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KC O'Connor, President

Teri Kanahele, Vice President

Thom Andriesen, Treasurer

James Alborough, Secretary

Robert Butker, Head Coach

Jim Green, Board member

Greg Palmieri, Board member

Rebekah Green, Swimmer

We are seeking new board members. Community members are welcome. You do not need to have a child on the team to help out. Please contact us for more information.

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May 15, 2013 End of Season Party at Tlingit Park on Friday, May 17 at 5:30pm

May 08, 2013 Party Plans and an Important Favor for the Team

May 07, 2013 Calling All Parents!

May 02, 2013 Friday Update: Families Welcome

Apr 30, 2013 One more swim on Friday! Swim-a-thon Prize Selection, Fab Five Drawing, Whitehorse Ribbons

Apr 23, 2013 Thursday All-squad Final Practice Fun

Apr 22, 2013 Final Week of the Season Important Dates!

Apr 16, 2013 Swim-a-thon News, Pictures and Whitehorse

Apr 13, 2013 Message from Coach Robert

Apr 10, 2013 Swim-a-thon Fundraising Success Story!

Apr 10, 2013 3 Days to Go!

Apr 03, 2013 And the Winners Are....

Apr 02, 2013 Swim-a-thon Midway Drawing

Mar 29, 2013 April Happenings and News

Mar 20, 2013 Spring Break Swimming

Mar 14, 2013 Friday in the Pool is on!

Mar 13, 2013 Thursday and Friday Plan (and a Poll!)

Mar 12, 2013 Wednesday Practice - All Squads Welcome

Mar 11, 2013 Practices this week

Mar 07, 2013 No Practice on Friday. Swim-a-thon Starts.

Mar 04, 2013 Pool Closure This Week and Swim-a-thon Kickoff

Mar 02, 2013 Pool News

Feb 20, 2013 Super Fun Friday - Bring a Friend

Feb 13, 2013 No Practice Monday. Super Fun Friday Next Week

Jan 29, 2013 Looking ahead

Jan 20, 2013 Congratulations on a Great Meet!

Jan 15, 2013 Winter Games Concessions Sign Ups

Jan 14, 2013 Welcome Back, Robert. Full Team Practice Tuesday

Jan 13, 2013 No Practice Monday and Meet Signups

Jan 11, 2013 Monday Practice and Signups for Winter Games

Jan 08, 2013 Winter Games Signups on Monday Jan 14 at the Pool

Jan 05, 2013 The Dry Land Plan

Jan 03, 2013 Saturday Practice

Jan 01, 2013 Happy New Year

Dec 20, 2012 Pool Hours and Closures over the Break and Beyond

Dec 17, 2012 Updated Practice Times over the Break

Dec 14, 2012 Practice Times over the Break

Dec 14, 2012 Pool Party and Team Photo Today

Hi Everyone,

Just a quick reminder that the pool party and team photo is taking place during practice today.

Thanks,

James

Dec 10, 2012 Pool Party, Swim Caps, SE Champs Wrap Up

Hi All,
It's been a big week for the Dolphins!

SE Champs Wrap Up
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14 dolphins travelled to Juneau with Coach Marian this weekend and did Haines proud at the Southeast Champs.
The Dolphins competed against 6 other teams from Juneau, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Craig, and two teams from Sitka. Every Dolphin who competed came away with at least one personal best time and several swimmers racked up qualifying times for Age Group Champs and Junior Olympics.

Dec 06, 2012 SE Champs

About 15 Dolphins are heading to Juneau today and tomorrow to compete at the Southeast Champs. Please join me in wishing everyone fast swims and lots of bubbles!

For the Dolphins going to Juneau, please be sure to arrive at the Dimond Pool at least an hour before your session begins (for warm-ups). For example, if you are swimming in the Saturday afternoon session which starts at 2pm, be on deck at 1pm.

There is a rough timeline and preliminary heat sheets at http://www.hainesdolphins.org/southeast-champs-juneau

Nov 26, 2012 Swim Caps

Hi all,

It's been a long time in the works, but we are finally ready to make the swim cap order - in time for SE Champs.

