<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850221281347271357</id><updated>2010-01-07T22:49:13.481-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Santa Barbara Aquatics Club</title><subtitle type='html'>2008 Open Water Olympian Mark Warkentin and UCSB head coach Gregg Wilson have joined with the SBWPC to create a dynamic swim program to serve the Santa Barbara and Goleta area.  We hope to see you at the pool.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Coach Mark Warkentin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>28</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850221281347271357.post-2435059990445404730</id><published>2009-11-09T08:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-09T08:50:38.958-08:00</updated><title type='text'>nov 9th</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;I am currently under the assumption that we will have all swim practices at D.P at the regular time this week.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;DP water polo will be in the play-offs in the next few weeks and I can assume that we will get moved out to UCSB a couple of times, but I don’t have the dates yet.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I’ll e-mail everyone when I find out, and I’ll also post the info on the website.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;Wednesday swim practice will be at the regular time.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;Reminder that age group will NOT be doing dryland anymore but will start swim practice immediately at &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:time hour="16" minute="0"&gt;4 pm&lt;/st1:time&gt;.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Age group athletes that arrive at swim practice early are asked to be ready to get into the water at &lt;st1:time hour="16" minute="0"&gt;4 pm&lt;/st1:time&gt;, but not to participate in the senior group d&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;ryland program.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;At the parents meeting on Friday I mentioned the possibility of a team travel trip to &lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;Phoenix&lt;/st1:City&gt; &lt;st1:state&gt;Az&lt;/st1:State&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; on Jan 15-18.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I would like to get a rough estimate of who might be interested in participating.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Please e-mail me with an initial response of “interested” or “not interested.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;This swim meet in &lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Phoenix&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt; is open to EVERY athlete on our team.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I will encourage athletes 10 and under to travel with their parents and lodge with their parents.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;My initial plan is for myself and a chaperon to drive 2 large vans &lt;st1:time hour="12" minute="0"&gt;midday&lt;/st1:time&gt; on Jan 15&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; (kids will miss some school that day) and stay in hotel rooms with 4 athletes per room.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;We would leave &lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Phoenix&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt; around &lt;st1:time hour="14" minute="0"&gt;2pm&lt;/st1:time&gt; on the 18&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; and return to S.B. most likely late that night.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8850221281347271357-2435059990445404730?l=www.swimsbac.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/feeds/2435059990445404730/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/11/nov-9th.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/2435059990445404730'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/2435059990445404730'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/11/nov-9th.html' title='nov 9th'/><author><name>Coach Mark Warkentin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12604343677842518225'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850221281347271357.post-6014344142049246127</id><published>2009-11-09T08:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-09T08:47:43.917-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Ventura Swim meet Recap</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_097mF6p_xMk/SvhHZ97MuhI/AAAAAAAAAWg/RNMb4V9ZdxE/s1600-h/scott.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402146264476072466" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_097mF6p_xMk/SvhHZ97MuhI/AAAAAAAAAWg/RNMb4V9ZdxE/s320/scott.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; Scott Mahan en route to a new best time in the 100 backstroke.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;Swim meet recap.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;Wow, what a weekend we had in &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Ventura&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Multiple best times were achieved, a few first place finishes were claimed, and the first ever official Santa Barbara Aquatics Club relay was contested.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Thank you to all the parents that helped on the timing line.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Here’s a quick rundown of the weekend:&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;st1:stockticker&gt;SBAC&lt;/st1:stockticker&gt; participants; Scott/Erin/Matthew Mahan, Janelle Nguyen, Reagan Eickret, Ari Wallis, Courtney Nuttall, Abby/Deacon Hill, Andrew/Mia Giacobazzi, Eric Lindheim-Marx, Lilly Menear, Sophie Thompson, Audrey-Anne Patterson, John Errico, Shannon Slaught, P.J. Lannon, Drew Casier, Mark Warkentin.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;Results can be found at socalswim.org.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;Highlights:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;Scott Mahan swam a personal best time in the 100 backstroke and competed in multiple races. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;Matthew Mahan, Andrew Giacobazzi, Lilly Menear and Sophie Thompson all swam their first official USA Swimming competition with great success.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;Abby Hill claimed the silver medal in the 8 and under division in multiple races with incredibly fast times.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;John Errico/P.J. Lannon/Drew Casier/Mark Warkentin set a team record in the 200 M.R.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;Courtney Nuttall swam her first 200 freestyle with an impressive time and went 2 seconds faster than her previous best time in the 100 freestyle.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;Erin Mahan swam multiple races and had a tremendously positive attitude even when she was disqualified.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;Reagan Eickert swam a best time by 3 seconds in the 100 freestyle.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;Janelle Nguyen won 4 races, claimed multiple best times, and was in the hunt for the high-point award in her age division.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;Ari Wallis swam multiple personal best times, in particular a very fast 100 breaststroke.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;Deacon Hill (only six years old) competed against 8 year olds and swam very well.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;Audrey-Anne Patterson swam 3 seconds faster than she did last week in &lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Camarillo&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; in the 100 breaststroke.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;Mia Giacobazzi swam the 200 IM for the first time. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;Shannon Slaught swam 4 races per day and swam a personal best time by over 2 seconds in the 100 backstroke.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;Eric Lindheim-Marx swam 45 seconds faster than his previous best time in the 200 I.M (seriously).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;As the head coach of our swim team the only downside to the weekend was that more &lt;st1:stockticker&gt;SBAC&lt;/st1:stockticker&gt; athletes did not participate in the swim meet.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;I hope that parents/swimmers can see that our team was represented by a vast array of athletes at various ages and ability levels and we all cheered for each other and enjoyed the experience.