Swim News

MS/HS Swimmers Note:

The last MS/HS practice will be Thursday MORNING, December 12th.

The last ES Swim Club practice will be Thursday AFTERNOON, December 12th.

NO SWIM PRACTICES THE LAST WEEK BEFORE BREAK (DECEMBER 15-19).

ES Parents,

The ES Swim TEAM sign-up for grades 3-5 will open on December 10 and will close on December 18th. The google form sign-up will be sent via email and will be available on the TAISM Swim Blog. 

Returning ES Swimmers-

You DO need to sign-up if you would like to continue swimming and be a part of the Swim Team. You DO NOT need to TRY-OUT. 

NEW ES Swimmers-

If your child is interested in being a part of the ES Swim Team, you will need to fill out the google form sign-up. You will find the minimum swim requirements on the sign-up form. You will also be able to schedule a swim TRY-OUT. Swim Team TRY-OUTS will be held on Thursday, December 12 and Tuesday, December 17th. All NEW SWIMMERS must attend a TRY-OUT before participating in swim practices. 

Our first Swim Team practice will be January 7th. The season will go to the middle of March.

(We will have ES Swim Club for grades 2-5 during the Spring session of ASAs.)

HAPPY WINTER BREAK! BE KIND. BE SAFE. HAVE FUN.

Nautilus Sohar Cup 2019 #2

Dear Swim Families,

See below for another local competition opportunity. We will not be traveling to the Nautilus Sohar Cup as a team. If you are interested in swimming unattached, please email the address given below. 

Please note-on December 10, we will have our TAISM Winter Time Trial that will be run like a swim meet. It will be a fun opportunity for our swimmers to experience a meet-like atmosphere and have a chance to race and record official times. More information about the Winter Time Trial will follow soon.

Ms. Cori

Nautilus Sohar Cup 2019 #2

Venue             Al Batinah International School, Sohar

Pool                 25m, 8 lanes, with anti-wave lane ropes

Timing            Colorado Timing System

Date                6 December, 2019

Age Groups:    9 & under, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15, 16 & over

Age as of         6 December, 2019

Awards           Ribbons for 1st to 3rd places

Events            50m on all strokes

100m on all strokes

200m on all strokes

200m Individual Medley

Entry Fees      OMR 1.5 per event for HyTek entries

                        OMR 2 per event for manual entries

Closing Date   1 December, 2019 at 12.00 midday  

Entries            All entries MUST be made via email to competitions@nautilusswimmingclub.com

Payments    A single payment covering all entries should be made by each entering club or individual. Payments must be the exact amount and can either be paid via cheque or cash. Club payments should be made in full at the admissions desk on arrival, individuals should complete payment at entry registration.

Program

Session 1                                                       Session 2

200m Breaststroke                                       200m IM

200m Freestyle                                            50m Backstroke

50m Butterfly                                               200m Butterfly

100m Backstroke                                         100m Breaststroke

50m Freestyle                                               200m Backstroke                 

100m Butterfly                                             100m Freestyle                                            

100m IM                                                       50m Breaststroke

Further Information from Nautilus:

Greetings from Nautilus Swimming Club, Sohar! 

We would like to invite you to the second leg of Nautilus Sohar Swim Cup to take place at the fantastic facilities of Al Batinah International School, Sohar (8 lanes, 25m pool, Colorado time system). 

We would like to remind that the Cup consists of 4 legs, the cumulative scores identify the best male and female swimmer in each category to win the cash gift at the end of final leg of the Cup. 

Scoring goes as following: 

1 place 20 points

2 place 17 points

3 place 14 points

4 place 11 points 

5 place 8 points

6 place 5 points

7 place 2 points

8 place 1 points 

Terms and conditions: swimmers must enter at least 3 legs out of 4 racing 100m or 200m IM in each to be eligible to win the Cup

Should you have questions or need more info, feel free to contact us 

MS/HS Swimmers----Vipers Sprint Meet Entry Sign Up Form

Sign-up for the Friday, November 15th 

Sprint meet at ABA by clicking here.

