4-A is over, and so is school!!

So we had great results at Tisca, team placed third overall, but now it's time to get down to business: we need to take state. And for that to happen it's important that NONE OF US get out of shape over break. It happens easily. It happens when you're not paying attention, when the sugar plum fairies are dancing around and you forget to go to swim practice. So here's your reminder:

THE PRACTICE TIMES ARE ON THE CALENDAR. SHOW UP. ON TIME. SWIM HARD. GET FAST.

Enjoy your break everyone!!!

TURNS/WALLS - Far-Hands Flip Turn from Glenn Mills on Vimeo.

flip turn video

Holiday Party

This Saturday, December 5, at 7:30 pm, the Grubers (5445 Oxford, 214-755-9635) will be hosting our annual Christmas party and gift exchange. A message was sent out through facebook to the team, but just in case you dont check facebook or didnt get the email here is the link to the evite. A white elephant gift under $10 (not a gift-card, lazies out there!) will make your evening much more fun. Be creative. See you there!!

I give thanks for my team...

Three centuries ago, our forefathers set out on a journey to discover a place where a man could swim in something besides the English Channel. After months at sea, dying of scurvy and underchlorination, the first pioneers of America established our nation in Plymouth, Massachussetts, eating a feast with the Native Americans, and the next morning, waking up before 7 to work off the calories swimming. And so from that day forth, every year, we show up for practice on Wednesday, eat twice our body weight on Thursday, and go to practice the next morning. If our ancestors died crossing the Atlantic Ocean to bring us freedom to excel in athletics, we would be remiss not to acknowledge their selflessness and sacrifice. So if thou art a patriot, an athlete, and a member of the glorious Highland Park state-championship swim team, come to practice on Wednesday and Friday, ready to swim at 7 am.

More Colony Info

Bus time: 8 am
Warm-ups: 9 am
Meet start: 10:30 am
Estimated end: 3:30 pm

Colony Entries!!

Trying a different formatting for listing entries. Comment on blog and tell me what you think.