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;The swimmers that participated swam well, gained confidence, learned about themselves and their capabilities and realized the possibilities ahead.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;We will have more opportunities in the future to swim in &lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;USA&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; swimming competitions and I hope that everyone considers participating.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8850221281347271357-6014344142049246127?l=www.swimsbac.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/feeds/6014344142049246127/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/11/ventura-swim-meet-recap.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/6014344142049246127'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/6014344142049246127'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/11/ventura-swim-meet-recap.html' title='Ventura Swim meet Recap'/><author><name>Coach Mark Warkentin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12604343677842518225'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_097mF6p_xMk/SvhHZ97MuhI/AAAAAAAAAWg/RNMb4V9ZdxE/s72-c/scott.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850221281347271357.post-239915049791339371</id><published>2009-11-02T09:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-02T09:16:27.804-08:00</updated><title type='text'>PVST SWIM MEET round-up</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_097mF6p_xMk/Su8TkBCKsvI/AAAAAAAAAWU/jF9eNgnXdww/s1600-h/IMG_0034.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399555987714257650" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_097mF6p_xMk/Su8TkBCKsvI/AAAAAAAAAWU/jF9eNgnXdww/s320/IMG_0034.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;PVST PUMPKIN SWIM MEET ROUND-UP.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;SBAC sent 11 athletes to the Pleasant Valley Pumpkin swim meet on Saturday and came away with multiple first place finishes at every age level in both individual events and relays.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;Our 8 and under girls team of Abbi Hill and McKenna Grant claimed the gold and silver in the 25 freestyle, the 50 freestyle, and the 25 backstroke.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;In addition Abbi Hill claimed titles (and rubber duck prizes) in the 25 breaststroke and 25 butterfly.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;Our 9-10 age group was represented by Erin Mahan.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Erin placed 4&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; in the 50 Free, 4&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; in the 50 back, and 5&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; in the 50 breaststroke.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Erin narrowly missed the rubber duck prize on numerous occasions but swam lifetime bests in every event.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;At the 11-12 age group level SBAC had multiple heat winners and best times.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Reagan Eickert placed 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; in the 100 I.M. 3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt; in the 50 breaststroke and 5&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; in the 50 butterfly.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Courtney Nuttall finished 5&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; in the 50 butterfly, 2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt; in the 100 IM, and 4&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; in the 50 backstroke. Madeline Brown finished 8&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; in the 50 free, and 6&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; in the 50 backstroke.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;At the 13-14 age group level SBAC was represented by Audrey-Anne Patterson who finished 7&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; in the 100 breaststroke.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;On the men’s side SBAC was represented by a trio of athletes at the 13-14 age group level.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Spencer Kemp finished 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; in the 100 breaststroke and 2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt; in the 100 free.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Graham Young finished 3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;in the 100 free, 2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt; in the 100 back, and 8&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; in the 100 breaststroke.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Scott Mahan finished 2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt; in the 200 IM, 6&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; in the 100 free, and 3rd in the 100 back and breaststroke.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;Competing in the 15 and over Men’s division Big John Errico placed 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; in the 200 I.M. 2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt; in the 100 free, 2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt; in the 100 back, and 2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt; in the 100 breaststroke.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;SBAC also put together a female relay team (Reagan, Courtney, Madeline and Audrey) and a male relay team (Big John, Spencer, Scott, and Graham) and competed in the 200 free and 200 medley relays.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;SBAC TOUCHED FIRST ALL FOUR TIMES.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;Congratulations to everyone that participated in the swim meet this past weekend.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;As the coach of the team I was very proud of all of our swimmers that participated.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;Our next competition is this upcoming weekend in Ventura.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;The swim meet is expected to be very fast and very large.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Almost every swim team from Paso Robles to Westlake will be competing in this event.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Let’s have a good week of preparation!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8850221281347271357-239915049791339371?l=www.swimsbac.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/feeds/239915049791339371/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/11/pvst-round-up.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/239915049791339371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/239915049791339371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/11/pvst-round-up.html' title='PVST SWIM MEET round-up'/><author><name>Coach Mark Warkentin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12604343677842518225'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_097mF6p_xMk/Su8TkBCKsvI/AAAAAAAAAWU/jF9eNgnXdww/s72-c/IMG_0034.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850221281347271357.post-1151861216209039689</id><published>2009-11-02T09:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-02T09:13:28.027-08:00</updated><title type='text'>NOV 1st</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;SBAC Families,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;It's getting colder and darker.....and the likelihood of sickness increases dramatically.  Please help keep your family (and others) healthy.  One way to do this at swim practice is to take a few precautions.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;1. Wear shoes as often as possible to the pool and try to encourage your family to wear shoes AFTER swim practice.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;2. Wear a swim cap at swim practice.  A swim cap will help keep your head warm.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;3. Dry your ears out after swim practice so that cold water doesn't get stuck in your ear.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;4. Wear warm clothes, bring a big towel, and use them!  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;At this time it appears that all swim practices this week will be at D.P.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;If a random water polo game comes up that sends us out to UCSB I will make sure to e-mail you.