Hilton Area Swim Team (HAST)

Meet Volunteer reminder: Note that we are in pretty good shape. We still need more timers though: 3 needed for session 3, 4 needed for session 4, and 6 needed for session 6 Take a look at what you signed up for , or if you have yet to sign up, and email me or call if you find you can fill any of these positions. Also, Concessions could use one more person session 6. I will have the volunteer list posted at the pool at the meet also. Thanks in advance. Barb Anzalone Banzalo@aol.com 298-1161

By Session:

Session 1 Saturday am
Meet Marshal - Scott Spear Announcer- Vinnie Anzalone
Program Sales- Kelly King Shelley Grahm
Concession- Theresa Versprille Chris Webber Jacki Milgate
Awards Tammy , Jason Avery
Runners: Chris Speer
Score Table- Sheila Nolan, Risa Juergens
Head Timer Katy Doerschel
Timers:
Lisa Dorrer, Cheryl LaCourt, Renee Fideli, Amy Price, Linda McHenrey, Mangene, Gina Gallaway,Linda and Rich Rivera, Troy and Jen Barber, Debbie Klein

Session 2 distance swimming

Session 3 Afternoon Saturday
Meet Marshal- Scott Speer Announcer - James Schmidt Clerk of Course - Chris Snow
Program Sales-Kim DiMaria, Renee Fedeli
Concession-Michele Schmidt, Dan Brust, Chris Palma, Cheryl Schwertfegor
Awards, Tammy, Jason Avery
Runners- Chris Speer
Score Table- Brannans
Head timer- Katie Doerschel
Timers:
Julie Wilson, Doug DeHollander, Mangene, Kelley King, Wendy Halladay,Jeff. Schwertfeger,
Vinnie Anzalone, Kelley Anzalone, Deb Klein NEED 3 MORE TIMERS HERE


Session 4 Sunday Am
Meet Marshal- Scott Speer Announcer- Vinnie Anzalone
Program Sales-Kelly King
Concession- Michele Schmidt, Kim DiMaria
Awards- Tammy
Runner- Chris Speer
Score Table- Brannans
Head Timer- Joe Zorsch
Timers:Tom Dorrer, Mike LaCourt, Steve Grahm, Amy Sharn, Theresa Versprille, Troy and Jen Barber, Renee Fideli NEED 4 MORE TIMERS HERE


Session 5 distance swimming



Session 6 afternoon Sunday
Meet Marshal- Scott Speer, Announcer- Vinnie Anzalone , Clerk of Course- Chris Snow
Program Sales- Linda McHenry, Jacki Milgate
Concessions- Renee Fedeli
Awards- Tammy, Wendy Dehollander, Barb Brust
Runners- Needed
Score Table- Brannans
Head Timer- Deb Klein
Timers- Chris Speer, Paul Wilson, Katie Dorschel, Kelly King, Jeff Schwertfeger, Any Sharn
NEED 6 TIMERS HERE

Hi all,

As we approach the Banquet on April 22nd we will be asking for dishes to pass,
please contact us by email or by phone as to what you would like to bring.

We will also have a sign up poster available at this weekends Swim Meet
HAST will supply the main course

Some ideas on dishes to pass:

Salads- either Green/Garden, Macaroni, Potato, Fruit or a family favorite
Baked Beans
Corn on the Cobb
Salt Potatoes
Deserts- Brownies, cookies or any other kind of special treats
Drinks- Water, pop, etc..

Banquet VFW Hall Hilton Peck Road April 22 2 til 7Rich and Linda Rivera 392- 5009 email rrivera10@rochester.rr.com

Hi All,
The banquet is right around the corner….
A big, fun part of our banquet will be a Chinese raffle. This raffle is part fundraiser, huge fun, and a nice way to help defray the cost of the banquet.
Here’s how it works:
Each family from Hast will donate at least one item to be raffled off.
Each item will be at the banquet with a container in front of it.
Everyone that wants to participate buys raffle tickets by arms length or less, then they go around and put their raffle tickets in the containers by the items them wish to win.
At a designated time, the tickets will be drawn.
Kids and Adults enjoy this very much.

Suggestions for donated items for the Chinese Raffle:
Child and/or family items…. New items only please.
Gift certificates, such as car washes, ice cream, coffee, theater…
Small toys, kitchen gadgets, candles, hand made items, beanie babies, I donate things from my store such as caps, towels, bungees, anything “swim stuff”
Please bring your donated items directly to the banquet and give to me to set out.
As a bonus, there will also be a live auction, for some larger items. Example from the past, turkey fryers, hand made blanket, larger gift certificates, even a home made pie from Coach Snow.
If anyone wants to donate to this, talk to me…..
Please call me with any questions you may have. I can help with ideas also….


