how the quiet days go by

Now that school is over, it is so peacefully quiet around here, not that I do not enjoy the "noise" during the school year.
I have had the opportunity to study...reading, videos, podcasts, conferences... trying to utilize all of the opportunities out there. I am going to have to work on my biggest problem of knowing where to draw the line and stop. The brain needs the opportunity to relax I guess.
Anyway, we are ever preparing for next season and are excited for the experiences to come.
"we can never step into the same river twice" ~Heracllitus

Congrats!

Congratulations to Jenny VanEtten and Eileen McMahon for being named Oswego State Co-Outstanding Female Athletes!

Hour of Power 2009

This was our second Ted Mullin "Leave it in the Pool" Hour of Power Relay for Cancer Research. We had a lot of fun and this was by far our best day of the year! I am already looking forward to next year.

Clarkson Meet

Our meet with Clarkson on November 7th was cancelled due to uncontrollable circumstances. We had practice instead! And believe it or not the kids were actually happy to be having practice.

Oneonta Meet and Halloween Practice

Since we had a meet on Halloween, we held our annual Halloween practice on Friday. The pumpkin carving contest was a close call and there were plenty of creative creations. I hoped that they did not eat too much candy since we had Oneonta the next day.
Oneonta came into our pool and swam very well, I think we were a little flat, but we managed wins on both sides. It was basically our 3rd meet in about a week. I am glad we do not have any other weeks like that!

RIT meet

Our next meet was on Wednesday October 28th against RIT. We had some good swims but we were definitely hurting a bit from the AM. The women were victorious as the men were defeated.

Leaf Raking

On Sunday October 27th we participated in Leaf Raking (community service helping out the elderly). We had a few groups out there working hard. We also happened to help out at the house of former Women's swim coach Grace (Mowatt) which was a lot of fun. She shared some good stories! Thanks to everyone for helping out it is well appreciated.