July 2024 OTB
Southeastern Swim Club - Champions in the Pool. Champions in Life.
OFF THE BLOCKS NEWSLETTER - July 2024
Vision: Foster a culture that inspires a committment to personal excellence while developing leaders who embrace all challenges and ignite the sparks for change
Mission: Empower swimmers to develop character and realize potential in a positive, fun, and safe environment.
Values: Mindfulness, Ownership, Gratitude, Grit, Growth
- Head Coach's Thoughts
- Simon Sinek has a concept that he calls The Golden Circle. It consists of three concentric circles representing "What We Do", "How We Do", and "Why We Do".
- Most of the time we think about What We Do and work our way from the outside in. Sinek challenges us to start with Why.
- Parents, why do you let your child swim? Here are some potential reasons:
- I want my child to do something they enjoy.
- My child has really good friends and develops good relationships with them through this sport.
- My child can learn great lessons from participating in a sport.
- Athletes, why do you want to swim? Here are some possible reasons:
- I enjoy spending time with my friends.
- I like challenging myself and getting better at the sport.
- I love racing and competing against other athletes.
- I challenge ALL of us to consider why we participate in this sport in the way that we do. As we do this, we'll have increased mindfulness and grit to achieve growth!
- Simon Sinek has a concept that he calls The Golden Circle. It consists of three concentric circles representing "What We Do", "How We Do", and "Why We Do".
- Meet Recaps
- We had about 15 swimmers who warmed up the Olympic Trials Pool at the Stadium Splash. It was a phenomenal experience, and we had some really good swims!
- Thank you to everyone for supporting SSC at Summer Sizzler. The coaches and swimmers from the other teams were incredibly appreciative of all we did to put on a good meet for them.
- This weekend was a great meet! We had so many athletes with personal best times, new cuts, and lots of fun. In my book, that's a successful weekend!
- A special shoutout to Aiden Stivers for competing at Paralympic Trials this past weekend; he won his classification in the 100 Breast and placed 2nd in the 200 IM.
- Upcoming Meets:
- 7/11-14, Combined Age Group and Senior State: Please see the meet page for more info. Of note, the prelims for the 15&O athletes will be at Center Grove, and the prelims for Age Group and all finals will be at the IU Natatorium.
- 7/23-27, Speedo Summer Championships: Shoutout to Audrey Crawford, Jihoon Jung, and Collin Huston for representing SSC at these championships in Irvine, CA!
- 7/24-28, NCSA Junior Nationals: We're going to have a great representation at this meet. As with the Speedo Summer Championships, we will finalize these entries after State next week.
- 7/26-28, Divisional Championships: Please see the meet page for more info.
- June Champions in the Pool: These athletes modeled our values of Mindfulness, Ownership, Gratitude, Grit, and Growth. Congratulations!
- Future Royals 1: Chloe McIntosh and Addison Sealls
- Future Royals 2: Harper Byl and Katie Willmann
- Future Royals 3: Lainey Sealls and Akshara Venkatram
- Future Royals 4: Ethan Fletcher and Zoey Brunner
- Junior Royals 1: Emery Sunderman and Mannan Utreja
- Junior Royals 2: Michael Macabulos and Addison Jones
- Junior Royals 3: Natalie Gladieux and Abby Collins
- Junior Royals 4: Josh Lawrance and Zara Paton
- Royal 1: Grayer Belaire
- Royal 2: Aiden Stivers and Ryan Murphy
- Royal 3: Ellason Miller and Jihoon Jung
