Mustang Monthly- Internet Edition
November 2008
A Refresher on our Team Philosophy
Those that have been on the Dallas
Mustangs for a while know what our team’s philosophy is. Those of you who are
new to the team might not. Regardless of which category you fall into, it is
always a good idea to remember why being a part of the Dallas Mustangs can be a
long and worthwhile experience. Much of that experience is driven by the
philosophy that the team embraces.
Our philosophy is simply this: to develop an enjoyable
and competitive program for each swimmer based on their skill, age, and
interest. We don’t believe in pushing the younger age groups, mentally or
physically. The focus at that age should be on technique and beginning to build
an endurance foundation that will continue to help the swimmer throughout his
or her swimming career. Pushing a child’s development too early or too quickly
can be detrimental to the athlete in the long run. United States Swimming
research shows the percentage of those athletes, who were ranked in the top 16
when they were younger, that were still ranked when they were in the 17-18 age
group. The percentages were:
11% of ranked 10 and under went on to be ranked as 17-18
year olds
16% of ranked 11-12’s went on to be ranked as 17-18 year
olds
33% of ranked 13-14’s went on to be ranked as 17-18 year
olds
51% of ranked 15-16’s went on to be ranked as 17-18 year
olds
This shows that early success does not necessarily
translate into long term success. Therefore, it’s important to be patient. Let
the body grow and develop, while working on correcting strokes and building an
aerobic base.
The older Dallas Mustang age groups are challenged and
are expected to contribute to the Dallas Mustangs’ continued national presence.
There is obviously a high level of commitment and sacrifice needed to
accomplish this lofty goal. We are also preparing those athletes to be
successful at the college level.
We expect all of our swimmers to treat others as they
would like to be treated and to take the lessons that they learn from our
program into every aspect of their lives.
And we expect all of our swimmers to support each other. A big reason
for the success of our program over the years is due to our team concept, which
really shows when it’s relay time!
Swimming is an incredible sport, with incredible people.
Thank you for being a part of our great program. GO MUSTANGS!!
Mook Rhodenbaugh – Head Coach
Meet
Recaps
COPS
11 & Over A Meet (October 4-5)
Fifty-Seven of our 11 & over
“A” Mustangs showed up at Loos for an early season test of their fitness
levels. We were 3rd out of
18 teams in the team race and our swimmers did a nice job of getting many best
times despite being in the water only a month after a month off. The meet went smoothly and was run well by
COPS despite a relatively large number of participants. Below is a list of those Mustangs who got
some hardware and scored points in the meet.
Great start to the Season Mustangs!
Claire Brandt (14), Michelle
Chow (40), Mark Faubion (16), Hannah Ferrin (17), Erin Florence (13), Eric
Futscher (13), Tiffany Futscher (11), Paul Gerard (17), Audrey Gruber (12), Emma
Gruber (13), Jacey Hodan (15), Alex Huff (15), Leah Jones (16), Mason Kelly
(11), Caitlin Klemme (12), Madeleine Marcos (12), Logan McGill (13), Sam Murphy
(14), Lauren Murski (13), Courtney Nichols (12), Natalie Rathjen (12), Alex
Robinson (14), Matt Roney (17), Marylyn Toledo (16), Andrew Tran (17), Harrison
Tran (13), Caleb Veazey (17), Liam Veazey (15), Max Walters (16), Jake Watters
(13), Keegan Watters (16)
COPS
Little Splashers Unclassified Meet (October 4-5)
Fifty of our 10 and under Mustangs
swam in this meet which was hosted by COPS on the same days that they held the
11 & over meet but at different session times. The meet ran well and we finished a strong 4th
place out of 17 teams and only one out of fifty Mustangs did not get at least
one best time! The early timing of this
meet was evident in some of our relay starts, turns, and finishes which
unfortunately (in a few cases) resulted in unwanted DQ’s! That is okay, since it gives us some specific
things to work on over the course of the Season to correct! Below is a list of those Mustangs who were
fortunate enough to score points in the meet.
Congratulations to all of our Mustangs for winning many heats and doing
some great racing!
