THE MARSIAN MONTHLY
February 2017
Upcoming Events:
- Feb 10th - Feb 12th 2017 -- Division 1 L2 (BB and up) Short Course Championship
- Feb 17th - 19th -- L3 Meet GCISD
- Mar 9 - Mar 12 2017 -- 2017 SC TAGS
Mar 16th -19th 2017 -- 4 Corners Western Sectional @ LISD WAC
2017 MARS HOSTED MEETS:
- Feb 17-19: L3 meet GCISD -
- Mar 9 - Mar 12 -- 2017 - 2017 SC TAGS
Mar 16-19: 4 Corners Western Sectional @ LISD WAC
- Jun 2-4: L3 meet @ GCISD
- Sep 29-Oct 1: L3 meet @ GCISD
- We will also host an intra-squad meet in April and Nov. Dates: TBD
Mid-Cities Arlington Swimming
Email: officemanager@marswim.org
Website: marswim.org
Phone: 817-271-1537
Facebook: facebook.com/Mid-CitiesArlingtonSwimming
Coaches Corner:
Greetings from the pool deck!
This past week, we had lots and lots of MARSians competing for their high schools in their region championships. MARS was very well represented on the podiums at these region meets. Now, this week and next, our swimmers are traveling to their state championships. Best of luck to all!!
This time of year is championship time! Our coaching staff has been readying our swimmers for their championship meets. Our swimmers are excited and ready to go. The first of these is the L2 Champs in Southlake, followed by next weekend when we host the L3 Champs at Grapevine. Three weeks after that TAGS comes back to North Texas when we host this huge state championship meet at the Lewisville WAC. Finally, our fastest swimmers will compete March 16-19 at the Speedo 4 Corners Sectional meet that we are hosting, also at the Lewisville WAC. We are going to be busy this next month!!
I know everyone has been hearing over no over again that we need tons of help at these three meets we're hosting this next month. Please believe me when I say again, we need your help! Please take a look at the large assortment of jobs available to you at these meets. There is something there for everyone. Double or triple up your points by bringing friends and family to help out.
We will take our annual 2-week spring break from practice the weeks of March 13th and March 20th. Of course, we have the Sectional meet during the first week and a few swimmers will still be training. Normal scheduling resumes on March 27th.
Swim fast!
Coach Brian
Ask MARSian Parent
Q: How do I get a hold of the office?
A: Email answers happen within 48 hours of sending to either coachlauren@marswim.org or officemanager@marswim.org. Phone call's 817-271-1537 Tuesday/Friday's.
Q: How many service hours will we need for 2017?
A: We will each need 18 service hours for families in Bronze and above for 2017. Please keep in mind this is per calendar year.
Q: What is TAGS? I keep hearing people talk about getting a TAGS cut. What does that mean?
A: Texas Age Group Championship or TAGS, happens twice each year. Once at the end of short course season and once at the end of Long Course season. This is the Texas state championship for swimmers 14 years or younger. Swimmers can only swim events which they have qualified for (see the link for qualifying times). This swim meet is considered to be one of the fastest age group state meets in the country.
Q: When should swimmers start wearing tech suits?
A: See this link for a great answer.
Do you have a question for the MARSian parent? Email at askmarsparent@gmail.com
Celebrating February Birthdays:
Callista Ross, Nico Ortizo, Parker Kruzel, Landry Goldston, Bella Frame, Joshua Putty, Anthony Vitale, David Capps, Sophia Pham, Luis Ramirez, Caleb Eden, Sophia Carlson, Sydney Siu, Ethan Le, Isaac Schwartz, Sierra Smith, Preston Lippe, Sawyer Hutcherson, Samantha Joray, Mason Golden, Alexander Yelverton, Zachary Rahman, Joel Jarmulak, Miriam Yang, Xzavier Matthew Vera Cruz, Dilan Shah, Rhett Williams, Connor Gamble, Houston Dietrich, Jack Morrison, Nekko Aguon, Isabella Majorka, Jake Ruiz, Grant Saunders, Elina Agarwal, Denis Cruz Gamboa, Ritvik Kammend, Allyn Lara, Lauren Townsend, Jazmine Tran