March 2017 Published by Lone Star Swim Team, 9597 Jones Road, PMB 197, Houston TX 77065

Volume 4, Edition 3

UPCOMING MEETS:

MARCH: NO MEETS THIS

MONTH—ENJOY THE

REST

4/1: 12 & Under Gulf Sprint

Series @ FBISD Practice

Facility .

4/22-23: Gulf Long Course

Open @ FBISD Practice

Facility

SAVE THE DATE:

03/8,10 —End of Season

Time Trials

03/13—Head Start Begins

03/15—LSST Zoo Trip 9AM

to 1 PM

03/20—Raising Cane’s Fund-

raising Fun Night

2016-2017 Board of Directors

Head Coach: Eddie Adams

President: Amanda Muske

Vice-President: Doug Davis

Treasurer: Scotty Lewis

Secretary /

Volunteers: Jennifer Budet

Members: Jennifer Malone

Judy Siemer

www.lonestarswimteam.org

Welcome Head Start Group! We already have 20 swimmers

that have registered. We look forward to having you even

if it’ s for a short time. Be sure to tell your summer

friends to join us while we still have room. Due to Cy-

Fair’ s activity schedule, we must change our program days

to accommodate and have pool space, Program will run on

the following days: All groups will start at 5 PM. Depend-

ing on age and skill level, some will end at 6 and others

may join our regular practice group until 6:30 PM.

Week 1— Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday

Week 2— Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday

Week 3— Friday

Week 4— Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday

Week 5— Monday, Tuesday Wednesday

REGISTRATION IS OPEN ONLINE.—Tell your friends!!

STRIPES SCHEDULE

CHANGES

DO NOT MISS THIS ANNOUNCEMENT TIME TRIALS ON MARCH 8TH AND 10TH—ALL STRIPES ARRIVE AT 5 PM.

ALSO, with Head Start beginning during Spring Break, we must make room for

our large and growing head start program.

Both Head Start and Stripes cannot swim at the same time. Therefore, the

Stripes group will be rescheduled for ALL STRIPES at

6:00—7:00 PM. At the end of the Head Start Program ALL STRIPES will be at 5:15—6 PM.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

No truer words have been spoken.

In the famous song by Miss Gloria Gaynor,

WE WILL SURVIVE CY FAIR’S SCHEDULE

March Technique Focus:

Dolphin Kick Dolphin Kicking has been called the 5th stroke in swimming. It is obvious

to see why when you watch 2 swimmers dive in for a race but one comes

up well ahead of the other. It all starts with the perfect streamline prac-

ticed during January followed by a strong dolphin kick. Here are some tips to get your dolphin kick strong.

1. Work on your flexibility and muscles ready outside the water. Stretching and ab strengthening is key to

being able to move your hips properly in the water.

2. Dolphin kicking power comes from your abs and flexibility comes from the hips moving up and down

with a slight bend in the knees

3. Think of your kick as two directions. It’ s not just kicking down, it also includes the upswing. Both

directions can create propulsion in the water

4. On the down kick, think of both legs kicking a soccer ball at the same time. On the upswing, think of

lifting an object with the bottom of your feet

Even WIKI knows how. Here are some videos to help with some simple instructions and explanations to get

you going. Kick away!

Let’s go to the Houston Zoo MARCH 15th 9AM-1PM!

Sign up Online Before March 13th to Pre-Order your Tickets!!

Declare your intention to buy tickets. If you sign up we will preorder your ticket and charge your LSST account.

Preorders will receive group rate pricing or you can buy at the gate.

* All 10 & Unders must have a responsible adult accompany them

GROUP PRICING: AT THE GATE: Children 2-11 – $13 Children 2-11 – $14, 1&Under-FREE Adults 12-64 – $16 Adults 2-64 – $18 Senior 65+ – $11 Senior 65+ – $11.50

Meet at 8:45 AM to pass out pre-ordered tickets and walk in together.

Don’t forget to wear your LSST t-shirts!!!

It’s not the smell of chlorine! It’s our Scentsy Fundraiser with JoEllen

HTTPS://JOELLENAMBERG.SCENTSY.US

Online Party March 1—24! All orders will ship directly to the customer.

Share the Party on your Facebook page too.

Contact JoEllen by Phone at 518-961-1811or by email joellenamberg@gmail.com

JoEllen will donate 20% of sales (less tax and shipping) to the team.

