Mustang Monthly- Internet Edition
April 2007
MEET RECAPS
Greater
Southwest A Meet (Jan 26-28)
This prelim/final meet was held at Loos about a week
earlier this year due to conflicts with area high school regional meets. The Mustangs finished 4th out of
32 teams only 22.5 points out of 3rd place despite most of our high
school kids only swimming one day of the meet.
We swam well individually and got many personal best times. Below is a list of those who competed in the
meet in individual events. Those that
are bolded won at least one individual event. Way to go Mustangs!
Kendall
Ahnell (14), Christopher Alkire (13), Allison Arnold (14), Ellyn Baker (15), John Bannon
(17), Caroline Barnett (18), Spindrift Beck (16), Cassidy Beckwitt (14), Jack Beckwitt (15), Luke
Blaylock (11), Elizabeth Crowling (11), Jack Dwyer (16), Mark Faubion (14),
Hannah Ferrin (15), Erin Florence (12), Eric Futscher (12), Melanie Futscher
(16), Paul Gerard (15), Des Godfrey (14), Laura Gray (11), Audrey Gruber
(10), Emma
Gruber (11), Emma Gunning (17), Clint Hallum (17), Bolton Harris (16), Tanner
Harris (12), Jacey Hodan (13), Greg Hoffman (15), Alex Jennings (18), Katherine
Jones (16), Leah Jones (16), John
Kalivas (18), Nick Kalivas (18), Ann-Claire Karalyos (12), Jack Ken (14), Malin
Kenny (14), Avery Kesterson (9), Grace Kittle (18), Fernando Lara (15) Miyo
Malouf (13), Stephanie Martin (16), Kristin Masters (17), Meredith Monroe (18),
Conner Mullen (10), Max Murphy (16), Sam Murphy (12), Lauren Murski (11), Jordan
Newman (14), Courtney Nichols (10), Alicia Nicoud (17), Blake Osborn (13), Natalie
Rathjen (11), Delaney Rolfe (15), Lauren Roth (17), Nicholas Saliba (16), Kyle
Savage (17), Erin Smith (16), Maddie Steiner (17), Jessica Temple (16), Taylor Temple
(13), Bailey
Thompson (18), Andrew Tran (16), Harrison Tran (11), Caleb Veazey (16), Liam Veazey
(13), Casey Watters (13), Jake Watters (11), Keegan Watters (14), Meaghan
Watters (16), Alex Weber (16), Ann Weeks (12), Lamar Weeks (17), Scott Weeks
(15), Catia Weickgenant (16), Michelle Wessman (10), Burke Wiggins (16),
Kendall Williams (13), Trayce Womack (18), Max Zotos (10)
B/C
Championships (Feb 9-11)
In
terms of participation and performance this was one of our better B/C Champs
ever. We had over 45 kids entered in the
meet and every single person got at least one best time, many got all best
times. We finished 2nd out of
25 teams and about 60 points ahead of 3rd place COPS. Those swimmers who were part of this great
effort are listed below. The ones with
their names bolded won at least one event in either the B or C level. Awesome job Mustangs!
Clare
Allsopp-Shiner (11), Laura Ambrose (11), Maggie Boreham (11), Carolina Campbell
(8), Parker Capron (9), Claire Coker (10), Eliza Cope (10), Steven Cornish (12), Julia
Corsi (11), Anna Crowling (8), denise Echaniz (9), Erika Echaniz (7), JJ Echaniz
(12), Nicole Ewer (10), Emily Fitzgerald (11), Amanda Fugate (9)m Kaylan Hardin (10), Hayley
Heiner (12), Jacob Hum (7), Alvin Jiang (8), Siobhan
Kelley (11), Briana Kuhn (7), Sofia Lara (6), Mika Malouf (9), Gordon Montgomery (7), Sydney
Patterson (12), Laura Rathjen (11), Natalie Rathjen (11), Hannah Ridley (12), Kelsey
Robuck (9), Mead Robuck (11), Charlotte Rolfe (10), Alyssa Rusch (12), Shauna Seidel (9), Jena Seidemann
(9), Megan Silver (11), Mary-Carolyn Sloan (8), Sarah Startz (11), Dion
Jtahjono (11), Elizabeth Wessman (7), Rebecca Wessman (7), William Wessman (9), Jono
Womack (12), Jaclyn Zhou (12)
A & BB
Championships (Feb 14-16)
The
Mustangs hosted both of these meets which were held simultaneously at opposite
ends of Loos pool. Thank you to all our
Mustang volunteers and our meet director Jeff Veazey for pulling off what was
certainly a challenging event to host.
