FANTASTIC FEBRUARY!!

Hi everyone,

It has been an exciting month for the GVAS club. Here is everything that has been going on...

Success at Campbell River Eliminator Meet!

Six swimmers represented the Jets club at the Regional Meet in Campbell River with victory last weekend. We came away from the meet with eighty percent best times which is an outstanding performance. Some of the highlights of the meet are listed below:

Gabe Lowe achieved best times in all the events he swam. He placed 4th in his 200 Br, 5th in his 400 Fr, and 6th in his 100 Br.

Rachel Campbell, competing in her first winter club meet, placed 11th in her 200 Bk, 12th in her 100 bk and 12th in her 200 Fr.

Erica Campbell, in her first competition with the Jets, placed 12th in her 200 Br, 16th in her 100 Br and 25th in a fiercely competitive 100 Fr.

Kira Stacey placed 2nd in her 200 Br, 3rd in her 100 Br, and 6th in her 100 Bk.

Ashley Bingham placed 3rd in her 100 Fr, 4th in her 400 Fr and 6th in her 200 Br.

Jenna Stacey placed 13th in her 200 Fr, achieving her A qualifying time, 15th in her 400 Fr, and 17th in her 100 Fr

NICE WORK and CONGRATULATIONS to all the Jets swimmers!

83rd Annual Elementary / Middle School Championship Meet Monday March 1

GVAS has three swimmers, from John Stubs school, that have qualified to compete in the school championship meet on Monday. Nicole Smythe, Julianna Macdonald, and Gabe Lowe will be heating up the lanes. Best of luck to the three of you.

Upcoming Events and Reminders

Tuesday March 2
Team Meeting 4:30 -5 pm at Juan de Fuca (on deck) followed by an all-inclusive swim (minis inlcuded) from 5- 6pm. This practice will include team building, and peer coaching activities.

Summer Swimming Registration is just around the corner. Spending a season with the GVAS Royals is fun and rewarding. The meets are a blast! If you have any questions about the practice or meet schedule throughout the summer, please speak to Coach Travis or Sharon on deck.

Note from Coach T - "The intricacies of our finely oiled machines"

If we view of our body, our mind and our spirit as three synergistic parts of an efficient and productive machine, than it is important that we keep all three parts active and attenuated to all the time.

Very often one of these parts will lose momentum, slow down, or stop running all together because we have started to overwork another. We may not notice the effect this has on the other parts of our system until service is beyond repair.

Success will result from proper balance of these things. As swimmers, we can often lose sight of the non-physical parts of our system. Swim practices and meets are only a small gear in a multi-component machine. It is crucial that we keep in sight the importance of school, friendship, emotional well being, health and personal identity in order to maximize our success in the sport or swimming.

- Coach T -