Archive for September, 2008
Friday, September 26th, 2008
“Excuse me, Sir,” Alice inquires. “Could you tell me which road to take?” Wisely, the caterpillar asks, “Where are you going?” Somewhat dismayed, Alice responds, “Oh, I don’t know where I am going, Sir.” “Well,” replied the caterpillar, “if you don’t now where you are going, it really doesn’t matter ...
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
howdy all;
repeating a topic covered in conversations during the first few days of practice this season, challenges come in a variety of shapes and sizes. some are down right impossible though many others are just thought so. folk have long promoted alchemy, though it was only until recently ...
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
howdy tsunamis;
as was disseminated through e-mail, there are some changes to the schedule this fall. with the newman varsity team hosting several meets, and a religious holiday or two, it is necessary for our practices to be relocated to tulane every now and then where rich will often take the ...
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Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Hey Riptides, As most of you in the Riptide M Group know, you have a new coach. My name is Chris Clark and I'm a sophomore at Tulane. I'm originally from Springfield, Missouri, where I swam competitively for about ten years. I'm currently swimming for Tulane's swim club and giving lessons ...
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Monday, September 15th, 2008
hey tsunamis;
as i mentioned at practice today, practice tomorrow (16 september) will be at tulane from 4-6pm. the change is due to a home newman swim meet and coach rich is eagerly going to assume control as i will be coaching at newman.
there will be other days affected as well ...
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Monday, September 15th, 2008
Whew, we are FINALLY here...the Pre-Nats + have begun working in a Zone other than Ib or Ia.
For those of you who are new to the team, we use a 5 zone Russian-based energy zone system to train our athletes. I could go on for hours about training (just ask ...
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Monday, September 15th, 2008
Hello Tuesday Riptides:
Tomorrow is a special day - the Newman varsity team has a "home" meet
against 8 other local high school teams. At least 8 of your Nu Wave
teammates will be representing Newman in the meet!
Since the meet will no doubt extend into the Riptide time slot, Coach
Marshall has planned ...
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Sunday, September 14th, 2008
tsunamis and tidal waves;
though the past few weeks are in many respects a blur, a few things are clear: your commitment, dedication, focus and passion. we experienced a jump in attendance and everybody is making great attempts to learn the names and more of fellow teammates. despite some significant changes ...
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Friday, September 12th, 2008
It's been an interesting start to the season. Like many of you, I evacuated during Gustav. I returned to a messy fridge and some downed tree limbs. The important thing is, we all got to come home. Now that we are back, things are staring to return to normal.
The evacuation ...
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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
I hope you find this post safe and your property intact.
It looks like we will be back to normal training times at all of our facilities beginning Monday, September 8th. We will announce any changes to schedules via this blog.
We received numerous emails from coaches & clubs throughout the country ...
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