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The D.P. team is nearing playoff time and there may be some short notice pool changes. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;On Tuesday night at midnight our online team store will close.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;You only have 2 days left to purchase team gear!&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Suits, bags, parkas, jackets and pants are all on sale with deep discounts off retail prices.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The Santa Barbara team logo (either embroidered or silkscreen) will appear on all apparel and I highly encourage you to purchase a swimsuit if nothing else.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The swimsuit (and team gear) will help identify our athletes at swim meets and will help develop our team image and personality.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Please participate.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Attached is the apparel information.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Tuesday will be your last time to get team gear for a few months (there will be a couple of swim meets in that time) so get going!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;I will be selling official Santa Barbara Aquatics Club “Rocket Scientist” team T-Shirts all week at the pool.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;If I’m busy coaching try to find Kelly Mahan (Thanks so much for the help Kelly) when she's around.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;If you are going to the swim meet in Ventura this weekend I HIGHLY encourage you to get a team T-Shirt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;I would like to have a parents meeting on Friday at 5 pm at the pool. &lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;The meeting should only take about 20 minutes but I can stay later to answer questions. There are a few issues about the winter swim schedule, potential travel swim meets, and the future at SBAC that I would like to share with all of our parents.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Parents from every group in the program are encouraged to attend.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Because of the swim meet on Saturday/Sunday we will have a shortened swim practice for age group and senior group that will conclude around 5:15 pm.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I will have Coach Alisha take over coaching duties while I host the parent meeting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;If you have questions that might be helpful to have answered please e-mail me beforehand.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8850221281347271357-1151861216209039689?l=www.swimsbac.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/feeds/1151861216209039689/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/11/nov-1st.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/1151861216209039689'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/1151861216209039689'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/11/nov-1st.html' title='NOV 1st'/><author><name>Coach Mark Warkentin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12604343677842518225'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850221281347271357.post-3977090714211862109</id><published>2009-10-28T10:54:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-28T11:00:00.835-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A recent morning practice</title><content type='html'>Reagan, Courtney, Drew, Shannon, Janelle, Mark&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6x100 warm up&lt;br /&gt;1oo swim, 100 kick, 100 no breath x 2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10x50 breaststroke with paddles on 55&lt;br /&gt;or&lt;br /&gt;10x75 freestyle pulling on 55&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10x75 on 1:15 Fly, Back, Breast&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10x200 freestyle pulling&lt;br /&gt;or&lt;br /&gt;10x150 breaststroke/freestyle pulling&lt;br /&gt;or&lt;br /&gt;10x150 freestyle pulling&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10x100 pulling on 1:15 1 EZ 1 Fast&lt;br /&gt;or&lt;br /&gt;10x75 Fly, Back, Breast on 1:15 1 EZ 1 Fast&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10x25 fast rabbit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;200 SBAC style warm-down&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8850221281347271357-3977090714211862109?l=www.swimsbac.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/feeds/3977090714211862109/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/10/recent-morning-practice.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/3977090714211862109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/3977090714211862109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/10/recent-morning-practice.html' title='A recent morning practice'/><author><name>Coach Mark Warkentin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12604343677842518225'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850221281347271357.post-8882742341260580305</id><published>2009-10-28T10:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-28T10:53:12.557-07:00</updated><title type='text'>PVST meet combined into one session</title><content type='html'>Originally the swim meet in Camarillo this Saturday was supposed to be split into two sessions with the older ages in the morning and the younger ages in the afternoon.  However, the were not very many entries for the older age divisions and so the meet hosts decided it would be best to combine the entire swim meet into one session.  The swim meet will start at 9:00 for everyone and will be finished by 12 noon at the latest.  Attached is the new updated timeline for the competition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EVERYONE PARTICIPATING IN THE SWIM MEET SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ARRIVE AT THE CAMARILLO SWIM POOL AT 8:15 AM.  PLEASE WEAR TEAM T-SHIRT IF POSSIBLE.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; E-mail me with any questions you may have in relation to the swim meet.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8850221281347271357-8882742341260580305?l=www.swimsbac.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/feeds/8882742341260580305/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/10/pvst-meet-combined-into-one-session.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/8882742341260580305'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/8882742341260580305'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/10/pvst-meet-combined-into-one-session.html' title='PVST meet combined into one session'/><author><name>Coach Mark Warkentin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12604343677842518225'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850221281347271357.post-7813117164832403076</id><published>2009-10-27T13:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-27T13:29:13.489-07:00</updated><title type='text'>TEAM GEAR IS HERE!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="ecxecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;Two major pieces of apparel news today:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;#1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;At long last SBAC now has team apparel for everyone!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;YOUTH TEAM SHIRTS will be available tomorrow!&lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;I will be selling YOUTH “Rocket Scientist” T-Shirts on Wednesday at swim practice.&lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Cost is $15. If you can't make it to Wednesday practice you can purchase team shirts on Thursday or Friday at swim practice.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;#2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;Recently SBAC became a NIKE sponsored swim program.&lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;What does this mean for our families?&lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Most significantly it means that we get deep discounts on NIKE swim products.&lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;SBAC families now have the opportunity to have our team logo printed on swimsuits, parkas, swim bags, and team jackets/pants.&lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Starting today you can go online and purchase SBAC team gear through our online NIKE distributor. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;Here’s how it works.&lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol type="1"&gt;&lt;li style="tab-stops: list .5in" class="ecxecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;E-mail coach mark and get the SBAC team apparel fact sheet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="tab-stops: list .5in" class="ecxecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;Purchase team gear at the online store (you have 1 week starting today to get the stuff you need before the store closes.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="tab-stops: list .5in" class="ecxecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;All team gear will be shipped in one large shipment (to save shipping costs) to SBAC sometime in mid November&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="tab-stops: list .5in" class="ecxecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;Get your team gear from Coach Mark when it arrives.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p class="ecxecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;The SBAC store will remain open for one week before closing at midnight on NOV 3rd. The store WILL reopen again sometime in the winter, but this is your only chance to purchase team gear before Thanksgiving. Our winter order will likely take place sometime in December.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxecxMsoNormal"&gt;Obviously, there is no requirement to purchase team gear, but I would strongly encourage the purchase of a team suit if possible.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;I know, I know, I know…..you have questions.&lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;I’m ready.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;mark warkentin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;sbac swim team head coach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8850221281347271357-7813117164832403076?l=www.swimsbac.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/feeds/7813117164832403076/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/10/team-gear-is-here.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/7813117164832403076'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/7813117164832403076'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/10/team-gear-is-here.html' title='TEAM GEAR IS HERE!'/><author><name>Coach Mark Warkentin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12604343677842518225'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850221281347271357.post-5411796118909138063</id><published>2009-10-25T18:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-25T18:35:29.212-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Janelle, Shannon and Drew in Simi Valley</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_097mF6p_xMk/SuT8dTszlqI/AAAAAAAAAWI/Oz1rH9CXAJM/s1600-h/janelle.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396715833931306658" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_097mF6p_xMk/SuT8dTszlqI/AAAAAAAAAWI/Oz1rH9CXAJM/s320/janelle.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Janelle Nguyen, en route to a personal best time in the 400 I.M&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_097mF6p_xMk/SuT8NeKBwTI/AAAAAAAAAWA/eu2GFbwnG1U/s1600-h/shannon.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396715561860317490" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_097mF6p_xMk/SuT8NeKBwTI/AAAAAAAAAWA/eu2GFbwnG1U/s320/shannon.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Shannon Slaught competing in the 100 Fly&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_097mF6p_xMk/SuT75s4Lf_I/AAAAAAAAAV4/OgbveI2nGTc/s1600-h/drew.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396715222214606834" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_097mF6p_xMk/SuT75s4Lf_I/AAAAAAAAAV4/OgbveI2nGTc/s320/drew.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Drew Casier, competing in the 200 Fly at the Southern California Swimming Senior Invitational&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8850221281347271357-5411796118909138063?l=www.swimsbac.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/feeds/5411796118909138063/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/10/janelle-shannon-and-drew-in-simi-valley.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/5411796118909138063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/5411796118909138063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/10/janelle-shannon-and-drew-in-simi-valley.html' title='Janelle, Shannon and Drew in Simi Valley'/><author><name>Coach Mark Warkentin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12604343677842518225'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_097mF6p_xMk/SuT8dTszlqI/AAAAAAAAAWI/Oz1rH9CXAJM/s72-c/janelle.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850221281347271357.post-8292683279309291517</id><published>2009-10-25T17:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-25T17:47:25.120-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Oct 25th</title><content type='html'>#1&lt;br /&gt;SWIM PRACTICE THIS WEEK WILL BE AT UCSB ON BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. ALL OTHER DAYS WILL BE AT D.P. AT THE REGULAR TIME.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#2&lt;br /&gt;Success over the weekend in Ojai and Simi Valley.&lt;br /&gt;It was a very successful weekend for SBAC. For the first time ever SBAC was represented at 2 separate competitions on the same day. 10 of our athletes from the novice/age group programs competed in a junior competion in Ojai while 3 of our Senior level swimmers traveled to Simi Valley for a upper level competition. With best times achieved from both locations it was a great weekend for every swimmer and our entire program. If anyone has a picture that they'd like to have posted on the website please forward to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#3&lt;br /&gt;"It was the first mistake I've ever made."&lt;br /&gt;Considering the SBAC T-Shirt logo is "Rocket Scientist" it was a rather humbling and ironic turn of events to realize (after it was too late) that T-Shirts come in Adult and Youth sizes. What type of intellectual genius could have known? Anyway, I hope that our smaller athletes will forgive me as I will be placing an order this week for T-Shirts that will fit.&lt;br /&gt;I think that many of our athletes (ages 10 to 14) will be able to fit in the current SMALL or MEDIUM sizes and some of older kids can wear a LARGE without any trouble. I'll be selling the current set of T-Shirts on Monday and Thursday. E-mail me if you are coming on Tuesday or Wednesday and would like to purchase a particular size. Cost is $15.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#4&lt;br /&gt;In a related matter, SBAC is now selling apparell to parents and supporters of the adult variety. Authentic SBAC team gear is just $15! E-mail me with requests!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#5&lt;br /&gt;This Saturday SBAC will have athletes from all three groups (novice, age group and Senior) represented at a swim meet in Camarillo. I will be there for the meet to support all athletes. This is going to be a very fun meet for all attending.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MAJOR SWIM MEET NEWS.&lt;br /&gt;#6&lt;br /&gt;On Nov 7-8th SBAC will participate in a swim meet in Ventura. &lt;strong&gt;This swim meet is encouraged for EVERY age and EVERY level of our program, including our most youthful and inexperienced athletes&lt;/strong&gt;. There are no minimum times (you can enter the meet No Time). This is our last swim meet prior to Thanksgiving and I hope that we can send a large team to the competition. (It's really fun when the whole team is there!) Attached is all of the swim meet info for the Ventura Swim meet. Entries are due in the mail on Monday. (Postmarked any time on Monday). If you need help filling out a swim meet entry card I will be available after swim practice on Monday or you can ask around the pool deck on Monday during practice and see if anyone can help you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#7&lt;br /&gt;Relays are the most fun part of swimming and at the swim meet in Ventura SBAC will attempt to participate in all of the relays. &lt;strong&gt;Every SBAC relay at the swim meet has a very, very, very strong chance of establishing a team record.&lt;/strong&gt; Some of our age groups at SBAC may have only 4 swimmers total - the minimum required to field a relay - so &lt;strong&gt;your participation in the swim meet might be the difference between SBAC having a relay!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8850221281347271357-8292683279309291517?l=www.swimsbac.