Tigger has posted the following at the pool:

   - A list of everyone who has signed up so far
   - Samples of the new caps
   - Pricing for the new caps

Please do the following before Tuesday evening:

- Confirm your order and wording (if you ordered a personalized cap) at the pool

Nov 24, 2012 SE Champs signups are on Monday

Hi All,

SE Champs signups are on Monday, November 26 at 5pm at the pool.

Meet information is available at http://www.hainesdolphins.org/southeast-champs-juneau (including a list of HDST swimmers with qualifying times)

There is also a downloadable and printable entry form if you want to save some time during signups.

Thanks and I hope everyone had a relaxing Thanksgiving weekend,
James

Nov 21, 2012 Thanksgiving Week

Hi All,

There will be no practice on Thursday (Thanksgiving) and Friday this week.

Congrats to all the swimmers who swam in the time trial yesterday! Several Dolphins achieved qualifying times for SE Champs (December 7, 8 and 9 in Juneau). At present, the following swimmers have qualifying times:

Keegan Sundberg
Sanona Sundberg
Rylee Tonsgaard
Skye Posey
Jasper Posey
Haley Sweet-Cushing
Naomi Green
Rebekah Green
Elena Saunders
Rio Ross-Hirsch

Nov 10, 2012 Pool Closed on Monday and Coach Robert's Email

Hi All,

This is a quick reminder that there is no practice on Monday November 12 because the pool will be closed for the Veteran's Day holiday.

Coach Robert has posted his email address on the bulletin board at the pool and here it is again:

jrbutker@gmail.com

He encourages everyone-- especially the swimmers--to get in touch as often as wanted or needed.

Nov 07, 2012 Pool Party Date and Time Change

Hi all,

Sorry for the change, but because the pool is not available on Saturday

….the Pool Party is now happening on FRIDAY during normal practice times.

Any parents who are able to join the fun are invited to swim!

Thanks,
James

Nov 06, 2012 Saturday Pool Party

Hi All,

Thanks to everyone for making our Time Trial on Friday such a success! A good number of swimmers attained qualifying times for Southeast Champs in Juneau (more about that later) and we'll be having another time trial in 2 weeks to fill any gaps in events and swimmers for that meet. Results from the time trial are posted at http://www.hainesdolphins.org/times-and-results and on the bulletin board at the pool.

Pool Party on Saturday 9:30 am - 11 am
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Oct 29, 2012 Petersburg, Practice Times, Time Trial

Hi All,

Petersburg November Rain meet (Nov 9-11) signups will be on Tuesday after practice (5 pm).

Meet details and signup forms are available at http://www.hainesdolphins.org/petersburg-november-rain-meet-nov-9-11
We encourage any swimmers who are interested in joining the group, to consider making the journey. It should be a great adventure and we have enough chaperones to enable kids who are older than 9 years old to travel without their parents.

Practice Times This Week:

Oct 25, 2012 Time Trial, Petersburg Meet

Hi All,

Time Trial:
The time trial will be held on Friday November 2nd from 3:30pm to 5:30pm.
The primary purpose of the time trial is enable swimmers to get qualifying times for the Southeast Champs meet in Juneau in early December (and for new swimmers to see what how it is to be in a "meet")

Coach Robert will be organizing entries during practices next week.

Oct 21, 2012 Whitehorse Photos

Hi Everyone,

About 15 dolphins and their families travelled to Whitehorse for the Ryan Downing Memorial Swim Meet this weekend. You can expect a full report from Coach Robert, but I wanted to mention how well everyone swam (the Dolphins came home with a truckload of ribbons!).

We've posted some photos at http://www.hainesdolphins.org/image/tid/7

If anyone who has some good photos of the meet, please send them to me and I'll add them to the collection.

Next up:

Petersburg signups:

Oct 17, 2012 Upcoming Events

Hi All,

For the folks going to Whitehorse:

- Entries are posted on http://www.hainesdolphins.org/ryan-downing-meet if you'd like to confirm what your Dolphin is doing.

- Plan on meeting for team pizza at Boston Pizza around 8pm on Friday night
(which is only 7pm our time, so hopefully not too late :-))

Save the Date:
We are planning a Fun meet on Saturday Nov 3rd at the pool.

