TWISTERS
February/March Newsletter
Congrats on a successful Snowball Dive Meet!
Of course our divers were something else! We had divers in their first ever dive meet: Ali, Taylor, Emma, & Katie Beth. We had divers in their first AAU meet with us: Jordan & Jane. We had divers do their “first” dive in the meet: Emma, Katie Beth, and Hannah’s first 403c on 1-meter. There were some spectacular dives that come to mind: Alberta’s 303 on 1-meter, Eleanor’s 5132 on 3-meter, Zach’s 405c on 3-meter, Jane’s 403 on 1-meter, and Toby’s 103b on 1-meter. Jane had to compete 1-meter JO and 3-meter Novice at the same time. It was impossible to coach her because she was always diving! That took a lot of concentration. Payton won both the Target Diving & Novice Dive Off events! Katie Beth and Emma both won events in their very first meet! I can’t recall all the new dives that were done during the last two months but Ali learned enough new dives to compete in JO in her very first meet! She learned 14 dives in one month, which I believe is a RECORD for our team. I think she learned 101c, 201c, 302c, 402c, 103c, 104c, 5122d, 202c, & 5223. Many of these dives were on both boards! Toby learned 7 new dives in the past 2 months, and I think all of them had a DD of more than 2.0! Other new dives before the meet that I can recall: Hannah 5132 on 3meter, 403 on 1meter; Emma 001 on 3meter, 101, 102, 201, 401 on 1meter; Katie Beth 401, 201, 101 on 1meter & 001 on 3meter; Toby 304, 204b on both boards, 5134 on 3meter, 405c on 3meter, + more; Jane 403c, Taylor 401, 102, & 103, Alberta 5132 on 3meter, Zach 105b & 405c on 3meter. If that wasn’t enough ourdivers came to practice on Tuesday after the meet with a PURPOSE. Toby did a 305c on 1-meter, Zach a 5134 on both boards, Jordan a 304, and Eleanor a 105 on 1-meter. I had goose bumps all night long!
Current Schedule
February 20 is Girls State. There is still a good chance that Eleanor, Jordan, & Jane can qualify. If any of our divers make it to the State meet Mary and plan on going. Just like boys state we will be happy to take any team divers that want to go. However, that means that we change the practice time from Sat to Sun, February 21, from 2 to 4. We will keep you informed.
We will have a professional photographer take our team photo February 25 (Thursday) at 6 PM. Everyone please arrive on time at 6PM. You can have individual photos or “buddy” photos taken as well as our team shot. I will email the fees to you in a separate message. I encourage everyone to bring their “bling” (medals/trophies/etc.) for the individual shot. You are not obligated to buy the photos, but I really want everyone in the team shot.
Our JO divers will be going to Ames, Iowa March 6-7 for the Region 5 Championship. The top 6 divers qualify for Spring West Nationals which are April 9-10 in Minneapolis. You must register with USA diving as a “Competitive Gold” athlete. The cost is $75 and is good through September 2010. You can download the meet information from USAdiving.org or divemeets.com. Rebecca is going to decide on a team motel for us. Please let her know if you have a preference. There will be a coaching fee for this meet, and all divers will share in the coach’s expenses. I will be your coach and will try to travel with a family in order to keep my expenses to a minimum.
Sometime in the week after the Region meet we will probably have a team night when we all reverse dye shirts with the help of Tammy Parrott.
The MOKAN league will have meets on Wed nights for 6 weeks in June and July. I hope everyone will participate, but particularly the HS and novice divers. It is a great low key meet situation to try out new dives and perfect old ones; as well as a great learning experience for our new divers.
We are now a not for profit entity!
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I have sent our meet results to the Liberty Tribune paper. I am hopeful that they will be printed in the next week or two. Laurie will put them on our website as well. She also took some great pictures at the meet, please check them out. Please make sure that if you visit the Liberty HyVee tell them thanks for sponsoring our meet. We would like them to make this an annual event. We will get a team photo enlarged so we can sign it and give it to them. I have updated the team roster and will send it to each of you. Again, please check it for accuracy.
Please send your payment ($240 for 6 hours & $120 for 2 hours a week) for February/March to my home: 1700 Richfield Rd, Liberty, MO 64068. Thank you very much if you have already paid.
Divingly Yours,
Liberty, MO 64068