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/feeds/8292683279309291517/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/10/sbac-swim-families-there-is-lot-of.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/8292683279309291517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/8292683279309291517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/10/sbac-swim-families-there-is-lot-of.html' title='Oct 25th'/><author><name>Coach Mark Warkentin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12604343677842518225'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850221281347271357.post-3019449096222006742</id><published>2009-10-22T22:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-22T22:20:45.475-07:00</updated><title type='text'>October 22nd</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;Dear SBAC  Families,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;It was brought to my attention this week that some families have been dropped from the team list and didn’t receive recent e-mail messages.&lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;I don’t know how this happened but I apologize for the mistake and I’ll do my best at making sure everyone is included on the list.&lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Here’s my additional solution for the future: &lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;I will continue to send out an e-mails on Sunday night (and the occasional one during the week) but I will also post the information on the team blog swimsbac.com.&lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;If you’re ever unsure about the schedule or the latest news on team events please go to the website.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;Here’s a few quick hits before the weekend.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol type="1"&gt;&lt;li style="tab-stops: list .5in" class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;I put in an order for long-sleeved SBAC swim team t-shirts last week. I talked to the designer today and he said that the order would be finished tomorrow. Because we have a swim meet in Ojai on Saturday I am going to bring the t-shirts to afternoon swim practice on Friday. I don't have a final cost per item yet, but the cost is likely to be around $15.&lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;These shirts are 100% cotton so I’d recommend getting one on the larger side.&lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;(I didn’t purchase any XSMALL, only SMALL, MEDIUM, LARGE and XL. If the team runs out of a particular size I will make an additional order as soon as possible).&lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;I will only accept cash for the t-shirts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="tab-stops: list .5in" class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;I will not be attending the swim meet in Ojai this Saturday but Carolyn and Amanda will be there to assist your athletes with coaching and support.&lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;(I will be at a different swim meet with our older kids).&lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Carolyn will be selling team swim caps at the swim meet in Ojai at the cost of $3 each. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="tab-stops: list .5in" class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;Please try to arrive at the swim meet in Ojai at least 45 minutes before the start of the competition to make sure you are signed in and warm-up up for the day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p style="tab-stops: list .5in" class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="tab-stops: list .5in" class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;see you at the pool&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="tab-stops: list .5in" class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="tab-stops: list .5in" class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt;mark&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8850221281347271357-3019449096222006742?l=www.swimsbac.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/feeds/3019449096222006742/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/10/october-22nd.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/3019449096222006742'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/3019449096222006742'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/10/october-22nd.html' title='October 22nd'/><author><name>Coach Mark Warkentin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12604343677842518225'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850221281347271357.post-6793792740745662725</id><published>2009-09-23T06:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-23T06:57:58.353-07:00</updated><title type='text'>SBAC FALL SEASON OPENER</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_097mF6p_xMk/SropVwda8-I/AAAAAAAAAVs/uyKIV8bAqVk/s1600-h/swimming+015.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384661758237144034" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_097mF6p_xMk/SropVwda8-I/AAAAAAAAAVs/uyKIV8bAqVk/s320/swimming+015.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;SANTA BARBARA AQUATICS CLUB completes first swim meet of the season at Cathedral Oaks Athletic Club.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A non-USA Sanctioned swim meet was held at Cathedral Oaks Athletic Club on Saturday September 19th.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SBAC competed against the host team COAC, Carpinteria Coy, and the Ojai Athletic Club. Swimmers competed in the 200 Free Relay, 100 IM, 50 Fly, 50 Back, 50 Breast, 100 Free, and the 200 Medley Relay. The swim meet was divided into 10 and under swimmers/11 and over swimmers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The final race of the swim meet was the girls 11 and over 200 Medley Relay. Pictured above is the SBAC girls team that came home with the victory.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everyone swam really well for the season opening event and SBAC and the team is now looking forward to traveling up to Santa Maria for a swim meet on October 10-11.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8850221281347271357-6793792740745662725?l=www.swimsbac.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/feeds/6793792740745662725/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/09/sbac-fall-season-opener.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/6793792740745662725'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/6793792740745662725'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/09/sbac-fall-season-opener.html' title='SBAC FALL SEASON OPENER'/><author><name>Coach Mark Warkentin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12604343677842518225'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_097mF6p_xMk/SropVwda8-I/AAAAAAAAAVs/uyKIV8bAqVk/s72-c/swimming+015.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850221281347271357.post-8144705287730781877</id><published>2009-09-09T19:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-09T19:56:22.893-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New start time</title><content type='html'>Starting Friday all swim groups get pushed back 15 minutes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Novice to 3:45 until 4:30&lt;br /&gt;Age group to 4:00 until 5:45&lt;br /&gt;Senior Group to 3:30 until 5:45&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8850221281347271357-8144705287730781877?l=www.swimsbac.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/feeds/8144705287730781877/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/09/new-start-time.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/8144705287730781877'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/8144705287730781877'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/09/new-start-time.html' title='New start time'/><author><name>Coach Mark Warkentin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12604343677842518225'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850221281347271357.post-1192393683779987760</id><published>2009-09-08T20:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-18T06:59:38.791-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Practice location change</title><content type='html'>POOL CHANGE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Due to Dos Pueblos High School water polo games the SBAC swim practices will need to relocate to the UCSB Campus pool for the following dates.