(Posted June 23, 2000)

The Dallas Mustangs took 53 swimmers to this year’s Damon McCoy Invitational in Shreveport, Louisiana. It was a tremendous weekend for all of those who participated, from the swimmers, to the coaches (Mook and Doug), and to all of the parents who also made the trip. Some of the highlights included: the trivia game on the bus, swimming in the rain, dancing Saturday night at the mall, winning the team spirit award, two meet records by Candace Blackman and one by Norm Stephens, all kinds of goodies given out for outstanding performances, and an incredibly competitive effort by all of the Mustangs swimmers. The Mustangs had many victorious swims, including winning honors by the following swimmers: 10 & under girls 200 Medley Relay (Ashley Rape, Kristen Masters, Lauren Roth, and Kelsey Hendricks), Candace Blackman, Jennifer Blackman, Debbie Forinash, Courtney Patterson, Sarah Wells, Matt Knubowitz, Rory Peterson, Mohamed El Madani, and Norm Stephens. These are the Mustangs who will remember their time on this year’s team trip for a long time:

Lauren Roth, Kelsey Hendricks, Ashley Rape, Meredith Higgins, Alexandra Young, Maggie Wackel, Christie Kimm, Avery Rape, Shelby Hendricks, Kristen Masters, Emma Gunning, Katherine Moncrief, Meredith Grubb, Diana Larson, Alexandra Jennings, Nikki Harris, Lindsay MacIntosh, Jenny Gommesson, Neelam Maghani, Candace Blackman, Jennifer Blackman, Jennifer Penley, Kate Gunning, Margaret Henderson, Nicole Keller, Amy Geis, Beth Geis, Jessica Shaw, Ariel Goldberg, Maggie Marshall, Caroline Jennings, Laura McGarrah, Jessica Rowe, Brook Louisell, Brittany Miller, Kate McNeill, Courtney Patterson, Sarah Wells, Marguerite Gabriele, Kent Irvin, John Bannon, Jeffery Wherry, Matt Knubowitz, Matt Saunders, Andrew Hansen, Mohamed El Madani, Jeff Girard, Rory Petterson, Norm Stephens, Greg Henderson, Dennis Bowsher, Oscar Masters, and Kenneth Wherry.

Need Vounteers for DASA Meet

The Dallas Amateur Swimming Association has asked the Dallas Mustangs to run the DASA Meet on July 17th, 18th and 20th at Loos. This is the Championship Meet for DASA recreational swimmers and an opportunity for the Mustangs to recruit new swimmers and generate substantial additional revenues to support our Mustang swimmers. We need Volunteers to help run the Ready Bench, work on Hospitality, Awards, Meet Entry/Computers, Tabs/Announcer and Heat Sheets/Advertising. Volunteers will receive double Mustang Bucks ($50 dues credit for more than10 hours/$20 dues credit for 5-10 hours worked per individual, maximum of two (2) volunteer credits per family). While extra volunteer help is always appreciated on the days of the meet, you must sign up for a volunteer slot in advance to be eligible for the double Mustang Bucks! Please contact the committee chairmen below and help make the 2000 DASA meet the best ever.

Dues Payment

Please remember to submit your dues payments on time. If you have a question regarding your dues statement please email George Cornelius at geocorn@airmail.net. You can also call him and leave a message at 972-416-4217. However George has been and will continue to be working long hours and may be unable to return calls when the rest of the population is awake. Therefore, the most efficient way of communicating with him may be through email.

Team Tryouts

Early team tryouts for the Dallas Mustangs will be held on August 7th and 8th at all three pools, prior to the team summer break. If you are aware of any friends who may be interested in joining the team, please invite them to tryout for the Dallas Mustangs. They won’t be disappointed and you will reap the rewards of swimmer referrals! Tryouts will also continue during the first week that we are back from summer break, September 5th – 8th.

This summer's TAGS Fire Up party will be held at Loos on Monday, July 24th, at 6:00 p.m. Our TAGS swimmers will receive their T-shirts and EVERY MUSTANG SWIMMER is encouraged to come cheer on their teammates. All swimmers should bring $3.00 to cover the cost of refreshments at the party.

