9.25.10
Good morning…I wanted to send some photos to you from our Sept 25th event. We had a great time!

We really appreciated Josh showing up also Friday night for the Pork BBQ fundraiser. We raised almost $2000.00 for the pool in that 2 hour time frame! How awesome! The kids were just standing around waiting for Josh to arrive. They were so excited.

Saturday morning we had 70 swimmers show up for the Breakout Clinic. I was so amazed that we had so many kids. Josh is such a great speaker! I had so many parents coming up and thanking us for putting the clinic together! We also appreciated that Peter took the day of to travel to our pool. I think we are going to try and do another clinic next year! I had one mother tell me her daughter learned more on Saturday than she did at a week long swim camp this past summer. Just so you are aware…here is a little write up that I had one of my Juniors write for me for the South Bend Tribune…

When life lessons and swimming come together, you get the Breakout Swim Clinic. This past Friday I had a great experience and learned not only swimming tips but also life tips from two fantastic olympic swimmers, Josh Davis and Peter Vanderkaay. This was truely a once and a lifetime experience. At the start of the clinic Josh went through his whole life story which really touched me. It made me believe that you can achieve anything as long as you put your mind to it and really commit yourself. During the clinic itself, I learned proper form and technique from Josh and Peter who are two of the greatest that have lived and swam for our country. They taught me a better form for my streamline and a better technique for my freestyle and backstroke. After the backstroke, Peter shared his life story and allowed the students to ask questions. One thing that still amazes me is his dedication to the sport and the amount of time and effort he puts into swimming everyday of his life. We had our snack, asked questions, and we were back in the pool. Overall I learned how to improve my strokes and my life outlook. This makes me realize that things will not be handed to you in life, you have to earn it. Most of all, thank you Peter Vanderkaay and Josh Davis for this fantastic experience.

Aaron Troxel – 17 years old

Once again Thank you!

Michele Yoder
Wa-Nee Waves Swim Team