Please fill out the form & give your entry fee money to Ms. Cori 

by noon on Sunday, November 10th.

Elementary Swimming

Dear Elementary Swim Families,

Hurray! Our first practice is just around the corner. We are looking forward to working with our Elementary swimmers beginning next week.

ALL SWIMMERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN ES SWIM CLUB in November and December MUST SIGN UP on the GOOGLE FORM before they will be allowed to practice. All NEW swimmers must have a TRY-OUT before they are allowed to practice.

Here is a quick overview of the Swim Club Session. As you can see below, we plan to have 9 practices before our Winter Time Trials. The Winter Time Trials will be set up similar to a swim meet as a way to give our swimmers an opportunity for competition-style experience.

ES SWIM CLUB PRACTICES

Thursday, November 7-First Practice

Tuesday, November 12

Thursday, November 14

Tuesday, November 19

Thursday, November 21

Tuesday, November 26

Thursday, November 28

Tuesday, December 3

Thursday, December 5

Tuesday, December 10-WINTER TIME TRIALS- we will be looking for parent volunteers to help with this event...stay tuned!

*Please Note-swimmers who are participating in Swim Club in November and December who wish to continue swimming on the Swim Team will need to SIGN UP by December 18 on the SWIM TEAM SIGN-UP that will be sent to all ES Parents in December.

*Only NEW swimmers will need to participate in a TRY-OUT.

COMING UP.....ES SWIM TEAM IMPORTANT DATES 

Thursday, December 12- TRY-OUTS

Tuesday, December 17- TRY-OUTS

Wednesday, December 18- Sign-Up Deadline 

(All RETURNING & NEW swimmers who want to be part of the swim team MUST sign-up)

Tuesday, January 7- First Practice

Friday, January 24- Winter Swimming Invitational @ BSM

Tuesday, February 11- TAISM vs. ABA Dual Meet @ TAISM

Tuesday, March 3- TAISM Relays

Friday & Saturday, March 13-14- Nautilus Invite @ SQ Stadium, (Long Course)

Looking forward to seeing our EAGLETS in the pool soon!!!

Ms. Cori

MS/HS Swimmers - Vipers Sprint Meet November 15th

ABA Sprint Meet 

Friday 15th November 2019 

Hosted by ABA Muscat 

Warm-ups

Girls - 7:30-7:55 AM

Boys - 7:55-8:20 AM

Order of Events

Girls 50 FREE

Boys 50 FREE

Girls 50 BACK

Boys 50 BACK

Girls 50 BREAST

Boys 50 BREAST

Girls 50 FLY

Boys 50 FLY

Girls 100 IM

Boys 100 IM

Entry Fee is 1.500 OMR per event

*COMPLETE THE GOOGLE FORM SIGN UP
by noon on 

Sunday, November 10th 

Elementary Swim Club

Dear Elementary Swim Families,

I am excited your child has chosen to be a part of swimming at TAISM! 

Over the course of the school year, there are three opportunities for your child/children to participate in organized swim club/team after school.

1. ES Swim Club- November 7th- December 19th (Dec. 10- Winter Time Trial Event)

2. ES Swim Team- January 7th- March 12th (Multiple Local Competitions)

3. ES Swim Club- same schedule as the 3rd ASA Session, (GRADE 2 invited to join)

Elementary Practices are on Tuesdays and/or Thursdays from 3:30-4:30 PM. 

Note-there are additional practice opportunities for intermediate and advanced ES swimmers (by coaches invitation only).

NEW SWIMMERS

Thank you for scheduling a swim TRY-OUT. Please bring your child to the pool for his/her TRY-OUT during your scheduled time slot. Coaches will meet swimmers on the pool deck at the beginning of the scheduled time (3:30-4:00 OR 4:00-4:30). Parents should plan to supervise children before and after the TRY-OUT session. During the TRY OUT, coaches will be checking for the prerequisite swimming skills listed below. 

*Returning Swimmers-you do not need to attend the TRY-OUT sessions. There is NOT an ES practice going on simultaneously. 

All NEW Swimmers must attend a TRY-OUT before attending practice.