Jessica Ball (6), Parker Benn
(9), Rebecca Brandt (9), Ashley Brown (10), Carolina Campbell (9), Kristie
Cheng (8), Stephen Cheng (9), Brennan Davis (7), Farrell Guest (10< Jacob
Hum (9), Madison Hutts (9), Alvin Jiang (9), Brian Jiang (7), Alex McElya (10),
Gordon Montgomery (9), Max Moundas (7), Alexander Ober (10), Ryan Peckham (5),
Ned Pfeiffer (7), Ethan Pittson (8), Elizabeth Wessman (9), William Wessman
(10)
LAC
BB Meet (October 10-12)
This BB level meet was held at the relatively new pool in
The Colony. Forty-Four of our Mustang
swimmers participated in the meet in which we finished an impressive 6th
place team only 1.5 points out of 5th! Only 2/40 Mustangs did not achieve at least
one best time! Awesome job Mustangs!
The following swimmers scored in
the meet in at least one event:
Parker
Benn (9), Luke Blaylock (13), Bianca Bowring (10), Carolina Campbell (9),
Elizabeth Crowling (13), Patrick Crowling (15), Nolan Daniels (11), Kendall
Ernst (12), Nicole Ewer (12), Conor Guest (13), Jacob Hum (9), Krista Ludowese
(13), Jordan Malone (10), Gordon Montgomery (9), Shauna Seidel (10), Annie
Smith (15), Virginia Tiernan (9), Daniel Withers (15)
DM
Haunted Hat B/C Meet (Oct 18-19)
Our Co-Meet Directors Deva
Fontenot and Jan Miller did a great job of managing a large “Olympic year”
crowd at our annual Haunted Hat meet.
Despite the fact that it was a North Texas Division 2 only group of B/C
swimmers we still had over 500 meet participants and stayed at or ahead of the
timeline the entire meet! We also had
over 100 Mustang swimmers swimming their hearts out in a B/C meet which is the
most I can remember in the last 8 or 9 years!
Thanks so much to all of our
Mustang parents and volunteers. Whether
you worked announcing, hospitality, awards, safety, clerk of course, computers,
timing, selling psyche sheets, ready bench or officiating……..thanks for helping
the “pony gallop” at the meet! It was great to see many new Mustang parents
getting their feet wet and supporting which we all know is a great sport for
your kid to be involved in. Below is a list
of those Mustangs who scored points in either the B or C level divisions. Mustangs Rule!
Brooke Allen (8), Emily Allton
(12), Parker Benn (9), Catherine Blaylock (7), Parker Capron (12), Abby
Cartwright (12), Shirley Cheng (12), Stephen Cheng (9), Jack Chen (11), Nolan
Daniels (11), Brennan Davis (7), Sara Duke (10), Amanda Fugate (11), Hannah
Goodwyn (7), Christianna Haas (110, Kaylan Hardin (11), Andrew Helmbrecht (11),
Tyler Hinderliter (7), Angie Huang (12), Jonathan Huang (9), Benjamin Hurst (9),
Jackson Hutts (10), Madison Hutts (9), Brian Jiang (7), Tara Lalvani (10),
Sofia Lara (8), Mika Malouf (11), Charlie Marshall (120, Taylor Mason (10),
Ishan Mistry (8), Alyssa Moino (12), Chloe Moino (11), Natalie Morris (11), Max
Moundas (7), Ellie Pfeiffer (10), Ned Pfeiffer (7), Hannah Reifsnyder (12),
Charlotte Rolfe (11), Alex Segal (8), Jena Seidemann (11), Amanda Steinborn
(9), Lizzy Stewart (8), Jennie Tai (10), Ailish Tierney (7), Niamh Tierney
(10), Pierce Tipton (12), Madeline Tovar (10), Maria Tovar (9), Abby Turner
(8), Lauren Walters (9), Kristen Whitaker (11), Kennedy Wiegand (7), Taylor
Williams (12), Jackson Yancey (9)
ATAC/NTN A
Invitational (Oct 31 – Nov 2)
This Southlake meet was well
attended by our A Swimmers except on the first night of the meet
(Halloween). We had almost 80 swimmers
in the meet and finished 4th out of twenty teams despite many of our
top swimmers only attending one day or not at all. As a group we swam faster than the first A
meet back in early October but still didn’t set the world on fire due to a
heavy training load for most of the older kids.
