AeroDragons News
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
**WED PRACTICE CANCELLED**
Hi Folks ---
What can I say? Considering what AeroDragons have been through the last couple months with coaching changes --- we all did EXTREMELY well in all of our divisions and heats last weekend!
LAST YEAR COMP team placed 2nd in DIV IIA (2nd overall). This year, we stepped up to the hard-core competitive division - DIV I, we ended up 2nd place in the consolation heat (7th overall out of 9 teams) - not bad!
WOMEN ROCKED placing 4th out of 15 teams, edging out BAD, Killer Guppies (hee hee!), Space Dragons and NAC Dragons. Thank you Ripple Women for helping us out!
REC TEAM also medaled and placed 4th out of 13 teams pulling the 1st place spot in the consolation final heat against Space Dragons, MCM Rebellious Dragons, Diesel Fish 2, Kimlan, Team DPW 2 and APCA.
MEN placed 11th out of 14 teams. CORPORATE placed 4th out of 7 teams.
AERODRAGONS SMOKED the competition in the Grand Championship 250M races coming in 4th out of 22 teams. We edged out Killer Guppies (hee hee!), the Hong Kong Freedom Team and both San Diego teams (1 of their teams was assessed a 5 second penalty for jumping the start line).
SPECIAL THANK YOU'S to DOROTHY for compiling the stats for us, JAMES LIAU for his ability to steer us to our medals, JAMES QUON and HENRY for videotaping, TRIS for organizing our food, PAT & KAREN for picking up our lunches, DEBS for organizing our team picture, MING & BRAD for helping to tear down our tents, as always, COACH DEE for seeing us through the weekend and JERRY for our paddle rack and his eternal patience with me!
PLEASE SEND YOUR PICS to me - I especially need the team pictures you have and any great race or candid shots! SOME pics are up on the website as are the race heat final times for us . . .
BACK TO PRACTICE for our next big race in SAN FRANCISCO on Sept. 23rd & 24th. COACH DEE says it feels like we've lost a bit of our power, so it will be back to RESISTANCE training and working on AEROSTRONG in preparation for the choppy waters of Treasure Island.
PRACTICE WED/SAT/SUN --- PLEASE RSVP for THIS WED/SAT/SUN practice, make sure you arrive PROMPTLY at 6:00PM WED,or 9:30AM SAT, or 8:30AM SUN for warm-up.
REMEMBER in case of rain/sewage spill or other extenuating circumstance, find out status of practice by calling my cell phone at (310) 749-3592 after 8:00 AM on day of practice for a recorded message . . .
EAT SOMETHIN' in the morning before you come to practice (think bananas, energy bars, carbs/protein, etc..). Your body needs food to produce energy to paddle. We don't want you to get sick while out on the water. Also, bring water or Gatorade to hydrate yourself while paddling.
Have a great week and see you on the water!!
--- M.
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