Also, we are looking for video that shows our swimmers in action at either or both of the last two TAGS championships. Home movies from either the March 2000 Short Course TAGS or the July 1999 Long Course TAGS would be greatly appreciated. If you have any video you would be willing to share, please contact Stuart Roth at 972-939-1451. Your originals will be returned unharmed!

The Dallas Mustangs would like to welcome the following swimmers to our team: Eliza Glasstetter, Rory Peterson, Adrian Sanvictores, Matt Cline, Megan Cline, Hayden Glasstetter, Rachel Cooper, Danny Lloyd, Jenny Molberg, Matt Moore and Megan Reinke.

Even though school is out for the summer, there are those swimmers who did excel academically and need to be recognized! This month our congratulations go to Margaret Henderson, who swims with the Loos Gold group. Margaret graduated from the 8th grade at St. Pius X School, winning the medal for highest average in history and the medal for second highest over-all scholastic average for the last five years. She will attend Ursuline Academy next year.

This is just a reminder to use the Corporate Sponsorship packet that was mailed out to all swimming families over a month ago. Included in the packet was a letter addressed to each family explaining the contents of the packet; a sample letter to mail to employers or other corporations, inviting them to sponsor the Dallas Mustangs; and a brochure explaining the different sponsorship levels and benefits to the sponsoring company. If you need more brochures or sample letters, don’t hesitate to call Don Haney, Fundraising Chairman, and ask for more! He can be reached at 972-818-8484(H) or 972-661-8100(W).

Remember Mook and Meredith Rhodenbaugh are available for swim lessons. If you are interested in private instruction for your swimmer, please call Mook at 214 -768-1641 or Meredith at 972-889-SWIM to set up lessons.

Judi Shipp, Travel Chairperson, has blocked 18 rooms in Austin under "Dallas Mustangs Swim Team". If you wish to take advantage of the lower rates and want to stay with the rest of the team, please call either of these hotels and make your reservation by 5 p.m. July 17th.

June 23rd – 25^th "A" meet at Loos

July 1st – 2nd B/C meet (GCAT)

July 4th HAPPY FOURTH! NO WORKOUTS!

July 8th – 9th BB meet in Tyler

July 13th – 16^th TAGS Q ("A" only) at UTA

July 14th No workouts at Loos

July17, 18, 20^th No workouts at Loos; DASA Meet

July 22nd – 23^rd B/C Champs (GCAT & Duncanville)

BB Champs at Northlake

July 26^th *****New Summer Schedule until August 11^th starts - see below*****

July 26th – 30^th TAGS in Austin

August 7th & 8^th Team tryouts at all pools

August 11th Last day of summer workouts

August 14th – Sept 1st TEAM SUMMER BREAK – NO WORKOUTS

September 4th Labor Day – No workouts

September 5th Start back regular winter schedule at HP, Loos, and CFB.

National 7-9 AM @ SMU M-F, 3:30-6:15 PM @ Loos M-T-TH-F

Gold 7-9 AM @ SMU M-F, 4-6:15 PM @ Loos M-T-TH-F

Loos Silver 6-7:30 PM @ Loos

HP Silver 5:45-7:15 PM @ SMU

Loos Bronze I & II 6:30-7:30 PM @ Loos

HP Bronze 5-6 PM @ SMU

CFB Blue 5-6 PM @ CFB

CFB Red 5-6 PM @ CFB

National 5:30-7:30 PM @ Loos Monday thru Friday

Loos Gold 5:30-7:30 PM @ Loos Monday thru Friday

HP Gold 5:45-7:15 PM @ SMU Monday thru Friday

Loos Silver 6-7:30 PM @ Loos

HP Silver 5:45-7:15 PM @ SMU

Loos Bronze I & II 6:30-7:30 PM @ Loos

HP Bronze 5-6 PM @ SMU

CFB Blue 5-6 PM @ CFB

CFB Red 5-6 PM @ CFB

Please note that the Bronze and Silver practices at SMU will be treated as though they will be outside, even though they will be swimming inside (and some outside for Silver). This is due to the SMU college swimmers needing to be inside in case of bad weather.