Banquet VFW Hall Hilton Peck Road April 22 2 til 7
Barb Anzalone 298-1161

Our Swim-A-Thon has brought in a little more than $2500. I need to fill out the final report and mail the forms back to USA Swimming. 16 envelopes have not been returned. The club is charged for all unreturned materials. PLEASE return all envelopes and pledges to the Burns file ASAP! I want to wrap this up by the weekend. Thanks!
Kim

Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! to everyone who signed up to bring in a donation for the April Fool's meet concessions!

If you haven't signed up it's not too late - please help us cut down on our expenses!

Got your donation already?

*For those who swim at Merton Williams pool, I'll have the box outside the pool on Monday and Tuesday night before, during , and after practice.

*For those who swim at Brockport pool, contact Lisa Campbell or look for a communication/posting from her. She is coordinating the donations and collection for that site.

It's very important that you turn your donations in by Tuesday night (Except for the bags of ice. Bring them when you come to the meet please.)
Why? Because I'll be doing an inventory and then working with Steve Hickey to identify the quantities we need to purchase based on entries for the meet. Also, I'm going to set up on Friday night and I'll need to have everything there.

Thanks so much!
Michele

Steve would like to schedule at meeting for the banquet committee on Thursday March 22nd at 7:00. Please email him at SHO32160@aol.com if you have any questions or can not attend.

Banquet Timeline & Duties
3/10/2007

March 2007
Banquet Chair- Steve Hickey 451-4366 sh032160@aol.com
Food Linda & Rick Rivera, Chris Speer
Swimmer Awards Chris Snow & Kelly Kirg
Fun Certificates Cheryl La Court
Auction Barb Anzalone
Recreational Activities Hallady’s, Simmons, and Cory Spengeman
Decorations Chris Snow, Barb Anzalone, and Chris Speer





1. Site, Date, and Location 3-15-07 Steve Hickey
Determine event flow, auctioneers, and presenters for the event. Completion by 4/15/2007.
Clean up volunteers will be needed.
2. Decide on type of awards, and place the order Chris, and Kelly 4/1/2007
3. Decide on Fun certificates, produce a ballet, have the kids vote, print awards. 4/15/2007. Cheryl
4. Auction, get a blog out by 3/15/2007. Collect items, gat tickets, organize display tables at the banquet. Barb
5. Decide on Main food (Chicken, burgers, and dogs?). Purchase main items. Develop and send a blog for the dishes to pass. Blog should go out by 3/31, or sooner. Line up cooks, and grills as needed. Linda & Rich Rivera
6. Recreational Activities, Organize and have families bring balls, Frisbees, etc for the kids. Blog out by 4/15/2007
7. Secure decorations, and schedule a crew to help decorate the hall. Chris Snow, Barb Anzalone, and Chris Speer.

Follow up meeting; Thursday 3/22/2007 at 7:00pm at the pool..

Congratulations to all the swimmers that swam in this meet. HAST finished 5th overall with total points of 1219. The goal for the team set by the coaches was 1250. Great job HAST! We had numerous champions. Cory Zorsch finished 3rd overall, Morgan Burns finished 4th overall, and Tessa Snow finished 5th overall in their age groups. The coaches are expecting all swimmers to attend both school and practice on Monday for a "flush out." Coach John and Coach Snow are very proud of everyone that swam this weekend!!!!

Just a reminder: Team photos are Thursday and Friday. The photographer will accept cash or check.

Our April Fools meet is just around the corner. Please email entries to me at dlajuett@hiltonswimteam.org by Thursday March 22nd. We are hoping our swimmers will be attending the meet both days. It is a great weekend for the swimmers to bond as a team and enjoy a meet at our pool. We are still in need of volunteers at the meet. If you have not volunteered on our board please do so asap. We can not make this meet run successfully without our volunteers. Any questions please let me know.

Denise

If anyone has any program ads that have not been turned in please turn them in by Thursday March 22, 2007.

We are also offering families and swimmers a chance to put a well wish message in the program. These well wishes will be $5. Please let me know by Thursday March 22, 2007 if you are interested. Please email your well wish to me at dlajuett@hiltonswimteam.org.

Thank you to all the families that turned in their ads. The team has raised over $600 in money from ads. This is a great fund raiser for the team.

Denise

Thursday night the swimmers did great. The team is off to a great start. One of the teams many goals this weekend is to score 1250 points. The swimmers collectively got 82 in the distance events. So keep watching to see how your team is doing. They have 1168 to go and will have to average 390 points a day from hear on out.

