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Swimmers of the Month

Team Events

Video Clinics

NCA Boosters

Senior Classic Volunteers

Officials’ Training

Escrip Contest

Team Photo Day

Parka Orders

UCSD Swim Camps

Family2Family Fund

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Our senior swimmers have had a very successful

season so far capped off by a strong performance at the Long Beach Grand Prix last month. NCA finished 4th overall in the combined team race and our girls finished 2nd in the wom-ens division.

Our kids all raced really tough and I was especially

impressed by how we com-peted in “workout suits” while many of our competitors were racing in high performance suits. I told the group last fall that we needed to go back to “old school” this year and not rely on technology (i.e. the Speedo lazer) to go fast.

Although we benefited like everyone else from the

new suit technology last year, we decided to hold off until our championship meet next month in Austin, Texas. We will be taking the top 18 seniors to this competition and test our-selves against many of the top 18-under club programs in the US. We will use the upcoming Sr Classic this month to make a final determination on who makes the team.

We have been really happy with the commitment of

the group this year. We have one of the largest senior classes in the history of our program (12) and they are setting the tone for the group. Several of our seniors have already signed

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letters of intent with major swimming schools across the country. Some of our seniors are really stepping up and becom-ing leaders and making each of their teammates accountable. This is really helping our young-er seniors and pre-seniors build the foundation for their own op-portunities at the next level.

2008 was an epic year for our senior program and raised

the bar for what is possible. This year’s senior group has great potential and we are excited and anxious to see where they will stand in our team’s history.

Sincerely

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NCA completed the long course season with a first place finish in

the LC Junior Olympics. With many of the senior swimmers going to Nationals after JO’s we were short a lot of our big guns. The age group program really stepped up. Gretchen Horbol was the hi point winner for the 11/12 girls. NCA broke several records. Katie Tomkinson broke the 15-18 100 free JO record from 1990, Graham Smith broke the 13/14 200 back JO and SI record from 2005, Kendyl Stewart broke the 13/14 200 back JO record from 2007, Jamey Lyon broke the 13/14 JO record in the 1500 from 1997 and Eric Hedlin broke the 15-18 JO record in the 1500 set in 2003.

We also had several record setting relay teams. The 15-18 girls set

the 400 free JO record (Katie T, Mikkel-Ane Stipe, Jessie Schmitt and Kelsey Hall). They also set the 400 medley relay record with Allie Knight, Jessie S, Noel Elgamal, and Katie T. The 13-14 boys set an SI and JO record from 2004 in the 800 free relay (Jamey L, Santeri Salomaki, Justin Schweigert and Gra-ham Smith). The 13/14 girls set a JO and SI record from 2005 in the 400 free (Kendyl, Monica Dornick, Margaret Guo and Herendira Alanis). The 13/14 girls set a JO and SI record in the 400 medley relay from 2005 (Kendyl, Kelsey, Heren-dira and Monica). The 11/12 girls broke a JO record from 2006 in the 200 med-ley relay (Rochelle Dong, Brooke Stites, Gretchen Horbol and Annabel Tomes).

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All in all, it was a very rewarding and FAST meet!!! Seems like ages ago

though….

We had 16 NCA swimmers go to Western Zones this year in Or-

egon. Jamey Lyon, Annabel Tomes, Rochelle Dong, Gretchen Horbol, Ariel Jordan, Jason O’Brien, Scott Clausen, Ally Tomkinson, Graham Smith, Alyssa Morris, Caroline Gartland, Josh Par-menter, Neil Franka, Herendira Alanis, Helen Papadopoulos and Kelsey Kafka. Stefan Knight also attended Zones and is now on NCA. Congratulations to the Zones participants! San Diego came in 5th at Zones this year.

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Escrip is an easy way for you to help the NCA Boosters

raise funds at no extra cost to you! When you shop a percent-age will be given back to the team, at no cost to you!

If you register for Escrip, your swimmer may help to win a

pizza party for their pool site! If 80% of the families register at any one site, that entire site is eligible for a pizza party, compliments of the Del Mar Chamber of Commerce. This is a painless way to raise money for the team. Some of you did it at the Swim-a-thon, others at the Holiday Party; now we just need the rest of you!

