Despite our record, the Lazers won what really counts, the coveted 2014 Division 16 Sportsmanship Award. This is awarded by each division team submitting 3 votes by the 13&up swimmers, coaches and team reps. To win this award is the definition of what being a Lazer is - the coaches, swimmers and parents "Earning IT" week in and week out for all the teams to see. Well done!

The first ever Mini Meet for our Mini and Little Lazers run by our coaches and swimmers was a huge success! From Ref and starter to clerk of course, team rep, timers, marshall, swimmer assistants and snack bar, those kids ran a great meet! Immediately following the meet, we had a grand time at the Mini Little Lazers Awards banquet at Flippin Pizza! Congratulations to Annabelle, Zoe, Megan, Grant and Isaac for graduating to Lazer Land!

If you want to see a sample of our season in a YouTube Video created for us by Regina and Sarah Deible by clicking HERE! Get ready to smile ;)

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The Lazers performance at Divisionals was impressive. Due to great coaching and hard work, we had 43 Personal Bests set, ZERO DQ's and one NVSL ALL Star born - Lukas in the 8&under 25m Free! Congratulations to these Personal Bests in Freestyle: Cody, Lukas, Sarina, Riley, Danny, Sophie, Audrey and Tyler; Backstroke: Robel, Cody, Maya, Abraham, Ethan,Tessa, Andrew and Audrey; Breaststroke: Johnny, Sarina, Will, Abraham, Daniela, Adam, Sophia, Paige, Yvonne, Nina and Kendall; Fly: Johnny, Maya, Damian, Adam, Tessa, Leana, Hannah and Jasmine; IM: Timo, Damian, Evan, Daniela, Leana, Kia, Liam, and Grant.

Our team is obviously just getting better. We highly encourage everyone who is able to sign up for Winter Swim to keep the momentum going. We partner with Forrest Hollow from 7-8 pm on Sunday nights September-May at Audrey Moore Rec Center for $285/swimmer and we might be even providing one of our coaches to help! You have to be able to swim 25m unassisted and be OK in deeper lanes. Spots are limited and I highly encourage you to sign up before this week ends HERE!

Also, in an effort to take off running next season, if you would be willing to help with Coordinating any of the following: Mini/Little Lazers, Pep Rallies, or Merchandise - email me at [email protected]. Thanks!

The final Lazer event was the Awards Banquet Hoe Down! There we congratulated all the swimmers, coaches and volunteers on a season well swum! Special Recognition for the following: 21 point awards: Jordan, Ryan, Paige, Bailey, Riley, Adam, Nina, Ashley, Maya, Will, Kia, Evan, Alyssa, Lennon, Lukas, Sydney and Ece; Rookie Award (swam in first A meet as a Lazer this year): Kathryn, Nicole, Robel, Cody, Riley, Angie, Rachel and Bailey; Big Dog Award (swam up in another age group at a meet) Annabelle, Maria, Mia, Nicole, Kathryn, Damian, Cameron, Timo, Rachel, Angie, Aleyna, Theo, Leana; Senior Recognition: Trevor, Jasmine, Kendall and Alyssa; Walt Krueger Award (Most Improved Times): Will and Theo; Coaches Award: Jordan and Leana; Jimmy Knipple Award (Outstanding Senior) Trevor. We also wished the Barry's well and thanked them for 21 years of service to the Lazers Swim and Tennis community. We then enjoyed an amazing meal of ribs, fried chicken, seafood jambalaya, peas, cole slaw and biscuits catered by Vangie Kelly and team and then delicious cupcakes for dessert by our super sweet Bonnie Moore! It was a glorious ending to wonderful season.

Thank you for the generous gift card - I plan to wine and dine my swim team rep widow (Andrew) with a night out on the town! You guys make my job fun - thank you for all of the support. Remember to plan your vacation for August next year and start recruiting friends now because the more kids the better! See you next year!

Dianna