TSM Aquatics Newsletter - July 2023
A Message from the TSM Board
Dear TSM Families:
As we approach the end of the 2022-2023 season, we’d like to express our appreciation and gratitude for our TSM member families and athletes. Thank you for all of your support throughout this season. We are very much looking forward to the next.
Speaking of next season, start thinking about how you’d like to HELP our team! There are so many ways to get involved, and if you’d like to learn more, reach out to us.
Enjoy your summer! See you on deck soon.
All the best,
Ben, Cathy, Erina, Kirsty, Laura G, Laura S and Lauren
A Message from the Head Coach
TAKE YOUR MARKS…. GOOOOOO!!!
It is GO time TSM… Championship meets are fast approaching, and TSM is gearing up to compete in multiple events over the next several weeks… Our swimmers will be competing at Pacific Committee Championships, USA Swimming Sectionals Championships, Summer Age Group Championships, USA Swimming Futures Championships, USA Swimming Junior Nationals Championships, and Southern California SWimming Elite Age Group Championships. Our Water Polo program will be competing at USA Water Polo Junior Olympics and they will be attending a training trip in Croatia.
It is normal to feel excited, or nervous, during a championship event… what you need to remember is that you can be nervous AND strong at the same time…. It does not have to be one or the other…
So let’s remember all the hard work that you have put in this season and tell yourself…yes, outloud is OK and actually better… that you have worked hard and you deserve all the success that comes as a result of working hard.
Also, congratulations to our athletes who competed at the June Age Group Invitational and at the Phillips 66 USA National Championships in June…. Way to go and good luck in your upcoming events!
We are so proud of our athletes for their dedication and hard work and we cannot wait to see what the future holds for our TEAM.
Keep it moving TSM…
Highlights
TSM Swim Banquet 2023
Our TSM Swim Banquet was held on June 11, 2023 at Santa Monica Windjammers Yacht Club. Over 140 turned out for this event!
Thank you to our generous event sponsors:
The Smith Family
The Tang Family
The White Family
Thank you to the planning committee of Grace Tang, Lauren Welsch, James White and committee chair Tracy Gilmore. So much time, effort and energy was put into this event by this fabulous group of parents.
Congratulations to all our training group award winners.
A very special congratulations to the recipient of the 2023 Eames Chuchen Best Teammate Award, Mattea Sokolow, and a huge thank you once again to the Eames Chuchen Foundation for creating this scholarship award, and for your continued support of our team and swimmers.
SCS JUNE AGE GROUP INVITATIONAL @ CANY
JAG was a good meet for TSM. It was a good opportunity for swimmers to know what they needed to improve on going into the month of July. It was also a great opportunity for our younger swimmers to gain experience in a championship-level meet.
JAG was also a great platform for the swimmers to see the benefits of their training, so far, while also showing that there is still more work to be done.
It was great to see so many Lifetime Best Times and new Sectionals and Junior Nationals cuts achieved at this meet on top of the top 16, top 8, and top 3 finishes for the TSM all weekend long. Finally, it was great to see TSM dominate the IM events once again.
Showing great progress through April, May, and June we are looking forward to seeing our swimmers light it up at the upcoming meets in July…
GO TSM!
Nutrition
Eat and Hydrate to perform…
Everything a student-athlete does is about performance, both in the classroom and in the pool. An athlete who does not eat enough, will not be able to function well at school, during practice, or during a competition. If your swimmer is struggling to stay awake during the day, has low energy at school or in the pool, and seems sluggish they are not eating ENOUGH calories during the day… and this will impact them more and more as the season progresses because they start each week at a caloric deficit.
Just because your swimmer eats a lot more than you or more than before, it doesn't mean they are eating ENOUGH to perform in the classroom and/or in the pool.
Coaches fully understand when swimmers are tired, due to not sleeping enough, or when they are pretty sore because of the work they do in the pool; however, lack of energy is mainly due to not eating ENOUGH of the right foods at the right time (before/during/after training or competition).
Yes!!! You are right!!! Keeping up with swimmers’ nutrition alone is like having a 2nd job.... that's why swimmers have to be involved in the process, take responsibility, and learn at a young age what they need to do to be able to be successful as student-athletes.
You can use the link below to learn more about fueling. If you need more help in this area please do not hesitate to reach out to your Coach!
