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News Digest: April 2008
Registration is Open for Summer
Swim School
Classes The programming wizards at HQ have declared that the registration system is now working and registration for classes is now open.
SALUKI INTERNATIONAL The parent worker online sign up form for the Saluki International is now active and online. The International is a parent work requirement meet and Saluki families must work 3 of the 5 meet sessions. Families fulfilling the requirement will see their parent work charge refunded either fully or partially. The International is one of 3 large meets we host at Shea and we urge parents of Saluki athletes to be generous with their time when signing up to work. The success of the meet depends on how much help we have on deck during the event. Saluki athletes can continue to register to compete in the meet through Saturday, 3 May.
ALL GROUPS INVITED On Saturday, 26 April we will be holding our first Super Saturday workout of the Spring training session. All Saluki, including the Jedi and Group 1 squads who do not usually have practices on Saturday, are invited to attend.
SALUKI INTERNATIONAL With a little less than a month to go before the Saluki International gets underway we have already reached our limit of entries for visiting teams. Saluki athletes can continue to register through Saturday, 3 May.
In a ceremony at Carbondale Community High School yesterday Saluki senior athlete, Caitlin Boren, signed a letter of intent to attend Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Cait will graduate from CCHS in May and plans to study elementary education at Ouachita. Caitlin is the daughter of Rick and Marsha Boren. The long distance freestyle specialist has been part of the Saluki Racing Team since 2005. At Ouachita she will compete with the OBU Tigersharks.
The summer racing season got off to an early start this past weekend when 32 Saluki took part in the Gator Long Course Kick Off. For many on the Racing Team it was their first taste of what it's like to swim in a 50m pool. In all Saluki turned in 33 improved National Age Group times. The biggest single event drops started with Ashlee Kuan who slashed 46 seconds from her previous 100 fly. She was followed by Simone Corpora who dropped 39 seconds in her 400 free, and James Medwedeff who dropped 26 seconds in his 100 free. Saluki will be in action again at the Saluki International from 16-18 May at Shea Natatorium. Deadline to register for the International is Saturday, 3 May.
'Meet Me in St. Louis' Added to
Saluki Summer Meet Schedule We are adding the Rec-Plex Sharks' Meet Me in St. Louis meet (30 May-1 June) to our summer schedule and have removed the JAWS meet in Jasper, Indiana. Hotel rooms in Jasper were scarce due to another event being held on the same weekend. The deadline for signing up for the Rec-Plex meet is Thursday, 1 May.
The first day of entry acceptance for the Saluki International has team entries flooding in to Saluki HQ. The popular International will be hosted by the Saluki Swim Club from 16-18 May at Shea Natatorium. In 2007 over 450 athletes from, as one Saluki insider put it "all over the place," came to Carbondale for a weekend of intense competition. Officials a looking for a similar sized meet again this year. Saluki families have until Saturday, 3 May to register athletes for the meet. |
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SALUKI ARE OFF TO COLLEGE
Local Racers Kick Off the Long Course Season
in Cape Girardeau
SALUKI
INTERNATIONAL