On the homepage of the team website (ncaq.org),

please go to What’s New and click on Escrip. You can sign up online very quickly. I did it and now everytime I shop at Vons the team gets a percentage and it doesn’t cost me a thing. How many times can you help an organization without donat-ing? This way everyone wins!!! You get the groceries you were getting anyway and NCA gets needed funds for team events and education.

We will run this contest through the end of March.

Email me [email protected] if you have questions.

Thank you to the Del Mar-Chamber of Commerce for

supporting us in this fundrais-ing effort!

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At NCA, we truly appreciate our meet officials and the essential role they play at swim

meets. If you’re considering becoming a meet official, please email [email protected] for details on the perks of this very important job.

Basically, there are three steps to becoming a meet official: attend a training clinic (watch

for information on the team website (NCAQ.org) under “Events”), take an online test, then shadow 6 times. Thanks for your support.

North Coast Aquatics honored meet officials at the annual awards program in 2008

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San Diego Imperial All Star Team 2009

Congratulations to the following swimmers: Sarah Abrahamson, Taylor Fettel, Lindsay Ladman, Jessie Parmenter, Margaret Guo,

Gretchen Horbol, Katya Rakotz, Annabel Tomes, Josh Parmenter, Ja-son O’Brien, Austin Aleman, Scott Clausen, Ryan McCauley, Nicholas Iftimie, and Tyler Sande.

These athletes qualified to be on the San Diego Imperial All Star team. This team traveled to northern California in January to

compete against Central California and Sierra Nevada All Star teams.

Traveling with the team as the 11/12 girls coach was our very own Coach Amanda. She provided a watchful eye over the NCA swim-

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Senior Classic Volunteers Make Meet Possible

NCA hosted the snack bar and hospital-ity for the annual Senior Classic Meet

beginning on Friday, Feb. 13 through Monday, Feb. 16 at the JCC. After all the parents of the athletes competing at the meet signed up to volunteer, we were still short so other families stepped up and helped out.

A big thank you from the Boosters for working and braving the cold and

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Former Teammate

NCA swimmers and families have a reputation for generously giving their

time, energy, and resources to help victims of disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and local wildfires. Recently the team had an opportunity to help a former teammate who lost her home when a jet crashed in UTC. Thank you to everyone who partici-pated.


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NCA was founded in 1979 by Head Coach Jeff Pease.

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We have begun developing a series of video clinics designed to al-low coaches to focus more attention on developing and improving

swimmers stroke technique.

These clinics utilize the Dartfish computer software program that allows digital video to be captured and analyzed, both above and

below the water. Coaches at the clinics will work one-on-one with the participants, reviewing their strokes and giving them specific stroke ele-ments to work on as they go through training.

Several days after the clinic, each swimmer will be given a CD of the video of their swims, which they can then watch on their own com-

puter and share with their site coach. These clinics will be 2 hours and usually offered on Saturday mornings, depending on meet schedules and coach availability, and will have an additional cost. The schedule of these clinics will be posted on the website and you may sign up online. Thanks for your interest.

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Steven AbrahamsonAustin AlemanBrendan BarryDennis BlyashovKia BullockIlya BurmistrovAaron ChowDarren ChowPaul ChristensenScott ClausenWilliam DongNeil FrankaNikolai GaenzleSean GartlandPaul HedlinJordan HouriNicholas IftimieChris IndudharaChase LadmanCalvin LeatherAndrew LevineJamey LyonHayden McCauleyRyan McCauleyJason O’BrienJames PapadopoulosJosh ParmenterPearu PoldTyler SandeGraham SmithAlessandro ThomsonMikael ThomsonKevin WangRico Zegarra

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May 9th Events

There will be a clinic run by the NCA coaches and Senior swimmers on Saturday May 9th at the JCC. The time

frame will be in the morning, but more specifics will be out later. If you met your Swimathon minimum financial requirement you are invited to this clinic. You still have time to qualify for the clinic by turning in your minimum requirements by March 31st.

Also on May 9th we will have a mandatory team photo (if you already purchased one, this one will be free).