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sept 10th (this Thursday)&lt;br /&gt;Sept 15th&lt;br /&gt;Sept 16th&lt;br /&gt;Sept 29th&lt;br /&gt;Oct 8th&lt;br /&gt;Oct 12th&lt;br /&gt;Oct 21nd&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Practice times will remain the same for all age groups.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8850221281347271357-1192393683779987760?l=www.swimsbac.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/feeds/1192393683779987760/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/09/practice-location-change.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/1192393683779987760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/1192393683779987760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/09/practice-location-change.html' title='Practice location change'/><author><name>Coach Mark Warkentin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12604343677842518225'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850221281347271357.post-6651665502553379786</id><published>2009-09-06T17:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-06T17:22:47.062-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 22px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT: 18px 'Skia Light'; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"&gt;&lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15px;font-family:arial;font-size:13;" class="EC_Apple-style-span"  &gt;&lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px;font-family:'Skia Light';font-size:14;" class="EC_Apple-style-span"  &gt;SBAC welcomes Carolyn Watts to the coaching staff,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 22px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT: 18px 'Skia Light'; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"&gt;&lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15px;font-family:arial;font-size:13;" class="EC_Apple-style-span"  &gt;&lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px;font-family:'Skia Light';font-size:14;" class="EC_Apple-style-span"  &gt;Coach Carolyn will assume the role of head coach of the novice program and will become the primary coach for the beginning age group program as well as assist with advanced age group and Senior group swimmers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 22px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT: 18px 'Skia Light'; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"&gt;&lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15px;font-family:arial;font-size:13;" class="EC_Apple-style-span"  &gt;&lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px;font-family:'Skia Light';font-size:14;" class="EC_Apple-style-span"  &gt;Here's a bit of a background on Carolyn,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 22px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT: 18px 'Skia Light'; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"&gt;&lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15px;font-family:arial;font-size:13;" class="EC_Apple-style-span"  &gt;&lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px;font-family:'Skia Light';font-size:14;" class="EC_Apple-style-span"  &gt;Coach Carolyn grew up in San Jose and been around the pool her whole life. Born into a family of swimmers, she's always loved the water and comes to Santa Barbara as a multi-disciplined aquatics athlete. Carolyn swan for eight years with San Jose Aquatics Club and for Purdue University as a freshman. She also competed nationally and internationally as a synchronized swimmer, representing the US in Russia and Italy as a member of the Junior National team. Carolyn has previously coached both high school athletes and worked with early developmental swimmers in the Bay area. Carolyn now attends UCSB as an Art History major.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 22px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT: 18px 'Skia Light'; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"&gt;&lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15px;font-family:arial;font-size:13;" class="EC_Apple-style-span"  &gt;&lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px;font-family:'Skia Light';font-size:14;" class="EC_Apple-style-span"  &gt;In her own word: "I look forward to sharing my love of the water with the SBAC swim team. I had so much fun being on a swim team and I hope I can help SBAC grow and produce super swimmers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8850221281347271357-6651665502553379786?l=www.swimsbac.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/feeds/6651665502553379786/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/09/sbac-welcomes-coach-carolyn-to-staff.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/6651665502553379786'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/6651665502553379786'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/09/sbac-welcomes-coach-carolyn-to-staff.html' title=''/><author><name>Coach Mark Warkentin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12604343677842518225'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850221281347271357.post-7527778568717043672</id><published>2009-09-04T13:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-04T13:46:59.191-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Practice on Labor Day.</title><content type='html'>SBAC will have 2 practices on Labor Day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The AM practice will be offered from 6 to 8 am.  This practice is for everyone in the age group and senior group that want to attend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The PM practice will remain at the same time, but there will be no afternoon dryland for age group and senior group swimmers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Novice starts at 3:30 and ends at 4:15&lt;br /&gt;Age Group and Senior Group start at 4:00 and ends at 5:30. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everything is at the Dos Pueblos pool.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8850221281347271357-7527778568717043672?l=www.swimsbac.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/feeds/7527778568717043672/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/09/practice-on-labor-day.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/7527778568717043672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/7527778568717043672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/09/practice-on-labor-day.html' title='Practice on Labor Day.'/><author><name>Coach Mark Warkentin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12604343677842518225'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850221281347271357.post-2332427984645994285</id><published>2009-08-23T17:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-24T08:06:15.233-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Yes, we're back.</title><content type='html'>Dear SBAC swimmers and family members,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope everyone had a restful week away from the pool (and me) and is eager for the fall season at SBAC. We do not begin formal swim practice until September 1st, but I want to get a bit of a head start on a few matters so that everyone can be ready to swim when the time comes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. We will be having an SBAC age group/senior group athletes only team meeting at the Dos Pueblos pool on Monday August 31st. We will do dryland at 3:45 and have a meeting following dryland. The afternoon will end around 5, but I will be on hand until 5:30 to talk to parents. Every athlete needs to bring a pen or pencil, $3 in CASH, and a freezer ziplock bag to the team meeting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. If you are aware of someone that may be interested in joining the program but is insecure about the process of joining please have them e-mail me directly. Swimmers can always join SBAC midseason, but it’s always easier to be there at the beginning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Dryland will be a huge part of the SBAC swim program. Please make sure that proper tennis/fitness shoes are worn on August 31st and every practice thereafter. If you have a particular physical ailment that I need to be aware of that will prevent you from one aspect of training please let me know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Age group practice in September officially begins at 3:45 with 15 minutes of dryland. However, in October, I would like to encourage most of the age group swimmers to start arriving at 3:15 unless there is a school conflict.