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!