FAST News and Announcements
(Past News)
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Tentative Calendar for 2008-2009 Short Course Season
Sept. 8 First day of practice
Sat. Sept. 13, 20, and 27 hikes 8:00 am; Places to be announced
Sat. Oct 4 Swim clinic at Moby; Details to be announced soon
Oct. 17-19 MACs meet
Sat. Nov. 1 FAST Intrasquad pentathlon meet
Nov. 14-16 Loveland Fall Meet
Dec. 5-7 FAST Meet prelims and finals EPIC; Details to be
announced
Dec. 12-14 Jr. Nationals Austin, TX.
Dec. 21-28 Winter break (one whole week!)
Dec. 29 practice resumes
Jan. 9-11 FAST Winter Open
Jan. 30-Feb.1 Winter District Meet (tba)
Feb. 21-22 Silver State and Senior State Championships at DU
Feb. 27-Mar.1 14 & under State Championships at EPIC
Mar. 4-7 Sectionals Federal Way, WA.
Welcome to our newest coach!
FAST has just hired a new assistant coach. Evan Welting comes to us from
the Greenwood Athletic Club Tiger Sharks where he has been an assistant for
the past two seasons.
Evan will assist Bill with the Senior group, coach the Blue group when Tasha
can't be there, start our masters program, and start our new High School
group. He will also handle our meet entries.
Evan grew up swimming for the Lakeside Swim Club in Louisville, KY. Mary
Meagher (madam butterfly) swam for Lakeside. Evan was a Jr. College 400 IM
national champion and academic All American. He finished his college swimming
career at Western Kentucky where he was captain and school record holder in
the 400 IM.
Evan has had extensive coaching experience at all levels including masters.
Before moving to Denver, Evan was an age-group coach for the nationally
recognized Swim Atlanta.
We are truly excited to have Evan join us at FAST!
Attention New Swimmers
Announcing
FAST Team Tryouts
Saturday, September 13
at EPIC (1801 Riverside Avenue)
Swimmers 6 to 8 years old: 1-2 p.m.
Swimmers 9 and older: 2-3 p.m.
For 2008-2009, group sizes on FAST will be limited due to available lane space.
We are hosting try-outs for all swimmers who did not swim with FAST
during the 2007-2008 short course or long course seasons. Swimmers will be challenged to help determine skill level
for group placement and readiness.
Swimmers selected from tryouts are eligible for a two-week free trial session.
After the trial session, swimmers choosing to join FAST must register for the team by October
1, 2008. Please be sure to review team information including, but
not limited to meet support,
practice
groups, and practice schedule. In
addition to attending practices, a commitment to FAST means working at
meets hosted by FAST (meet support) and attending meets. (Note:
2008-2009 registration information, fees, and terms and conditions are
available on the Registration
page.)
Swimmers who are unable to participate in the trial session will be placed on a
waiting list until space is available. Swimmers who do not make the trial session after tryouts are encouraged
to continue with swimming lessons to improve and keep up their swimming
skills.
Basic requirements for tryouts:
- At least six years
old
- Passed Level V Red Cross Swimming Lessons or the
equivalent, including:
1. 50 yards of continuous freestyle with side breathing
2. 50 yards of continuous backstroke
3. 25 yards of basic breaststroke
4. 25 yards of basic butterfly
5. Shallow dive
6. Freestyle flip turn or forward summersault
Additional information:
- Swimmers need to bring goggles.
- Swimmers with long hair should wear a swim cap.
- Boys should not wear baggy
swim trunks.
- Please arrive 5-10 minutes early to sign up in the pool lobby.
- Follow up session Tuesday, Sept. 16th 5:30p.m. at EPIC if needed.
We hope to see you at EPIC on September 13th. Until then, please keep
your swimmer swimming some and enjoy the Olympics. Go USA!
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