Bryan L., Dan A., Joel M., Carole S. and Jan L. all volunteered some time working the streets selling lots and lots of knick knacks and clothing at yesterday's yard sale. The yard sale was a great fund raising event for the amount of time it took to pull it off. Thank you for all who donated items and to those who stopped by and dropped some coin. Thanks!
Sunday, September 14, 2008
WH2O Community Loses Valued Member
As many of you have undoubtedly already heard, I am saddened to announce that long time West Hollywood Aquatics water polo player and coach Tom Martinez passed away suddenly on the morning of Saturday, September 13, 2008.
Information regarding memorial arrangements to will follow.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Yard Sale Info!
We are still looking for donations for the WH2O Yard Sale Fundraiser. Please bring your items to practice or send me an email for a pick up (president@wh2o.org). Also, you could drop your items off early in the morning on the day of the yard sale (7:30-8:00 am) at 8818 Dorrington Ave. house which is steps from the West Hollywood Pool. Please limit drop-offs to the day of the yard sale or the night before. Here is the address and info.
Saturday September 13, 7:30AM
Yard Sale Location
8818 Dorrington Avenue
West Hollywood, CA 90048
Also, if you have some free time on Saturday please stop by and help out the team.
Saturday September 13, 7:30AM
Yard Sale Location
8818 Dorrington Avenue
West Hollywood, CA 90048
Also, if you have some free time on Saturday please stop by and help out the team.
Monday, September 8, 2008
WH2O Yard Sale Fundraiser This Saturday!
WH2O is hosting one of our great Yard Sale Fundraisers on Sat. Sept. 13, 2008.
Time to gather your junk...which could be someone else's treasure...in order to raise some money for the team. Daniel Banchik has come forward and volunteered his front yard right off of San Vicente in West Hollywood to be WH2O Flea Market HQ. Thanks Dan!
Over the next 2 weeks please gather anything you would like to donate and bring it to practice. We will have volunteers and board members who will take your items. If you have large items, shoot me an email at president at wh2o.org and I will arrange a time to stop by your house to lug your treasures away or a time when you can drop it off at Daniel's house.
You can donate anything, but I will reference Ash Martin's well crafted list from last year!
* Art & old frames - no not your clay ashtrays from grade school
* CDs, DVDs, box sets
* Electronics
* Computer components - no CRT monitors and nothing from before 2004 please (ink jet printers don't sell much either)
* Clothing - no used underwear this time please
* Musical instruments or components - You know you don't play the oboe anymore
* Jewelry, watches
* Adult items - I'm not kidding, these items sell (DVDs, toys, etc.)
* Schwag - It surprises me every time, but people really like to buy crap with logos that look like free giveaways
* Kitchen items
* Workout items & sporting goods
* Furniture
* Home Decor
* Toys & Games
Time to gather your junk...which could be someone else's treasure...in order to raise some money for the team. Daniel Banchik has come forward and volunteered his front yard right off of San Vicente in West Hollywood to be WH2O Flea Market HQ. Thanks Dan!
Over the next 2 weeks please gather anything you would like to donate and bring it to practice. We will have volunteers and board members who will take your items. If you have large items, shoot me an email at president at wh2o.org and I will arrange a time to stop by your house to lug your treasures away or a time when you can drop it off at Daniel's house.
You can donate anything, but I will reference Ash Martin's well crafted list from last year!
* Art & old frames - no not your clay ashtrays from grade school
* CDs, DVDs, box sets
* Electronics
* Computer components - no CRT monitors and nothing from before 2004 please (ink jet printers don't sell much either)
* Clothing - no used underwear this time please
* Musical instruments or components - You know you don't play the oboe anymore
* Jewelry, watches
* Adult items - I'm not kidding, these items sell (DVDs, toys, etc.)