- It's a time trial

Oct 10, 2012 Meet Sign-ups on Thursday and Friday

Hi All,
This is a reminder to come to the pool on Thursday or Friday to sign up your Dolphin for the Whitehorse meet.

There are meet details at http://www.hainesdolphins.org/ryan-downing-meet

We plan to have dinner as a team on Friday night at Boston Pizza (probably at approx. 8pm)

Oct 07, 2012 Whitehorse Meet

Hi Everyone,

This Dolphin Digest is all about the upcoming Whitehorse meet.

This meet is a great meet for the younger swimmers. It's really low-key, friendly and low-pressure and the glittering metropolis of Whitehorse is very easy to get to (not to mention the incredible pool and facility they have up there, complete with water slides, lazy river and even ice-skating!)

Dates:
The meet is on Friday 19 Oct, 4:30pm-7:30pm and Saturday 20 Oct, 8am-4pm.
All the shorter races are grouped on Saturday at 11am Yukon Time.

Sep 29, 2012 Save the Date

Hi Dolphins!

This is a quick note to put some items on the calendar and some reminders.

Monthly Dues:
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Monthly dues are due on Monday. There are several ways to handle payment:

   - Drop off a check at the pool. There are envelopes provided.

   - Pay online at http://www.hainesdolphins.org/dues

Sep 14, 2012 Various Updates

Hi All,

It's great to see all the excited and happy swimmers in the pool this past week! Thank you for for making this great opportunity possible for your swimmer/s.

HDST Needs You!

We are actively seeking the following:

- Board members

- Volunteers to help us with a variety of tasks

- An assistant coach (paid position)

K.C. will be in touch in the next few days to see how you might be able to help.

Sep 08, 2012 Squads and Practice Times

Hello! We had a great turnout for the beginning of this season, but everything is just getting started! Times have been taken, initial squads have been formed and the most preliminary of team building has begun. It's looking like it's going to be a great season!

- Check the initial squad listings and practice times at http://www.hainesdolphins.org/20122013-squads-and-practice-times

- Please be sure to have registered and paid your first month's dues before your swimmer's first practice.

Sep 04, 2012 Dolphins Digest: We are under way!

Hi all,
Thanks so much for the great turnout at today's pool party and registration. This is a quick note to re-cap the main points of the day.

- Registration:
If you have not registered and paid your dues, please visit http://hainesdolphins.org and sign up. If you filled out an account page today at the pool, it's OK to redo it online if you want to pay with your credit card. Otherwise, you will receive an email with your account details in the next few days.

Sep 03, 2012 Dolphins Digest: See You on Tuesday

Hi Dolphins,

Just a reminder that we are having our season kick-off, meet the new coach, registration pool party on Tuesday after school.

Date:
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September 4

Time:
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3:30 pm for the pool party
5pm for registration

What to bring:
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Go to http://hainesdolphins.org and pre-register and print out the USA Swimming forms that need to be filled out. All forms will also be available at the pool on Tuesday.

What to expect:

Aug 29, 2012 Online Pre-Registration

Hi Dolphins,

Less than a week to go before we all get together to start our new season!

There are several items we'd like to call everyone's attentions to:

- Introductory letter from Coach Robert at http://www.hainesdolphins.org

- Online pre-registration at http://www.hainesdolphins.org
Your swimmer can get a free personalized swim cap by registering online and paying your USA Swimming fees and first month dues online.

- Look for the Dolphins flyers around the school.

Aug 24, 2012 Season Starts on Sept. 4

Dolphin Digest
Friday August 25

NEW HEAD COACH:
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The HDST board is pleased to introduce and announce Robert Butker as our new head coach.

Robert has lived in Haines and Skagway for the last year or so and brings a great deal of experience as a swimmer and swim coach. We are excited to have someone with Robert's enthusiasm and experience leading our program.

Aug 21, 2012 New Season Kickoff!

Hello Dolphins!

It's great to be starting our new season! It promises to be a lot of fun.

In the next couple of days, you can expect details from the board about:

- Our new head coach!