The time for this will be announced. Please make note of this now, so we can have 100% in the photo this time around. You will need to wear a solid navy, solid black suit, or a team suit to the photo. If you are only coming to the photo, you will need to be at the JCC for only 20-30 min. Email Sue with questions.

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We get a team discount for 10 or more swimmers. We have 10 already for the first camp session in July!

Jump on board and receive the discount. Please email Sue for sign up procedure and discount.

Camp and clinic information can be accessed online at:http://www.ucsandiegoswimmingcamps.com/

Parka Orders

With the cold, rainy weather lately, there’s nothing better than a perfect green NCA team parka to keep

your swimmer warm. At practice and meets, no jacket or coat can do the job of a swim parka. NCA parka order forms are available under NCA Boosters in a pdf format or under Bulletin Board in a word document. Email Sue for sizes: [email protected]

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Saturday, March 14 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.Details on NCAQ.org

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AG1- Deniesse Vankat

Deniesse swims at the J with AG1 and has worked her way into the pre-senior track.

She came from the YMCA program and had never experienced Coach Jeff ’s workouts. Throughout this season, Deniesse has shown great dedica-tion and effort in her training and has also done an awesome job at meets dropping times on her races. Deniesse’s favorite stroke is butterfly.

AG2- Hazel Friedman

Hazel swims at the J with AG2. As she transi-tioned in from AG3, she was faced with great

challenges such as longer distances and tougher intervals in AG2. She puts her head down and gets to work during all her workouts. Recently, Hazel had a phenomenal meet at the Pentathlon and has demonstrated how hard work pays off. Hazel’s free and fly have become strokes of choice during racing.

December

AG1- Jason O’Brien

Jason is one of our new upcoming boys in the program. At only 12 years old, Jason has

shown great potential and performance, knock-ing out his personal best time and the competi-tion in the 500 free. He is also on the pre-senior track enjoying Coach Jeff ’s Saturday morning survivor workouts and applying himself daily in practice.

AG2- Calvin Leather

Calvin swims at the J with AG2. He is a dedi-cated breastroker and a hard worker at heart.

Calvin has been stepping up his level in training over the last season and has become fit to chal-lenge all his intervals during workouts and suc-ceeds. This will be an interesting year for him.

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Spring 2009

ASAP Sign up for UCSD Swim Camps and Clinics in April and Summer; Matt is on staff there now

March 6-8 JO-Max North Go Dorados!

March 14 Velocity party for Swim-a-thoners who reached $ goals 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. (details on NCAQ.org)

April eScrip Pizza Party (please sign up during March!)

April UCSD Swim Camps and ClinicsApril 2-5 Far Westerns

May 1 Applications for the Kay Pentz Scholarship dueMay 9 Mandatory team photoMay 9 Clinic for Swim-a-thoners who reached $ goals

For a complete and current list of events and meets,check our team website NCAQ.org often.

Keep the team informed of any changes to your email address.Email and NCAQ.org are the primary ways our NCA family keeps in touch.

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Details and forms now available online under “NCA Boosters” on the team website.

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Sarah Ekaireb - Sarah always puts forth her best effort in workout. She pays at-

tention to suggestions made regarding her strokes and never complains, even though she’s shivering and turning purple, she still stays in the water and does what is asked of her.

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Zoe Kleinfled - Zoe is always a leader both in the pool and out of the water.

She is friendly, works hard, and gets along well with everyone. She has taken the ini-tiative to lead her lane and is always will-ing to be my demonstrator.

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Madison Pascoe - Has really been work-ing on her form and has made dra-

matic changes within her time with the team. She always has a big smile and gets along well with everyone. She works hard and it shows that she really tries to im-prove.

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Paeru Pold - Pearu has made a wonder-ful turnaround. He is a good athlete

and is involved in a few different things, but this year he has really devoted time and energy to the sport of swimming. I have seen him really focusing on his form and leading by example.

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Age Group 3

Aspen Luedtke:

Aspen did a great job in November. She worked incredibly hard in Age Group 3 and went through a brief transitioning into Age Group 2. She did so well that she quickly moved up to AG2 permanently where she is now leading her lane most days (even moving up a lane on some free sets) and continues to make progress. Aspen is also an excellent volleyball player.

