At the National Long Course Swim Champs

CAL Swim School Team

 

CAL Swim School Teams (Ayala Harpoons, Celebrity Rapids, & QCSC Buccaneers)

Congratulations to all the winners and participants of the 2010 National Long Course Swimming Championships held at Trace Aquatics, Los Baños, Laguna, last week, July 22-25.

Official Results & Philippine record breakers.

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CAL Swim School Invitational Swim Meet

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Congratulations to all the winners of the 2010 CAL SWIM SCHOOL Invitational Swim Meet (Photos to follow! Soon!) On behalf of Quezon City Sports Club and CAL Swim School, We would like to thank everyone for making waves and joining us in our first ever and hopefully one of many Invitational Swim Meet.
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For Meet Results:
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The 2010 CAL Swim School Graduation and Swim Meet

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We cannot believe it… CAL Swim School Summer Swim Camp is almost over…

(no need to panic!) We will be back next year! In the mean time, our non-summer swimming programs available at our selected venues will surely keep everyone swim-satisfied all year round (more information on that soon!)

So Anyway, before the summer ends we are gathering potential competitive swimmers from our different venues to compete against each other (for fun of course!), there will be prizes for winners, fun and games, and lots of picture taking! It will be a day of making a splash and having fun, the CAL Swim School style! And with the swim meet we will award the graduates of our swim programs their certificate of completion, hence, the first of many celebration:

The 2010 CAL Swim School Graduation and Swim Meet.
2010 CAL Swim School Culminating event

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make a splash

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make not just friends but bestfriends

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See you all there okay?!

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Jr. National Team Qualifiers.

Congratulations to CAL Swim School swimmers: Jasmine Veronica Ong, Kezia Sarmiento & Angelika Inton (Ayala Harpoons Swim Club), Jethro Ong (Celebrity Rapids Swim Club), and Winona Yu (QCSC Buccaneers Swim Club) for making the Junior National Swimming Team 2010. They will be representing the country this June for the South East Asian Age Group Swimming Championships in Trace Aquatics, Los Baños, Laguna.

Congratulations & Good job guys!


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Swimming with JB Walsh

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In swimming… there’s nothing like a good inspirational experience like bringing-in an Olympian/SEA Games “superstar” or a “be-medalled” swimmer to swim with the younger athletes. Meeting and greeting someone in person who shares the same sport as yourself is always a great experience (especially for the kids). They will definitely look up to him/her. They’ll admire them and make them their sporting idol.

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In a span of 2 months CAL SWIM SCHOOL organized “Swim with the Olympians: Seminar Series” with of course the help from our friends from PASA (many many thanks!). Last December after the SEA Games, We swam with Daniel Coakley (the South East Asian “Sprint King”), Miguel Molina (the “MVP”), and now JB Walsh (the SEAGames record holder for the 200m butterfly and the first Filipino to go under 2-minutes in the same event). Surely, like the previous olympians who visited us, we enjoyed having JB swim with our aspiring and future Pinoy “World Class” Swimmers.

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Pretty Technique = Pretty Fast (Swim with Migs–Philippine Winning Spirit Clinic)

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hhhmmm… So where do I begin…

Ah yes! Our friend Miguel Molina is an accomplished Filipino swimmer who has competed and won various local and international swimming competitions. His most notable achievement came during the 24th South East Asian Games held in Thailand in December 2007, where he was named Most Valuable Athlete!–He is only the second Filipino to be given the award, the other being Philippine swimming legend Eric Buhain.

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He swims with us in Ayala Heights everytime he visits Manila. We had a pictorial with him just before the Beijing Olympics 2008“a day in the life of Miguel Molina” a profile photo-shoot. With all his achievements and success in and out of the water–he is by far the most-humble and most-awesome swimmer we know and the kids look up to him.

