March 2016 Newsletter.pdf · Coach Renice Dobbs is doing better. She misses her Bronze kids and would love to be back soon. We wish her a speedy recovery. Megan Buis is now back to

Dates to Remember:

April 4: Developmental Evaluations for Session 1; Long Course Season

starts

April 5: Developmental Begins (4 week session)

April 13: Short Course Banquet & Awards

October 22-23: ACST Fall Classic

February 10-12: ACST Aqua Sprints

ACST Newsletter March 2016

Warm ups done! Let’s get this meet started!!!

ACST 2016 Short Course Banquet and Awards

The ACST Short Course year-end banquet will be held at the Avon Washington Township Pavilion on Wednesday, April 13, from 6:00 to 8:00pm. All groups from Developmental through Seniors are encouraged to attend. Short Course awards will be presented. This will be a pitch-in style meal. Please check your email for further information. Start date for long course is April 4th; our developmental pro-gram will begin on April 5th for returning swimmers.

2016 AquaSprints Report

We had another successful home meet, and that is not by any means a small feat. We received compliments from coaches, officials and parents alike from our great hospitality to our timers to the quality of air inside the pool area. We would like to thank the coaches, co-chairs, officials, all the parent volunteers and all the kids who volunteered as well. Without you, our meet would not have ran like a well-oiled ma-chine. Thank you for all you do to make ACST one of the best clubs in Indiana.

Plenty of families had who completed their volunteer hours requirement and the winner for the volunteer drawing for the $50 Meijer gift card is the Logeais Family. Congratulations!

Setting Three New Team Records

This year Maverick Bray and Brock Kinnamon set new records for the 11-12 SCY. Maverick swam a 29.10 for 50 Backstroke and 1:03.47 for 100 Backstroke. Brock swam a 4:54.32 for 400 IM and 2:17.10 for 200 Butterfly. Job well done boys!

Board Member News

Following the resignation of Mike Czerwonky in January, we are pleased to announce that the board has appointed Vanessa Santiago to fulfill the vacancy through August of 2017. We have a couple of outgoing board members in the fall and we are looking for individuals who are interested in running for the position. Please contact any of the board members if you or someone you know are interested.

Forming Committees

Nancy Myers who has served as the chair of concessions will be passing the torch to Melissa Gerber. Sherri Gardiner who has served as our hospitality Queen is also passing the torch to Ariel and Mia Garcia. We will be forming committees for areas such as concession and volunteer coordination for future meets. Please contact the board for more info.

Coaches Updates

Coach Renice Dobbs is doing better. She misses her Bronze kids and would love to be back soon. We wish her a speedy recovery. Megan Buis is now back to coaching for ACST and will start in the beginning of the long course season. Coach Karr was recently named 2016 Coach of the Year by IHSAA following their record breaking swims at the State Championships. Congrats Coach Karr!

Warm ups done! Let’s strike a pose!

Waiting for warm ups to start with Brownsburg swimmers

2016 AquaSprints

2016 IN Divisional Championships

The following qualified/competed in the 2016 IN SC CW Divisional

Championships in Brownsburg, IN this past March 4th through the 6th.

It was a joy to see them succeed and have fun especially at a champi-

onship level.

