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  Through 9/19/10; updated 9/2/10

AQUASTAR HIRES NEW HEAD COACH

We are pleased to announce the hiring of a new Head Coach for AQUASTAR, Travis Sandifer. Coach Travis comes to us from Omaha, after having spent many years in Gulf Swimming, and will be on deck September 1 or sooner. Coach Harold, although stepping down as head coach, will remain on as  president of the board of directors.

Coach Travis comes to us with 20+ years of swim coaching experience.  He spent most of his coaching career (17 years) with the Katy Aquatics USA Swimming team in Katy.  During his coaching tenure he has developed swimmers at many levels, ranging from local, state and national age group champions to Canadian and USA Swimming Olympic Trials qualifiers.  Here are a few of the accomplishments his swimmers have achieved:

§         Team placed in the top 3% (65th) out of 2,454 USA Swimming clubs in the Toyota Virtual Club Championships for the 2006 LC season.

§         60+ Top 16 USA qualifying swims.

§         Coached swimmers that received 47 USA Scholastic All-American awards.

§         Was awarded 4 Gulf Swimming Coach of the Year awards 1996, 1997, 2001, 2005.

Community Involvement

§         Gulf Swimming Open Water Coordinator (2003-2007)

§         USA Swimming Domestic Open Water Committee (2003-2006)

§         Group Leader-Houston Galveston-Stavanger Sister City Society (2004, 2006)

§         Gulf Swimming - Senior Vice-Chairman (2000-2002).

§         Gulf Swimming Age Group Vice-Chairman (1998-2000)

Coach Travis has a degree in Economics from the University of Houston.  He is married to his wife Angela of 18 years.  He enjoys fishing and camping as hobbies. They have a daughter, Paige, an 8^th grader, who spends much of her free time riding horses.

 

We welcome Coach Travis back to Houston and to AQUASTAR!!

 

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KROGER donation program: To have Kroger donate 1% of your receipt  to AQUASTAR (at no cost to you), please print out this letter which includes our team’s barcode, and take it with you to Kroger. When you check out, scan your Kroger Plus card, then give this letter to the cashier. He/she will then scan our barcode, and your Kroger Plus card will be coded to AQUASTAR for the next year. This is a one-time exercise; one barcode scan and your card is set for the year. NOTE: This must be done yearly, even if you had your card scanned last year. Kroger requires yearly renewal. THANK YOU!!

AQUASTAR is a USA Swimming year-round competitive swim team offering professional coaching and technique instruction for all ages and abilities. We are located in Clear Lake, Texas, southeast of Houston, in the Galveston Bay area. We strive to provide every member an opportunity to improve swimming skills and achieve success at his or her level of ability, from novice to international competitor.  We are members of Gulf Swimming.

We are continually growing and training young swimmers to maintain a well-rounded competitive swim team. We are both preparing tomorrow’s summer league and high school swimmers, and complementing today’s local high school programs.  Thank you for considering joining us. We are looking forward to meeting you. Please feel free to ask a board member or coach any questions.