 Alkire
200 IM
100 Fly
400 Fr Relay

Arey
200 Medley Relay
50 Fr
100 Fr
400 Fr Relay

Arnold
200 Medley R
200 IM
100 Fly
200 Fr Relay

Azbukin
200 Medley R
50 Free
100 Back
200 Fr Relay

Boyer
Medley Relay
50 Free
100 Free
200 Fr Relay

Bybee
200 IM
100 Brst

Carbery
100 Fr
200 Fr Relay
100 Back

Chang
200 Medley R
50 Fr
200 Fr Relay
100 Brst

Chow
200 Medley R
100 Fly
100 Back

Caroline Collins
50 Free
100 Back

Chris Collins
50 Free
100 Free
200 Fr Relay

Costas
200 IM
200 Fr Relay
100 Brst

Davis
50 Free
100 Free
200 Fr Relay

Zizo De Vol
200 Medley R
100 Fly
100 Back
400 Fr Relay

Karim De Vol
200 Medley R
200 Free
100 Free
400 Fr Relay

Diduck
100 Free
100 Brst

Faubion
200 Medley R
200 IM
100 Brst
400 Fr Relay

R Glazer
50 Free
100 Brst

T Glazer
100 Free
100 Brst

Gray
100 Fly
100 Brst
400 Fr Relay

Grisham
200 Free
100 Fly
200 Fr Relay

Anna Beth Gruber
100 Free
500 Free
200 Fr Relay
400 Fr Relay

Emma Gruber
200 Medley R
200 Free
100 Fly
400 Fr Relay

Harris
200 Medley R
100 Fly
200 Fr Relay
100 Back

Jain
50 Free
100 Free

Kelley
200 Free
100 Back
400 Fr Relay

Lalvani
200 IM
100 Back

Lane
50 Free
100 Back

Lara
500 Free
200 Fr Relay
100 Brst
400 Fr Relay

Malouf
200 Free
100 Fly
400 Fr Relay

McGinness
100 Free
100 Back

McIntosh
50 Free
100 Free
200 Fr Relay

Stouffer
50 Free
200 Fr Relay
100 Back

Streepey
200 Medley R
200 free
100 Free
200 Fr Relay

Tjahjono
200 Medley R
200 Free
100 Back
400 Fr Relay

Ward
200 Free
100 Brst
400 Fr Relay

Wilcox
200 medley R
200 Free
100 Fly
200 Fr Relay

Withers
200 medley R
200 Free
100 Free
400 Fr Relay

Wu
200 Medley R
200 Im
100 Fly
400 Fr Relay

Zhou
200 IM
200 Fr Relay
100 Brst

Update No. 24

Marcus Meet.....
Boys-HP 113, Marcus-72
Girls- Marcus 94, HP- 92 (!!!!)

Well we almost trounced the 5A team, so I'm pretty sure we're still the bomb.
In other news, we have a couple of meets coming up.

COLONY INVITATIONAL- yes we are going, no it's not this Saturday
--Saturday, 11/14, events to come soon

5A TISCA
--Friday, 11/20 to Saturday, 11/21

IMPORTANT!!!! We have a HP Sports Club meeting to make an appearance at. Next Monday at 7 the entire team MUST be at the meeting, in their team polos and jeans. They give us lots of money and you WILL be spending 15 minutes waiting in line to say your name, on pain of death. It's not rocket science. If you need a ride, call a captain.

In other news, there is an SMU meet this Friday night that all swimmers are invited to time at for service hours. Sign-up sheet is in the pool. Should be awesome.

T..t...t...that's all folks!

Marcus Dual Meet!

Pierce meet down, Marcus meet to go. Next Tuesday we will have a home meet v Marcus, and from what I hear it'll be a toughie. Same schedule as usual, swimmers be back by 430, see McKinney meet for other times. Don't forget, blackout polo tomorrow morning at 630!!!! All swimmers/divers are welcome, and believe me it will be worth it.
Stay strong!

Highland Park vs. JJPearce

Hey this meet is at JJ Pearce Nat. w/ups at 5pm..diving at 5:30 we should start swimming at 6pm.

Come out an support your swimmers and divers

J.J. Pearce

Meet meet meet meet meet next Tuesday, chez J.J. Pearce.
Entries are as follows for girls:

200 Medley Relay
A- Harris, Arnold, E Gruber, K Streepey
B- Michalek, Kelley, Malouf, Arey
C- Chow, Chang, Gray, Bybee

200 Free
K Streepey
AB Gruber
Kelley

200 IM
Arnold
Harris
Gerard

50 Free
Arey
Harris
Gerard

100 Fly
E Gruber
Malouf
Chow

100 Free
Streepey
Michalek
Chow

500 Free
Arnold
AB Gruber
Chaljub

200 Free Relay
A-Arey, Chang, E Gruber, Michalek
B- Chow, Malouf, Lalvani, Gray
C- Bybee, Gerard, Ward, Chaljub

100 Back
Kelley
Harris
Lalvani

100 Brst
E Gruber
Chang
Gray

400 Free Relay
A- Arnold, Harris, Kelley, Streepey
B- Gruber, Chaljub, Malouf, Lalvani
C- Ward, Wu, Bybee, Gerard

Boys:
200 Medley Relay
A- Tjahjono, Faubion, Z De Vol, Gerard
B- Carbery, Withers, Lara, K De Vol
200 Free
Gerard
Alkire
Lara
200 IM
Z De Vol
Withers
Tjahjono
50 Free
Boyer
K De Vol
Wilcox
100 Fly
Gerard
Z De Vol
Wilcox
100 Free
Faubion
Boyer
Carbery
500 Free
Alkire
Lara

200 Free Relay
A- K De Vol, Boyer, Wilcox, Z De Vol

100 Back
Tjahjono
Carbery
K De Vol
100 Brst
Withers
Faubion

400 Free Relay
A- Gerard, Alkire, Withers, Faubion
B- Lara, Tjahjono, Carbery, Boyer

Alrighty lads and lassies,

1st order of business- This week we will be doing drylands TUESDAY and THURSDAY in first period. Bring your business shoes.

2nd order- We just got warm-ups in, and will be distributing them soon. If you haven't paid for them yet, please do so. $90 to Blue Wave Parent's Association.