Savannah Abshire (Relay), Deelei Allie (Relay), Erik Becerril (Indiv/

Relay), Erika Becker (Indiv/Relay), Anna Bose (Indiv/Relay), Bethany

Brown (Relay), Riley Byron (Relay), Kayla Clark (Indiv/Relay), Elliot

Cooper (Indiv), Emma Cooper (Indiv/Relay), Addison Davis (Relay),

Kamryn Elder (Indiv/Relay), Rylee Elder (Indiv), Ava Fehr (Relay), Bel-

la Garcia (Indiv/Relay), Jakob Gates (Indiv/Relay), Carter Gerber

(Relay), Elle Gilkerson (Indiv/Relay), Karsten Hilgarth (Indiv/Relay),

Kate Hilgarth (Indiv/Relay), Garrett Hume (Relay), Jessica Hunter

(Relay), Kali Hutchek (Relay), Kristine Kraivanova (Indiv), Brock Kin-

namon (Indiv/Relay), Victoria Kinnamon (Indiv), Amanda Logeais

(Relay), Kayla Logeais (Indiv/Relay), Brock Lukins (Indiv/Relay), Cira

Mazdai (Relay), Aidan McPhail (Indiv/Relay), Eliza Meyer (Relay),

Amelia Meyers (Relay), Ian Meyers (Relay), Sophie Meyers (Indiv/

Relay), Jack Myers (Indiv), Madison Newport (Indiv/Relay), Rian

O’Maley (Relay), Jaxon Rogers (Relay), Wesley Rolfson (Indiv/Relay),

Abby Sandala (Relay), Mark Santiago (Indiv/Relay), Marshall Santiago

(Indiv/Relay), Grant Shirley (Relay), Kaitlyn Sinclair (Indiv/Relay), Na-

talie Sommers (Relay), Nick Sommers (Indiv/Relay), Olivia Stoudt

(Indiv/Relay), Austin Toney (Indiv/Relay), Colin Turner (Indiv), Joey

Vetter (Relay), Julia Weeks (Indiv/Relay), Jackson Wendt (Relay),

Connor Wingler (Indiv/Relay), Harrison Wood (Indiv/Relay), Aaron

Younie (Relay), Camden Zetty (Indiv/Relay)

2016 IN State Championships We are sending 14 of our kids to the State Championships on March 18-20th.

Congratulations and good luck!

Erika Becker (Indiv/Relay) Maverick Bray (Indiv)

Anna Bose (Relay) Kayla Clark (Indiv/Relay) Emma Cooper (Relay)

Bella Garcia (Relay) Elle Gilkerson (Indiv/Relay)

Kate Hilgarth (Relay) Brock Kinnamon (Indiv/Relay)

Kayla Logeais (Indiv/Relay) Mark Santiago (Relay)

Marshall Santiago (Indiv/Relay) Jackson Vanwanzeele (Indiv/Relay)

Victoria Wendt (Indiv) Connor Wingler (Relay)

Boys 10 and Under Relay

Girls 10 and Under Relay

Dabbing after Friday night awards!

Getting the girls ready for their swims.

Virtual Distance

Challenge

To promote and build

excitement and encour-

age pride in Long IM

and distance swimming

in Indiana, any swimmer

who swam the 1650 in a

sanctioned or unsanc-

tioned setting had sent

in their 1000 & 1650 and

400 IM times and was

ranked by single age

and gender. Top finish-

ers were awarded a

Speedo Virtual Winter

IM/Distance Champions

Shirt. Congratulations to

our very own:

Ava Fehr, 9, 400 IM

Marshall Santiago, 9

400 IM & 1000 Free

Austin Toney, 13, 1650

Free

Coaches thought it was a great idea to get the kids to write their names and best times on poster boards. Top photo was taken at AquaSprints; bottom photo from Divisional Championships. Those posters look pretty crowded with names. Great job, kids!

Sponsorship Opportunity Friends and Family of the Program, $ 100

Each F&F Sponsor will receive…

Invitation to season ending banquets for both long and short course sea-

son.

Recognition of your sponsorships in meet programs and newsletters

2 Complimentary passes to all sessions of both ACST swim meets

Excellent opportunity for alumni and grandparents or relatives to experi-

ence ACST excellence.

**Bonus** - For every F&F sponsorship your family acquires, you will be

credited $25 on your ACST account!

If you have questions about this sponsorship opportunity, please contact:

[email protected]

Celebrating 30 YEARS... Avon Community Swim Team has been in place for 30 years. Since its incep-

tion in 1986, ACST has served the competitive swimming needs of Avon and

the surrounding communities. There are no residency restrictions. Anyone may

join! Without the help of the board of directors, coaches, swimmers, parents

and volunteers, it would not have been possible. We have always had the best

volunteers around. We are known to have one of the best hospitality rooms in

swim meets. Again, none of these would have been possible without all of your

help. Thank you!

Contact Us

Jayda Sommers, President; email: [email protected]

Elizabeth Meyers, Vice President; email: [email protected]

Jayda Sommers, Treasurer; email: [email protected]

Sherry Gardiner, Member at Large

Debi Kinnamon, Gear Sales

Melisa Gerber, Developmental Registrar

Michael Sandala, Marketing & Sponsorship

Vanessa Santiago, Member at Large

Visit us on the web at www.acstswim.org

Many thanks to our Sponsors!