Stingrays Newsletter
January Edition- 01/16
Welcome Coach Stephanie!
Stingrays - we are thrilled to announce the addition of Coach Stephanie Moeller to our staff! Stephanie will be coaching primarily at the CCAC location - leading our Age Group Swimmers. Make sure to give her a big Stingrays welcome when you see her on pool deck!
A little bit about Stephanie:
Stephanie is a 2016 graduate of Florida Atlantic University with a degree in Studio Art with a focus in photography and printmaking. Stephanie has lived in 5 different countries and moved back to the United States when she was 12. Stephanie started competitively swimming at the age of 8.
After moving to Florida, Stephanie swam for Pine Crest Swimming through her senior year of high school. Stephanie swam on the varsity team for 5 seasons. In 2010, Stephanie was co-captain of the team her senior year leading the team to another State 1st Runner Up title. Stephanie was on 2 All American Relay teams and had 5 top 8 individual finishes. Stephanie swam at multiple national level USA swimming meets including the Missouri and Texas Grand Prix. Stephanie went on to swim at Florida Atlantic University where she was a member of the Sun Belt Conference Team in 2012.
Stephanie was a coach at Pine Crest for 3 years before moving to Atlanta. Stephanie currently lives in Smyrna with her husband Louis and their labradoodle, Kimber.
Be A Student of Swimming!
Okay, the college football season is finally over. Did you stay up late Monday to watch the final game--LSU vs. Clemson? During the college football season, I have often asked our swimmers how their football team played that weekend. Then I tease with the question, "How much swimming did you watch this weekend?" Huh? Watch swimming? But that's part of what it means to be a "student" of your sport; not only a swimmer, but a student of swimming and one's own swimming.
How often during a meet do you pause a moment to watch the best backstrokers, breaststrokers, flyers, and freestylers? The best swimmers pay attention to swimming, to the best swimmers, to their own swimming. There is a such a strong connection between "seeing" and "doing" that Stingrays now have cameras and monitors at each of our swim sites.
So many resources are available to us via YouTube posts, Olympic cable television, GoSwim.tv, SwimSwam to watch more swimming. Watch more swimming and pay attention to your own swimming: Elite swimmers pay attention to their own swimming with a personal diary or log.
Check out this article HERE about how some elite swimmers used a personal log to keep track of how they're doing, what they're doing, and what's working. When it comes to good, FAST swimming--watch the best, watch yourself, do what the best do.
-Coach Larry
Coaches Invite Final Meet Info
Get ready for a fun and fast weekend of swimming, RAYS!
High School Post Season Training Is Open!
If you know anyone that might be interested, please pass along the info!
Registration and more info can be found HERE
Please direct any questions to Coach Pike (MVAC) and Coach Larry (CCAC)
Meet Entries - CC On File Needed
Starting January 1st, 2020 each family must have a Credit Card on file for On Demand Payments or an ACH account.
If you already have your payment option as ACH then you do not need to do anything
How to Set Up: (If you have a cc already on file for Swim Fees).
1. Go to My Account
2. Go to Set Up Auto Pay
3. Check the use for On-Demand Payments button.
How to Set Up: (If you DO NOT have a cc already on file for Swim Fees).
1. Go to My Account
2. Go to Set Up Auto Pay
3. Add a credit card to the account
4. Check the use for On-Demand Payments button.
Please contact Coach Ian with any questions about this
Summertime LAPS Opportunity!
Would your Summer League/Neighborhood Pool like to host LAPS? We did it this summer at the Pines in Marietta and it was a great success!
If this sounds intriguing, please contact Coach Pike for Cobb County area (coachpike@stingraysswimming.com) or
Coach Ron for Cherokee County (coachron@stingraysswimming.com)
Upcoming Events & Deadlines
January 17th-January 19th, 2020
RAYS REGISTRATION DEADLINE: January 6th
February 1st-February 2nd, 2020
RAYS REGISTRATION DEADLINE: January 20th