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. I would like everyone to start bringing a water bottle to school (and actually drinking the water). Drinking water is a good habit in itself, but it is very important for athletes. You cannot go the entire school day without drinking water and then show up to swim practice able to perform at optimum levels. If you make it a habit this week it will be a natural habit next week.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8850221281347271357-2332427984645994285?l=www.swimsbac.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/feeds/2332427984645994285/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/08/yes-were-back.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/2332427984645994285'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/2332427984645994285'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/08/yes-were-back.html' title='Yes, we&apos;re back.'/><author><name>Coach Mark Warkentin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12604343677842518225'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850221281347271357.post-8657055254235842022</id><published>2009-08-16T18:25:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T18:31:39.060-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Summer ends for SBAC athletes</title><content type='html'>Our age group program completed the summer at the PVST Pirate Invitational, with Erik Lindheim-Marx winning multiple races and establishing new best times while Courtney Nuttall established new times for the future.  The novice program completed the summer at the Santa Barbara Novice Championships (held at Dos Pueblos High School) with a tremendous showing at every age level.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was a tremendously successful summer for all of the swimmers and families at SBAC.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8850221281347271357-8657055254235842022?l=www.swimsbac.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/feeds/8657055254235842022/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/08/summer-ends-for-sbac-athletes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/8657055254235842022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/8657055254235842022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/08/summer-ends-for-sbac-athletes.html' title='Summer ends for SBAC athletes'/><author><name>Coach Mark Warkentin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12604343677842518225'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850221281347271357.post-1860101725215392570</id><published>2009-08-06T13:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-06T13:14:43.993-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Another big weekend for SBAC swimmers</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_097mF6p_xMk/Sns4rAfsugI/AAAAAAAAAVY/IJROVHNIYIA/s1600-h/July+2009+004+_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 302px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366945692460562946" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_097mF6p_xMk/Sns4rAfsugI/AAAAAAAAAVY/IJROVHNIYIA/s320/July+2009+004+_2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Santa Barbara Aquatics Club will compete in 2 swim meets this weekend.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Our novice program will participate in a swim meet at Cathedral Oaks Athletic Club on Saturday morning, racing against local novice teams.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A group of our age group swimmers will travel to Camarillo to compete in a swim meet with others from around the Santa Barbara and Ventura County areas.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Check back at this site for results from the competitions!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8850221281347271357-1860101725215392570?l=www.swimsbac.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/feeds/1860101725215392570/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/08/another-big-weekend-for-sbac-swimmers.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/1860101725215392570'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/1860101725215392570'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/08/another-big-weekend-for-sbac-swimmers.html' title='Another big weekend for SBAC swimmers'/><author><name>Coach Mark Warkentin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12604343677842518225'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_097mF6p_xMk/Sns4rAfsugI/AAAAAAAAAVY/IJROVHNIYIA/s72-c/July+2009+004+_2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850221281347271357.post-4629730655251146922</id><published>2009-08-06T12:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-06T13:05:14.354-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Katy Freeman is US Open Champion!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_097mF6p_xMk/Sns3R-VaP1I/AAAAAAAAAU4/C_VBoxtkb7U/s1600-h/1861816.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 250px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366944162872180562" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_097mF6p_xMk/Sns3R-VaP1I/AAAAAAAAAU4/C_VBoxtkb7U/s320/1861816.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;SBAC's &lt;a href="http://ucsbgauchos.cstv.com/sports/w-swimonly/mtt/freeman_katy00.html"&gt;Katy Freeman&lt;/a&gt; hit the wall first in a blistering time of 2:22.51 to win Gold and set a new U.S. Open meet record in the 200 breaststroke meet record by more than three seconds. Her time currently ranks 6th in the World and second in the United States behind Rebecca Soni.&lt;br /&gt;"She was fourth at the turn and just swam an exceptional last 50 to bring it home," said UCSB coach and SBAC director &lt;a href="http://ucsbgauchos.cstv.com/sports/m-swimonly/mtt/wilson_gregg00.html"&gt;Gregg Wilson&lt;/a&gt;. "I'm incredibly happy for Katy. She has worked very hard and this win puts her in some elite international company." &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8850221281347271357-4629730655251146922?l=www.swimsbac.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/feeds/4629730655251146922/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/08/katy-freeman-is-us-open-champion.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/4629730655251146922'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/4629730655251146922'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/08/katy-freeman-is-us-open-champion.html' title='Katy Freeman is US Open Champion!'/><author><name>Coach Mark Warkentin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12604343677842518225'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_097mF6p_xMk/Sns3R-VaP1I/AAAAAAAAAU4/C_VBoxtkb7U/s72-c/1861816.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850221281347271357.post-5810102240852299117</id><published>2009-08-05T08:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-05T08:22:22.830-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Age Group Test Set 10x100 IM on 3 minutes</title><content type='html'>A group of swimmers in the age group program at SBAC participated in a test set of 10x100 IM on 3 minutes.  Here are their times from the set.  For Erik, Regan, and Courtney this was the second time doing this particular test set, and all three athletes had significant improvement on their average times.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Erik 1:30.0, 1:30.8, 1:28.1, 1:29.4, 1:30.9, 1:31.0, 1:29.1, 1:30.8, 1:29.8,1:29.5, 1:21.3&lt;br /&gt;Regan 1:31.29, 1:32.1, 1:32.1, 1:30.6, 1:32.1, 1:32.3, 1:29.3, 1:32.4, 1:30.2, 1:21.3&lt;br /&gt;Courtney 1:29.2, 1:32.1, 1:32.1, 1:30.6, 1:32.1, 1:32.3, 1:29.3, 1:32.4, 1:28.2, 1:26.0&lt;br /&gt;Morgan 2:05.1, 2:02,8, 2:04.9, 2:09.8, 1:59.5, 1:55.9, 2:01.1, 1:59.8, 1:56.7, 2:00.1&lt;br /&gt;Spencer 1:51,0, 1:50.1, 1:50.5, 1:50.7, 1:47.8, 1:47.0, 1:47.6, 1:50.7, 1:52,7, 1:48.4s. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;great job SBAC age group program&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8850221281347271357-5810102240852299117?l=www.swimsbac.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/feeds/5810102240852299117/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/08/age-group-test-set-10x100-im-on-3.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/5810102240852299117'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/5810102240852299117'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/08/age-group-test-set-10x100-im-on-3.html' title='Age Group Test Set 10x100 IM on 3 minutes'/><author><name>Coach Mark Warkentin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12604343677842518225'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850221281347271357.post-8399677781123496323</id><published>2009-07-16T09:36:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-16T09:38:09.077-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Katy Freeman wins gold medal for USA!