For our 2010 season, Stephanie Hazel and Eileen Foster will jointly represent the Westleigh Swim Team for A-Meets with Susan Beckwith handling the duties for the team’s B-Meets.
Team Leadership
January 23rd, 2010Announcing our new coaching team
January 23rd, 2010We are happy to announce our Westleigh Barracuda coaching team for Summer 2010.
Our Head Coach is Jeremy Snyder who comes to us with years of coaching experience. Jeremy is an MCPS elementary school teacher during the rest of the year, and is looking forward to getting to know everyone as he leads us through a challenging yet fun summer of swimming in Division A.
Our Assistant Head Coach is Chris Emr who has been a part of our Westleigh family most of his life. We know he will continue to be a huge asset to our team.
Our Pre-Team Coach is Allie Newsom. Allie is also a long-time member of our Barracuda family. We feel lucky to have her in charge of the program for our youngest Barracudas.
Looking forward to a great summer – it will be here before we know it!
See you next season
August 15th, 2009With a very successful 2009 season completed, this web site will be going into hibernation for a few months.
Remember you can still check out the photos and download any you wish to print out – or you can use the online services to print out multiple copies if you wish. All you need to do is register on the photo pages. If you have any questions, just drop a quick email to john@dunlopweb.net
Week Nine Newsletter
July 28th, 2009July 28th,
2009’s final newsletter
- 1- Final Standings
- 2- Next year’s rankings
- 3- This week’s Practice Schedule
- 4- Winter swimming
- 5- Reimbursements
- 6- Swim team gift
- 7- Thank you
- 8- Suggestions
Week Eight Newsletter
July 20th, 2009July 20th,
This is what is on tap for this coming week:
- 1- Food Sales
- 2- Reimbursements
- 3- Westleigh vs. Flower Valley Recap
- 4- Sunday’s Mini Meet Recap
- 5- Open Forum Meeting
- 6- Super Stars Meet Wednesday
- 7- This week’s Practice Schedule
- 8- This week’s theme and Friday night social
- 9- Banquet
Today’s Practice Status:
July 20th, 2009
THE FINAL DAY OF REGULAR PRACTICES WILL WEDNESDAY JULY 22ND.
Wednesday evening is the Super Stars Meet which bring to an end the regually scheduled practices at Westleigh for the 2009 season.
Look here for “real time” updates on practices when weather issues arise. We will do our best to monitor the weather and update this section of the blog remotely from the pool as weather conditions change.
Week Seven Newsletter
July 13th, 2009Westleigh Swim Team News
July 13th,
Busy, Busy, Busy.
Last week was a busy one for the team and coaches. Tuesday was the field trip to King’s Dominion. Wednesday was the B Meet vs. Poolesville. Friday was the Pre Team Follies. Saturday we hosted Quince Orchard. Yesterday we hosted the A Relay Carnival and tonight we head over to QO for the B Relay Carnival.
“Victorious Weekend”
Congratulations to the Barracudas who beat QO on Saturday, and followed that up with a very strong 2nd place finish on Sunday’s Relay Carnival.
There is no camper’s practice this Monday, July 13th
This is what is on tap for this coming week:
- 1. Special Mention
- 2. Tonight’s B Relay Carnival Reminders
- 3. Coaches Long Course
- 4. 4th B Meet vs. Quince Orchard
- 5. Friday Night Social
- 6. Final A Meet @ Flower Valley
- 7. Mini Meet: Sunday
- 8. Banquet
Week Six Newsletter
July 5th, 2009 
July 6th,
In an A meet, there are a maximum of 792 points awarded. In the individual races, 1st receives 6 points and the points decrease for 2nd place and so forth. With this in mind, you can see how tough it was to lose week one by a mere 3 points! Imagine if you will what it felt like to hear the announcer read the final score this past weekend at Woodley Gardens when he said “Westleigh 392, Woodley Gardens 399″. Two losses by a total of 10 points! But swim on we will!
Here are the topics for this week’s letter:
- Westleigh Records
- IMPORTANT NOTICE
- This Week’s B Meet
- Kings Dominion Reminder
- Banquet information
- Westleigh vs. Quince Orchard on Saturday
- A Relay Carnival
- B Relay Carnival Deadline
- Pre-Team Follies
2009 Pre Team Follies
July 2nd, 2009Dear Parents of the next generation of great Westleigh swimmers!
The 2009 Pre Team Follies is just around the corner. The Follies will be held next
Friday, July 10th from 10:00am – 11:00am at Westleigh.
The sign up sheet is on the bulletin board and the list of events will follow.
Support our sponsors
July 1st, 2009
All,I just wanted to send out a quick reminder about our corporate sponsors.
This year we were able to raise a substantial amount of additional revenue for the team through our corporate sponsors. This is revenue that goes directly towards the many fun activities that we host: King’s Dominion, Friday night socials and the banquet.
Below is a list of our sponsors. You can also find links to many of our sponsors on our web site. When you visit their establishments, or use their services, please mention that you are with the Westleigh Swim Team. It is important that they know that their contributions are paying off. If we all make it a point to support these fine companies, they will all be much more likely to continue supporting us in the future.