Sean Ryan is competing in Charlotte, NC in his last tune up meet before Olympic Trials. 800 Free - 3rd place 400 Free - 8th place 1500 Free - 5th place

Long course practices officially start at Warner Park on the holiday - May 28. It is possible that the senior and blue groups could swim at Warner Park earlier if the water temp will allow, so be sure to look for emails and notes at the pool later next week. Practice Schedule (Starting May 28, 2012) SuperStars: $75 per month M-Thur – 8:30-9:30 a.m.at Warner Park Green Group: $90 per month M-Fri - 8:15-9:30 a.m. At Warner Park T & W – 5:30-6:30 p.m. At McCallie Blue Group: $100 per...

Great turnout for the 14th Annual Blue Group Swim with your Clothes practice. This Saturday morning was full of fun and interesting swimming. Practice got started with April modeling some of Coach Dahlke's nicer clothes. Warmup with clothes on was challenging for all swimmers. Fun 25's were very interesting - with backward freestyle being the high light. Relays - sitting on kick board relay and a free style relay provided some nice entertainment. The Highly anticipated - Swim in Coach Dahlke's clothes relay was a sight to behold! Hard not...

May Nike Meet Recap Complete Results link - http://www.baylorswimming.org/meets/2011-2012/NikeSwimLongCourseInvitational/Results2012NIKELCINVITATIONAL.html Scenic City took its largest group to a May meet ever! 75 swimmers entered this year – many getting their first experience in Long Course (50 M) competition. Here are some of the many highlights: (If I missed you – just email rdahlke1@bellsouth.netand I will add you to the list) Southeastern Qualifying Times: (20 Swimmers) Emma Scruggs Julie Bryant Reece Gallagher Foster Heasley Ethan Bevill Rachel Dover Andrew Tallent Trevor Wagoner Simon Parker Ryan Crumpler McCay Mathis Will Turner Luke Massey...

Scenic City Aquatic Club 8 & under Girls Claim District East Championship Over 20 teams competed in the District East Championship Swimming Meet this weekend in Chattanooga. Scenic City Aquatic Club 8 & under girls scored nearly twice as many points as the 2ndplace team to repeat as champions (also champions in the 2011). "These girls did an outstanding job this weekend and season. Repeating as champions was a goal of the coaches and the swimmers at the beginning of the year. I am proud of the girls for overcoming...

Scenic City swimmers were the talk of the meet this weekend. Several coaches from visiting teams commented on how great the Scenic City swimmers were all weekend. . Making Southeastern Qualifying times were: Laura Jennings - 200 Free, 50 Back Julie Bryant - 50 Back Max Ransom - 50 Fly, 100 Fly Reese Gallagher - 500 Free, 200 IM, 50 Breast Jon Pat Ransom - 200 Free, 100 Back, 100 Free, 400 IM Harrison Howell - 200 Free, 100 Back Victoria Norris - 200 Free, 200 Back Mary Grace Arnold...

Results link: https://www.teamunify.com/sescac/__eventform__/212728_jan%20time%20trial%20results.pdf Great group racing and having fun at the pool. Thanks to the parents for help timing and running the timing system. 5 events in 1 hour is tough, but great practice racing. The swimmers all got a chance to work on some of the things the coaches have been going over the last couple of weeks.

http://www.swimscac.com/sescac/__eventform__/208388_corrected%20hsa%20dual%20results.pdf - Results link for the HSA Dual Meet Ellie Taliaferro set a new team record in the 8 & under 25 Breast. Scenic City 8 & under girls placed 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th in every event this weekend! Huntsville held onto thier lead they established on Day 1 to win by 230 points. Thanks to Huntsville swimmers and parents for traveling to Chattanooga for the meet. Thank you to all Scenic City swimmers, parents, and coaches for helping make this a fun and successful weekend.

By Dr. Alan Goldberg, Competitive Advantage If you want your child to come out of his youth sports experience a winner, (feeling good about himself and having a healthy attitude towards sports) then he needs your help! You are a vital and important part of the coach-athlete-parent team. If you do your job correctly and play YOUR position well, then your child will learn the sport faster, perform better, really have fun and have his self-esteem enhanced as a result. His sport experience will serve as a positive model for...

Harrison Howell led the way for Scenic City this weekend in Dalton with 4 wins out of 5 swims. Scenic City 8 & under girls won every event at the meet - winning for the 8 & under girls were Sierra Haberhern and Lydia Bohannon. Peyton Smith took the top spot in the 9-10 boys 50 Breast. Great job for all of you Scenic City swimmers this weekend. Here is the Results Link: http://www.ccacswimming.org/gsccac/__doc__/2011%20jingle%20bell%20classic%20results.pdf