McNeil Girls take 1st Place at largest Coastal Bend TISCA meet in history

The Mighty Maverick swimmers hopped in a bus at 5:30 in the morning to travel four hours to compete in the largest Coastal Bend TISCA meet in recorded history.  Not only did the Mavericks shine on both the girls and boys sides with inspired swimming, but the girls team was able to run away with the 1st place trophy outscoring all other teams by over one hundred points.  Coach Chapa and I are very proud of their sportsmanship and competitive spirit throughout our stay in Corpus Christi, Texas.  The Mighty Mavericks truly are approaching INVINCIBLE.  Can't wait to unleash this crew on their upcoming Championship Season.

Kira Morgan signs letter of intent and scolarship to the University of Maryland at Baltimore County!!!

The Maverick Family is proud to announce that the stressful times are over and our fantastically decorated senior captain has made her decision and the Retrievers are the lucky program to gain the commitment, talent and work ethic of our beloved Kira Morgan.  We are so very proud of all of her accomplishments and improvements she has made while swimming for McNeil High School the last four years.  UMBC will not regret their generous offer.  Congratulations to the Morgan and McNeil family for our newest member of collegiate swimming & diving.  Go Dawgs!!!

Booster club meeting minutes 11-4-2013

Booster Club Minutes Nov. 4, 2013

Treasurer's Report:
A. Fundraising Goal vs. Fundraising Amounts Collected-Only a few swimmers outstanding. Almost to the goal.

B. Team expenses for equipment, etc.-Checking with Speedo on Boys' suits. Issue of thin backs. 
-Technical suits should be here any day, for those who ordered them.

C. Upcoming team expenses projected:
1. Hotel rooms in Corpus Christi-room list to hotel by Nov. 19th, cancellations by the 17th for swimmer's block of rooms.
*Parents-There are a few rooms left in the parent's block. Rooms must be reserved by Nov. 8th, or rates go up. If you have a room reserved, and decide to cancel, that must be done by Nov. 15th.
2. Charter bus for Corpus and Aggieland- charter for Corpus is taken care of. Yellow bus to Aggieland.
3. Meals for the swimmers for both meets
-Aggieland-Booster club to give $7 to swimmers for lunch. Place TBD, and provide box dinner. Swimmers will be on their own to provide at stop on the way home for late night snack.
-TISCA-Booster Club to provide 2 lunches, and $7 for dinner at Olive Garden Friday night. Swimmers will need a little extra cash for the dinner/meet extras. Possibility of Grimaldi's pizza before heading home, delivered to the Natatorium while packing up.

D. Possible reduction, if we do not meet our team goal (each swimmer/diver to raise $200 in donations and sponsorships). Waiting on a small number. We are close.

II. Logistics for upcoming meets
A. Lunch and Dinner in Corpus/Place and cost-See above.
B. Snack/water donation plan to ensure the swimmers have enough through the meet.-Booster Club to provide waters. Discussed buying a couple of coolers on rollers.

III. Swim-a-thon - Nov. 8th
A. Breakfast-donations 
B. T-shirts-Seniors designing. Please be patient. If you are a sponsor, please email your logos, or family names to Foss. He will design the backs.

IV. Other Fundraising ideas-Discussed Little Swimmer Clinic. Tabled for now to get info, or if we need one, or possibly a charity to donate to.

V. Next Meeting-first Monday in December.

Miscellaneous

*Shout out to Randy Meyer for taking care of the signs! Great job! Thank you!
-Team pictures are almost ready. They will be available for purchase online. Any personal pictures taken with the photographer, mention McNeil Mavericks Swim and Dive, and we get 15% for the team.
-In Remembrance of Coach Chapa's Grandfather, team members may donate $5-10 for a Memorium, to Swim-a-thon. Thank you Nicole B. for the excellent idea!

McNeil Swimming & Diving Booster club minutes - 9/30/2013

McNeil Swim and Dive Booster Club Meeting-Sept. 30, 2013-6pm

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Financial Report by Jen Gluff

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Upcoming swim meets – local

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Tri-Meets – Oct. 5, StonyPoint @ Leander, Oct. 12,G’town and Eastview(water and snacks)

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Round Rock Invitational Meet (Oct. 24th)-lunch provided by Hoodies. Water, snacks needed. Tents from Dolphins(Thank you Dolphins!)

