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.
Feb 8th- Deadline to sign up for Phoenix Winter Invite
Feb 17-20th- Phoenix Winter Invite
Tsunami Winter Meet
On January 15th we had many swimmers head down to Sierra Vista for something novel for Arizona an Indoor Meet! We had several great performances by many different people. The swimmers have been working on their sprinting and their ability to bring great effort in practice and it clearly showed. The swimmers of the meet were Haley Johnson and Lexi DeFrancesco. Both of them got best times in all of their events and had amazing swims all around. Additionally they were the only swimmers to have double digit time drops. We also set 5 new team records at the meet. Collin Murphy set 4 team records (13-14 Boys 50 Free, 50 Back, 100 Breast & 200 IM) and Johnathan Alexander set 1 team record (15-18 Boys 200 Back). Congratulations to everyone who swam! Check out the meet results page for the full meet results and the team records page for the updated top ten list and records.
Spring Season
The 2012 Spring Season will go from January 9th- March 11th. This will be a 10 week season. Fees have been adjusted to cover the longer season. Please pay all season dues by January 31st. If we have not received your season dues by that point your account will be considered outstanding. Practice times will remain the same for all groups. See the Practice Schedule page for more details. If you have any questions please see Coach Stan.
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
Candy Cane Classic
It was really awesome to see our swimmers step up and compete at the Candy Cane Classic. Our swimmers did not let the cold weather get the best of them. As a team we had 92 best times of those swims 54 made the all time top ten list!!! We also had 3 Swimmers set 4 new team records (Jackie 15-18 Girls 1650 Free, Collin 13-14 Boys 200 IM and Mackenzie 10& Under Girls 1000 & 1650 Free)!! The swimmer of the meet was Josh Oetter. He had some significant time drops in several of his swims! Congratulations Josh!! A special Congratulations to Mia Hansen and David Worden for swimming their way onto the all time top ten list for the very first time! Check out the team records page for the updated records, top-ten list and the season performance lists.
PR & FAST Compete Head to Head
On Tuesday Nov 29th, the Pusch Ridge senior group and the FAST senior group competed head to head in team based freestyle relays. Pusch Ridge put up four balanced relays while FAST put up three. There were some amazingly fast swims from both teams but PR came out the winners this time. We look forward to racing FAST again, perhaps even in a different stroke. We appreciate coach Steve Roth for inviting us to join in on one of FAST's favorite sets!
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