Age Group 2

Sean Gartland

Sean started out the season swimming in a lane with his friends. With a little “en-couragement” from his coach he moved up to a lane with more challenging inter-vals and did such a nice job he has now moved up to Age Group 1. Sean is finally taking ownership in his swimming and continues to improve every day.

Age Group 1

Scott Clausen

Scott has had an incredible start to this season. In his first ever 1000 free he re-corded a National Age Group Reportable Time (NRT), which puts him in the top few in the country in his age group! He has also recorded AAAA times in the 200 and 500 freestyles. Scott is highly motivated and wants to succeed in this sport. Keep up the hard work Scott--the sky’s the limit!


Age Group 3

Cooper Wood

Cooper has had a great month. He has shown tremendous improvement in his strokes, work ethic, and attitude towards swimming. He is currently transitioning to Age Group 2 and will move up there full time starting in January. He likes to train and train hard, and it is obvious he wants to get better. Cooper, you are well on your way!

Age Group 2

Chase Ladman

Chase has been working really hard this month. His attendance and work ethic has picked up lately and he has seen the results. He qualified for the AA meet in Cerritos in the 50 and 100 fly and had a couple of great swims. His stroke technique has also improved. Keep it up, Chase!

Age Group 1

Katya Rakotz

Katya has consistently had the highest attendance rate of any swimmer at Carlsbad, and it shows in her swims. She works as hard as anyone in the pool, making pre-senior intervals during practice. She has seen her times in the distance freestyle and breaststroke continue to drop and is well on her way to qualifying for some fast meets. Katya is a pleasure to coach and a wonderful swimmer.

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If you want to see strong work ethic in action, just watch Amador. Each and every workout Amador attends he gives 150%. Liking challenging sets, Amador pushes himself to swim his best. Amador, who is a member of both United States Swimming and Federacion Mexicana de Natacion, is a great swimmer to coach and has the re-spect of his fellow lanemates.

December

ANDREW JEONG

Andrew has been working hard since joining our program in Sep-tember. Working on all his strokes, Andrew has shown hard work and determination by working on all of his strokes and speed. After only 2 months with NCA, Andrew moved up a lane and has even been the lane leader. We will see many fast times from this 8th grader in sea-sons to come!

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Kenny Trang Blue –Boys and Girls Club

Favorite stroke or event: Butterfly and Breastroke

Kenny shows up to practice ready to work and brings a positive attitude with him. Still new to Blue, he has been doing a great job.

Justine Chen White-Boys and Girls Club

Favorite stroke or event: Breaststroke

Although she is a silly one, Justine does her best ev-ery practice. She loves to be with her friends at prac-tice and make new ones when someone new joins the group.

Andy Kao White-Boys and Girls Club


Andy is a very serious swimmer. He focuses when it is time to work hard, but knows how to let go and have fun on game day.

Zach Schmitt Blue-Boys and Girls Club

Zach is very quiet and keeps to himself during practice. Still somewhat new to Blue, he has been making tre-mendous improvements in his skills. Zach has done a really great job and I’m happy to have him in my group.

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Logan Voelker Blue-Ballys T/TH

Logan is very quiet and does not say much during prac-tice; however he is a real hard worker. Logan focuses on correcting the little things which will help him overall and has been doing a great job about it.

Cole Stoermer White-Ballys T/TH


Cole is one of my main lane leaders. He is alert and pays attention to the workout and corrects me if I miss count 50’s (sometimes I forget). I can always count on Cole to be excited for a workout.

Zak Kousens White-Ballys T/TH

Favorite stroke or event: All the strokes

Since day one when Zak joined the white group I knew that he would do really well. He works hard every prac-tice and is always looking for ways to get better. Zak is also a really super team player.

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Tatum Bernat Blue-Boys and Girls Club

Favorite stroke or event: All of them!

Tatum is a phenomenal swimmer. Tatum gives 110% at practice. I can always count on her to rise to the occasion and do her best and some-times she surprises herself. Way to go!

