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 Tryouts

Castle Rock Swimming will be hosting Tryouts for any Athletes interested in joining our team. They will be from 3:30 -5:00, Monday August 2 nd . For more info contact: Mike Novell Castle...

 Speedo Tip of the Week - Healthy Behavior

A CLUSTER OF HEALTHY BEHAVIORS BY KATHLEEN WOOLF//CORRESPONDENT Did you know that behaviors are found in ?clusters?? Engaging in a healthy behavior, such as eating fruits and veggies, increases ...

 Castle Rock Achieves Club Recognition Level One

ROCK has achieved USA Swimming?s Club Recognition Level One! The Club Recognition Program is a program administered by USA Swimming to better develop swim club business plans and operating procedu...

 Speedo Tip of the Week - Keys to Success

Five Keys to Success with 2009 World University Games medalist Whitney Sprague 1. Determination. When you come up against an obstacle, you just have to keep on going, otherwise, you won?t end up ach...

 Speedo Tip of the Week - Flawless Finishes

BY KELSEY SAVAGE-HAYS//Correspondent Of course the start matters, the turnover rate counts, and pace strategy shouldn?t be overlooked, but in a head-to-head match, it?s the finish that makes or brea...

 Speedo Tip of the Week - Earning Confidence

BY LENNY WEIRSMA, PhD//Correspondent Peter is a swimmer who performs well at small meets where he knows going in that he will be successful, but folds at big meets where success is not easily attain...

 How Do Coaches Pick Swimmers Events

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 Speedo Tip of the Week

BY DAVID SWENSEN//Doctor of Chiropractic, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist Warm-up . A proper warm-up may do more than just increase body temperature, which makes the muscles more...

 Sky Sox Fundraiser

Thanks to Carrie Lohr and everybody that made the Sky Sox fundraiser a big success. The team made almost five hundred dollars which will be saved for a rainy day. Look forward for the next fundr...

 Speedo Tip of the Week

Eating on the Road BY KATHLEEN WOOLF//Correspondent As a competitive swimmer, many of your meals will be eaten on the road. Plan ahead and make good choices, so you stay well fueled while away fr...

 Castle Rock Swimming Facebook Page

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Castle-Rock-Swimming/91912155671?ref=nf Castle Rock Has a Facebook...Check it out for fun updates.

 Speedo Tip of the Week

Five Simple Things to get Faster Kelton Graham, a senior coach with Club Wolverine, in Ann Arbor, Mich., offers a few simple suggestions to help you swim faster right now: Swim deliberate laps. Th...

 Speedo Tip of the Week

Swimming Fast When the Pressure's On BY CHRIS CARR, PhD//Special Correspondent One of the greatest challenges for a swimmer is learning how to be a great competitor, especially when the race begins....

 Swim-A-Thon Update

Silver will do their swim-a-thon on Tues. May 12th during practice, but they can start as early as 4:30. Bronze will do theirs on Sat., May 9th from 9:30 - 10 or 10:30, depending how long they last:)...

 Little Cuda Open

Good luck to all 10 and unders tomorrow!! It is a small meet so we should be out early. Warm up is at 7:30 and the meet begins at 8:30! Look for volunteer sheets in your file folders soon and retur...

 Swim Team Tryouts

Castle Rock Swimming will be conducting tryouts on Monday, March 16 th , 2009. Interested swimmers should contact or board president Laura Alfano or Head Coach Mike Novell for registration and more in...

 Speedo Tip of the Week

Long Axis and Short Axis Dryland Exercises This week?s Speedo Tip of the Week comes from Dr. David Swensen, a certified strength and conditioning specialist and an assistant coach for the YMCA of the...

 Silver State Elegibility Report

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 Speedo Tip of the Week

Preventing Knee Injuries This week?s Speedo Tip of the Week comes from strength and conditioning specialist Mike Mejia, author of ?The Men?s Health Gym Bible.ý Mejia recommends some exercises that mig...

 Speedo Tip of the Week

Eating a Variety of Food This week?s Speedo Tip of the Week comes from nutrition counselor Jessica Knowles. Knowles offers some advice on eating a variety of food. Knowles? Tip: Broaden your horizon...

 State Room Reservations

We have a block of rooms under Castle Rock Swimmimg reserved at the full service Marriott in Fort Collins. The rate is $99 and they all have 2 double beds. If you think your swimmer has any chance...

 Parent Meeting December 08 Agenda

Castle Rock Swimming Parent Board Meeting ? December 2008 Mike Novell Coaches Report Past Meets New Email for meets ? ROCKentries@gmail.com Meet Fees ACES Fall Open ...

 Speedo Tip of the Week

This week?s Speedo Tip of the Week comes from USA Swimming?s Biomechanics Coordinator Russell Mark. Mark offers some advice on avoiding breathing late in freestyle. Mark?s Tip: Good breathing techni...

 New E-Mail for Communication About Meet Entries

There is a new e-mail address that will be specifically for notifying the coaches about meet entry issues. This e-mail will be for information such as "I signed up for the ACES meet, but my daughter ...

 Speedo Tip of the Week

Building Confidence for Competition This week?s Speedo Tip of the Week comes from sports psychology consultant Dr. Alan Goldberg. Goldberg offers some advice on building confidence for competition. ...

