Antonio Amador, Luca Burns, Sophia Cone, Isabelle Hardie, Kendall Hoffman, Zelie Hughes, Amaury Jayr, Grace Markovich, Josh McLean, Kara Moss, Roxana Nolte, Emma Venghaus, Ava Wylie, Max Zuanich, Madi Baker, Luisa Bandmann, Olivia Cone, Izzy Evans, Keagan Firenza, Olivia Gore, Wednesday Hunter, Jimmy Maher, Andreas Mason, Lucy McLean, Laura Miles, Kate Mischlich, Marley Orange, Luke Reed, Will Sampson, Rohan Shani, Jett Walker and Joey Wendt.

Antonio Amador-100 br/8^th , 200 br/10^th, 100 fr/12^th                    

Luca Burns-100 bk/8^th, 200 IM/12^th, 50 fr/11^th, 100 fr/11^th, 200 bk/9^th, 400 fr/12th

Sophia Cone-100 bk/8^th, 100 fr/8^th, 200 bk/6^th

Isabelle Hardie-100 br/10^th, 200 fr/12^th, 200 br/13^th, 400 fr/10^th

Kendall Hoffman-100 bk/10^th, 200 IM/11^th, 200 br/3^rd, 100 fr/10^th, 400 fr/11^th

Zelie Hughes-100 br/4^th, 200 br/10^th, 50 fr/7^th

Amaury Jayr-100 bk/10^th, 200 bk/10^th, 400 fr/14th

Grace Markovich-200 fly/5^th, 100 fly/6^th

Josh McLean-100 br/10^th, 100 bk/11^th, 200 br/14^th , 200 bk/14^th

Kara Moss-200 IM/3^rd , 200 br/4^th, 50 fr/10^th, 100 fr/5^th, 100 fly/3^rd, 400 fr/3^rd

Roxana Nolte-100 bk/4^th, 200 fr/8^th, 50 fr/8^th

Emma Venghaus-100 bk/3^rd (Sectionals Cut), 200 IM/14^th, 200 bk/2^nd(Sectionals Cut)

Ava Wylie-100 fly/7^th

Max Zuanich-100 bk/1^st (Sectionals Cut), 200 IM/5^th, 200 Fr/2^nd, 50 Fr/1^st (TAGS Cut), 100 Fr/1^st, 200 bk/2^nd

Madi Baker- 400 IM/5th, 200 bk/12th, 400 fr/13th

Luisa Bandmann-100 bk/10th, 100 fr/18th, 200 bk/7th, 100 fly/19th

Olivia Cone- 100 bk/2^nd(Sectional Cut), 200 IM/8th, 200 fr/6th, 50 fr/7th, 100 fr/3rd, 200 bk/3rd

Izzy Evans-- 100 br/7th, 100 bk/15th, 200 IM/ 20th, 100 fly/6th

Keagan Firenza- 200 fly/6th, 100 bk/13th, 200 fr/14th, 50 fr/13th, 200 bk/10th, 100 fly/7th, 400 fr/7th

Olivia Gore- 100 br/13th, 100 bk/7th, 200 IM/16th, 200 fr/8th, 50 fr/6th, 100 fr/5th, 100 fly/13th

Wednesday Hunter- 100 bk/6th, 200 IM/19th, 200 fr/9th, 50 fr/11th, 100 fr/ 9th, 100 fly/16th, 400 fr/6th

Jimmy Maher- 200 IM/7th, 200 fr/7th, 50 fr/10th, 100 fr/7th, 100 fly/6th

Andreas Mason- 200 fr/11th, 50 fr/10th, 100 fr/4th, 100 fly/5th

Lucy McLean- 100 br/18th, 50 fr/18th, 100 fr/ 19th, 400 fr/12th

Laura Miles- 100 bk/4th, 200 IM/ 200 IM/13th, 200 fr/17th, 50 fr/ 15th, 100 fr/12th, 200 bk/6th

Kate Mischlich- 100 br/12th, 200 br/4th, 100 fr/17th, 400 fr/9th

Marley Orange- 50 fr/ 16th, 100 fr/14th, 100 fly/21st

Luke Reed- 100 br/13th, 100 bk/14th, 200 IM/11th, 200 br/8th, 50 fr/18th, 100 fr/12th, 200 bk/ 12th

Will Sampson- 100 br/5th, 100 bk/5th, 200 IM/8th, 200 fr/ 15th, 50 fr/9th, 100 fr/14th, 200 bk/3^rd(Sectionals Cut)

Rohan Shani- 100 fly/16th

Jett Walker- 100 bk/2nd, 200 fr/ 5th, 50 fr/3rd, 100 fr/3rd, 200 bk/4th

Joey Wendt- 100 bk/7th, 200 IM/14th, 50 fr/15th, 100 fr/7th, 200 bk/9th

Max Zuanich-Sectionals in 100 bk, Tags in 50 fr

Emma Venghaus-Sectionals in 100 and 200 bk

Olivia Cone-Sectionals in 100 bk

Will Sampson-Sectionals in 200 bk

Our swimmers did a great job stepping up and racing. Every single one of them earned themselves a second swim in the finals. We had many best times, Dad’s Club All Time top 10, and new sectional cuts.

