bring lost and find items to us while the meet is going on – don’t forget to label everything.

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Parent's Corner

Volunteer Badge Turn In: Please return all Shark volunteer badges at the end of shifts on Saturday. Volunteers do not need the badges for invitationals. Anyone else with a badge at home needs to return it then as well. If you forget, please bring to the banquet.

Make Up for Individual Photos: If your swimmer missed the Photo Day by Photo Texas on June 7, you are in luck! Call Photo Texas to schedule a make up session for the individual photo.This is only for swimmers that missed (no retakes). 419-9669.

Hypertropic Cardiomyopathy screening: The Austin Heart Foundation offers screening for this defect periodically and one is coming up on July 29th. They only screen kids between the ages of 15-18 because the adolescent heart isn't done growing until the age of 15. The screening is free but they do ask for a $15.00 donation to help with costs. There is some paperwork you can download from their web site and complete before you go so the process goes more smoothly: www.austinheartfoundation.com/ne.html.

Lost and Found: An assortment of Shark items have been left after our meets. The Lost and Found is located at the Spicewood Pool so please be sure and check it for lost swimmer items!

Swimmer Name on Caps: Please put your swimmer's names (first name plus last initial) on each side of their swim caps with a permanent marker. This will assist the coahes in learning the swimmer's names and will assist our team photographers (Jeff and Debbie Dean) in getting the names right for photo captions.

Swimmer Ribbons: As a reminder, swimmer ribbons are not handed out at the meet. The ribbons will be available in the ribbon boxes at the pools this Friday, as well as the banquet on Monday. Be sure to clear out your swimmer's folders. For anyone who misses the banquet, all trophies and awards can be picked up by making arrangements through scoretable@bccsharks.org.

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Weekly Snack Schedule

It's SNACK time!!

Friday morning snacks are a Shark tradition! All of our sharks, coaches included, enjoy snacks following Friday morning practices.

Parents are asked to take turns providing these small snacks (cookies, brownies, popsicles, donuts, etc.) for each swimmer in their child's age group. Please e-mail Joyce Marshall at hospitality@bccsharks.org to volunteer for one day of snack duty. This is a great opportunity to use the Krispy Creme Card you bought through the Sharks fundraiser - 2 dozen doughnuts for the price of 1!

Spicewood Pool		#swimmers	Volunteer
8am	Whitetip Sharks	24	Janelle Barclay
9am	Mako Sharks	23	Juli Powell
9:45am	Thresher Sharks	24	Denise Raper
10:30am	Tiger Sharks	26	Paula Hashem
11:15am	Wobbegong Sharks	29	Juli Powell
Balcones Pool		#swimmers	Volunteer
8am	Bull Sharks	42	Debbie Krawl
9:30am	Blue Sharks	22	Debbie Hill
10:30am	Hammerhead Sharks	26	Nancy Jaber

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Swim Lessons

The BCC coaches will be offering swim lessons again this summer!!

All ages and abilities are welcome!!

This unique tradition is spread by word of mouth, so tell your friends!!

The price is the same for all the coaches. The cost is $20 for one swimmer/half-hour lesson. Contact Coach Michael Licatino:

• Coaching requests are welcome
• Email: michael@bccsharks.org
• Cell: 512-497-8519

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Fundraising News

2007 Sponsor Opportunities

We are already thinking ahead! Interested in being a sponsor for next year? For more information on becoming an individual or corporate sponsor of the BCC Sharks Swim Team this season, send an e-mail to our Team Sponsorship Coordinator. We have a variety of options available for you!

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