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We invited Migs to give a seminar about his experiences & adventures in swimming and other walks of life just after last’s year SEA Games where he defended his favorite events–the individual medleys… Last year, January 22nd at Ateneo de Manila LS pool, PASA & CAL Swim School was proud to present:

“Swim with Migs”— The Philippine Winning Spirit Clinic.

Take a look..

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We would like to thank Miguel Molina for taking time to give an inspiring experience for the kids and coaches. We would also like to thank everyone who helped making the event happen and of course the ones who joined our day with Migs. God Bless and Good Luck! MABUHAY ANG MALALANGOY NA FILIPINO!

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Coakley’s Journey to the Olympics: A Presentation.

HAPPY NEW YEAR  EVERYONE!!!

That was a well deserved Holiday break right???

We are happy to be back online and blog-afresh all the updates, highlights & snapshots from last year, and more exciting events & adventures to come just for you. We already lined-up our entries but first let me tell you about what happened few months ago…

Berrr-months has always been busy for the country’s swimming community, especially on a SEA games year. Our friends who had a chance to compete and experience the Laos SEA games has got heart-racing adventure stories to share… One of them was Filipino-American multi-SEAGames-gold medal winner, fastest swimmer in all of South East Asia and two-time Sprint King:

Mr. Daniel Coakley

Coakleys’ Journey to the Olympics was a presentation held last December 19th 2009 at Ateneo de Manila. We are honored to have the Coakleys share with us their adventures and experience in Life with swimming. They gave us a peek of what a family with a strong mind and heart can do beyond imaginable…

Introducing our Speakers: (left t0 right)

Coach Jeffery Coakley, Mrs. Lani Eugenio, Kaiwiolaiamanakaipo “Kaiwi”  Coakley, and of course Daniel Coakley


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The Group Levitation

Strong mind = Strong body

“you can do pretty much anything you set your mind to…”

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Daniel demonstrating his new technique in freestyle…

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Your greatest opponent is not the person next to you, but rather the person within you.

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Aren’t we all inspired by this family’s passion for swimming and competing for the Filipinos?

Congratulations to Mr. Daniel Coakley and his Family! We are all proud of you!

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That’s it! CAL Swimming would like to thank everyone who participated and joined our presentation, We sure hope everyone had fun–We had a lot of fun having you all for our guest. Special Thanks to Coach Dong Gonzales for assisting with the presentation. See You all next time!

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Readers! check out the snapshots here!

Oh and, before I forget… PASA has got a busy schedule for this year and we are all excited. Good Day!

Swim with Miguel Molina – Philippine Winning Spirit Clinic Series

Miguel Seminar

Date/TIme: Dec. 22, Tuesday 3:00pm – 6:00pm
Venue: Ateneo De Manila LS Pool
Fee: Swimmers: P300.00, Parents/Coaches P400.00
* Limited to the first 100 participants

It’s a busy December for Philippine Swimming…

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After the successful Short-Course G-League National Championships last month, the Philippine Delegation are now on their way to Laos for the 25th SEA Games. Spearheading the swimming delegation is senior swimmer, team captain, 2-time Olympian, and 24th SEA games most valuable athlete – MIGUEL MOLINA. Swimming with Miguel are veteran swimmers Daniel Coakley (SEA Games Sprint King), JB Walsh, Robert Walsh, Erica Totten, Marichi Gandionco, Kendrick Uy, Ryan Arabejo, Charles Walker, and Gem Ong. Swimmers Jasmine Alkahldi, Jasmine Ong, Jessie Lacuna, Banjo Borja, Dorothy Hong, and Jose Gonzales will be PASA’s newest addition to the Philippine Swimming Team Powerhouse. CAL swimming and everyone back here at home will be watching and cheering for you guys! Good Luck! Mabuhay kayong lahat!

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Miguel will be conducting swimming clinics after the 25th SEA Games and CAL swimming is proud to invite everyone as we host the last leg of his clinic in Quezon City. Click here to download the invitation and here to download the Registration Form.

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We hope to see you all there!

Miguel Molina