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_097mF6p_xMk/Sl9XMpOMLqI/AAAAAAAAASU/1RI76EWMAfQ/s1600-h/katy2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359097956329598626" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_097mF6p_xMk/Sl9XMpOMLqI/AAAAAAAAASU/1RI76EWMAfQ/s320/katy2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;On July 11th, at World University Games in Belgrade Serbia, UCSB's All-American Katy Freeman (pictured second from left on the top podium receiving her award) won a gold medal as a member of the USA 4x100 Medley relay team. The American team finished at 4:01.90 narrowly defeating Italy at 4:02.75. In the process the American team established a new meet record, shattering the mark set by Japan in 2007 at 4:03.11.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Katy Freeman, representing the Santa Barbara Aquatics Club in domestic competitions, split a blistering 1:05.83 for the breaststroke leg of the relay. That time (if contested as a flat start) would rank her 2nd in the country behind only Olympic champion and American Record holder Rebecca Soni. Additionally, Katy’s split makes her only the second American female to break the 1:06 barrier all-time.Congratulations Katy and good luck at the US Open in August&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8850221281347271357-8399677781123496323?l=www.swimsbac.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/feeds/8399677781123496323/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/07/katy-freeman-wins-gold-medal-for-usa.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/8399677781123496323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/8399677781123496323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/07/katy-freeman-wins-gold-medal-for-usa.html' title='Katy Freeman wins gold medal for USA!'/><author><name>Coach Mark Warkentin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12604343677842518225'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_097mF6p_xMk/Sl9XMpOMLqI/AAAAAAAAASU/1RI76EWMAfQ/s72-c/katy2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850221281347271357.post-4104262024456403897</id><published>2009-07-16T09:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-16T09:29:49.256-07:00</updated><title type='text'>July 15th Age Group Swim Practice</title><content type='html'>600 Warm-Up as 200 swim 200 kick 200 swim&lt;br /&gt;15 minutes of fast turns and S.O.S set&lt;br /&gt;100 Social Kick&lt;br /&gt;8x50 holding pace for points&lt;br /&gt;100 Social Kick&lt;br /&gt;Main Set&lt;br /&gt;4x75 make required descend&lt;br /&gt;4x50 make required descend&lt;br /&gt;4x25 make required descend&lt;br /&gt;Warm down&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8850221281347271357-4104262024456403897?l=www.swimsbac.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/feeds/4104262024456403897/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/07/wednesday-july-15th-age-group-swim.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/4104262024456403897'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/4104262024456403897'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/07/wednesday-july-15th-age-group-swim.html' title='July 15th Age Group Swim Practice'/><author><name>Coach Mark Warkentin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12604343677842518225'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850221281347271357.post-3018492114108086702</id><published>2009-07-16T09:19:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-17T05:38:18.209-07:00</updated><title type='text'>SBAC dryland ends for summer season</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_097mF6p_xMk/Sl9c0z60WzI/AAAAAAAAATM/Pg6-e0RctCQ/s1600-h/erik.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359104143954041650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 216px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_097mF6p_xMk/Sl9c0z60WzI/AAAAAAAAATM/Pg6-e0RctCQ/s320/erik.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Due to the upcoming championship swimming events, dryland training with Erik Hansen and Emlynn Tursick will be postponed until the fall season. Over the past 6 weeks the SBAC age group and senior group have benefited tremendously from the extensive dryland training prior to swim practice, but with the biggest swim meets of the year upon us we are taking a break from the pain. Erik and Emilyn will now focus all of their attention on the swim practice. Sadly (for the coaches), dryland will not resume until September 1st.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8850221281347271357-3018492114108086702?l=www.swimsbac.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/feeds/3018492114108086702/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/07/sbac-dryland-program-finally-ends.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/3018492114108086702'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/3018492114108086702'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/07/sbac-dryland-program-finally-ends.html' title='SBAC dryland ends for summer season'/><author><name>Coach Mark Warkentin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12604343677842518225'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_097mF6p_xMk/Sl9c0z60WzI/AAAAAAAAATM/Pg6-e0RctCQ/s72-c/erik.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850221281347271357.post-7712894481376924016</id><published>2009-07-16T09:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-06T13:09:36.639-07:00</updated><title type='text'>SBAC swimmers busy this weekend</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;SBAC will be represented by our athletes at 3 different events this weekend. Erik Lindheim-Marx will participate in the Santa Maria Invitational, Regan Eickert and others will participate in the Santa Barbara Kids Triathlon and the bulk of our novice program will participate in our 3rd competition of the summer at the Tennis Club of Santa Barbara. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8850221281347271357-7712894481376924016?l=www.swimsbac.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/feeds/7712894481376924016/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/07/sbac-swimmers-buys-this-weekend.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/7712894481376924016'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/7712894481376924016'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/07/sbac-swimmers-buys-this-weekend.html' title='SBAC swimmers busy this weekend'/><author><name>Coach Mark Warkentin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12604343677842518225'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850221281347271357.post-8041803646884810040</id><published>2009-07-16T09:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-16T09:16:06.137-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Beginning Age Group Kicking test set</title><content type='html'>The younger half of Age Group swimmers attempted a kicking test set of 10x50 on 2:00 on Tuesday July 14th.  Following are the results.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Abbi 57, 54, 56, 57, 58, 58, 59, 58, 59, 55&lt;br /&gt;Jordan 1:04, 59, 58, 57, 58, 58, 59, 1:00, 1:03, 1:03&lt;br /&gt;Tony 1:01, 57, 59, 58, 59, 1:00, 1:03, 1:05, 1:02, 1:02&lt;br /&gt;Kate 1:02, 54, 56, 57, 1:00, 59, 1:05, 1:05, 1:03, 1:05&lt;br /&gt;Colin 1:03, 59, 59, 59, 56, 1:19, 1:17, 1:21, 1:19, 1:17&lt;br /&gt;Jesse 1:05, 1:00, 1:00, 1:00, 1:00, 1:02, 1:02, 1:02, 1:02, 1:00&lt;br /&gt;Nathan 1:07, 1:06, 1:06, 1:06, 1:05, 1:01, 1:07, 1:08, 1:06, 1:08&lt;br /&gt;Parker 1:06, 1:06, 1:05, 1:05, 1:05, 1:05, 1:05, 1:08, 1:09, 1:10&lt;br /&gt;Liam 1:05, 58, 59, 59, 59, 1:03, 1:01, 1:02, 1:04, 1:03&lt;br /&gt;Erin 1:26, 1:32, 1:31, 1:30, 1:27, 1:30, 1:34, 1:30, 1:27, 1:31&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8850221281347271357-8041803646884810040?l=www.swimsbac.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/feeds/8041803646884810040/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/07/beginning-age-group-kicking-test-set.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/8041803646884810040'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8850221281347271357/posts/default/8041803646884810040'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.swimsbac.com/2009/07/beginning-age-group-kicking-test-set.html' title='Beginning Age Group Kicking test set'/><author><name>Coach Mark Warkentin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12604343677842518225'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>