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AISD Meet, Nov. 1 at UT Swim Center – Lunch, water, snacks, VOLUNTEERS

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Aggieland(College Station-last chance to qualify for TISCA) Nov. 16th, TISCA (Nov. 22-23-Corpus Christi ISD Natatorium

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Charter Buses-done

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Hotel Room block-done

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Lunch, waters, snacks

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SWIM-A-THON Funds Due 10/31!!! Email went out with letter for fund raising from Foss.

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Breakfasts – Swim-a-thon, TISCA, Christmas Break(multiple), Districts

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Team Spirit Ideas discussed. Seniors working on t-shirts

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Equipment – parkas, technical suits, etc., are coming

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Next Meeting – Nov. 4th, may be moved up to Oct. 28thbecause of Swim-a-thon.

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Misc. Items(equipment needs?) – checking, but good now.

McNeil Swimming & Diving Competition Schedule 2013-2014

All dates are subject to change. Meet start times are approximated as of now.  Official start times will be communicated once the meet information has been posted. 

FALL 2013

9/21 - Westwood Tri Meet @ Anderson Mill Pool @ 9 AM

9/28 - Dragon Invite @ Krebsbach Pool @ 9:30 AM

10/5 - Leander/Stony Point Tri Meet @ Block House Creek @ 9 AM

10/12 - Georgetown Tri Meet @ Georgetown Rec Center @ 9 AM  

10/24 - Round Rock Invitational @ Krebsbach Pool @ 9 AM

11/1 - AISD Invitational @ UT Swim Center @ 9 AM

11/16 - Bob Stallings Aggieland Invitational @ Texas A&M Swim Center @ 9 AM

11/22 & 11/23 - Coastal Bend TISCA Meet @ Corpus Christi Natatorium @ NOON

SPRING 2014

1/11 - Winter Wildcat Invitational @ Temple HS Natatorium @ 9 AM

 CHAMPIONSHIPS!!!!

1/24 & 1/25 - UIL DISTRICT MEET @ UT Swim Center

2/7 & 2/8 - UIL REGIONAL MEET @ University of Houston Rec Center

2/21 & 2/22 - UIL STATE MEET @ UT Swim Center

McNeil Maverick Shines in Deaf Olympics in Bulgaria!!!

It took a lot of hard work and fundraising just to get to the Deaf Olympics for Alix Gavin.  Then once you get there...the pressure can be tremendous to perform.  A lot of fifteen year olds wouldn't be able to handle such a situation.  We are very proud to report that Alix Gavin not only dealt well with the situation, but put on quite the performance.

Alix had at least one event on each of the six days of competition giving her quite the competitive load in Sofia, Bulgaria.  She had several personal best swims as well as some HUGE relay swims in helping her United States team, but arguably Alix's biggest accomplishment at the meet came on day 6.  Alix had a huge personal best swim in the 200 breaststroke which earned her 8th place and a trip to the 2013 Deaf Olympics Finals.  There Alix was able to drop another two seconds in a fantastic last individual swim.

Needless to say, everyone in the McNeil community is very proud of our Alix Gavin for representing not only us, but her country in the 2013 Deaf Olympic games.  Alix is an amazing ambassador for us all.  Congratulations Alix!

Full results can be found at...
http://www.bul-swimming.org/Deaflympics/index.html

McNeil Varsity Swimming & Diving Team 2013-14

A great representation of central Texas swimming was seen at this year's tryouts.  It was an honor to see all of the current and future McNeil student-athletes that showed up to this year's tryouts in hopes of representing their school and community in the sport of swimming and diving. The fabulous talent displayed at tryouts makes me very excited for this year's potential. Congratulations to the below athletes in being named to this year's Varsity swimming & diving team:

SENIORS

H. Harris, B. Krusee, T. Ma, K. Morgan, A. Nguyen, C. Scruggs

JUNIORS

C. Chin, M. Glava, A. Gluff, C. Gozdalski, M. Kalina, G. Ma, R. Scruggs, C. Sellers*, K. Shomper, R. Sullivan

SOPHOMORES

A. Gavin, C. Gibbs, J. Harris, K. Jotwani, D. Quinn, J. Trunick, M. Wadehra, M. Warnick

FRESHMEN

N. Bogusch(diver), P. Chin, T. Do, L. Katzman*, H. Krebsbach, S. Iyer, S. Marvin, A. McMillan, C. Meyer*, J. Nelson, N. Shomper, J. Sullivan, A. Thompson, M. Youngman*

Please understand that the selection process is one that is not taken lightly. Everyone who showed up has obviously spent many years working on the craft of swimming. If you happened to not have made the roster this year, I recommend you continue to swim with a local team and tryout again next year. Thank you to everyone for their interest and congratulations to the 2013 - 2014 McNeil Varsity Swimming & Diving Team!!

Also, please understand that if you have made the above roster that you are agreeing to a commitment of staying in shape and working hard for the next two months leading up to the start of school. Failure to abide by this commitment could result in you forfeiting your position on the team.

If your name has a star(*) next to it then there are some special circumstances involved in your commitment to the team(i.e. - competing in a second sport) that need to be agreed upon before the start of the season.  This agreement can be finalized during the first week of school.

Everyone should be receiving an email about up coming team business. If you don't receive an email in the next week you should contact Coach Foss at utfoss9@yahoo.com.

Thanks again, and congratulations!  See you soon.

McNeil forms first boys and girls water polo team

The season was short and sweet, but the interest and commitment was awesome. 20 boys and girls set out to learn the game and each team found themselves winning just enough games to advance to the state water polo tournament. Not bad for a first year. A legendary group of kids that will never be forgotten for what what they began. Congratulations Mavericks!

McNeil Booster Club Meeting: March 18th, 2013

Members Present: Coach Foss, Joanne Sims, Debbie Dalke, Beth Gavin

. Banquet: Location will be Hill Baptist Bible Church off 620 at 6:00 p.m. on April 26tth. Debbie has been in contact with the Olive Garden. Fliers with family orders will be prepared and sent out as soon as possible. Swimmer meals are compliments of the Booster Club.
A. Scrapbook Committee has been working very hard to organize all the pictures for the 2012-2013 Scrapbooks. Each senior’s 2-page lay-out with letters will be collected no later than March 31st. Cost of the books have increased about 2% due to the additional cost of printer paper.
B. Coach Foss will discuss the banquet with Seniors to gather input to how they would like to organize the evening. Senior parents are welcomed to please assist in helping make the evening memorable.
. Water Polo: The turn-out for try-outs was outstanding, with 43 players on the roster. The practices have run very smooth, with players progressing quickly.
. Round Rock Water Polo Tournament: Will be located at the Round Rock High School pool off Deepwood Dr.. The tournament will be from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
1. There will be 12 High School teams competing:
Boys
1. Alamo Heights
2. Cedar Ridge
3. Gateway - Coed
4. Longhorn Aquatics - Coed
5. McNeil
6. Round Rock
7. Temple
8. Waco Midway

Girls
1. Alamo Heights
2. McNeil
3. Round Rock
4. Temple
2. Needs for Saturday will be 4 coolers of water bottles, canopies, and swimmers will be cash for snacks and/or lunch from the concession stand.
3. The cost of the tournament is $100 per team (Boys and Girls). Each player will provide $20 to offset the cost of equipment needs.

VI. Next Meeting: April 26th prior to the start of the Banquet.

Maverick success in collegiate swimming!!!

Ian Bishop is the new 100 breaststroke CHAMPION for North Carolina State University at the 2013 Atlantic Coast Conference Championship!!! Huge deal! We are all very proud of him here in Maverick Land.

McNeil Swimming & Diving 2013-2014 Tryouts

All interested McNeil HS Swimming & Diving prospects, this year's tryouts will be...


Monday, July 8th, 2013
7:00 am

Rattan Creek Pool (Milwood Subdivision)
7617 Elkhorn Mountian Trail
Austin, TX 78729

***Expect tryouts to last around 3 hours***

***Please be early in order to complete information forms, confirm physical evaluation clearance, turn in grades, AND give yourself a good warm-up before tryout begins promptly at 7 AM***

YOU MUST BRING...

