Pusch Ridge Pirates
The Pusch Ridge Pirates Swim Team trains at Oro Valley Municipal Pool. The pool is a heated Olympic size facility which allows us to train both long and short course. The pool is located at 23 W. Calle Concordia in Oro Valley, Arizona. Here is a link to the pool website.
June 1-3rd: Beat the Heat Meet
We had another great meet down at the U of A May 4-6th. We had 6 team records set (Mackenzie Kester: 100 Fly, Matt Marlin: 100 Fly, David Knight: 50 Back & 100 Back, Collin Murphy: 100 Breast & 200 Breast). Overall we had 71 best times and dropped 149.95 seconds. Tim Oetter was our swimmer of the meet dropping 24 seconds and achieving 5 best times! Congratulations Tim! For complete meet results see the meet schedule page. Here are the complete team statistics! Our next meet will be the BEAT the HEAT meet in Flagstaff, AZ June 1-3rd.
Season Summary
We had an Awesome end to an Awesome Season! Over the course of regionals, senior state and age group state we set 24 new Team Records, dropped 11 min and 37 seconds & had 197 best times. Overall this season 68 New team records were set by 15 different swimmers (see list). As a Team over the course of the season we dropped 1 hour 24 minutes and 11 seconds and had 1,058 best times. Below is a list of our top season performers. Lexi Defrancesco was our top season performer with 48 best times and dropping over 6 minutes. Congratulations Lexi and everyone else on an outstanding season!! Meet Results have been posted for our end of season meets on the meet schedule page.
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| 1 | Lexi DeFrancesco | 367.52 | 1 | Lexi DeFrancesco | 48 |
| 2 | Kennedy Fernandez | 302.17 | 2 | Mia Hansen | 44 |
| 3 | Josh Oetter | 279.35 | 2 | McKenzie Harrison | 44 |
| 4 | Mackenzie Kester | 257.62 | 2 | Josh Oetter | 44 |
For a detailed list of best times and time drops for each of the end of season meets check out these results:
Regionals Senior State Age Group State
Team Apparel
Just a reminder we do have a team apparel page where you can order previous year t-shirts and team caps along with some other accessories including car decals and patches. We only have select sizes for some of the t-shirts so please see the apparel page for the available sizes.When filling out the form, please include your name and email. When you click the send email button, the form will be transmitted to the team email where we can review your order and provide you with a total for your order. If you have questions about the form please email prpirates@gmail.com
USA Swimming Deck Pass
In September, USA swimming launched a new program for swimmers called Deck Pass. It is an AWESOME tool to help you monitor and reward your swimming achievements. Any swimmer who is a USA registered swimmer can create an online account and use this tool. As a swimmer you can track your best times and set goals for each event based on your best time or your previous season best time. When you achieve the goal you will get a patch. We as coaches can also give you patches for significant achievements. You can also download the Deck Pass App for Android or iPhone. We HIGHLY recommend that you check it out!
Facebook
Pusch Ridge Swimming has a Facebook page. The page will be shared by the Pirates and the SAAA Penguin team. If you have a Facebook account, become a fan of Pusch Ridge Swimming. We will be using Facebook as another tool to get information out to our teams. Here is a link to the page.
For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won every race I've been in.
Ian Thorpe