Rachel Liberatore White-Boys and Girls Club

Favorite stroke or event: Backstroke

Rachel is relatively new to the team, but she has been doing a fantastic job. She has an amazing backstroke. She does a great job at listening and following directions.

Dominic Rice White-Boys and Girls Club

Favorite stroke or event: Freestyle

Dominic has come a long way in a short amount of time. He is great at fixing the little things and really tries his best. I am very proud of him and his accomplishments. He does a great job at helping others at practice.

Roshan Ahmed Blue-Boys and Girls Club


Roshan has done a superb job and improving all of his strokes. He gets along with just about anyone he swims with. He is a great lane leader and I can depend on him to read the pace clock and know when to leave.

Families, please contribute your photos from meets and events to the team news-

letter. Simply email them to [email protected] with a brief note about when and where they were taken. Thanks!


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Favorite stroke or event: Butterfly

Thomas is always looking for a challenge. Still new to Blue he has come a far way in a short amount of time. Thomas is working on executing each stroke to its per-fection.

Savera Soin White-Ballys T/TH

Favorite stroke or event: Freestyle

Savera is newer to the team. She is a great listener and has adapted to the “Big” pool challenges. Although sometimes overwhelmed, she goes for the gold.

Melody Sadri-Naini White-Ballys T/TH


Melody is still new to the team; however she comes to practice with a smile on her face everyday. She tries really hard to understand everything and put it to use. It is awesome to see her face light up when she finally gets a drill or skill that we have been working on.

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Giorgiana Gilbert

Favorite Event: 100 BreastCom-ments: Giorgie has been doing a great job at going to meets and making new friends on swim team. Her hard work is paying off and now she really has a great breast stroke kick! Giorgie is really good at getting everyone to have fun and laugh even when she’s learning something new. Way to go Giorgie!

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Matthew Schafer

Favorite Event: 100 Breast…maybe 100 IM;)

Comments: Matthew always comes with a willing heart to prac-tice. He always wants to learn and he wants to make sure that he’s doing everything right. He is also brave and willing to try new events at meets. He tried a 100 IM for the first time at our recent Blue/Green Meet and did very well. Keep up the good work Matthew!

Red Group

Kaylee Dennis

Favorite Event: 25 Freestyle and 25 Breast stroke

Comments: Kaylee has the fast-est kicks I have ever seen for a Red Group swimmer! Kaylee works really hard at practice and is working at getting more com-fortable at meets. Kaylee tries her best and really enjoys practice when we get to play games. Nice job Kaylee!

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Jarrod Adam

Favorite Event: 50/100 Fly, Breast and Freestyle

Comments: Jarrod is newer to our HS Prep team, but he has done a fabulous job at building endurance, refining his technique and jumping on meet opportuni-ties. I’m excited to see what the next couple months will look like for Jarrod as he gets challenged to be his best. Jarrod especially likes to hear about flip turns and how important it is to do them at each wall!!! :)


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Hunter Padgett

Favorite Event: 100 Fly, 100 Breast, 100 IM

Hunter is my thoughtful swim-mer. He is helpful and looks for ways to be encouraging to other swimmers. Hunter has worked re-ally hard the past couple months really getting a solid breast stroke kick down and straight arms out on Fly. Hunter also likes to go to meets and compete. Hunter, I’m proud of all your hard work!

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Maggie O’Rourke

Favorite Event: Breast and Free-style

Maggie has such a positive atti-tude. She is always excited to be at practice and share something new about her day. Maggie works really hard at practice and is al-ways an encouragement to other swimmers by her smile. Maggie also has good breast stroke kick that just gets better every day she practices! Way to go, Maggie!

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Paul Maxwell

Favorite Stroke: 25 Breast, Back and Freestyle

Paul loves coming to practice. Aside from becoming a good swimmer Paul is also a pretty talented musician. Paul’s freestyle and side breathing have come a long way since last spring, he’s even doing meets now! Way to go, Paul!

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Jennifer Mahin

Favorite Stroke: Breastroke

Jennifer is doing a great job in HS Prep. She works hard to per-fect her breast stroke kick and looks for ways to be strong in her fly. Jennifer is also kind to other swimmers and maintains a posi-tive attitude. She is even going to her first meet in January, way to go Jennifer!!!

