Ian and I had a great time in Lawrence. We had some great host families. I enjoyed my time with the Sloan family. The son, Ben, challenged us to a race and he’s looking really strong. All the best to Ben and the Aqauhawks. Checkout our photos on Facebook.
Great clinic in Minneapolis with Misty! Mike has been a great clinic host and I was excited for our event to return. After having Eric Shanteau and Christine Marshall last year, Misty and I really enjoyed continuing the BREAKout! annual tradition.
Thanks to the Fam family the wonderful meal. Checkout our Facebook link for more photos
The Mutual of Omaha BREAKout clinic tour finished strong for the year 2011. In fact, we broke a record! The previous record for clinics was set in 2010 with 85 cities. This year we killed our own record with 120 clinics in over 110 cities!! That is crazy but exciting that so many young people have met their heroes and learned skills that last a life time. We’ve always prided ourselves on going to any town or club that calls us and we visited some places that have never had an Olympian visit before. We made great friends and memories in Salina, KS–Centerville, Iowa–Pacifica, CA–Herndon, VA–Issaquah, WA–Wakarusa, IN–Carroll, IA–Upper Dublin, PA–Woodbridge, CT–Verona, WI–Devon, PA. This is just 11 of the 110 cities we visited this year. We are proud to be the leading swim clinic in the country!
But a big thanks goes to our Gold Medal Team who consistently give of themselves to teach and inspire our younger swimmer friends. Many of them are going into the final phase of strict training so we will be cheering them on for a great 2012. On behalf of our staff, I want to say thank you also to the clubs, coaches and swim moms who contact us and make the effort to host our events. Please enjoy the pictures and highlights of these last clinics and look forward to seeing you in a very exciting new year!!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Swimcerely,
Josh
I hope you had a great weekend! I just wanted to send a huge THANK YOU to you, Josh, Ryan and Kim for a great event on Sunday. The kids had a fantastic time and were so enthused after the event. Please extend to all my thanks and appreciation for their time and energy. It was great working with you all.
Kate Scheuer
I wanted to let you know the overwhelming response we received regarding your recent clinic. The swimmers, families and coaches were so impressed with your energy, enthusiasm, technique tips, motivational comments…OK I could go on and on here. 100% of the feedback was that the clinic exceeded their expectations and their kids loved it. Coach John loved your ’silver medal’ story and incorporated it into his discussion with some of the swimmers that didn’t make PNS qualifying times this weekend…very cool.
-Anne Swenson
