Please fill out the form & give your entry fee money to Ms. Cori
by noon on Sunday, November 10th.
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
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.
Looking forward to seeing our EAGLETS in the pool soon!!!
Ms. Cori
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
Monday, October 28, 2019
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
Sunday, November 10th
Monday, October 21, 2019
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.
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
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
Sunday, October 20, 2019
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 1st 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- 1st place
Overall Girls - 1st place
Overall Boys - 1st place
10-12 Boys - 1st 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
SAISA Day 2
Dear TAISM Swim Fans,
Today was the second day of our SAISA Swim Competition in Nepal and it was another exciting, busy and FAST day at the Lincoln pool for our TAISM Eagles. In the morning session, we swam a total of 53 personal best swim times and in the afternoon finals heats we added another 18 personal best swims for Day 2’s total of 71 personal bests. Lots of ribbons and medals will be on their way back with us to Muscat!
There were many exciting races and in particular TAISM swimmers smashed the following school records and a few SAISA records as well.
Individual Events
10-12 Boys
Max Gelinas - 100 Butterfly, 1:23.76
13-14 Girls
Emily Little - 100 Individual Medley, 1:14.92
Emily Little - 200 Backstroke, 2:38.79
15+ Girls
Eva Bonde - 100 Butterfly, 1:09.99
My-Linh Gelinas - 100 Individual Medley (prelims, 1:13.62) and finals- 1:12.55
My-Linh Gelinas - 100 Freestyle (*SAISA Record), 1:01.34
My-Linh Gelinas - 200 Backstroke (*SAISA Record), 2:32.29
15+ Boys
Ali Shaheen - 200 Backstroke, 2:26.49
Relays
10-12 Boys
200 Medley Relay (Carter Petersen, Ryan Kelly, Max Gelinas, Asher Callaway), 2:33.87
13-14 Boys
200 Medley Relay (Cameron Johnson, James Winkel, Asher Leewarner, Louis Junge), 2:22.51
15-19 Girls
200 Medley Relay (My-Linh Gelinas, Neive Cosker, Eva Bonde, Maren Lee), 2:12.98 (*broke the SAISA record but the first place team also broke the record).
15-19 Boys
200 Medley Relay (Ali Shaheen, Jorge Martin-Robles, Daan van der Werff, Ayvret van Waveren), 2:05.32
TOP 4 TEAMS
End of Day 2 Standings
Girls
ACS- 717 points
TAISM- 700 points
Lincoln- 480 points
OSC- 420 points
Boys
TAISM- 626 points
ACS- 545 points
OSC- 470 points
Lincoln- 392 points
Overall
TAISM- 1,326 points
ACS- 1,262 points
OSC- 890 points
Lincoln- 872 points
One more day for our EAGLES to FLY.
Swim Hard. Dream BIG!!!
Go EAGLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
x Ms. Cori
SAISA Day 1
Hi TAISM,
It's been a fast day at SAISA for the TAISM Eagles Swimmers. We had a strong line-up of events for our team. We swam 58 personal best times across both the morning and afternoon events.
Our Eagles swam their hearts out and have landed in first place at the end of day one. ACS was leading most of the day and our relays at the end of the night pulled us ahead in the standings. It is VERY close. Just a one point difference in the girls standings between ACS and TAISM-the top two teams after day one.
Day 1 Results
TOP 4 TEAMS
Girls
ACS = 355 points
TAISM = 354 points
Lincoln = 216
Columbo = 209
Boys
TAISM = 303 points
ACS = 277 points
Columbo = 225
Lincoln = 178
Total
TAISM = 657 points
ACS = 632 points
Columbo = 434
Lincoln = 394
Overall, the level of competition is very high across the meet and SAISA records are falling in many events. Our TAISM swimmers broke 10 TAISM School Records today, 3 of which are SAISA records as well!
Max Gelinas in the 100 Backstroke, 1:18.60
Max Gelinas in the 200 Individual Medley, 2:52.79
Emily Little in the 100 Backstroke (* SAISA record), 1:10.03
Asher Leewarner in the 100 Backstroke, 1:10.88
My-Linh Gelinas in the 50 Freestyle (*SAISA record) . 28.13
My-Linh Gelinas in the 100 Backstroke (*SAISA record), 1:09.91
Eva Bonde- in the 200 Breaststroke, 3:03.04.
Ali Shaheen in the 100 Backstroke, 1:06.31
*Aysha Noureldin and Neive also broke the previous school record in the 200 Breaststroke with times of 3:08.03 and 3:08.08 respectively.
*Aysha Noureldin and Neive also broke the previous school record in the 200 Breaststroke with times of 3:08.03 and 3:08.08 respectively.
Our 13-14 Boys (Louis Junge, James Winkel, Cameron Johnson, Asher Leewarner) swam personal best split times to break a 12 year old school record in the 200 Freestyle Relay.
Our 15+ Girls (Eva Bonde, Lucia Perdiguero, Maren Lee, My-Linh Gelinas) broke the 200 Medley relay school record (which was also the standing SAISA record since 2015). The girls swam like their hair was on fire, broke the SAISA record racing 2 other crazy fast teams ending in TAISM with a heartbreaking 3rd place finish (by .01 of a second). What a race!!!
We look forward to another full day of fast swims tomorrow.
Go EAGLES!!!
Ms. Cori
Sunday, October 13, 2019
Nautilus Annual Swim Meet Information
Dear MS/HS Swim Families,
Here is the Nautilus Annual Swim Meet information.
All MS/HS swimmers who have been training this fall are invited to enter this competition. I will send entries to the Nautilus coaches for our MS/HS team. As you can see, there is a 3 OMR entry fee per event. I will collect the money in advance for our team to give the Nautilus staff.
TAISM ENTRIES ARE DUE by 12:00 NOON
on TUESDAY, 22 OCTOBER.
I hope you will come join the fun, get some personal best swims, break some long course pool records and have fun with your teammates swimming at the BIG pool on November 1-2.
GO EAGLES!!!
x Ms. Cori
Saturday, October 12, 2019
Elementary Swim Club Sign-Up
WELCOME ELEMENTARY SWIM FAMILIES!
Below you can find information that was sent (via Ms. Lillie) to all TAISM families with children in grades 3-5 regarding the start of Elementary Swim Club.
Dear Elementary Families,
I am excited to invite your child 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. Each of these opportunities will have a separate sign-up form.
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).
If your child is interested, please check the necessary skills listed below.
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.
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.
If you are interested in signing up, please fill out the ES Swim Club Sign-Up form by Sunday, October 20th.
Returning swimmers, please plan to attend practices beginning on November 7th.
NEW Swimmers-please fill out the form and choose one of the times listed to schedule your swim TRY-OUT. All NEW Swimmers must attend a TRY-OUT before attending practice.
The best way to stay up to date about swimming at TAISM is by following our TAISM SWIM BLOG. On the blog, I post about upcoming events, news & updates, practice schedules, competition results, swim photos and more. Right now, we are wrapping up our competitive MS/HS SAISA season so the current information is geared towards those swim families/athletes. Be sure to check out the blog to see how our swimmers do at SAISA in Nepal next weekend!!!
If you have any questions, please let me know.
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
Sunday, October 6, 2019
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