Sugarbears Registration Doc's Due 3/19

*REMINDER*

ALL RETURNING SUGARBEARS:

All registration documents and registration fees are due to the City of Roseville by March 19th. There are two medical forms you need to sign and return, as well as ALL the forms listed as links in this email. To download all registration documents click on the following links: www.sugarbears.org/share/SBRegistrationletter
www.sugarbears.org/share/SugarbearsRegForm
www.sugarbears.org/share/ParentContract
www.sugarbears.org/share/MedicalWaiver
www.sugarbears.org/share/Waiver2

PLEASE NOTE: All returning swimmers MUST complete a NorCal Swim League Registration form FOR EACH returning swimmer in your family:
www.sugarbears.org/share/LeagueRegForm

You can mail your forms to the Roseville Sports Center, 1545 Pleasant Grove Blvd, Roseville, 95747; you can drop them off at the Roseville Sports Center, Central Park Indoor Pool or the Maidu Community Center or you can fax them to the Roseville Sports Center at (916)774-5999. Priority registration is given to returning swimmers provided all forms are received by March 19.

After March 19th, the City of Roseville will begin advertising for new swimmers and anyone not registered (including returning swimmers who missed the deadline) will be required to try out. After March 19th, returning swimmers are not guaranteed a spot on the team. For your convenience, cash, checks, VISA or Mastercard are accepted.

Age Group Determination Date:
Age groups are determined by the age the child will be as of June 15th This is a policy of the Northern California Swim League.

Regards,
Your Roseville Sugarbears Parent Board

Podcast #39: 2009 Laguna Creek Meet. Fly Away

Interviews and exciting moments captured from our 2009 Meet with Laguna Creek held on June 11th, 2009. Sugarbear President, Jef Huber, captures many personal bests and also key performances by Emma Busch, Curtis "Cannonball" Ostrander and Justin Young.

Click here to listen to the podcast. The podcast is 23MB in size and 22 minutes in length. A broadband internet connection is required.

Letter from Sugarbears Head Coach Jamie Olson

Greetings to all of the Sugarbears!

I am excited to meet all of the parents and swimmers over the next few months. Swimming has been a part of my life for many years and I have been involved in the sport as an athlete, a teacher, and a coach.

As a swimmer, I competed on a year round team called the Barracuda Aquatics of the Monterey Peninsula for many years. I also was fortunate to swim for the Yokohama Sailfish team in Japan for three years from the age of seven until I was ten. Our family moved to Japan as a result of my dad’s new position in the U.S. Navy. When I returned back to the United States I continued to swim for the Barracudas. In high school, I competed at Carmel High School in both swimming and water polo. After high school, I competed at Chabot College and trained with the UC Berkeley swim team. After college I continued to swim in a masters swim program and as a triathlete.

My first experience as a swimming instructor was when I was a junior in high school and I continued to teach swimming for many years. My coaching career began in 1984 when I became the assistant coach for the Barracuda Aquatics of the Monterey Peninsula. I continued to coach for the Barracudas for the next six years. Then in 1992 I moved to Sacramento to obtain my teaching credential and this is when I started coaching swimming in the Sacramento area. My first position was the assistant swim coach at Valley High School. Then in 1996 I became the Head Coach at Foothill High School for three years. During this time I also was the Head Coach for the summer league team called the Foothill Fliers. Currently, I coach the Oakmont High School Swim Team where I am the head coach of the varsity boys swim team and before becoming the head coach I was the assistant for three years.

Apart from swimming, I can call Roseville my home. I moved to Roseville from Fair Oaks in 2007 after getting married to Sheri Turner who subsequently became Sheri Olson. Both of us enjoy the Roseville community and live in Old Roseville in a 1930 home. My hobbies include enjoying the great outdoors, traveling, reading history, and competing in endurance races. My wife and I both love to camp and we look forward to taking a trip to Europe sometime in the near future.

In closing, as the swimming season rapidly approaches I look forward to getting to know the swimmers, parents, and coaches and working together to make the 2010 season a success.

See you on the pool deck,

Coach Jamie
GO SUGARBEARS!

New Sugarbears Head Coach and Assistant Coaches Named

Hello Sugarbears Families:

The Sugarbears Parent Board is very pleased to announce our new Head Coach: Jamie Olson. He has many years experience of swimming and coaching. Many Oakmont students will recognize his name; he is currently coaching the boys varsity swimteam at Oakmont High School. His bio will be posted soon for all to view. He is so excited to join the Sugarbears family!!! He already has many ideas for the upcoming swim season. He'll be joining us for our next Board meeting, March 9th.

We are equally pleased to also announce our two new assistant coaches: Peter Hallsten and Dannon Blythe. Many of you will quickly recognize the Hallsten name. Peter has been a long-time Sugarbears swimmer and can't wait to help the team this year both in the pool swimming and out of the pool coaching! Dannon is new to the Sugarbears family. She has swam many years in the area and is excited about coaching this year and sharing her knowledge and experience with our team.

A Big Sugarbears Welcome to Our New 2010 Coaches!

If you would like to attend the next Sugarbears Board meeting on March 9th and have the added bonus of meeting our new head coach, we're meeting at Cool River Pizza, at the corner of Cirby and Rocky Ridge @ 7:00 PM. We still have lots to prep for this year.

Keep a lookout in the next week on the website for updates on our coaches; soon we'll be posting more info under the coaches link.

Here's to a successful year!!!

Cheers! Renee

Sugarbears Board President

2010

Former Sugarbear and Coach, MaryTess Taylor, Goes Big! Spring Clinic Reminder

MaryTess Taylor made her final appearance last week as a Fresno State Bulldog at the Josh Davis Natatorium in San Antonio, Texas at the 2010 WAC Championships.

She swam the Breast within the Bulldog's 400 Medley Relay and qualified for consolations in two of her three individual events, posting new lifetime personal bests in the 200 IM, 100 Breast and 200 Breast.

Mary Tess posted a 2:13.40 in the 200 IM, a 1.06.10 in the 100 Breast (relay split) and a 2:22.40 in the 200 Breast.

"We are extremely proud of MT" parent Michael Taylor said. "It has been amazing to watch her develop as a swimmer and as a person. As a swim family, we have been blessed with good health and happiness within fantastic aquatic programs at all levels from recreational, high school, junior college and college."

MaryTess will be graduating this May from Fresno State with a degree in Art and plans to pursue a multiple subject teaching credential.
She weighed heavily the opportunity to apply for coaching the Sugarbears this summer, but currently plans to stay in Fresno this summer in order to establish some employment in Fresno while getting her teaching credential.

A reminder that Spring Swim Clinics are about to start up next week at the RAC (March 9-April 22).
Spots are still available.
Click here for a flyer, or check our RSB website for details.

Go Sugarbears!