It’s never been easier to make quick online donations to the North Coast Aquatics Boosters! Only takes a minute.

Go to NCAQ.org today to make your tax-deductible donation.

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Please include information about where and when the photo was taken.

Most photos are uncaptioned with your child’s safety in mind since anyone can download our newsletter from the web-site. Thanks for your support.

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Family2Family Fund

Our thoughts are with all of you during this time of economic crisis and uncertainty. An NCA family recently suggested that the Boosters spearhead the collection of dona-tions by NCA families designated specifical-ly for struggling NCA families as a second-ary hardship scholarship. Donations to the Boosters are tax deductible. In addition, the Boosters will be giving complimentary thank you gifts (i.e. 2008 NCA memorabilia) for every $25 donated.Details remain to be ironed out but if you want to participate now - - to help strug-gling NCA families right away - - simply send your check for any amount, made out to NCA Boosters, to Sue via poolmail or by regular mail to the NCA Boosters address on the website. Please indicate on your check that your donation is for the Family-2Family Fund (rather than Swim-a-thon, for example). Thank you for your kindness and concern.NCA BoostersPMB #2323830 Valley Centre Dr., Ste 705San Diego, CA 92130

Thanks!

The vision of NCA’s coach-ing staff, the leadership of the coaches and Boosters, and the energetic support of the parent volunteers have built a strong organi-zation and reputation.

Sincere thanks to outgo-ing Boosters Janet Exley, Rose Harris, and Belinda Rodgers for their ser-vice. Thanks also to Past President Rick Schmitt and other former Boosters for ongoing help.

Welcome and thank you to our new Boosters: Patti Smith, Mary Kay Barry, and Mike Aleman!

NCA Boosters Executive Committee

Jeff Stites, PresidentRick Schmitt, Past President

Cyndy Kafka, TreasurerKim Tomkinson, Secretary

Jeff Pease, Advisor

Members at LargeMike Aleman

Mary Kay BarrySue ParnesPatti Smith

Shelly Stewart


Well this year it was a very exciting battle between

Pacific Swim and NCA. PS edged out NCA by 58 points. It came down to the end of the meet. We are so very proud of all our athletes for their speed in the pool, determination and their wonderful display of sportsmanship. We had out-standing swims. Here are some highlights:

Jamey Lyon (13/14) broke...no, not just broke...SHATTERED

3 huge individual records set back in 1982. He set new San Diego Imperial and JO records that will stand for a long time to come. He started on Friday night with the 1,000 in a record setting time of 9:27.54! He con-tinued his streak in the 500 with an unbelievable time of 4:35.62. His last individual event was the mile on Sunday where he set his last SI/JO record in the 1650 at 15:51.17!! Way to go Jamey!!!

The 13/14 boys relay team started things off on Fri-

day night by setting a new JO record in the 800 free relay. The team of Graham Smith, Scott Clausen, Jason O’Brien and Jamey Lyon got the meet off to a record breaking start!!

Graham went on to set a new JO record in the 100 back,

swimming it in a blazing 53.72. He also broke the JO record too in the 500 free clocking a 4:42.10!!! 2 NCA swimmers go-ing under the JO record!!!

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Kendyl Stewart, 14, rounded off the record setting with

a new SI/JO record in the 200 back. She took that record from sweet 13-year old Kendyl Stew-art in 2008!!!

The entire team did an excep-tional job. Individual events

score top 16 and many of our athletes fell into this category. Many thanks for the senior lead-ers and for Allie T for the great t-shirts!!

In an effort to get this out in the newsletter before LC JOs,

I am not including the names of our finalists and top 16. You can go to si-swimming.com for all the results!! Way to go NCA!

Thank Youto the NCA Boosters and coach-es for the privilege of editing the team newsletter the past year and a half....and to everyone for putting up with me and my camera at meets, parties, clinics, and practice! Special thanks to Coach Sue, Coach Jeff, Jeff Stites, and Shelly Stewart for all your help. I set up an email account just for parents to send photos and coaches to send reports to: [email protected] team is BOOM Dynamite! See you at JO-Max this weekend, Belinda Rodgers

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