3rd order- Blackout polo!!! is Friday, October 30. It will be an event to remember, as I'm told by our wonderful captains who are putting this together for ya. Same day as blackout pep rally, if I'm not mistaken.

And that's all for now, folks!
Gillian

**Bad Pun of the Day:  A man opened a dry-cleaning business next to a convent. He went next door and asked Mother Superior if she had any dirty habits.

McKinney Dual

We trounced 'em!! Final scores were as follows:

Girls
HP 139
McKinney 40

Boys
HP 120
McKinney 63

Great job!! We've got more meets coming up (more info later) but for now stay chill!
Btw, those of you who have ordered your own warm-ups and have yet to pay (you know who you are) GET ON IT!!!

Love always,
Gill

Congrats Blue-Rays!!! Last night's intersquad meet concluded in victory for Coach Ray's team.  Final scores were:

Girls
Blue-96
Gold-83

Boys
Gold-77
Blue-73

Overall Scores
Blue-169
Gold-160

Pretty close...

Our next meet is next Tuesday, October 13. It shall be a dual meet versus McKinney here after school. Juniors who are taking the PSAT the day after are excused from the meet but encouraged to swim if they want to. Same time frame as yesterday. More later!!

Gillian

EVENTS FOR INTERSQUAD!!!

200 Medley Relay
A BLUE

1. Michalek
2. Kelley
3. K Streepey
4. Chow

A GOLD

1. Lalvani
2. E Gruber
3. Malouf
4. Arey

B BLUE

1. Ellen Chaljub
2. Kathryn Stouffer
3. ?
4. ?

B GOLD

1. Zhou
2. Ward
3. L Gerard
4. L Streepey

Men
A BLUE

1. Andrew Carbery
2. David Costas
3. Pablo Lara
4. Crayton McIntosh

A GOLD

1. Zizo
2. Withers
3. Wilcox
4. Boyer

200 Free
Malouf
Ward
Chow
T Glazer
Gray
Harris

Men
Paul
Alkire
Wilcox
Grisham
McIntosh

200 IM
Wu
Lalvani
Bybee
E Gruber
Kelley
Zhou

Men
Zizo
Withers
Tjahjono
Costas

50 Free
K Streepey
Chang
Arey
Jain
davis
McGinness

Men
Carbery
Chris Collins
Azbukin
Boyer
Karim

Diving
Lindsey
Conner

100 Fly
arnold
malouf
Wu
L Gerard
Gray

Men
Paul
Wilcox
Lara
McIntosh

100 Free
K Streepey
Michalek
Arey
R Glazer
Lane
Caitlyn Davis

Men
Faubion
Chris Collins
Boyer
Karim

500 Free
Arnold
Chaljub
L Gerard
Lane
Stouffer
Ward

Men
Alkire
Zizo
lara
Grisham

200 Free Relay
A BLUE

1. Harris
2. Chow
3. Michalek
4. Arnold

A GOLD

1. Chang
2. Arey
3. Malouf
4. Gray

B BLUE

1. Davis
2. T Glazer
3. Jain
4. Bybee

B GOLD

1. McGinness
2. R Glazer
3. L Streepey
4. Lane

Men
A BLUE

1. Tjahjono
2. Carbery
3. Alkire
4. Faubion

A GOLD

1. Boyer
2. Zizo
3. Karim
4. Paul

100 Back
Harris
R Glazer
Michalek
Lalvani
Chow
Zhou

Men
Tjahjono
Carbery
Azbukin

100 Breast
Chang
Bybee
Emma Gruber
Kelley
McGinness
Stouffer

Men
Faubion
Withers
Costas

400  Free Relay
A BLUE

1. K Streepey
2. Chow
3. Harris
4. Arnold

A GOLD

1. Emma Gruber
2. Gray
3. Chang
4. Ward

B BLUE

1. Chaljub
2. Wu
3. Stouffer
4. Bybee

B GOLD

1. Zhou
2. Lalvani
3. Lydia
4. Lane

Men
A BLUE

1. Tjahjono
2. Lara
3. Alkire
4. Faubion

A GOLD

1. Zizo
2. Paul
3. Wilcox
4. Withers

Intrasquad Madness!!