1. Physical examination by a doctor on RRISD form(see below link)
http://www.roundrockisd.org/index.aspx?page=673
If you got your physical through McNeil HS you still have to bring a copy of the physical to tryouts. NO PHYSICAL = NO TRYOUT!...NO EXCEPTIONS

2. COPY of most recent report card(new swimmers only)

3. Swimming apparel and equipment(goggles, suit, cap, etc.)

4. Running apparel(shoes, shirt, shorts, etc.)(we will run first)

5. Phone number(parent's AND swimmer's)

6. Email Address(parent's AND swimmer's)

Here at McNeil HS Swimming & Diving we are looking for talented, experienced, and committed team members that are interested in continuing a tradition of successful competitiveness, school/team spirit, and camaraderie amongst all team members. We look forward to welcoming such individuals to this year's tryout experience.

For ANY questions and concerns:

Johnny Foss
Head Swimming & Diving Coach
utfoss9@yahoo.com
512.626.7448

Thank you, good luck, and see you at the pool!

McNeil Swim Booster Club Meeting

Minutes: February 19thst, 2013

Members Present: Coach Foss,, Joanne Sims, Debbie Dalke, David Dalke, Marina Glava, Jen Gluff, Leigh Krusee, Paul Shomper, Tom Gozdalski, Beth Gavin

. Reflections –
. Regions: The hotel and dinner accommodations were excellent. The restaurant was able to quickly accommodate both Round Rock and McNeil swimmers with ease.
. Regionals has a two-year bid for the locations. The meet will be held at University of Houston again next year.

. New Business:
. Banquet; location will be Hill Baptist Bible Church off 620, near Lakeway Mall on April 26th, at 6:00.
1. We will need plenty of volunteers to help move tables beginning at 4:00.
2. Debbie has contacted the Olive Garden restaurant for dinner needs.
3. Family dinners will be available for purchase ($10 each person); the Buster Club committee will pay for swimmers.
4. Marina and Jen will contact Ms. Kurgan to help create this year’s program.
5. A Banquet meeting will be scheduled to help with decorations, cakes, drinks, etc. next month. Joanne will send out an email with details.
6. Senior letters / page for scrapbooks will be due by the end of March.
7. Coach Foss requested all graduating senior Booster Board parents to write a letter to all in-coming candidates to help the transition go as smoothly as possible.
. McNeil Water polo 2013 Team
1. Coach Foss discussed the possibility of establishing a Water polo team for this season. The first game would be scheduled in March, (Round Rock HS Tournament at Mickie Krebsbach).

III. Next Meeting: March 18th, 2013 – 6:00 p.m.

The McNeil secret supporters at it again!

A swimming perspective...

I’ve realized these past four years of swimming for McNeil high school that swimming in itself isn’t just a sport; it’s a lifestyle. Whether it’s finishing my homework during school so that I don’t have to stay up late, eating healthy foods so that I’m at my full potential for the upcoming swim meet or skipping every party that my friends delve into, every decision I make revolves around reaching my full potential as an athlete. I have dedicated so much of my life towards swimming; yet swimming has given so much back to me.
Swimming has helped me overcome countless struggles in my life, including my parent’s divorce, our house being foreclosed on and the seemingly endless stress of school and life as a high school athlete. Most people don’t understand the magic swimming holds in being able to distract a person from all of their problems to the extent that all they can think about is achieving the constant goal to become faster and greater in the sport. Upon arriving at practice and starting each day’s warm-up, all of my troubles are forgotten in minutes as my mind focuses only on the rhythm of my stroke and keeping my arms moving through the liquid lead most call water. Swimming puts me in a trance to survive every set and better myself tremendously every time I enter the pool.
There is no other sport, club or person in this world that compels me to be the best person I can, and simultaneously gives me a feeling of exponential importance. Now that it’s almost over, all I can do is hold onto the life-lessons I’ve learned from it and thank anyone and everyone who’s ever given me the opportunity to be a member of such a privileged and rewarding sport such as swimming.

Marissa Byrd
Veteran Swimmer
Mighty Maverick