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News Digest: October 2007
The Carbondale 500 will be held this year from 16-18 November at Shea Natatorium. Registration for Saluki athletes is open now and will continue until Monday, 5 November. All Saluki Racing Teamers are eligible for this meet although Jedi should check with their coach to see if they're ready to enter. Parent Work Requirement sign ups will begin on Monday, 5 November. Links will be posted on the website. Please be generous with your time when signing up for the various jobs. If you have any questions about the work requirement or the various jobs please contact Saluki HQ.
BELACHE WILL BID FAREWELL TO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS Karina Belache, long-time Saluki coach and athlete, has accepted a position of Executive Meeting Manager at the Hilton at the Ball Park in St. Louis. Belache swam with the Saluki Racing Team for about 4 months after she arrived in the United States from her native Brazil in 2000. In January 2001 she became a member of the SIU women's swimming squad. When she graduated with her B.S. in Hospitality Management she was chief instructor with the Saluki Swim School and later Jedi Master with the Racing Team. In the past few years she continued working for the club, earned her Master's degree and also worked for the Student Recreation Center. We are sorry to see her leave southern Illinois but wish her the best of luck in all future endeavors.
THE TOP 5 SCARIEST
MOVIES...EVER! To help get into the Halloween 'spirit' here at Saluki HQ we offer the Top 5 scariest movies ever made. Your picks are welcome. If you're under 30 you have probably not seen The Haunting (1963 version)...you won't forget it!
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The Haunting
MEET ENTRY
DEADLINES ARE APPROACHING Several meets have registration deadlines approaching later this month or early in November. Almost every meet on the calendar for the next 2 months has a sign up deadline in the next few weeks. Here is a summary
If you're planning on attending any of these meets please don't miss the deadlines. Register for a meet.
SRINIVASARAGHAVAN CROWNED KING OF CARBONDALE Saluki speedster, Vishnu Srinivasaraghavan, was recently selected as Homecoming King by students at the Carbondale Community High School. The honour comes with a full share of recognition, the adoration of his peers and 2% of all state income taxes for 1 year.
23 NEW
NATIONAL AGE GROUP STANDARDS ACHIEVED AT REC-PLEX FALL FESTIVAL The Saluki Racing Team got the 2007-08 season off to a good start at the Rec-Plex over the weekend turning in numerous best times and 23 new National Age Group (NAG) standards, four of them at the 'A' level. There were 4 first-time A performances in the meet. Halli 'H' Lincoln (9) sped to new 'A' times in the 100 IM and 50 back, and Darren Hale (12) turned in new A times in the 50 fly and 200 free. The biggest time drops came from Taylor Yucus (9) with a 40 second drop in the 100 breaststroke, Brett Jackson (13) with a 22 second drop in the 200 IM, and Ashlee Kuan (11) with a 21 second drop in the 200 free.
WARM UP TIMES
AND LANES FOR FALL FESTIVAL ANNOUNCED The Saluki warm up times and lanes for the Rec-Plex Fall Festival this weekend are listed below. Warm up is very important to good racing performance so please be at the pool early enough to stretch and prepare.
OZARK
CHAMPIONSHIP MAY GO TO FULL 3 DAY FORMAT The Ozark Short Course Championship may receive a facelift in 2008 with the addition of a full 3rd day of competition. This change has not been officially adopted yet but we want families to know that changes may be afoot for this important end-of-season meet.
EXECUTIVE INN WILL HOST PADUCAH SWIMFEST IN JANUARY Good news for Saluki racing fans: The Executive Inn will once again play host to the popular Paducah Swimfest in January! This is one of the most popular meets on our calendar for our younger athletes. The Executive Inn serves as host to over 400 athletes and their families with the pool smack in the middle of the atrium area of the hotel. Obviously this makes attending the meet a substantially different experience from the typical USA meet. As always, prompt registration for this meet is critical. Our deadline for registering for this meet is set at 1 November. If you want to attend this meet be sure to register by then.
NEXT ROUND OF
SWIM SCHOOL CLASSES BEGINS ON 15 OCTOBER The Fall session of swim school classes is underway and the next group of classes begins during the week of 15 October. Openings exist in all Preschool, Beginner and Stroke Development classes. Click here to register.
IM
CHALLENGE RESULTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE Full results for the recent IM Challenge are now posted.
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CARBONDALE
500 IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER
Saturday AM (12 & under): 6:50a,
Lane 3 diving end
05 OCTOBER 2007