Friday will be when the rest of the swimmers come to town. We have 25 swimmers at the meet, with 19 relays. Parents are expected to help out timing or selling programs for the meet. This meet is a District run meet so that means everyone must chip in and help.

I will be posting results each day to keep everyone informed.
Coach Snow

Team portraits have been scheduled for Thursday March 22nd and Friday March 23rd. The team photo will be taken at 5:30 on Thursday March 22nd. Please try to be at the pool 15 minutes early. We will take half the individual photos on Thursday and the other half on Friday. Please wear your team suit.

Scott will be able to take family portraits if any families are interested. Parents are welcome in the photos.

Scott has sent me his updated website. Please take a look and if you have any questions please let me know. Price sheets are available behind all the swimmers mail folders.

I have updated my website so everyone can visit www.sts-artworks.com. The price list has been updated from the one I gave you - I just added one additional item at the bottom - it is on the website under the Sports link or here is a direct link to it: http://www.sts-artworks.com/2006-07%20STS%20Artworks%20Sports%20Price%20List.pdf.

If you know any swimmers that do not subscribe to the blog please let them know about pictures.

Denise

Donations for HAST Invitational

We are requesting donations for the concession stands for the April Fools Meet hosted by HAST.
Your donation will help reduce expenses for the meet.

Here's how it works.

Look for the board posted at your pool. (Merton Williams was delivered Tuesday night - Brockport will have theirs soon.)
Find an item you would like to donate. (you can do more than one if you'd like)
Sign your name and phone number next to the item.
Tear off the reminder tab next to it. (This shows the item and due date)
Drop the item off at the drop off box/bag next time you go to practice.
Thank you very much for your support of the team!

Questions: e-mail Michele at mschmid4@rochester.rr.com. Be sure to put "HAST" in the subject line.

The McDonalds fundraiser has been set for May 9th from 5:00 - 7:00. The fundraiser will be held at the Latta/Long Pond McDonalds. Swimmers can work behind the counter, work in the eating area cleaning tables, and advertise with signs out front. Please tell friends and family about this fundraiser. HAST receives a percentage of McDonalds profits. Additional information will follow.

McDonalds Championships - If you have not paid the $6 entry fee for this meet please do so ASAP. If you have any questions please email me at dlajuett@hiltonswimteam.org.

Niagara District Championships- All swimmers going to this meet please pay your entry fees by Friday March 16th. Deck fees are $5 and individual entries are $4. Please pay the fees for the relays by Wednesday March 21st.

Thank You,
Denise

Swim-a-thon collections were due Monday. We are at $1500 but we still have a lot of envelopes out there! Please turn them in (Burns file) ASAP! Remember - our club is charged for each unreturned envelope.

* Elections - We had some people step up to the plate and agree to run for a board position. (Some took a bit of encouragement!) Paul Wilson has agreed to run for President, Katie Dorschel for Vice President, Janet Avery for Treasurer, Kim Burns for Secretary, Steve Hickey for Safety Coordinator. It was also brought up that another position should be created for Meet Entrant. Denise LaJuett has been doing this very time consuming job and has agreed to continue next year. Although all candidates are running "unopposed", by-laws dictate that there needs to be a vote. It was suggested that this be done the weekend of our meet (3/31 and 4/1/07). Denise is also looking into whether this could possibly be done on the website. More info to follow.

* Meet Update - There are still open volunteer positions on the job board. PLEASE sign up! Board is located in equiptment room near file chest.

* Banquet - Steve Hickey is chairing this committee. We are looking at a weekend date in April after the Easter vacation. This will be picnic style. This is a family event - all are invited! We will barbeque and ask each family to bring a dish to pass. It will allow time for kids to play and a time for families to get to know one another better. The idea of a silent auction was suggested. The SPUR team had done these in the past and they have been a blast! More info to follow.

* Pictures - Team pictures will be taken the week of March 20th. Denise is firming up date with photographer. Picture packages and price lists were distributed at meeting. These can be found in file behind family folders if you were not at meeting to get one. Several parents are familiar with photographer and his work. He comes highly recommended!

*Surveys - The board distributed surveys for parents to provide feedback. We are always looking to improve ALL aspects of our club. Please take the time to fill these out and return them to the Engle file. Again, they will be located in file behind family folders in file chest if you weren't at meeting to get one.

* Applications - Remember you can find applications for the Versatile Swimmer Award and Go the Distance Awards on the Niagara website. Many of our swimmers qualify, all you have to do is fill out the forms and get them signed by one of our coaches!

