2011 Chiefs News:

"Attention swimming and diving squad.  Don't forget the season ending awards night Monday, November 14th at 7:30pm in the cafeteria.  Desert will be served.  We hope to see you and your family there."

State Swimming Championships 2011 at Skyline Pool

Are you leaving town for Fall Break?  If you are leaving town for Fall Break, please let the staff know the days you will be gone. 

 Fall Break Schedule – Because of the uncertainty of the heating of the pool and to avoid overlapping with Synchronized Swimming, we will  practice from 9am to 11am on Monday, Wednesday and Friday next week.  Tuesday and Thursday practice will still be from 7 to 9pm.  If the change in schedule presents a problem with transportation, please let the staff know and we will do our best to arrange a ride for you.

 We have added a meet – We have signed up for the “Mesa Last Chance Meet” on Saturday, October 22nd at Mesa Skyline pool.  Yes we know this is during Fall Break and people will be out of town.  Yes we know this is a band competition day.  And finally, yes we know this is ACT day.  Attendance for most swimmers at this meet is optional.  If you would like to be entered in this meet please let the coaching staff know no later than Saturday.

 The meet begins at 9:30, the van leaves school at 7am.  As the number of teams is limited, we would expect the meet to run approximately four hours.  If you would like to watch the meet, spectator admission is $5.

Glendale Union High School District Swim & Dive Championship 2011

Location:

Swimming: (Fri Oct 28 - 9:30 a.m. Sat. Oct 29 9:00 am):

Moon Valley Country Club 151 West Moon Valley Drive Phoenix, AZ 85023

Diving: (Thurs. Oct. 27 4:30pm):

Apollo High School 8045 N. 47th Ave. Glendale, AZ 85302

THUNDERBIRD SWIMMING AND DIVING – October/November

Thursday marks the completion of our final dual meet of the season.  Our remaining events will be:

• Team pre-District meet dinner on October 27th
• District Championships October 28th and 29th
• State Championships November 4th and 5th
• Awards Night November 14th

As you may know, we will only be entering a limited number of participants in the District meet.  This restriction along with limited pool resources means that we need to take the step of reducing the size of our team at practice.  After Thursday’s meet, the following individuals are released from practice responsibilities going forward and should not attend:

For the following individuals, they may continue to attend practice but there is no guarantee that they will be entered in the District Meet.  If anyone in this group wishes to stop practicing, they need to talk to Coach Pedersen.

To be clear, anyone listed above is NOT cut from the squad.  Everyone is invited to attend ALL of our remaining events.  If anyone disagrees with the above staff evaluations, you are welcome to swim any event you wish on Saturday to make a case for being entered in the District Championships.

Entertainment Books:

10/04/11- We either need payment or the books back this week.  If you would like to order an out of town edition or order online, use the following link.

http://www.entertainment.com/discount/local_editions.shtml?groupID=433982&linkName=FBOOK_FR_WEBLINK

Thunderbird versus Peoria and Apollo

VERY IMPORTANT UPDATES:

09/20/11 - Thunderbird Swimming and Diving Fundraiser

Entertainment Books  

Thunderbird swimming and diving will once again be selling Entertainment books good for 2011.  The books have hundreds of 2 for 1, freebies and great deals.  Books are only $30!

• Our sale will be short and sweet.  Payments and unsold books need to be turned in October 4th.  We have found that extra time did not substantially increase sales.
• You are not required to sell any books.
• If you have a book checked out, you must either return it in excellent condition or pay for it.
• We do not encourage door to door sales to people unknown to you.  Your safety is more important than any amount of money we would gain.
• Check payment can be made out to “Thunderbird High School”

COMPLETE YOUR CONCUSSION COURSE

***YOU MUST ACT OR YOU WILL BE INELIGIBLE TO COMPETE***

To complete the course:

• Go to http://aiaacademy.org/brainbook/
  
  
• If you have never used AIA Academy (most likely), use the Register as a Student link.  Otherwise, log in.
  
  
• Registration requires and email address.  You may use any email address.  If you do not have an address, the district has assigned one for you; it is <your student ID#>@student.guhsdaz.org.  If you wish to actually use your district email address, your pass word is your first initial, your last initial and your birth day in mmddyy format (example aa120196)
  
  
• You must complete the course and test at the end
  
  
• At the end of the course you need to print the certificate and bring it either to the coaching staff or the athletics secretary.

Got questions?  Need Help?  Ask the coaching staff and do it soon.