Participants 

Girls

Boys

Alexandra Buscher (Texas A&M) and Jack Calderwood (Georgetown) who are back home for the summer also made the trip. Buscher competed as Unattached Canada and Calderwood represented Dad’s Club.

Individual Event Champions

Cooper Wozencraft - 16& over 50 fly and 50 back

Emma Clark – 13-14 year old 200 back 

Alexandra Buscher - 15& over 100 and 200 fly

Marquee 50

The Marquee is an elimination style event which consists of seven 50’s on a two minute interval. The race begins with eight swimmers and slowly dwindles down to only two after the slowest swimmer of each 50 is eliminated.  

McLeod who qualified in 8th position battled her way into the 5th round of the shoot-out (4^th place overall). Wozencraft also qualified in 8th position and ended up racing his way all the way to the 6th round (3^rd place overall).

Luke Funderburke – Achieving his sectional cut in the 200 fly.

Morgan Reyna – Going a best time of 1:00.88 in the 100 free. 

Ellie Vincent - Going a best time of 2:28.35 in the 200 IM.

We would like to thank Cascade Swim Club for being a great host and all the Cascade families who hosted our swimmers throughout the swim meet.

The Camp is taking place at the University of Louisville from May 25^th -28^th.

28 male (13-14yr) and 28 female (12-13yr) athletes are selected in each of the four U.S Zones to participate at the camps. The first 14 athletes of each gender are selected based on 2016 Long Course Meters IMX points. The remaining 28 spots are determined by the fastest swimmer in each Zone in each Olympic event.  

USA Swimming Zone Select Camps are designed to prepare promising athletes for high level swimming. 

Happy Memorial Day Weekend to all the Dads Clubs Members & Friends!

We wanted to share the most recent accounting for the proceeds of the Marathon Fundraiser held late Fall. Thank you for your support in helping us raise $100,000!

Of the $100,000 actually collected, the club has spent $86,000. 

Your generous donations helped us fund the following projects:

This coming fall, we are looking at a few major expenditures that will be Marathon funded, Briar Branch Creek Bank Erosion Project, 50 meter Pool  Resurfacing, Architectural & Engineering Fees for the new Natatorium Building, and Sun Shades for the Family & 50 meter Pool. 

Please feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions and suggestions.   

Charlie Calderwood

President, Dads Club, Inc.

713-808-9077 direct

713-628-4212 cell

8 year-old Gwen Skillern (Blue Group) recently visited the Nica Nadadores in Central America. The Skillerns help sponsor one of the Nica Nadadores swimmers and Gwen also keeps in touch with a pen pal.

We asked Gwen to share a little about her experience with the team.

I had the best time working out with the group.  All of the swimmers were very kind and welcoming to me.  Even though only one of the swimmers was able to speak with me in English, we all communicated and worked together.  They WORK HARD at the Nica Nadadores!!  Coach Timmy had us do a very long warm up, and then we worked on free, back and fly.  I learned some great new drills!  I was excited when the coach asked me to demonstrate some of the drills.  At the end of practice we had to clean up the pool and remove the lane ropes, but then, Coach Timmy let us play for a while.  I enjoyed getting to know a swimmer named Samantha, and learning about her life.

My afternoon with the Nica Nadadores was an amazing opportunity for me.  I realized how lucky I am to have access to a good education and everything I need.  I also learned that even though these swimmers live far away and have a very different life than me, we are very much the same – we are all athletes --- WE ARE SWIMMERS!

 I cannot wait to go back to visit my new swim friends!

 More About Nica Nadadores

• Completed the fencing for the 33 yard pool 
• Offered and completed training and safety classes for our lifeguards 
• New cleaning crew hired and results have earned positive reviews 
• Completed $7500 of drainage improvement in the chronically wet areas 
• Landscaping of shrubs along the wrought iron fence 
• Asphalt repair and restriping on the driveway and parking lot completed 
• Lighting improvements for the three pools, both above and below the water 
• Marathon Fundraiser Weekend topped $100,000 in proceeds 
• Saturday, April 1st Volunteer Club Clean up day had over 90 parent volunteers 
• Swim Committee and Facilities Committees are two shining examples of our functioning committee system