Update -- February 20, 2008

Dear Divers, Parents, and Supporters,  

Several of our divers and I take off for Maui tomorrow to compete in the HHSAA State Diving Championships.  Please send out positive vibes, particularly between the hours of 8:30 AM and 11:00 AM on Friday and Saturday for Ashley, Kai, Beau, and Mark.

Recent Accomplishments:

Amanda has gotten her 301C with an approach!  Linnet has started working her 302C!  Joanna learned 5124D 1M and is almost in possession of a complete Junior 3M list!  BJ is doing much better 105Cs and 403Cs and Bs with newfound focus on basics and form!  Alena learned her 402C!  Ashley and Kai learned their 303Cs! Beau has learned 204C, 5132D and 5231D in recent weeks!  Samantha is working her 5121D and her 002C!  Tate and Emily have gotten in the water again recently and are showing much improved lines on their jumps, lineups, and front dives.

February 8 and 15 (ILH Champ's, OIA Last Chance Meet) Highlights

Congratulations once again to Kai, Beau, Mark, and Ashley for their performances in their respective meets over the last week.  Ashley  competed int he ILH Varsity Champsionships and finished a strong 4th, with the promise of improvements to come as we move into the final stretch for states.  Particularly noteworthy were her 104C and 403C for 6s.    Kai dived exhibition in the Last Chance meet, and threw his new 303C, and hit his 401B and 403C for 7s.  Beau earned his second State qualifying score with another personal best.  Mark also earned a personal best, scoring 16 points higher than his previous best and earning his first consideration qualifying score.  

For the most up-to-date High School Season Info, please see the High School Diving Section.

TLDT 2008 Competitive Schedule

We are set for the Portland Region 10 Meet, March 8-9.  Those who have expressed interest in going have been given all the details, and if anyone else decides they want to go, please contact me ASAP! 

We will attend the Summer Regionals in either  Tucson, AZ on June 13-15 or Santa Clara, CA, June 20-22 (already leaning toward the latter date, so we have time to do some double workouts after school lets out).  Those who place in the top 15 will move on the the Zone Championships in Los Angeles, CA, July 10-13 and those who place in the top 12 at the Zones will move on to Nationals in Rockville, MD, August 12-15.

For a look at the complete schedule for 2008, please see the HDA Calendar of Events.

Oh, and by the way, in order to be eligible to go to the Regional level, TLDT Divers must have a complete Junior List in the events they plan to compete.  For the 12-13, 14-15, and 16-18 age groups, this includes doing optional dives that have an average degree of difficulty of 2.0 or higher, which basically translates to front doubles, 1 1/2s in every other direction, and twisters with at least 1 1/2 somersaults or 1 1/2 twists.  So, if you are interested in getting to this level, let's take advantage of all the trampoline and dryland work we will do over the next few months to get us ready!  New Info:  13U boys and girls and 14-15 girls need only 3 optionals,  14-15 boys and 16-18 girls need 4 optionals, and 16-18 Boys need 5 optionals.

REMAINDER OF FEBRUARY WORKOUT AND COMPETITION SCHEDULE

Wed, Feb. 20, Trampoline @ HCDB 4:45-6:00

Thurs - Sun, Feb. 21-24, High School State Championships on Maui -- no workouts.

Monday, Feb. 25 3:30 - 6:00 PM at Schofield 

Tues, Feb. 26, 3:30 - 6:00 PM at Schofield 

Thurs, Feb. 28,  3:30 - 6:00 PM at Schofield 

Fri, Feb. 29,  3:30 - 6:00 PM at Schofield 

March Schedule -- coming soon

ASL CORNER

As always, this reference is here so you all can learn to communicate with our deaf diver/s: check out the ASL Corner,  do the lessons as you want to, ask me for help as you need.

Okies, That's all for now! 

Jeff