- The date and time of our upcoming "get-to-know-you" Pool Party!

- Our upcoming season practice and meet schedules

Stay tuned for more info by Friday at the latest!

Thanks,
HDST Board

May 16, 2012 Final Party Date

Hi All,

First of all, sorry for the various date changes, but we are trying to accommodate everyone's extremely busy end of year schedules. Thanks to those who we were able to poll by phone. For those who we didn't get to, we are keeping our fingers crossed that our new date will work.

New Date: Monday May 21 at 5pm at Tlingit Park

For those baseball players who have practice until after 5, don't worry, we won't start without you!

Apr 22, 2012 Final Time Trial

Hi All,

Just a quick reminder that this coming week is our final week of practice for the season.

By now you know we will be doing a time trial on Tuesday to enable the swimmers who have been practicing so hard to register some official times before the end of the season. It's important that all their hard work and dedication is officially acknowledged.

Please encourage your swimmer to participate in the time trial on Tuesday at 3:30pm.

Apr 20, 2012 Season Wrap Up

Well, our season is winding down, and we have a lot things to tell you about in this digest!

UPCOMING MEETS:

JO's in Anchorage - Rebekah Green and Haley Sweet-Cushing will be representing the Dolphins at JO's! We wish them tons of luck, and are very proud of them!

Whitehorse - The Whitehorse meet has fallen through...on their end, not ours...so we will not be sending any swimmers to this particular meet. BUT..............read on below!

Apr 12, 2012 Pledge Funds Due

Hello Dolphins!

Hope everyone is enjoying our spring that seems to have finally sprung!

SWIMATHON
All money raised by swimmers is due TOMORROW, Friday, April 13th! Please bring your pledge packets to the pool and turn them in to Tigger. Thanks so much to all of you who worked so hard this year to raise money. We really appreciate all that you have done! If you haven't checked out the video and photos from the Swimathon, go to our website, <http://www.hainesdolphins.org>http://www.hainesdolphins.org .

Mar 30, 2012 Swim-a-thon Tomorrow!

Hello Dolphins!

Tomorrow is the big day! Is everyone ready to swim in the Swim-a-thon?!

Here are a few tidbits of information relating to the big event:

Please be at the pool by 8:45. Swimathon starts promptly at 9:00.
We will provide some healthy fruity snacks. You will need to bring your own water/drinks.
We will have a table set up for the siblings of the swimmers, so they can have some fun as well. There will be some fun pictures to color, and a couple of middle school girls will supervise.

Mar 14, 2012 Swim-a-Thon

SWIMATHON:
Great job on all the fundraising going on! Keep it up! Remember that online donations are the absolute best option, especially for relatives.

POOL CLOSING:
The pool is closing March 15-20 for some repairs to the surge tank. Practices and swim lessons will be cancelled during that time. Practices will resume on Wednesday, March 21.

NEXT MEETS:

Feb 12, 2012 WINTER GAMES...

WINTER GAMES...
Were awesome! We are so proud of how well ALL our Dolphins did! Personally, I think I screamed myself hoarse cheering for all of you! Thank you so much to all the volunteers for housing, hospitality, timing, etc. We couldn't have done it without you!

SWIMATHON...

Jan 13, 2012 Hello Dolphins!

Lots of things to tell you this time around...:)

POOL CLOSED
The pool will be closed for about a week while the sand filter is being replaced. Coach Tyler will be doing dry land training from 3:30-4:30 every practice day while the pool is closed. Don't want to lose your conditioning with the big meet coming up!

WINTER GAMES

Jan 07, 2012 PRACTICES

PRACTICES:

Thanks so much to all of you for your flexibility this past week with the pool being closed. Guess what?! It's fixed! Practices will resume tomorrow!

TIME TRIALS:

We are cancelling the Jan. 14 time trial. There are several other events going on that weekend that are providing a conflict of interest, plus, we don't really need to update times.

WINTER GAMES:

Dec 21, 2011 TIME TRIALS

TIME TRIALS:
We are going to hold another time trial before our Winter Games. It will be on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, at 1:30 p.m. If any parents want to help out with timing, we would appreciate it! Mark your calendars!

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