 Pineapple Open Meet Info Posted

Event Link: http://www.teamunify.com/EventShow.jsp?returnPage=%2FEventsCurrent.jsp&id=21980&team=cscrst

 Speedo Tip of the Week

Finding Time to Eat This week?s Speedo Tip of the Week comes from Dr. Kathleen Woolf, a registered dietician and a member of the American Dietetic Association. Woolf offers some advice on finding tim...

 ROCKSTAR Best Time Recognition Program

ROCKSTAR Best Time Recognition Program The sport of swimming is as much a race against the clock as it is a race against competition. To better show support for swimmers individual a...

 Parent Meeting - 6pm

Meeting reminder ~ This Wednesday, Oct. 8th at 6pm in the senior center section of the REC. The REC is having an all day 20th anniversary celebration and it will just be ending at 6 so it could be ...

 Blue v Black Results

Event 1 Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay Team Relay Finals Time 1 Black-CO ...

 August Break

August Break 8/4 - 8/22. Everybody back at the pool 8/25/08

 End of the Season Picnic

Please RSVP for Sun. Aug 3rd picnic at Butterfield from 12 - 5 if you haven't already.

 Team Picture

Team Picture at Butterfield Park at 8:00am. Please wear your Black Shirt.

 Colroado Little Splashes Info

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 Coffee with Mike (Office Hours)

There will be some time that I will be setting aside next week for some office hours. Please stop by if you have any questions, comments, or concerns. Monday 6/9 - 5:30 - 6:00pm Thursday 6/12 - 5:30 ...

 Aces Results

http://www.teamunify.com/cscrst/__doc__/Aces%20Results.pdf

 ROCK donation letter

ROCK into Summer is fast approaching!! Many of you are not actively using the team website yet which is the reason I am sending this email. I have attached the donation letter you will need to prese...

 Updated **ROCK into Summer**New Date**Donation Forms

Our third annual ROCK into Summer event will be held on Friday the 30th of May between 5 and 8pm at The Grange in the Meadows. This is a fun family night. We are pre-selling tickets now. Price ...

 No Practice on Memorial Day

No Practice on Memorial Day

 Congratulations to Swimmer of the Month Jeremy Goodison!

Congratulations to Swimmer of the Month Jeremy Goodison! Jeremy has consistently been doing a great job in practice and he performance at the TOPS meet in April shows that. Here are some of his be...

 Advertising Forms for Little Cuda Open

Here are the forms for the meet for advertising. Please remember that each advertisement that you obtain goes towards your fundraising---100%. If you obtain a sponsor for the meet--20% of that goes...

 Little Cuda Open Lane Assignments

Little Cuda Open - 5/4/2008 Warm Up Session 1 - 7:30am - 7:55am 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ACES BB CAC CAC ROCK ROCK ROCK CSA Warm Up Session 2 - 7:55am - 8:20am 1 2 3 4 5 6...

 Parent Board Meeting - 6pm

We hope to see you all at our first parent meeting of the long course season. * Advertising forms will be available for the May 4th meet that we are hosting. * Donation letters needed for our ROC...

 Summer Schedule Posted

4/13 Black vs Blue Intrasquad All groups 4/25-27 TOPS LC Open 10 and Over 5/4 Little Cuda Open 10 and under 5/17-18 NJ LC Invite All groups 6/13-15 NJ LC Open All group 6/27-29 Aces LC Open All groups...

 Parent Meeting - Wed., March 5th

Topics to be discussed ~ Silver State and State Successes, the Mighty Mini?s Meet on March 8th, the Masters meet on March 9th, ROCK into Summer and more. 6pm - Be there - Even if I forget to show u...

 Regular Practice Schedule during State Meet

There will be no changes to the regular practice schedule during the state meet. Coach Will and Coach Mike will be away at 14 and under State, but Coach Paul will be there running practice.

 Silver State Stats

Awesome performance by ROCK swimmers this weekend with 8 Junior Olympic times being added to an already very impressive short course season. Connor Dooley - 200 free, Sarah Blount - 100 back, Sarah...

 Spring Break Announced

The break between Long Course season and Short Course season will be from March 17th through March 28th. With all groups starting back on Monday, MArch 31st, 2008. Have a fun and safe break!

 Girls High School State

This Thursday and Friday four of ROCK?s best and our favorite silver coach will be competing in the Colorado High School State Meet at EPIC pool in Ft. Collins . Wish them luck! Coach Will, Sam...

 Evergreen Superbowl Results Posted

The Evergreen meet was a big success congratulations to Jodi Gilliam for winning the eight and under age group overall! Great job swimmers.

 TOPS Colorado Open Results

The results have been posted for the TOPS Colorado Open. The entire team did a tremendous job! Special congradulations go out to Nathan Hall for his first State Qualifying cut in the 50 back and the...

 FAST Results

Great Job at the FAST meet. Results are now in the database

 John Pederson competes for Team Colorado!

John Pederson will reprecent ROCK and Colorado this weekend at the Annual All Stars Meet in Lawrence Kansas. GOOD LUCK!

 No Practice on Friday

There will be no practice on Friday 1/18/08 due to the Castle View Swim Meet. Good luck Castle View Swimmers Renee and Alex!

 Speedo Tip of the Week

Bilateral Breathing This week?s Speedo Tip of the Week is an excerpt from the Jan.-Feb. 2008 issue of Splash. Here are some pointers for making bilateral breathing a little easier. The Tip: If you?r...