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JO Swimmers Competing in the “olders” meet for 13 and older, Feb. 4-7, are: Indira Ceranic, Lindseay Letellier, Lauren Tomlin, Faith Travis, Alexa Wasserman, Kat Wickham, Alexis Castaneda, Sara Kennedy, Lynette Lim, Kelley Ostrander, Alex Hoogendyk, and P.J. Redmon. Your Swimmer’s Times: Swimmer’s times are posted online at the USA Swimming website. (www.usaswimming.org) Take full advantage of USA Swimming's site by creating an account. If you are a USA Swimming member, you can link your web account to your USA Swimming membership. Click here to create an account and learn more: http://www.usaswimming.org/usasweb/Secure/Register.aspx Alert Now Please make sure you’re signed up for Alert Now to receive the team’s email, voice and text messages. We use Alert Now to communicate pool closures, schedule changes, or other important info. If you’re not at home to receive messages, you may want to enroll your cell phone, so the message is directed there. Contact Mark Hoogendyk at pspmark@verizon.net to sign up or make changes. Opt In Forms Please turn in the opt in form for upcoming meets to your coach ASAP so you’re ensured entry into meets. There’s one in this newsletter! tour de Palm springs Saturday, Feb. 13 is the Tour de Palm Springs ride. The Piranhas are one of the charities benefitting from the thousands of cyclists entering this event. Contact Ben Travis (btravis@dc.rr.com) for raffle tickets to sell, and brochures to hand out at your business and to friends. To sign up for the meet, visit our website at piranhaswimteam.org and click on the Tour de Palm Springs logo on our home page. Be sure to enter “PSP” or “Piranhas” so our team gets credit. Please volunteer for our home meets! We have two more home meets this season and we need your help! RW SC Meet, Sunday, March 14th BRW LC Meet, April 23-25 Contact Matt Nevins, meet manager, to sign up. mnevins@dc.rr.com. If you are interested in being the staff coordinator, please let him know ASAP. Swim Meets are our largest fundraisers of the year. We make money for the team through entry fees, snack bar sales, raffle ticket sales, program ads and sales, and portions of our vendors sales. Parent Reps: Minnows: Toni Harris WillStyleUinPS@aol.com Guppies: Megan Harvey MEGJUST5@aol.com Stingrays: Lidia Hoogendyk hoogendyk@verizon.net & 
Patti Iparraguirre piparraguirre@psusd.us Dolphins: cloriandrade@msn.com Pre-Senior/Senior: 
Sunday Tomlin stluvsparis06@yahoo.com February
 Birthdays! Alissah Koochaki 2/25/1998 Heather MacLean 2/28/1996 Paulina Trinidad 2/8/1996 Kat Wickham 2/12/1996 Piranha Stuff Sunday Tomlin is our merchandise manager. Please contact her for swim caps, suits, etc. Email her at stluvsparis06@yahoo.com or speak with her on the pool deck. Scrip News Dear Piranha Families: There will not be a February Scrip Order due to low participation by our membership. Please plan on purchasing scrip in March. Since we all need gas and groceries, you may wish to fulfill your Piranha Swim Team Fundraising Commitment by purchasing gas or grocery cards. Go to www.shopwithscrip.com, Enter in the Piranha enrollment code: 14944A9413465, and look at all the different ways you can support your team, while not spending any extra money. Email Cindy Bellamy
Scrip Coordinator to answer any questions.Cimdu@aol.com Piranha Profile
Taylor Harvey What is your age, school, and grade? 11 years old, 5th grade, Cielo Vista Elementary How long have you been a Piranha? Four or five years What is your favorite stroke? 
Freestyle. What is your favorite event? 100 free. Do you like meets or practice better? Why? Meets, because you get to compete against other girls. What is your favorite book? 
Warriors by Erin Hunter What is your favorite movie? Spirit What is your favorite song? Fireflies If you weren't swimming, what would you be doing? 