Special thanks also to Wendy Begg and Tom Grubb who don’t even have any
kids on the team anymore but still logged in a bunch of hours! The meet was challenging to host since the
high school state meet was the same weekend and many of our parents and
swimmers were in
Those
who competed in the A meet are listed below.
The names that are bolded represent those that won at least one
individual event and those that scored individually are in italics. Congratulations to all of our Mustangs!
A Champs
Kendall
Ahnell (14), Christopher Alkire (13), Ellyn Baker (15), Cassidy Beckwitt (14), Jack
Beckwitt (15), Luke Blaylock
(11), Mark Faubion (14), Erin Florence (12), Eric Futscher (12), Des
Godfrey (14), Audrey Gruber (10), Emma Gruber (12), Tanner
Harris (12), Andrew Harvey (17), Jacey Hodan (13), Greg Hoffman (15), Leah Jones (15), Ann-Claire Karalyos
(12), Malin Kenny (14), Avery Kesterson (9), Ann Pia Lara (17), Miyo Malouf (13), Conner Mullen (10), Sam Murphy (12), Lauren Murski (11), Courtney
Nichols (11), Steven Nichols (15),
Blake Osborn (13), Katie Radford (14), Natalie Rathjen (11), Nicholas Saliba (16), Chelbi Smith (15), Erin Smith (16) Harrison Tran (11), Caleb Veazey (16), Liam Veazey (13), Jake Watters (11), Keegan Watters (14), Ann Weeks (12), Michelle Wessman (10), Burke Wiggins (16), Kendall Williams (13), Trayce Womack (18)
Those
that competed in the BB Meet are listed below and those that scored
individually are in italics.
Congratulations to all!!!
BB Champs
Davis Benn (10), Caroline Blaylock (9), Trey Bouis (18), Caroline Boyd (10),
Haley Bybee (14), Parker Capron (9), Elsie Cardenas (15), Ellen Chaljub (13), Elizabeth Crowling (11), Patrick Crowling (13), Emily Elson (10), Caroline Florence (9), Alex
Fraley (13), Tiffany Futscher
(9), Sara Granger (13) Stephanie Grote (15), Anna Beth Gruber (13), Jon Hoffman (13), Berkley Johnson (11), Sarah Jones (12), Molly Kamuyu (14), Catherine Ken (13), Caitlin Klemme (11), Morgan Koranda (11), Pablo Lara (13), Mika
Malouf (9), Chase McLean (16), Will
McNamara (14), Kyle Morrissey (11), Kenzie
Murphy (9), Jeffrey Nichols (13),
Sydney Patterson (12), Hannah Reifsnyder (10), Hannah Ridley (12), Alyssa Rusch
(12), Timothy Simenc (10), Annie
Smith (14), Kassi Steger (10), Carolyn
Thomas (11), Leon Tjahjono (13), Annelyse Tullier (10), Jo Jo Veazey (10), Catherine Ward (13),
Daniel Withers (14), Max Zotos (10)
Texas Age
Group Championships (Mar 8-11)
TAGS
was again held at the fast University of Texas pool in Austin this year and our
Mustangs came through with another top 10 finish (10th) with 219
points. Special congratulations to our
TAGS Champions Allison Arnold (200, 500, 1000, 1650 frees & 400 IM) and
Taylor Temple (200 breast). Allison also
finished 1st in the high point battle for 14 year olds with 59 out
of a possible 61 individual points. It
was an interesting meet since this is the first year they had “off” year age
group qualifying times (11 & 13 yr olds).
We scored quite a few individual events due to the new format but less
than in the past on our relays. We had just under 30 kids participate in the
meet. Those that qualified for individual events are listed in italics below
and those that scored individually are bolded.
Way to go Mustangs!