Easy steps for fundraising 1. Share on Facebook 2. Shop (Be sure you've chosen Lone Star fundraising) at checkout. 3. Share again on Facebook 4. Tell your friends

March 20th, 2017 from 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm

SERVICE WITH A

SMILE

Come To Raising Cane’s on

March 20th!

4—9 PM

Coaches will even get behind

the counter and serve you!

Don’t miss out on this

once-in-a-lifetime

opportunity

President Amanda will allow

all swimmers to pick a ticket

for a chance at winning a

Speedo Prize.

You have to come to pick a

ticket. No picking for others.

LET’S RAISE

SOME CANE!

Don’t miss out on our New THURSDAY Dryland Days.

We all meet at Willowlake Park at 5 PM. We will have a short stretching session while

parents walk around the paved path and station themselves around the park area for safety

and security reasons. Once all parents are in place, we will start our workout with a short

2 loop run around the park.

Parents, we encourage ALL of you to come and participate. Please work with two or

three kids and watch for form as the kids do their workout. No parent should pair up with

their own child. Only work with children that are NOT your own.

Or you can just come and SHOW US WHAT YOU GOT!

One hour dryland practice.

Jude Briggs

Improvement: 27+

Highlight: 5 events in a row at Spring Champs

Luke Briggs

Improvement: 33+

Highlight: Legal in Breast and attempting the IM as a 5th event

Ryan Brown

Improvement: 30+

Highlight: 50 backstroke dropping 21 seconds alone

Addison Desel

Improvement: 32+

Highlight : Legal in all 4 strokes and the IM as a 6 year old

Ayden Le

Improvement: 33+

Highlight: 50 Breast legal and pretty

Sophie Newman

Improvement: 36+

Highlight: 50 Breast drop of 19 seconds

Zoe Oyervides

Improvement: 27+

Highlight: Being the top point earner at Fall Champs for LSST

William Brown

Improvement: 17+

Highlight: Conquering 50 Breast and flip turns

Alexis Dao

Improvement: 45+

Highlight: 50 Butterfly with proper undulation

Kai Desel

Improvement: 25+

Highlight: Mastering the 100 Freestyle

Elizabella Lee

Improvement: 10+

Highlight: 25 Back and con-quering her meet fears as a learn to swim student

Brian Nguyen

Improvement: 24+

Highlight: 50 Back and 50 Free with flipturns

Charlton Lemp

Improvement: 63+

Highlight: Timing on Breast-stroke as well as 23 second drop in 50 free

Caleb Huynh

Improvement: 53+

Highlight: Dropped 13 seconds in the 100 Free

Byron Pham

Improvement: 10+

Highlight: 50 Freestyle and going to a meet despite being in the learn-to-swim program

Martin Nguyen

Improvement: 153+

Highlight: 25 Breast dropped 55 seconds and is also now legal in fly

Chelsea Pham

Improvement: 10+

Highlight: Mastering a full event schedule even at her first meet

EmilyPaige McGee Improvement: 70+

Highlight: 100 Freestyle drop of 31 seconds at one meet alone

Carter Kalen

Improvement: 89+

Highlight: Crushing the competition on the freestyle in the 100 IM

Ethan Montes

Improvement: 63+

Highlight: Tackling and conquering the 100 IM

Gabriella Novak

Improvement: 32+

Highlight: Not backing down from being the breast-stroke leg for the IM relay

Parker Wilson

Improvement: 32+

Highlight: Dominated the 50 Fly and 100 Free

Theresa Nguyen

Improvement: 19+

Highlight: 50 Breast and is now legal in all 4 strokes

Fox Young

Improvement: 10+

Highlight: 50 Back-stroke and legal breast

Nathan Duong

Improvement: 59+

Highlight: Fly and Back—has dropped over 12 seconds in each event

Be prepared for your heart to melt with this bunch! Each and every one of them in their own right deserves to be on

this page of excellence. They have all worked very hard this season to become legal in their strokes and to tackle big

events. Join us in congratulating all of these CHAMPS participants when you see them next at the pool. Below are

time improvements in seconds across their events. This is your group that helped LSST get their first trophy award in

years at Champs! WAY TO GO LSST 8 & UNDERS!

