The Trials exceeded every expectation. I hope you all got a chance to visit the Qwest Center and be part of the action.
B-T Aquatics had a busy week too.
Swimmers representing thirty-nine teams trained at our pool. In addition, Olympic Gold Medalist Josh Davis ran a training session every morning during the Trials: http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=1000&u_sid=10371768
B-T participated in the Hilton Swims to Beijing Relay on Saturday. Olympic Gold Medalist Matt Biondi got in the pool and swam with forty of our B-T swimmers. The USA Swimming Foundation is donating $10,000 of a $100,000 gift they received from Hilton Hotels to Brownell-Talbot Aquatics to help us promote water safety and learning to swim.
We hosted a Splash Bash sponsored by USA Swimming on Monday night: http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/22743534.html
Up on the main level of the Qwest Center, Brownell-Talbot faculty and staff passed out brochures promoting Omaha area swim clubs.
There is a Zen saying, "Before Enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After Enlightenment, chop wood, carry water." The Trials are over and it's time to chop wood and carry water, Grasshoppers!
Everyone back in the pool! Voyagers, Plebes, and Pirates all have lessons all week. It's just four years until the next Olympic Trials for Swimming. We've got a lot of work to do to get someone on that team!
-jn
We swim for good times: fast times when we compete and fun times every time we get in the pool together. You can too! Face-Up First Swimming is also the home of the popular online course, Water Safety Education for Parents and Caregivers. My name is Jeanie Neal and I developed Face-Up First swimming and put together the online course.
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