* Schwag - It surprises me every time, but people really like to buy crap with logos that look like free giveaways
* Kitchen items
* Workout items & sporting goods
* Furniture
* Home Decor
* Toys & Games
Annual Team Meeting
The annual WH2O team meeting & elections will be held on Sunday Oct. 5th at Plummer Park in West Hollywood from 1:00-3:00 PM
West Hollywood Plummer Park
7377 Santa Monica Boulevard
West Hollywood, CA 90046
MAP
The meeting is an opportunity for team members to discuss WH2O’s accomplishments from the past year as well as plan for the upcoming season and future. Furthermore, we will review the finances of the club, approve a budget for 2008-2009 and elect new officers to the Board of Directors. All active & current members are encouraged to attend.
Please save the date. We will be sending out an email year in review as well as absentee ballot information in the coming weeks. If you are interested in running for the board of directors, have questions about the operations of the team or know any topic we should discuss at the annual meeting, please feel free to email me (president at wh2o.org). Additional team infomation and a description of all 9 positions on the board of directors could be found in our Policies & Procedures.
Looking forward seeing the whole team there. Please eMail president@wh2o.org with any questions. Remember this is YOUR team, help make it great.
Thanks for a great past 2 years everyone. It has been a lot of fun being the president of this amazing aquatics club. Maybe I will go hunt moose in Alaska next year. Remember the Garage Sale...I know you have some treasurers to donate.
Bryan Libit
President
West Hollywood Aquatics
Do not forget to visit our team on-line at http//wh2o.org
West Hollywood Plummer Park
7377 Santa Monica Boulevard
West Hollywood, CA 90046
MAP
The meeting is an opportunity for team members to discuss WH2O’s accomplishments from the past year as well as plan for the upcoming season and future. Furthermore, we will review the finances of the club, approve a budget for 2008-2009 and elect new officers to the Board of Directors. All active & current members are encouraged to attend.
Please save the date. We will be sending out an email year in review as well as absentee ballot information in the coming weeks. If you are interested in running for the board of directors, have questions about the operations of the team or know any topic we should discuss at the annual meeting, please feel free to email me (president at wh2o.org). Additional team infomation and a description of all 9 positions on the board of directors could be found in our Policies & Procedures.
Looking forward seeing the whole team there. Please eMail president@wh2o.org with any questions. Remember this is YOUR team, help make it great.
Thanks for a great past 2 years everyone. It has been a lot of fun being the president of this amazing aquatics club. Maybe I will go hunt moose in Alaska next year. Remember the Garage Sale...I know you have some treasurers to donate.
Bryan Libit
President
West Hollywood Aquatics
Do not forget to visit our team on-line at http//wh2o.org
Upcoming change for Sunday morning practices!
The VNSO pool will be hosting a series of swim meets for some Catholic school league on the following Sundays:
Sept. 14th & 28th
Oct. 12th & 26th
Nov. 9th
As a result, we will be holding our Sunday morning workouts at Glassell at 10:00am (as opposed to 9:00am) on those dates. I'll do my best to remind you the week of each change! Note that it start THIS SUNDAY, 9/14.
Additionally, the VNSO pool will be drained next week, Sept. 15-19, and I am currently working on securing pool time elsewhere for our Tuesday/Thursday morning workouts.
Sept. 14th & 28th
Oct. 12th & 26th
Nov. 9th
As a result, we will be holding our Sunday morning workouts at Glassell at 10:00am (as opposed to 9:00am) on those dates. I'll do my best to remind you the week of each change! Note that it start THIS SUNDAY, 9/14.
Additionally, the VNSO pool will be drained next week, Sept. 15-19, and I am currently working on securing pool time elsewhere for our Tuesday/Thursday morning workouts.
WH2O Archives
As I'm getting ready for the West Hollywood Aquatics Yard Sale this weekend I found a box of old USMS Swimmer magazine. In one of these issues back from July 2005 our own swimmer Errol Graham writes about his favorite set. According to the article the following set was designed by one time WH2O coach Marilyn Chua. Here it is:
Swim
4x75's on 1:20
4x25's Butterfly Fast on 40
4x75's Freestyle on 1:15
4x25's Back Fast on 40
4x75's Freestyle on 1:10
4x25's Breaststroke Fast on 40
4x75's fly/back/breast on 1:40
4x25's Freestyle Fast on 40
For a total of 1650 yards.
