
September Splash Invitational Saturday September 23^rd Prattville, Alabama First Meet of the 2006-2007 Short Course Season. This is a fun One-Day meet to attend. Click on the above link for more details and events. Remember, On-Line Registration is available for this meet, or see Coach Jeff, Coach Ann, Coach John, Beth Kennedy or Barry Woodman for registration.
Record Board Success The Record Board is working! We weren’t fifteen minutes into our first meet after the record board was erected, and I noticed swimmers running over to the record board after a successful swim checking to see they’re time would put them on the wall. I’m still working on the new records to update the record board, but over the summer we had over 17 records broken in the (12 & Under) age groups and new records set in the 13&14 age groups.Good Job Swimmers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006 Summer ARPA Season Summary Unbeaten in Dual Meets & Many Medals at State I thought the swimmers had a very triumphant 2006 Summer ARPA Season. JST was unbeaten in their DUAL Meets and the win over our arch rival Sheffield was sweet. We did have to settle for 2^nd in both the TVC Championship and District Championship due solely to our lack of swimmers in the 13-14 & Senior age groups. Although we finished 2^nd to BPR in their lopsided win over us at District, we sent THIRTY-THREE swimmers to their FOUR to compete in Dothan at the State Swim Meet where our success continued. On Saturday at the completion of the State Meet, I sat in the Lobby along with the other swim coaches waiting on our swimmers awards. Every few minutes a representative from the Dothan Swim Team would emerge from the room and announce a team’s name and a coach from that team would come and retrieve a small white bag containing their awards. On two occasions more than one bag was handed to a coach. I know this because Jasper was second to the last team announced. The Madison coach and I were the only coaches to leave the lobby with two bags completely full of awards. I felt PROUD, proud of our swimmers! In the individual events, Jasper Swim Team accumulated (4) Gold, (5) Silver, (6) Bronze & (27) 4^th-8^th Place Medals; that’s 42 Metals! In the Relays, we left with (5) Silver, (5) Bronze & (2) 5^th Place finishes. Congratulations to Jim Trotter, Hannah Studdard, Andrew Harris & Joseph Daniel on those GOLD Medals! Click >Here< for JST State Meet Results & Click >Here< for State Meet Team Scores.
SYLACAUGA Cyclones Marble City Invitational Saturday June 10th This is a OPEN MEET for every swimmer to participate. USA Membership is NOT required to participate. It is not normally on the JST ARPA schedule, but is a fun One-Day meet to attend. ARPA Rules will apply for age group swimmers (Whatever the swimmer's age on the First Day of June). Since this meet is out of district and not a regular scheduled ARPA meet, there are fee's required for each swimmer to participate. Click on the above link for more details and Click Here for the events. Remember, On-Line Registration is available for this meet, or see Coach Ann, Coach Jeff, Beth Kennedy or Barry Woodman for registration.
JST Swimmers & Coach Competing in First Triathlon Eight of Jasper's finest swimmers including their coach will be competing in the "Tri-It-On" triathlon held in Birmingham on May 27^th. They will be competing along with 300+ other triathletes ranging in age from 9 to 72. The course is a 200 yard swim, a 8.5 mile bike followed by a 2 mile run. According to Coach Jeff, the swimmers or in this case triathletes, are ready. The short swim will be a breeze for them, the bike to run transition will be a little tough, but they should all finish around the 1 hour mark. Triathletes competing are Charles Odle, Matthew Kennedy, Joseph & Andrew Harris, Hannah Studdard, Kelsey Woodman, Mallory Maloy, Anna Nicholson & Coach Jeff. Wish them luck and tune in next week to find out how they fared.
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