Elementary Swim Club Minimum Requirements:

ϖ 3rd, 4th and 5th grade student
ϖ Can swim 25 meters in all strokes without stopping.
ϖ Can swim 50 meters of Freestyle without stopping.
ϖ Comfortable in the deep end of the pool.
ϖ Learn to Swim Level 6 or higher
ϖ Learning to execute legal swims and a racing start, improving with each practice.
ϖ Can swim 25 M. freestyle in 0:40 or less.
ϖ Demonstrates safe and positive sporting behaviors.

*Remember, while we do focus on stroke improvement, Swim Club/Team is not a swim lesson, rather our focus is improving stroke efficiency, swim stamina and speed within a practice/swim training workout.

Elementary Swim Club's FIRST PRACTICE is November 7th.

If you have any questions, please let me know. The best way to stay up to date about swimming at TAISM is by following this TAISM SWIM BLOG. On our blog, I post about upcoming events, news & updates, practice schedules, competition results, swim photos and more. 

We just wrapped up our competitive MS/HS season with a BIG WIN in Kathmandu, Nepal. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SAISA SWIMMERS, THE 2019 SAISA SWIM CHAMPIONS!!! 

I am so excited to work with our energetic and enthusiastic Elementary Swimmers!!!

Looking forward to seeing you at the pool. :-)

Go Eaglets!

Ms. Cori

Updates for Oct. 21-24, Nautilus Competition & Winter Swim Club Sign up

Swim Families,

CONGRATULATIONS SAISA SWIM CHAMPIONS!

A few bits of information as we transition from Swim Team season to Swim Club season.

If you borrowed a TAISM swim backpack, please return it this week. You can drop it off in the MS office with Ms. Arancha.

MS/HS swimmers, if you are interested in swimming at the Nautilus Meet on November 1-2, please fill out the sign up form by tomorrow, Tuesday 22 October at noon. It is a 50 M long course venue. You can see what the events are and which days they will be held on the sign-up form.

Swim Practices this week:

Tuesday morning- MS/HS 

Tuesday after school- HS and non-SAISA MS swimmers 

Wednesday after school- HS and non-SAISA MS swimmers

Thursday morning- NO PRACTICE

Thursday after school- MS/HS (ES Try-Outs-small group)

Middle School SAISA swimmers, remember that you have study sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday after school from 3:30-4:30 PM.

SAISA swimmers, come stretch out in the pool and work out those post race kinks. AND...for those who signed up, come get ready to swim at the Nautilus meet! All MS/HS Swim Team welcome at practices this week. :-)

For swimmers who are interested in continuing to swim and would like to participate in Swim Club, be sure to sign up!

Remember, during swim club, swimmers can come just a couple of days per week to fitness swim, maintain/develop feel for the water,  refine stroke technique and even cross train for those who are in other sports.

GO EAGLES! 

x Ms. Cori

SAISA Day 3 (Part 2)

Hi Swim Fans,

Our SAISA Swim Champs have arrived home and I am sure most, if not all, slept this afternoon. It was an intense long weekend of fun, excitement, challenge and celebration.

The SAISA Swim Competition is set up so we have a morning and afternoon session each day (8 hours combined of races) where swimmers compete in preliminary swims in the  morning to qualify for the finals in the afternoon. The top 6 swimmers swim in A finals and the next 6 swim in B finals. Swimmers in both A and B finals earn points for the team. Each swimmer is allowed to enter 7 individual events and 3 relays. That means during SAISA, one swimmer could swim more than 15 races. Whew! Our team core value of perseverance was definitely on display in full force at SAISA. 

On Saturday, DAY 3, our TAISM Eagles swam another 63 personal best times. That brings our combined meet total of personal best swims to a whopping 192. Wow!!!

Our swimmers broke an additional 6 TAISM school records with one record being broken by 3 teammates.