Playing volleyball. Who is a famous person you'd like to meet? Michael Phelps What are your goals, either in swimming, life or both? Becoming an Olympian. Contact Info: Head Coach Tim Hill: thswim@gmail.com Coach Vicky West: victoriawest13@gmail.com Coach Gerald Lim: geraldlim2@msn.com Scrip: Cindy Bellamy Cimdu@aol.com Team suits: Sunday Tomlin stluvsparis06@yahoo.com Billing: Mark Hoogendyk pspmark@verizon.net Meet Manager: Matt Nevins mnevins@dc.rr.com Piranha Board Members: President John Andrade: jjandrade20@msn.com Cindy Bellamy: cimdu@aol.com Coach Tim Hill: thill@gmail.com Mark Hoogendyk: 
pspmark@verizon.net Gerald Lim: geraldlim2@msn.com Lexa Schoppe: schoppecircus@earthlink.net Mark Wasserman: mrkwass@verizon.net Mailing Address: Piranha Swim Team 255 N. El Cielo, Ste. 140-104 Palm Springs, CA 92262 Team Phone: 760 318 SWIM Team Website: www.piranhaswimteam.org Webmaster: Robert Wickham r.w.wickham@gmail.com Eastern Committee website (www.easterncommittee.org) Southern California Swimming website. (www.socalswim.org Approved Swimsuits for 2010 Effective 1/25/10   The USA Swimming House of Delegates, at its September 2009 meeting, adopted new rules regarding swimwear which limited swimsuits used for competitive purposes to those swimsuits which are in compliance with specifications established by FINA, the international governing body for the sport of swimming.  On January 4, 2010, FINA issued its final list of swimsuits approved for use in 2010. The suits included on this final list were all submitted to and approved by FINA. In addition to the suits included on this list, FINA has indicated that “older suits” are also acceptable for competition. Although the term “older suits” was not specifically defined, it generally refers to suits made from nylon or Lycra that meet the following criteria:   Swimsuits for men may not extend above the navel or below the knee and for women may not cover the neck, or extend past the shoulders or below the knee; Material used for swimsuits can be only textile material which is defined as materials consisting of natural and/or synthetic, individual and non-consolidated yarns used to constitute a fabric by weaving, knitting, and/or braiding. Simply put, this would generally refer to suits made only from nylon or Lycra that do not have any rubberized material such as polyurethane or neoprene; and No zippers or other fastening devices are allowed except for a waist tie on a brief or jammer.  Although the “older suits”, as defined above, are acceptable for competition, they will not be allowable for purposes of establishing World Records, as qualifying times for FINA World Championships or Olympic Games, or for world rankings. Only suits listed on the FINA Suit List may be used for these purposes.  Effective immediately, with the exception of our USA Swimming Championship Meets as defined in Article 207 of the USA Swimming Rulebook (U.S. Open, National and Junior National Championships and Trials Class Meets), swimsuits allowable for use in USA Swimming sanctioned or approved competition must either appear on the attached FINA Suit List or meet the definition of an “older suit” as defined above.  For purposes of our USA Swimming Championship Meets, the “older suits” are not allowable and only suits appearing on the attached FINA Suit List are acceptable for use in competition.   Please be aware that some of the swimsuits on the approved list have the same model names as older suits which do not meet the new technical requirements. We strongly recommend you check with the retailer or suit manufacturer to be sure you are purchasing an approved suit.  The FINA specifications for swimsuit approval included a requirement that all approved suits must include a non-removable marking or label on the swimsuit indicating the swimsuit has been “FINA approved”, along with an indication of the approval date. It appears this marking/label will be provided exclusively by FINA and will include some kind of numbering system. The number on the label/marking will have to be entered on any World Record Application Forms. The marking/label will most likely be on the inside of the suit where it will not be visible to any observer.  As before, officials should assume that any particular suit worn by a swimmer is a legal suit unless it is obvious the suit does not meet any of the three criteria used to define an “older suit” as described above. Any protest regarding the legality of a particular suit should be handled in the same manner as any other protest under the provisions of Article 102.11 of our Rulebook.  We understand and appreciate there will be some challenges associated with the implementation of this and ask everyone to use some common sense as we move forward. If you have questions or need any clarification, please contact me via e-mail at bruce@strattoncpa.com.  Sincerely, Bruce W. Stratton Chair, USA Swimming Rules & Regulations Committee PIRANHAS SEND THREE TO GRAND PRIX Swimming with Olympic Swimming stars Michael Phelps and Rebecca Soni were Lynette Lim, age 17, P.J. Redmon, 15, and Indira Ceranic, 14. They competed in the 2010 Southern California Swimming Grand Prix, Jan. 15-19 in Belmont Shores. Japan's Kosuki Kitajima competed along with American world record holders Jessica Hardy and Adriana Kurkors, and Olympian Katie Hoff and open water champion Chloe Sutton. Lynette brought home a third place medal in the 1650-yard freestyle, and placed 4th in the 500 free. All her swims at prelims earned her a place in finals. Results of Piranhas: Lynette swam the 200 free (1:49.01) 7th place, 500 free (4:46.58) 4th place, 1650 free (16:35.07) 3rd, 100 fly (56.70) 17th, 200 fly (2:01.05) 10th. P.J. Redmon swam the 50 free (22.02), 200 free (1:46.86), 100 back (55.87) and 100 fly (54.41) Indira Ceranic swam the 50 free (24.28) during finals. Piranha Photos The photos are from: Piranha Quad Meet in January, Lynette in the “run and
shoot” portion of the West Coast Pentathlon in December
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JO Swimmers Off to Long Beach Congratulations to our swimmers who qualified to swim in the 2010 Spring Junior Olympics at Belmont Shores. The meet is held on two separate weekends with Shelby Andrade and Alissah Koochaki competing in the “youngers” Jan. 29-31 for 12 and under. (continued on next page.) One of the Best: Lynette Lim Congratulations to Lynette Lim, who is literally one of the fastest swimmers in the world. Here are her rankings in her best freestyle events: Among U.S. Citizens: #8 in 800 meter free #12 in 400 meter free #14 in the 1500 m free 
World Rankings: #44 in 800 m free #54 in 400 m free #51 in 1500 m free
February 2010
Volume 38, Issue II
 Inside this Issue: Piranha Profile: p. 3 Contact Info: p. 4 Final Suit List: p. 4-5 Photos: p. 6 nnn Newsletter Editor: Elizabeth Wickham. Photography: Mark Hoogendyk, Robert Wickham
Contributing writers: Cindy Bellamy, Tim Hill