ASC This Week - July 3-9, 2022

Mark Noetzel

Dear Swim Families,

Happy July 4!

This week brought us some great swim races and also marked the end of the regular season for most of the ASC swimmers. However - we have 10 State Swimmers who will continue, 7:30-9 am, for practices.

ASC’s 10 State Swimmers!

The state meet qualifying requires a AAA(this year called Q22) time standard. We have 10 swimmers that have qualified for and committed to the Hawaiian Swimming State Championships, July 14-17, at VMAC on Oahu. They will continue to practice with myself and Coach Kerry

11/12 Girls: Madi Coronas-Holeso*

13/14 Boys: Kaiea Hudgins, Coleson Pouoa, Beaudin Schad, and Zane Imonen.

15-18 Girls: Sofia Howard

15-18 Boys: Hulton Chicoine, Lucas Duba, Kekai Haines, and Kouske Soler.

* Madi will also compete for Team Hawaii in the USA Swimming Western Zone Championships, Aug 3-6, 2022 in Elk Grove, CA.

RESULTS - JULY 2, 2022 AT KAMEHAMEHA

ASC had fifteen swimmers compete last Saturday and Five New Hawaiian Time Standards were achieved.

Mauna Kea 9/10 division - his 1st time 9-10 time standard with a B in 50 Backstroke
Jace: 8/under division - A in 50 Free and B in 50 Breaststroke & 50 Butterfly
Maile: 15-18 division - StateQ22 100 Backstroke

SEE ALL RESULTS HERE from the July 2 meet. Thank you to Mellisa Schad (Referee), Ignacio Soler (Timing Consol), and Laura Robertson (Stroke/turn judge) for volunteering to officiate. We couldn’t offer the program to kids without officials!

Congratulations to all competitors:

8/under girls: Elle Allore
8/under boys: Jace Buscher
9/10 boys: Zion Yeun Wong, Mauna Kea Yamashita
11/12 girls: Madi Coronas-Holeso
13/14 boys: Zane Imonen, Beaudin Schad, Coleson Pouoa
15-18 girls: Sophia Jordan, Ione Chicoine, Maile Imonen, Sofia Howard
15-18 boys: Hulton Chicone, Kekai Haines, Kouske Soler

RESULTS - July 3, 2022, Kamakahonu Mile - Kona Pier

Leading the ASC swimmers was Sofia Howard, Overall Female Champion!!! What a great swim for Sofia. Good work! In the overall order that they finished, here are the ASC competitors.

Zane Imonen, 1st - 13-14 boys
Beaudin Schad, 2nd 13-14 boys
Ben Wyatt, 6th 15-18 boys
Sophia Jordan, 6th 15-18 girls
Minnow Benedict, 7th 15-18 girls
Coach Carrie, 5th, 35-39 women
Darwin Williams, 4th in Ass’t division.

WHEN IS NEXT SEASON?

We will keep you posted regarding which dates we will begin practices again in August. Sept 3, might be a fun pentathlon/relay meet at ASC to start the next season. We will also be using a different webservice. We will move from Team Unify at the end of this season and use COMMIT SWIMMING. Commit is in the process of transferring all of our account information over to their platform. Stay tuned for more information.

TEAM STORE - ARENA - BAGS - PARKAS - SUITS - GOGGLES - GEAR

Go to our team website and click on the TEAM STORE and you’ll be taken to our Swimoutlet.com store. There you will find items you can have “customized” like backpacks, parkas, and warms ups, or get “gear” like swimsuits, goggles, paddles, snorkels…

TIME STANDARDS

A note about time standards - As swimmers beginning in the program start to compete, their results (time) fit into a scale (see below and for exact times, see the link) HAWAIIAN SWIMMING TIME STANDARDS.

For new swimmers to achieve a “B” standard is great and is their first level of recognized achievement in the Hawaiian Swimming system. Please note, that ASC coaches push athletes to simply strive to improve their personal bests, and the rest will take care of itself. ASC has had athletes on the chart below, all the way to the Jr. National (18/under) Championships.

The more swimmers compete, the more opportunities they have to learn “how to compete.” So, as parents, keep encouraging and listening to your swimmer(s). No need for you to give any technical advice to them, that’s for the coaches. Just keep encouraging them to do their best and work hard to strive to achieve their goal. Often, the best thing you can say to a swimmer, is that you’re proud of them for trying and you enjoy watching them compete and exercise.

Climbing the Hawaiian & USA Swimming Steps

USA National Championships

USA Jr. National Championships

USA Futures Championships

USA Speedo Senior Sectional Championships

Age Group Zone and Senior Zone Level

AAA - Hawaii State Championships & Senior Champsionships

AA - Hawaii Jr. Age Group and Invitational Level

A - Hawaii Jr. Age Group Championship Level.

B - Hawaii Level Age Group

BECOME AN OFFICIAL - JOIN OUR GROWING TEAM & HELP BIG ISLAND SWIMMERS

Want to be on deck in the future to watch your swimmer compete? Become an official. It’s not hard, you will get really great training and be able to shadow officials until you’re ready to go. ASC needs more Stroke & Turn Officials to our roster! Please talk to Coach Mark or Barbara re: the option of becoming a deck official.

ASC’s Registered Officials

Catherine Breen
Jana Dubova
Jarek Duba
Laura Robertson
Melissa Schad
Ignacio Soler
Robyn Scarth

USA - Swimming/US Center For Safe Sport

Many families have continued to have their swimmers take the SafeSport course, as well as taking it themselves. The coaching staff thanks you for doing this. Here’s the link to the USA Swimming SafeSport/US Center for Safe Sport. Keeping our athletes safe is the responsibility of all of us.

All for now,

Lastly, the coaching staff truly appreciates the opportunity to work with your swimmers. We realize the importance of physical activity and the development of skills that support the growth and development of teamwork, loyalty, and other character traits, and we’re glad you swimmer(s) are with us.

COMPETITIONS COMING UP

July 14-17 AAA State Championships, VMAC OAHU. ASC will take a team of qualifiers over. CLICK HERE FOR TIME STANDARDS. Committed

2022 WESTERN ZONE AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS - August 3-6, Elk Grove, California. CLICK HERE for more info. Madison Coronas-Holeso, has qualified and committed to attend with Team Hawaii. Also Qualified to attend are Kaiea Hudgins and Coleson Pouoa.

All the best,

Coach Mark

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