Sunday, November 27, 2011
New Facility FAQ
Saturday Practice Schedule
Swim Meet Entries Posted
Katy Callard Donation Drop Off
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Katy Callard Volunteers & Donations Needed
ENERGY DRINKS: A NO-NO FOR YOUNG SWIMMERS
By Jill Castle, MS, RD
Red Bull, Rock Star, Amp, Monster Energy—enticing labels for a tired and thirsty swimmer. Energy drinks are one of the fastest growing segments of drink sales in America and their popularity is growing, especially among youth. Athletes use energy drinks to rehydrate after a workout, boost attention and focus during school, “wake up,” or as a routine beverage at meals. Don’t be misled by something that sounds too good to be true—while an all-in-one drink is tempting, it carries some serious considerations for young athletes. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), children and teens should avoid energy drinks.
Confusion exists about the difference between a sports drink and an energy drink, so let’s clear this up. A sports drink contains a small amount of carbohydrate, minerals, electrolytes and flavorings and is designed to replace those nutrients lost through sweating after exercise. Gatorade is an example of a sports drink.
Energy drinks contain stimulants including caffeine, guarana and yerba mate (herbal stimulants) and taurine (an amino acid). Ginseng, if present, enhances the effects of caffeine. Other elements may be added to energy drinks, but their benefits, safety and side effects are questionable.
An average energy drink contains 70-200 mg caffeine per 16 ounces. Some energy drinks can contain up to 500 mg of caffeine, the equivalent of 14 cans of soda. For children and teens, caffeine consumption should be limited to 1.25 mg per pound of body weight (for a 100-pound swimmer that’s 125 mg caffeine per day). More than 100 mg of caffeine per day in adolescents has been associated with higher blood pressures.
Growing children and teens should avoid excess caffeine consumption. Excess consumption of caffeine is associated with agitation, anxiety, poor sleep, rapid heart rate, increased blood pressure and altered mental states.
Too much caffeine can mask fatigue. Gauging fatigue is important to staying fit, healthy and in the pool. If jacked up on caffeine, swimmers may miss the body’s signal for rest.
Caffeine can alter mood and behavior, resulting in physical dependence or addiction. How do you know if you’re a caffeine-addict? Without caffeine, you experience withdrawal symptoms such as headache, tiredness, depressed mood and nausea.
If that’s not enough to make you re-think your drink, here’s some more food for thought.
Energy drinks contain sugar—up to 30 grams per cup (almost ¼ cup of sugar). Limiting sugar consumption is a healthy practice, for any growing child and teen, whether an athlete or not.
Energy drinks are dehydrating. Due to the concentration of caffeine, energy drinks encourage frequent urination, and energy drinks with higher sugar content can compound the dehydrating effects of caffeine.
Feeling tired, losing focus and struggling with low energy? Rethink your nutrition, hydration and sleep program. No magic bullet replaces a nutritious diet of real, wholesome food, adequate water and other healthy liquids, or a good night’s sleep. And that’s no (red) bull.
Jill Castle is a registered dietitian and child nutrition expert. She is the owner of Pediatric Nutrition of Green Hills and creator of Just The Right Byte, a child and family nutrition blog. Jill lives with her husband and four children (one swimmer!) in Nashville, Tenn.
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Thanksgiving Week Practice Schedule
Everyone is needed to bring a pool to Columbus
Your immediate action is needed so that we can continue our pool project. Coach Lew has helped put together some more information to help you make your decision. OUR GOAL from you is sixty $2500 checks by Saturday, November 26.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Buffalo Wild Wings Home Team Advantage
- Bring your Teammate Card into the Polaris Buffalo Wild Wings, before the expiration date. Details are on the back of the card.
- Show your card to your server and let them know you are part of the Home Team Advantage Program.
- The server will add your table's food sales to our team's running total. It's that easy!
- At the end of the season, Buffalo Wild Wings will donate 10% of the sales that our entire team generates throughout the season.
Help Needed Installing Blocks
Hot Tub, Noise and Parent Supervision
- Limit Hot Tub use to 5 minutes. PARENT SUPERVISION is REQUIRED for any swimmer in the hot tub.
- NO adults and siblings in the coaches and swimmers prep area please. All adults and sibling should utilize the seating along the south and east side of the pool.
- Children not in practice must be supervised at ALL times.
- Please speak with coaches prior to the start of practice or when the coach has finished their groups for the day. Please avoid interrupting a coach during practice time.
Latest Meet Invoices
Dayton Raider Paul Jarnagin Meet Schedule
Friday, November 11, 2011
Applebees Fundraiser is Tuesday!
CARSIDE to GO is included in this event!!
We need your immediate help!
Your immediate action is needed so that we can continue our pool project. Coach Lew has helped put together some more information to help you make your decision. OUR GOAL from you is sixty $2500 checks by Saturday, November 26.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
November Practice Schedule Changes
We will have a few schedule changes later this month.
No practice Saturday and Sunday of the Dayton meet, Nov. 19-20.
Weds 11/23 and Friday 11/25 of Thanksgiving all groups will swim in the 11:30-4:30 timeframe. Details will be out early next week.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Swim Officials have a great view!
Will Indest is shown here learning the ins & outs if officiating at the UA meet.

Team Bags, Sweats & Tees are in!
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Order Team Gear Online
To access this secured site, have your swimmers/parents complete the one time registration process. Once this registration is complete, click on Sign In. Enter the email address and password you used when you registered and click on the Sign In box. (Your registration information will be emailed to you at the account you entered. Make sure to file this information so you have access to it for future use.)
You have now successfully signed in to your account. To view your team page, click on Team/Guard Central to view your team page. Here is where you login to your team account with the Team Login and Password listed here:
Enter the Team Login: BUCKEYE (case sensitive)
Enter the Team Password: HILLIKER (case sensitive)
Or you may also copy and paste the following into your browser address field to automatically affiliate you with Buckeye Swim Club: http://www.kastawayswimwear.com/Teams.aspx?tid=615
Your Team should now be listed on the left side of your screen under Team Affiliations. You can now list more than one team under your account as well as view your past order history.
We hope that this will now make purchasing your team appointed merchandise easier than ever. Only those that have the user name and password can access the team page.
Thank you for all your support.
Kast-A-Way Swimwear, Inc.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
COSA is looking for volunteers
Katy Callard Invitational call for Volunteers
WAC and DCST are hosting on behalf of COSA and will be providing volunteers to work the meet as timers, hospitality, etc. We, as COSA, are required to fill the rest. If we can have at least 2 volunteers from each team sign up to volunteer that would be appreciated.
To sign up, go to:
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/katy1/2141319
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