Swim
4x75's on 1:20
4x25's Butterfly Fast on 40
4x75's Freestyle on 1:15
4x25's Back Fast on 40
4x75's Freestyle on 1:10
4x25's Breaststroke Fast on 40
4x75's fly/back/breast on 1:40
4x25's Freestyle Fast on 40
For a total of 1650 yards.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
WH2O on CBS News
CBS Evening News correspondent Sandra Hughes stopped by the West Hollywood Pool an interviewed a few of our swimmers on deck about "The Phelps And Torres Effect". After stunning swims over and record ratings for swimming CBS News asks if this new found love of swimming will last.
You can read the transcript of the piece that aired on CBSNews.com LINK. Here are two snippets from two of our swimmers:
"I have had a number of friends who've asked me about it in the last week," said swimmer Brian Olver.
"I've been really focusing on my technique and some of the things I've seen from the top swimmers," said Amy Dantzler, who practices at West Hollywood Aquatics.
You can read the transcript of the piece that aired on CBSNews.com LINK. Here are two snippets from two of our swimmers:
"I have had a number of friends who've asked me about it in the last week," said swimmer Brian Olver.
"I've been really focusing on my technique and some of the things I've seen from the top swimmers," said Amy Dantzler, who practices at West Hollywood Aquatics.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
SPMA LCM Regional Championships Recap
Congrats to the Joel, Gregg, Carole and Jessica for incredible showings at this past weekends SPMA LCM Regional Championships in Thousand Oaks. Considering right now WH2O isn't swimming at any long course pools everyone from WH2O had great swims. Just think how much faster they'd all would have been if they had been training long course, Here are the results:
Men 35-39 1500 LC Meter Freestyle
1 Mc Kenna, Joel 19:19.32
1:13.62 1:17.12 1:18.71 1:18.68 1:18.43 1:18.57 1:18.24 1:18.07
1:17.51 1:17.42 1:17.27 1:18.01 1:17.49 1:16.86 1:13.32
Men 40-44 1500 LC Meter Freestyle
3 Ogorzelec, Gregg 19:37.24
1:14.32 1:19.05 1:20.09 1:19.78 1:19.35 1:18.89 1:18.22 1:17.90
1:18.62 1:18.98 1:18.84 1:18.41 1:19.08 1:19.23 1:16.48
Men 35-39 400 LC Meter Freestyle
1 Mc Kenna, Joel 4:50.57
1:09.66 1:14.32 1:14.85 1:11.74
Men 40-44 400 LC Meter Freestyle
3 Ogorzelec, Gregg 4:49.74
1:09.83 1:13.63 1:14.56 1:11.72
Men 40-44 800 LC Meter Freestyle
1 Ogorzelec, Gregg 10:25.17
1:15.75 1:19.30 1:20.56 1:19.67 1:18.55 1:17.68 1:18.01 1:15.65
Women 50-54 50 LC Meter Freestyle
5 Shigaki, Carole 39.60
Women 55-59 50 LC Meter Freestyle
1 Seaton, Jessica 39.88
Women 55-59 200 LC Meter Freestyle
2 Seaton, Jessica 3:13.45
1:33.53 1:39.92
Women 50-54 200 LC Meter Backstroke
2 Shigaki, Carole 3:38.95
1:41.58 1:57.37
Women 55-59 200 LC Meter Breaststroke
1 Seaton, Jessica 3:49.07
With only 4 swimmers WH2O came in 16th place with 73 points. Way to go WH2O'ers. Now let's start training for SCM in December!
1:51.15 1:57.92
Aquapalooza
Join Team New York Aquatics for our fourth spectacular meet of the new millenium, Aquapalooza, Columbus Day Weekend: Saturday, October 11, 2008. It promises to be a very special hoiday in NYC. More Info HERE
Monday, July 28, 2008
Naples Island Swim Postponed
Naples Island Swim postponed due to poor water quality and beach closures. It will be rescheduled for sometime during the month of August. See for more information HERE.
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