* Swim-a-thon - We had a GREAT turn-out despite the weather! We have already had over $800 turned in. Be sure to turn in your envelope and pledge money BY Mon., 3/12.

* Dues - Final dues were to have been paid by March 1st. The club still has approximately $2000 in outstanding payments. If you have any questions about what you owe, see Janet Avery or send her an email.

* Spring/Summer Swim Sessions - A survey will be placed in each file next week for families to declare their intent about Spring and Summer swim sessions. We will need to have a firm committment and payment upfront to be able to offer these. The board is currently working to be able to provide you with numbers, dates, and prices for these sessions.

* Charity - We will be donating 5% of the Swim-A-Thon profit to a charity. 3 charities were suggested. On the back of your Spring/Summer Swim Session Survey will be a place for you to vote for the charity you'd like to see HAST benefit. Choices are 1) Golisano Children's Hospital 2) Ronald McDonald House 3) Special Olympics.

Entries for the Niagara District Championships are due Thursday March 8th. Sorry about the short notice. Please email the entries to me at dlajuett@hiltonswimteam.org. This meet is March 15-18th in Buffalo. Swimmers must have gold times to swim in this meet.

Hi Team,

Championships was a HUGE success for all of our Hilton team members.

I would first like to thank our officials and parent volunteers who worked at the meet this weekend. With out you a meet like this would not be possible, so thank you.

There were so many swimmers that made it back to finals to place in the top 16, that it would be nearly impossible for me to list them all here. Coach Snow and I ran our high lighters nearly dry when we were marking our finals programs. So what I will do is list all of our top three places for each event here. When the results are posted to the web site I will hang them up at the pool so you can see how well all of the swimmers did.

First let me start with the new records. There were four McDonalds league records broken this weekend by HAST swimmers, and two more that almost fell.

Mary Spengeman 1st place 10@U girls 50free 28.54 ( a 26 yr. old record)

Morgan Burns 1st place 11-12 girls 100 breast 1:11.64 (a 16 yr. old record)
Morgan Burns 1st place 11-12 girls 200 I.M. 2:20.34 (a 14 yr. old record)

Victoria Brannan 1st place 15&O women 100 back 1:01.01 ( a 7 yr. old record)

The two records that were just missed were:

Women 15&O 400 free relay 1st place 3:47.70 (missed by 1.07 seconds)
Tessa Snow, Kelley Anzalone, Ellie Price, Whitney Hickey

Jami Barber girls 11-12 200 free 1st place 2:05.62 (missed by .12 seconds)

The rest of our top three finishers are as follows:

women 12&U 200 free relay 1st place 1:54.15
Jami Barber, Christie Engle, Natalie LaCourt, Morgan Burns

women 10&U 200 free relay 2nd place 2:20.69
Julia LaJuett, Kendra LaCourt, Emily Ennis, Mary Spengeman

women 13-14 400 free relay 1st place 4:03.06
Mary Juergens, Emma Snow, Emma Dorschel, Karis Kobel

Whitney Hickey women 15&O 50 free 1st place 25.22
Whitney Hickey women 15&O 100 free 3rd place 55.67

Jami Barber girls 11-12 100 fly 1st place 1:06.75

Mary Spengeman girls 9-10 50 fly 1st place 31.87

Karisa Kobel women 13-14 50 free 3rd place 27.31

Colin Simmons boys 8&U 100 I.M 2nd place
Colin Simmons boys 8&U 50 free 3rd place

Adam Wilson boys 9-10 50 free 2nd place 31.41
Adam Wilson boys 9-10 50 fly 3rd place 35.96

boys 10&U 200 free relay 2nd place 2:29.62
David Nolin, Adam Wilson, Lucas LaJuett, Colin Simmons

men 15&O 400 free relay 3rd place 3:59.17
Sean O'Neil, Trevor Speer, Steven Campbell, Carl Crassi

Along with all of our teams individual awards, we also won four team trophies in the following age groups:

2nd place over all 9-10 girls (division1)
3rd place over all 11-12 girls (division 1)
3rd place over all 13-14 girls (division 1)
2nd place over all 15&O girls (division 1)

Again,this was a great meet for our club. Anyone who saw our girls doing their 'roller coaster' cheer could see the team unity that the kids have. I'll see you all tommorrow night at the swim-a thon where we will be handing out all of the awards.

thanks,

Coach John

The coaches are asking that all swimmers wear their team suits to the swim a thon on Monday. We have many trophies and ribbons to hand out from championships and the coaches would like to hand them out and take pictures on Monday. Hope to see everyone on Monday. Remember there will be a pizza party for the swimmers from 7:30 to 8:30. Any questions please let us know.