Picture Day

Picture day is Thursday, September 29th at the Moon Valley Country Club pool.  Pictures will be at 3:15 and you need to wear your team suit if you have one.  If you did not get at team suit, wear whatever you practice in.  Order envelopes to follow.

Brophy/Xavier Intitational September 24th. 

Swimmers entered in the Brophy/Xavier invitational need to meet the school bus at school on September 24th at 7am.  Swimmers not entered in the invitational DO NOT have Saturday practice on the 24th.  This will be our first chance to achieve state qualifying times.  If you wish to attend this meet as a spectator, there is a $3 admission charge to the meet.  The meet is at Phoenix Swim Club (2902 E. Campbell).

The following swimmers are entered in the meet:

• Morgan Barnes
• Emily Borsom
• Jenna Brems
• Nick Bury
• Cameron Conti
• Jon Erbstoesser
• Austin Gray
• Sidney Gutierrez-Whitmire
• Darby Johnson
• Lauren Johnson
• Nicole Kostyk
• Emily Kruljac
• Joe Parisi
• Daniel Strohmeyer
• Erin Strohmeyer
• Megan Trankle
• Laine Vasquez
• Maggie Wisman
• Tyler Yamada
• Teresa Ybarra

Continuation of the Sunrise Mountain meet

The meet last Tuesday that was suspended due to weather will be continued on October 6th at MVCC at 5:30pm.  The time will allow Moon Valley to not cancel their regularly scheduled practices.  We will pick up at the men’s 200 freestyle relay.

Chiefs Win!

08/01/11 - The women's swimming and diving squads took on Independence and Raymond Kellis on Thursday. The Lady Chiefs won all twelve events and beat the Patriots 164 to 52 and Kellis 164 to 71. Winning individual events where Jenna Brems, Erin Strohmeyer, Nicole Kostic, Emily Cruljack, Morgan Barnes, Maggie Wissman and Anissa Fuentes. Contributing to relay victories were Darby Johnson, Lauren Johnson, Teresa Ybarra and Alaina Ruby. The Chiefs start the season 2 and 0.

The men's swim team dominated Independence and Raymond Kellis on Thursday. The Chiefs were victorious in six of twelve events and defeated the Patriots 130 to 59 and Kellis 130 to 107. The squad was led by double winner Cameron Conti as well single winners Joe Parisi and Jon Erbstosser. Two relays were sent to victory with the help of Tyler Yamada, Daniel Strohmeyer and Austing Gray. The Chiefs start the season 2 and 0.

Parent Meeting

Thunderbird Swimming and Diving would like to invite parents of Thunderbird Swimming and Diving to a short meeting on Thursday, August 25th at 7:15 PM. This meeting is our main kick off meeting for parents at Moon Valley Country Club.

This is your opportunity to meet the staff and get a lot of useful information straight from the source about the upcoming season.

We hope to see you there!  If you are unable to attend, please feel free to stop by a practice and say hello.

Email the coaching staff at thunderbirdswimcoaches@gmail.com

Team Suits

08.18.11 - Here are the links to our team suit order form.

Info Word Doc { Read First }

Order Form Word Doc

07.25.11 - The new school year is almost upon us.  The first day of swimming practice/tryouts is on August 8th.  We invite everyone to come give the program a try.  No prior competitive swimming experience is required.  It's even better if you have some (or a lot).

We swim at Moon Valley Country Club (151 W Moon Valley Dr.).  We anticipate we will resume our long running practice schedule of Monday through Thursday from 7 to 9 pm (yes, PM) and Saturdays 11 am to 1pm.

Remember, to participate in ANY sport for the Glendale Union High School District you must have completed and turned in all of your clearance paper work which includes a completed physical card.  For more information regarding athletic clearance, please go here http://thunderbird.guhsdaz.org/athletics/Athletic_Clearance/.

While no prior competitive swimming experience is required, if you have little or none you need to be there as early in the tryout process as possible.  If you do not get cleared through the office to compete until a week or two into the season, you are damaging your chances of making the squad.

Spread the word to you neighbours and friends. We're always available to address your questions or concerns.

Free sports physicals are available for the 2011-2012 school year

If you would like to take advantage of this opportunity, the information is listed below. This is even available to incoming students. Mountain Sky ID is acceptable and if you are not an incoming student from Mountain Sky, please contact the Thunderbird school office.

Remember, to participate in ANY sport for the Glendale Union High School District you must have completed all of your clearance paper work which includes a completed physical card.

For more information regarding athletic clearance, please go here http://thunderbird.guhsdaz.org/athletics/Athletic_Clearance/.