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. 

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

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. 

Follow this link to sign up for the meet and to choose which events you would like to swim.

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

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.

*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

Updated Swim Schedule & SAISA Countdown!

Swim Schedule & SAISA Countdown!

TAISM vs. ABA Dual Meet @ ABA PHOTOS