Allison Arnold (14), Christopher Alkire (13), Luke
Blaylock (11), Emily
Elson (10), Caroline Florence (9), Erin Florence (12), Eric Futscher (12), Tiffany
Futscher (9), Des Godfrey (14), Audrey Gruber (10), Emma Gruber (12),
Tanner Harris (12), Jacey Hodan (13), Ann-Claire Karalyos (12), Jack
Ken (14), Malin Kenny (14), Avery Kesterson (9), Will
McNamara (14), Sam Murphy (13), Lauren Murski (11),
Courtney Nichols (11), Natalie Rathjen, Taylor Temple (13), Harrison Tran (11), Liam Veazey (13), Jake
Watters (11), Keegan Watters (14), Ann Weeks (12), Kendall Williams
(13)
Mustangs Finish Fifth at Spring Nationals
Almost 900 swimmers from swim
clubs and universities across the
The Mustangs were led by Spin
Beck, with three top eight finishes, and Matt Thompson, with four top eight
finishes. Our team also showed their
traditional strength and depth on relays by scoring in five out of the six
relay events. These are some amazing
achievements on the national level and our swimmers efforts, not only at
Nationals but at all of this season’s championship meets, should make the
entire Mustang family proud.
CONGRATULATIONS MUSTANGS!!!
Mustang individual results:
Allison Arnold – 200 fr (64th),
400 fr (35th), 800 fr (35th), 1500 fr (44th)
Spindrift Beck – 100 br (4th),
200 br (5th), 200 im (5th), 400 im (22nd)
Kannon Betzen – 100 br (32nd),
200 im (66th)
Grace Kittle – 100 br (48th),
200 br (44th)
Meredith Monroe – 100 bk (51st),
200 bk (21st)
Lauren Roth – relay only
Maddie Steiner – relay only
Jack Dwyer – 50 fr (44th),
100 fr (57th)
Clint Hallum – 200 fr (78th),
400 fr (33rd), 800 fr (43rd), 1500 fr (26th)
Max Murphy – 100 bk (18th),
200 bk (20th), 200 im (63rd), 100 fl (58th)
Matt Thompson – 100 bk (5th),
200 bk (3rd), 200 im (7th), 400 im (8th)
Caleb Veazey – 1500 fr (38th),
200 fl (38th)
Lamar Weeks – relay only
Mustang relay results:
Women’s 400 free relay – 12th
(Roth, Arnold, Steiner, Monroe)
Women’s 800 free relay – 6th
(Roth, Arnold, Steiner, Monroe)
Women’s 400 medley relay – 8th
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Men’s 400 free relay – 18th
(Dwyer, Hallum, Weeks, Thompson)
Men’s 800 free relay – 11th
(Weeks, Hallum, Murphy, Thompson)
Men’s 400 medley relay – 13th
(Thompson, Hallum, Murphy, Dwyer)
The top ten teams were:
1.
2.
3. Sun Devil (AZ) 210
4. Louisiana State Univ. (LA) 178
5.
6.
7. Sierra Marlins (CA) 125
8. Pine Crest (FL) 116
9. Navy (MD) 114
10. Bluefish (MA) 103
For complete team standings,
results, and other details on the 2007 Spring Nationals, please visit:
Swim-a-thon Update
A reminder that the Swim-a-thon is Wednesday, April 18th at
Loos Pool. Please have your swimmer there by 5:00pm. There will not be any other practices that
evening.
Award winners will be announced
at the banquet and awards will be distributed on May 2nd at Loos.
Money can be handed in between
April 18-27. Questions should be
directed to Paul Malouf at 214-263-8673 or at pm@pi411.net.
Team trip info
Please
update your calendars with our annual team trip information. As noted in the last newsletter the team will
be traveling to
Depart Thursday, June 7 from
Loos at 7:00am
Return Sunday, June 10 to Loos
late evening
Cost is $220 (covers bus and
lodging)
Hotel is the Pensacola Courtyard
by Marriott
We will plan to swim in the meet
on Friday and Saturday only.
Trip packets will be available
soon.
Deadline to reserve a spot on
the bus is May 15th
Social News
Remember, the annual Dallas Mustang Swim Team Banquet is
Sunday, April 22 at 5:00pm at the Umphrey Lee Ballroom on the SMU campus.