1 Campbell

JR/SR 5:00 -7:00

Blue 5:00 -7:00

Red 5:00 - 6:30

White 5:00 - 6:30

Stripes 5-5:45, 5:45-6:30

Stars 6:00 – 6:30

6:30 – 7:00

2 WILLOW LAKE

PARK

LOCATION MAP

DRYLAND

EXERCISE

DAY 5:00 –6:00

* NO STRIPES *

3 Campbell

JR/SR 5:00 -7:00

Blue 5:00 -7:00

Red 5:00 - 6:30

White 5:00 - 6:30

Stripes 5-5:45, 5:45-6:30

Stars 6:00 – 6:30

6:30 – 7:00

4

5 6

NO PRACTICE

NO CFISD POOLS

AVAILABLE

7

NO PRACTICE

NO CFISD POOLS

AVAILABLE

8 Campbell

JR/SR 5:00 -7:00

Blue 5:00 -7:00

Red 5:00 - 6:30

White 5:00 - 6:30

Stripes 5:00-6:00

Stars 6:00 – 6:30

6:30 – 7:00

TIME TRIALS

9 WILLOW LAKE

PARK

LOCATION MAP

DRYLAND

EXERCISE

DAY 5:00 –6:00

* NO STRIPES *

10 Campbell

JR/SR 5:00 -7:00

Blue 5:00 -7:00

Red 5:00 - 6:30

White 5:00 - 6:30

Stripes 5:00-6:00

Stars 6:00 – 6:30

6:30 – 7:00

TIME TRIALS

11

12

13 Campbell

HEAD START 5:00

JR/SR 5:00 -7:00

Blue 5:00 -7:00

Red 5:00 - 6:30

White 5:00 - 6:30

Stripes 6:00-7:00

Stars 6:00 – 6:30

6:30 – 7:00

14 Campbell

HEAD START 5:00

JR/SR 5:00 -7:00

Blue 5:00 -7:00

Red 5:00 - 6:30

White 5:00 - 6:30

Stars 6:00 – 6:30

6:30 – 7:00

* NO STRIPES *

15 Campbell

HEAD START 5:00

JR/SR 5:00 -7:00

Blue 5:00 -7:00

Red 5:00 - 6:30

White 5:00 - 6:30

Stripes 6:00-7:00

Stars 6:00 – 6:30

6:30 – 7:00

16 WILLOW LAKE

PARK

LOCATION MAP

DRYLAND

EXERCISE

DAY 5:00 –6:00

* NO STRIPES *

17 Campbell

HEAD START 5:00

JR/SR 5:00 -7:00

Blue 5:00 -7:00

Red 5:00 - 6:30

White 5:00 - 6:30

Stripes 6:00-7:00

Stars 6:00 – 6:30

6:30 – 7:00

18

19

20

NO PRACTICE

CANE’S

FUNDRAISING

FUN!

21 Campbell

HEAD START 5:00

JR/SR 5:00 -7:00

Blue 5:00 -7:00

Red 5:00 - 6:30

White 5:00 - 6:30

Stars 6:00 – 6:30

6:30 – 7:00

* NO STRIPES *

22 Campbell

HEAD START 5:00

JR/SR 5:00 -7:00

Blue 5:00 -7:00

Red 5:00 - 6:30

White 5:00 - 6:30

Stripes 6:00-7:00

Stars 6:00 – 6:30

6:30 – 7:00

23 WILLOW LAKE

PARK

LOCATION MAP

DRYLAND

EXERCISE

DAY 5:00 –6:00

* NO STRIPES *

24 Campbell

HEAD START 5:00

JR/SR 5:00 -7:00

Blue 5:00 -7:00

Red 5:00 - 6:30

White 5:00 - 6:30

Stripes 6:00-7:00

Stars 6:00 – 6:30

6:30 – 7:00

25

26

27

NO PRACTICE

STAAR

TESTING

28

NO PRACTICE

STAAR

TESTING

29

NO PRACTICE

NO CFISD POOLS

AVAILABLE

30 WILLOW LAKE

PARK

LOCATION MAP

DRYLAND

EXERCISE

DAY 5:00 –6:00

* NO STRIPES *

31 Campbell

HEAD START 5:00

JR/SR 5:00 -7:00

Blue 5:00 -7:00

Red 5:00 - 6:30

White 5:00 - 6:30

Stripes 6:00-7:00

Stars 6:00 – 6:30

6:30 – 7:00

2017

SUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT

Myah Spencer

Dennis Nguyen

Isabel Spencer

COACH PAYTON

Katelyn Duong

Hannah Venoy

Gabriella Novak

ZOO

DAY