Many of the 12 and under swimmers swam great with several knocking down
some TAGS cuts early in the season! We
did race well and won many close races so Coaches Mook, Doug, and Lia were
happy with the team’s efforts in the water.
Great job Mustangs! Those that
finished in the money are listed below.
Christopher Alkire (14), Allison
Arnold (16), Claire Brandt (14), Rebecca Brandt (9), Sean Bray (16), Ashley
Brown (10), Michelle Chow (40), Erin Florence (13), Tiffany Futscher (11),
Audrey Gruber (12), Emma Gruber (13), Farrell Guest (10), Bolton Harris (18),
Jacey Hodan (15), Alex Huff (15), Alvin Jiang (9), Jordan Malone (10),
Madeleine Marcos (12), Alex McElya (10), Logan McGill (13), Alison Moffit (16),
Kenzie Murphy (11), Sam Murphy (14), Lauren Murski (13), Jordan Newman (16),
Courtney Nichols (12), Steven Nichols (16), Connor Nolan (15), Natalie Rathjen
(12), Alex Robinson (14), Matt Roney (17), Marylyn Toledo (16), Andrew Tran
(17), Harrison Tran (13), Annelyse Tullier (11), Caleb Veazey (17), Jake
Watters (13), Keegan Watters (16), William Wessman
Change of Treasurer
Please welcome Anne Blaylock as our new treasurer. Anne currently has 3 swimmers on the Mustangs
and has been with the team for 7 years.
She brings a wealth of experience, dedication and commitment to the
team. All future communications should
be directed to Anne at treas@dmswim.com.
Hotel Information for
Many of our National swimmers
will once again travel to Oklahoma City to compete at the annual Chesapeake
Elite Meet (formerly known as the Kerr McGee Elite Meet) to be held December 18-21.
The Dallas Mustangs have a block of 20 rooms at the following hotel:
Hilton Garden Inn (about 1 mile
from the Embassy Suites we stayed at last year).
801
(405) 942-1400
Rate is $89 (includes coupons
for free breakfast)
To book online go to: http://hiltongardeninn.hilton.com/en/gi/groups/personalized/OKCAHGI-DST-20081218/index.jhtml
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$89 (included daily coupon for free breakfast)
Questions
should be directed to our travel chairperson, Jason Miller, at travel@dmswim.com
Message from our Meet
Directors
We would like to express our thanks to the following Mustang
parents who helped make the Haunted Hat a huge success by stepping up to
volunteer. We appreciate all the new
parents who volunteered for the first time, as well as our veteran parents who
graciously worked and trained our new parents, even though most didn't have
swimmers in the meet.
Kelley and Reed Alton,
Ted Benn, Anne Blaylock, Cathy Brandt, Stacey Breeding, Stacey Brown, Rocio
Buckland, Celia Capron, Ana Katherine Curry, Nancy Daniels, Jordan Davis,
Albert Duarte, Rhonda Ferrin, Kristi and Erin Florence, Alex Fontenot, Paige Fugate, Eric Futscher,
Eva Garcia, Sharon Goodwyn, Elizabeth Haas, Cathy Heimbrecht, Kaity Hillgartner, Jim Hitzelberger, Bob Hohman,
Lynn Hsu, Alex Huang, Natalie Huff, Shaoping Jiang, Todd Kesterson,
Khozema Khambati, Morgan Koranda, Pravin Lalvani, Adriana Lara, Jenny Lee,
Cheryl Lewis, Krista Ludowese, Elizabeth Mack, Yoshiko Malouf, Paul Manak, Mary
Beth Marshall, Marvella and Alyssa
McElya, Will McNamara, Gayle McVey, Ronda Miles, Jason Miller, Sharon
Mistry, Kim Monroe, Haynes –Teresa & Geoffrey Morris, Kristin & Conor
Mullin, Robin & Courtney Nichols, Michelle & Connor Nolan, Karen Owen,
Sally Pfeiffer, Kent Porter, Jenny Posselt, LaVonda Reed, Rosa Reifsnyder,
Delaney Rolfe, Sandy Roney, Cindy Salkowski, Rachel Segal, Sam Seidemann, Wendy Shen, Vivian Steinborn, Mickey &
Lisa Stengal, Julie Stevenson, Jennifer Stewart, Paul Taylor, Jill Tiernan,
Laurie Tipton, Trinh Tran, Clare & Annelysa Tullier, Nancy Turner, Shannon
& Liam Veazey, Randy-Kelly-Max & Claire Walters, Donna Watters, Amy
Weeks, Cindy Weigand, Marianne & William Wessman, Margie Wolfe, and Harry
Womack.