Dunderheids, Eejits, and Numpties (to understand, say it in your head with a Scottish accent),
As I hope many of you have been informed by now, we will be holding our annual Blue-Gold Intrasquad after school next Tuesday, October 6. The Blue-Rays and Golden Coles (strike that. reverse.) will be facing off in our very own pool starting at 5:30. Here's the skinny on whit ye ought best be doin that day:

• If you are a diver- show up directly after school. Dive warm-ups are at 4:00 and Diving shall commence at 4:30.
• If you are a swimmer- Come watch diving at 4:30. Team unity's important. Swimming warm-ups start directly after at 5:00 and events start 5:30.
• If you are a timer/official- 5:15 is the magic time to arrive. Be ready to time/officialize at 5:30.
• If you are a parent/sibling/uncle/grandma/etc.- You may do whatever you like. I would suggest not arriving during diving (4:30-5) because you will have to endure the wait and silent walk the long way around the pool so as not to disrupt the divers.

I'll get events up when I get them but for now, dinnae fret, ye will ken yer team.

Blue Wave (the winning team, coached by the great and powerful Coach C)



Arey, Lauren

Azbukin, Andrew

Boyer, Mitchell

Chang, Zoe

DeVol, Abdelaziz

DeVol, Karim

Diduck, Alex

Gerard, Paul

Gerard, Lydia

Gray, Laura

Grisham, Matt

Gruber, Emma

Lalvani, Simone

Lane, Ashley

Malouf, Miyo

McGinness, Mackensie

Sakne, Rudolf

Streepey, Lindsey

Ward, Catherine

Wilcox, Miles

Withers, Daniel

Glazer, Rebecca

Zhou, Jacklyn

If changes have been made, you know who you are; if you're not on here but swimming, you're on Coach Ray's team.

Remember: mony a mickle maks a muckle!
Gillian

Well that was fun....

Yo team!
Great meet! Despite disease, disorder, and dis-electricity (you know what I mean), the Highland Park Bluewave Swimming season is officially underway. Many of us did better than we'd hoped, many worse, but overall everyone's got both the room and potential to improve to a very formidable level, which is hopefully in progress as I write this. Don't forget we've got another meet coming up this Saturday: the Ranger Relays. Hopefully we're moving close to "set in stone" and I'll be posting entries sometime this week. Until then, stay/get healthy!!!
Yours truly,
Managill
p.s. Horrible pun of the day: There were two ships, one with red paint, one with blue paint. They collided. At last report, the survivors were marooned.

This weekend! IMPORTANT

New info on the Frisco Meet!

Firstly, bus leaves at seven instead of 6:45. Don't tell people who tend to show up late.

Secondly, the meet is expected to end before three, but as we all know, that ain't gon' happen. You may leave AFTER your last event IF AND ONLY IF

1. You are picked up by YOUR parent with a note
2. You are finished swimming
3. Coach Ray ok's it at the meet
4. You have a homecoming date (just kidding, but if you do have one I would plan on trying to make this happen and get out of there quick)

Warm-Ups are at 8:20 in the deep end, lanes 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, and the meet starts at 10:00

Don't forget your suit, cap, goggles, towel, lunch, water, etc. Good luck comrades!!!

Love always,

Gillian

Ranger Relay INFO

Ladies and Gentlemen (and neither as it may be):


We have on our hands another meet. The Jesuit Ranger Relay is October 3, just a week from Saturday, which is the Frisco Sprint.


THE LOCATION OF THIS MEET HAS BEEN CHANGED! It is now at THE COLONY, NOT SMU!!


Bus leaves at 12:30 pm and the first event (400 medley relay) starts at 2:30. This is going to be a very fun meet. Only relays. Who could ask for more?


Cordially,


MGMT


p.s. Sweatsuit orders are up and running. If you would like to purchase your own (we will be using the same kind in the future, so think of it as investing), they will be $90 each. If you do not order one, we will be picking up some team-property style. Everyone will be required to wear it to each meet.