All Dallas Mustang swimmers and their families are invited to the premier
social event of the year to celebrate the 2006-2007 swim season. If you have
not reserved your seat and would still like to attend please contact Barb
Beckwitt at bbbeckwitt@aol.com.
This event
includes:
* sit down dinner *guest speaker
*year in review
* swimmer recognition/awards *graduating seniors
* slide show featuring your Dallas Mustangs
Don’t miss the opportunity to listen to this year’s
speaker, IAN CROCKER, Olympic gold
medalist and world record holder!!!
Attention Mustang Parents
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS!
The Dallas Mustangs will host an "A" meet May 11-13
at the Barr outdoor pool on the SMU Campus. There will be four sessions;
one Friday late afternoon, Saturday morning, Saturday evening, and Sunday
morning. This is one of the first long course meets of the season, so we
can expect that there will be lots of swimmers attending. Volunteers will
be needed for all four sessions. Remember, Mustang Bucks, good towards a
credit on tuition, will be awarded to volunteers whose hours and work
qualify. Volunteers are needed to assist with hospitality, clerk of
course, heat sheet sales, timing equipment set up and tear down, awards
processing, data processing and administration, and safety marshals. More
information will follow.
DM Tuition Policy Reminder
The Dallas
Mustangs is a competitive year round age-group swimming program. As such we strive to provide consistent
quality coaching and workout facilities.
To achieve this goal we establish pool rental contracts and salary
commitments with our coaching staff for a full 12-month period. Tuition amounts
are established based on the 12-month budget and divided into monthly or
quarterly amounts to provide reasonable payment options for our Dallas Mustang
families. The Dallas Mustangs Swim Team
is not, and was not designed to be a swim program where swimmers drop in one
month and out the next. Flexibility has
always been important to us. We try to
work with each family on the team and we will continue to do so.
Tuition may be paid
quarterly: September, December, March, and June, or monthly. Tuition paid monthly includes a $5.00 per
month processing fee. (If tuition for
the quarter is not paid by the due date, monthly payment has automatically been
selected.)
·
Tuition
is due from September through August.
(If you swim in July, you are responsible for August tuition.)
·
Tuition
is due on the 1st of each month/quarter.
·
Leave of Absence (LOA) is available only
for injury and medical reasons.
·
There
will be a $10.00 per month tuition discount for the second and subsequent
swimmers in the same family. The fourth
swimmer is free, but all swimmers must pay the annual registration fee.
·
A
swimmer transferring from another team must be in good standing with their old
team.
·
Statements
are only mailed quarterly. If you have chosen to pay monthly, it is your
responsibility to remember to mail or drop off tuition by the first of each
month that we do not send statements.
·
There
will be a $5.00 per family late fee after the 10th of the month for non-zero
balance accounts.
·
The swimmer(s) may be barred from
swimming if there is an aged account balance is excess of 60 days.
·
Please
indicate in the memo portion of all checks what the payment is for (i.e. Dues –
swimmer’s name, meet account, supplies, etc.).
·
If
there is a problem with your billing, please contact the treasurer.
·
Should
circumstances prevent full payment of your tuition, please contact the
president. Scholarships and alternate
payment plans will be addressed on a case by case basis. (Please Note: Lack of communication is not an
option!)
·
Should
you choose to leave the team – it is your responsibility to contact the
treasurer or registration chairman.
(Informing the coach does not fulfill this responsibility!)
·
If you choose to leave the team for the
summer, you must go through the tryout process in the fall. You may not return
to workouts until you have attended the tryout, completed paperwork and paid
your fees. You are not automatically
guaranteed a spot on the team. If your group is full, your name will be placed
on the waiting list. Any tuition/fee
balances that were not paid when you left the team must be paid prior to
re-joining the team.
·
If
you choose to leave the team at any point during the year, you MAY NOT
represent the Dallas Mustangs at any swim meet or event that occurs after the
date you have left the team. Should you choose to participate in a swim meet
after you have left the team, you must register for the meet and swim as unattached
(Team = UN).
·
Tuition
may be sent with the swimmer to the pool, or mailed to the Treasurer:
DM
Treasurer – Shannon Rusch