A very special thanks goes to the following Mustang volunteers
who put in countless hours behind the scenes beginning days and weeks before
the meet: Deva & Ferrell Fontenot
for processing all meet entries and
meet computer operations, to Kerri
Holt, Sean Sell and Jay Brandt
for meet computer operations, Allison
Hoffman and Sharon Hillgartner
for chairing hospitality, and David Saliba and Greg Seidel, for setting up the timing equipment, operating the equipment , and who are always
the last ones to leave after breakdown.
Dee Koranda & Jan Miller, Meet Directors
Thursday
12/4/08
Thursday 1/08/09
Loos Supply Room
Our new supply room coordinator at Loos is
Alma Futscher. She can be reached at futscher@sbcglobal.net or at
972-506-9720. We have both latex and
silicone Dallas Mustang caps plus a limited supply of t-shirts and Mustang
suits.
Scheduling
Updates
Please
remember to check your email frequently or the team line at 972.530.SWAM (7926), for last minute changes to our schedule. If you are not receiving team e-mails, please
contact Donna Watters at vp@dmswim.com
Painless Fundraiser
The Dallas Mustangs is
registered with Tom Thumb in its Good Neighbor Program. Please remember to
attach our Good Neighbor Number to your Reward Card and Tom Thumb will donate a
percentage of the member’s total grocery purchases back to the Dallas Mustangs
every time your Reward Card is used! Painless and potentially profitable for
our team!
OUR TOM THUMB NUMBER IS 7648
Tuition Policy
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. 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 annually or monthly. Monthly
Tuition must be paid via electronic bank draft or credit card only. NO checks will be accepted at any pools or
through the mail. NO EXCEPTIONS. Annual tuition may be paid by check submitted
with your registration form.
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Tuition is due from
September through July.
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Leave of Absence (LOA) is available only for injury and
medical reasons.
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There will be a
$10.00 per month discount for the second and subsequent swimmers in the same
family. The fourth swimmer is free.
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If dues are paid
annually, there will be a $110.00 discount for the second swimmer and a $220.00
discount for the third swimmer. If there are more than 3 swimmers; the three
highest tuition rates will be billed and the 4th and subsequent
swimmers are free.
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A swimmer
transferring from another team must be in good standing with their old team.
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Tuition is due the
first of every month. There will be a $5.00 per family late fee after the 10th
of the month for non-zero balance accounts.
·
There are no tuition
refunds, tuition paid for the month or the year commits you for that period.
·
Written
communication to the DM Treasurer is required to change or stop automatic
billing.
·
The swimmer(s) may
be barred from swimming if there is an aged account balance is excess of 60
days.
Any questions regarding billing should be
addressed to the team treasurer via e-mail
Meet Entry Policy:
Meet
entry fees will be paid by credit card only.
Your credit card will be charged monthly. There will be a $1.00 surcharge per meet per
swimmer added to the fee. Meet entry
fees will be charged separate from tuition charges. All swimmers must maintain a current and up
to date meet entry account. Swimmers who do not provide valid credit card
information for meet entry fees will not be allowed to enter swim meets.