Frisco Sprint Meet!!!!!!!!!

Swimmers et al: Our first meet is coming right up!!! The Frisco Sprint meet is next Saturday, September 24 (yes, it's the day of homecoming) and the bus leaves at 6:45 am. Be there or be square/in trouble. It should be a fun, quick meet and a great way to get us into the season. EVENTS!!!! 100 Medley Relay

A-Tanner Allison Streepey Zoe

B Courtney Meredith Emma Gruber Chow

A Leon Withers Zizo Mark

BCarbery David Miles Karim

JVA Stouffer Caitlyn Jaclyn Caroline

JVB Ashley Rebecca Toby Anisha 100 Free Streepey __Caroline ___Mark Chow ____Rebecca ___Alkire Tanner___ Toby _____Mitchell Anna Beth _Anisha ____Grisham 100 IM Allison ____Jaclyn ___Zizo Meredith __________Withers Miyo _____________Pablo Vicky 25 Free Streepey ____Caitlyn_________ Carbery Zoe ________Stouffer________ Miles Lauren _____Lindsey Streepey__ Andrei Anna Beth _________________Chris Collins 50 Fly Miyo ______Rebecca______ Zizo Emma _____Jaclyn_______ Miles Laura Gray _____________Karim Ellen 50 Free Zoe _________Ashley_________ Mitchell Lauren _______Anisha_________ Karim Vicky ________Diduck_________ Andrei Lydia _______Lindsey Streepey__ Chris Collins 200 Free Emma _____Leon Ellen ______Alkire Laura Gray __Pablo Ward ______David 100 Free Relay ______B _______A_________ B________ JVA__________ JVB A Lalvani Anna Beth Meredith Miyo _________

B Lydia Bybee Ellen Ward_____

A Mark Zizo Withers Carbery_______

B Pablo Mitchell Andrei Chris Collins_____

JVA Stouffer Jaclyn Caitlyn Caroline _______

JVB Diduck Rebecca Toby Ashley

50 Back Tanner _______Caroline_____ Leon Chow ________Ashley______ Carbery Lalvani ______Stouffer Courtney 50 Breast Allison ______Toby______ Withers Meredith ____Caitlyn _____Mark Ward _______Diduck _____David Bybee 200 Free Relay

A Lydia Bybee Lalvani Ellen______

B Laura Gray Courtney Miyo Lauren ______

A Miles Leon Alkire Mitchell_____

B Pablo Karim Mitchell Grisham p.s. The Ranger relays will now be at the COLONY natatorium. More info later

Second Week!

Hey swimmers and divers, parents and admirers, First week's over!! It seems we are getting settled in. Schedules have been worked out and lockers have been assigned, the roster's in the making, and, more relevant to me, many forms have been turned in. Many haven't. Get them in (If you havent paid your ACE Fees, click here). On a happier note, we have a meet coming up soon!! The Frisco Sprint Meet is on Saturday, September 26. It should be a great kick-off for us, because it goes with out saying that HP kicks butt/bubbles. Right now the girls are coming back from a leisurely jog ("that was horrible" vs. "I want to die") to the UP pool and back, and the guys are downstairs? maybe? doing drylands. I will leave you with an additional reminder to GET YOUR FORMS IN if you're a slacker and stay healthy! Love, Manager Gillian

Bluewave 2008

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

Can't believe it is the first day of school.

• remember to pay ace fee's online.
• remember to bring your forms to practice.
• remember to bring your swim suit for Tuesday.
• remember to have fun.

Special Oympic's Practice

Tuesday is special oympic's practice. 2 to 3 pm

Parents Meeting, Tuesday Sept. 1

Small aud. starts at 6 p.m.

Hey everyone. Don't forget...

Hey everyone. Don't forget your physicals are due August 17th. Powered by

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. Mp3

Family Picnic Sunday 8/16

Hey everyone, come and join us at the Bluewave family picnic at UP Park 6 to 8. Contact Mrs. Faubion to pay.

Captain's Week is coming

Hey don't forget about Captains Week. Aug17th

Team Slogan

We put the SPEED in speedo

Tryouts the first week

Be ready