My-Linh Gelinas - Girls 15+ 200 Freestyle, 2:17.76

Eva Bonde - Girls 15+ 50 Buttefly, 30.70 (prelims), 30.61 (finals)

Eva Bonde - Girls 15+ 100 Breaststroke, 1:22.50 (prelims), 1:22.17 (finals)

Ryan Kelly - Boys 10-12 100 Breaststroke, 1:32.49

*Aysha Noureldin and Neive Cosker also broke the previous school record in the 100 Breaststroke. (Aysha - 1:23.99 and Neive - 1:25.75)

And in an exciting finish to the end of the meet all of our relay teams swam their hearts out with two teams setting new TAISM school records.

The 10-12 Boys (Max Gelinas, Asher Callaway, Carter Petersen, Ryan Kelly) broke the existing TAISM school record with a winning time of 4:56.16.

The 15+ Girls (My-Linh Gelinas, Maren Lee, Aysha Noureldin, Eva Bonde) swam a time of 4:26.46, setting a new TAISM school record and placing third overall. In this race, all 3 of the top finishing teams shattered the previous SAISA record. What a competitive group of girls in the 15+ age group!

So, as we celebrate the records broken, the medals won, personal best swims and all of the amazing performances at SAISA by our TAISM swimmers, we also celebrate the less tangible aspects of a big competition like this. We celebrate the way our teammates support each other in the natural ups and downs of competition, the way our swimmers rallied to swim their best even when they felt sore and exhausted and we celebrate the way each swimmer showed up each day ready to give their very best while representing TAISM in Kathmandu. 

I am so proud to have had the privilege to work with this group of swimmers and be a part of the TAISM swim "family". This season and again this weekend, we asked our swimmers to focus on what they could control, to swim with heart, to show up to compete, to do the right thing, to love eachother, to keep going when it was hard and to remember to have FUN----and the SAISA Swim Team of 2019 rose to the challenge! What a joy to witness. 

Special thanks to the parents who have supported our team throughout the season. You are behind the scenes everyday supporting our athletes to be their best selves. Thanks for cheering us on!

AND...Thank you TAISM staff & community for cheering us on from back home!

Yeah! Way to go EAGLES!!!

Ms. Cori

(with Tom and Grace)

2019 SAISA SWIMMING CHAMPIONS - TAISM EAGLES! (Day 3, Part 1)

Hi Swim Fans,

It was another great day at the Lincoln pool for our TAISM Eagles. Day 3. The short version of a very long day is that our TAISM Eagle’s Swim Team won 1^st place overall! We have lots of awards to share when we get back to school.

The following are the TOP 2 AWARDS we received tonight:

Overall Team- 1^st place

Overall Girls - 1^st place

Overall Boys - 1^st place

10-12 Boys - 1^st place

13-14 Girls - 2nd place

13-14 Boys - 2nd place

15+ Girls - 1st place

It’s late here in Kathmandu though I wanted to share the exciting news. Again we had lots of personal best swims as well as TAISM and SAISA records broken by our Eagles.

EVERY SINGLE SWIMMER ON THE TEAM SCORED POINTS

to contribute to the overall winning score!

I will send a proper update more befitting of our swimmers AWESOME Day 3 performances. We are so proud of this strong group of athletes.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR TAISM EAGLES

ON WINNING THE SAISA SWIM CHAMPIONSHIP OF 2019!

Stay tuned….

x Ms. Cori

Final Team Standings

TAISM

Girls - 1070

Boys - 915.5

1,985.5 total points

American Community School (Amman, Jordan)

Girls - 1057

Boys - 805

­­­­­­­­­­1,862 total points

Lincoln (Kathmandu, Nepal)

Girls - 756

Boys - 551

1,307 total points

Overseas School of Colombo (Colombo, Sri Lanka)

Girls - 597

Boys - 706.5

1,303.5 total points

American School of Bombay (Mumbai, India)

Girls - 435

Boys - 490

925 total points

Karachi American School (Karachi, Pakistan)

Girls - 256

Boys - 496.5

752 total points

American International School of Chennai (Chennai, India)

Girls - 268

Boys - 400.5

668.5 total points

American International School of Dhaka (Dhaka, Bangladesh)

Girls -192

Boys - 273

465 total points