Crazy Hair Day...

Well...I guess many of the area schools host a "Crazy Hair Day" and a number of kids showed up at the pool with their hair in various states of colorful disarray.

One, however, had changed her appearance prior to coming to practice, but we HEARD that it had been FANTASTIC. So, we asked for a picture! And here it is!

For your viewing pleasure...Heather and her crazy hair!!

New PICTURES!!

Hello again!


In response to the overwhelming demand for new pictures on the blog (Troy kept bugging me)...HERE they are!!


Below are newly posted pictures of both the Goodyear Season Opener and the High School City Championship Meet.


Enjoy. =)

High School City Champs

Hello there.
Congratulations to the Yuma High "Lady Crims" for their city win, and to the Cibola High School boys for THEIR win in the City Championships last night. Great swimming!!!

Apparently this may be the last meet of its kind, so congratulations to all the participants!

It was great to see Yuma Heat swimmers up their working hard and having fun in High School Swimming!! Nice job guys!

Enjoy the pics.
Coach Curtis

Goodyear Season Opener!

Pictures from the Goodyear Season Opener meet.
Great meet, great swims, huge drops in time...what better way to spend a weekend!

Look carefully...you may be lucky enough to spot the allusive "smiling Coach Andersen" picture!!

See you on deck! =)
Coach Curtis

Middle School Invitational

WOW!!! What a great morning!


Today we held the Inaugural Middle School Invitational Swim Meet and it was a BIG success!!

The Yuma Heat is becoming a finely tuned swim meet "engine"!! The meet went very smoothly, and all the kids looked like they had a GREAT time!





Castle Dome Middle School was the clear winner of the day...with over 500 points scored by all of their kids! They arrived in a school bus and we were thrilled to see their level of participation!









Yuma Heat kids were simply fantastic. It was a great opportunity for many of them to act in leadership roles with their school peers. We saw many examples of Heat kids helping their classmates with stroke and turn technique. As usual, I was very proud of all the Heat swimmers!







The Centennial Middle School team won both boys' relays and Castle Dome won both girl's relays!


Augustina Edmondson, George Gould, Emily Hieber, Ryan Keough and Katie Hodgins were all undefeated in their events and put on a GREAT show!!






We're looking forward to many more years of this event. A HUGE thank you goes out to all the Heat parents and senior swimmers for their help. I'd also like to thank the high school boys who are preparing to leave for Marine Basic Training for their help as well.

Flagstaff Trip

Well...as is normal for me I have not posted in a while, and now I will post a whole LOT of things for your viewing pleasure!!

The team went to Flagstaff for a No Time Standard meet over the weekend of May 12-13. We took 19 kids with us and our team placed SECOND at the meet!!! WOOOHOOO!!!

A lot of kids swam the 800 Free for the first time ever and I was so proud of all of them. Even at an elevation of 6900 feet our kids are just fantastic!!

We all had a great time, even though we didn't get together for a team meal like we usually do. Some of us went to the Grand Canyon on Saturday afternoon and enjoyed the gorgeous views and temperate (80º) weather!!

Here are some of the pics from "da canyon".