The LaPorte Dogfish hosted the Baytown Buccaneers on May30th in the second dual meet of the season.  The two teams had their first meeting in more than four years at the Sterling Natatorium, as the LaPorte Natatorium is closed for remodeling.  There were many close races, but at the final lap, Baytown managed the win with a score of 442 to 302.  High point earners for Baytown included Katie Vasquez, Jake Cullum, Logan Fanning, Abbey Houghton, Callie Woodruff, Gabe Chaps, and Nick Cullum, each with 15 points.  Following closely was Sydney Phillips with 13 points.  Rounding out the top scorers were Ixzel Amador, Aaron Arabie, Gaby Chen, and Taylor Sharp, each with 10 points.

Many swimmers achieved a time quick enough to qualify them for the Championship Meet at the end of the season.  Those swimmer achieving such a time in one or more events include Callie Woodruff, Natalie Pence, Abbey Houghton, Logan Fanning, Jake Cullum, Katie Vasquez, Madison Pepper, Ryan Fugere, Devin Martin, Tommy Goodman, Sydney Phillips, Nick Cullum, Eunice Alaniz, Amy Olsen, Gabe Chapa, Taylor Sharp, William Coggins, Gaby Chen, Allie Hill, Cade Moorman, Kaci New, Laurel Pinkley, Connor Woodruff, Mark Coggins, John Coggins, Ricky Flores, and Josh Houghton.

In addition, some swimmers made the Reserve Cut-off in one or more events.  These swimmers include Lauren Gray, John Coggins, Kyleigh Fanning, Ixzel Amador, Sydney Phillips, Aaron Arabie, Justin Bradford, Rachel Lahowotz, Nettie Bryant, Adulfo Amador, Caroline Olsen, Sabrina Gray, and Justin Bradford

Next week, the Baytown Buccaneers host the Harbour Tide at Sterling Natatorium.  See you there...Go Bucs!

Over 200 Pearland Pirates descended upon the Baytown Sterling Natatorium on Saturday morning for the first dual meet of the summer swim season (and the first time these two teams have ever met).  The Baytown Buccaneers, this year moving to a larger team division, had only 106 mateys on-deck to fight off the Pirates.  The result was a sound thrashing: 492-275 in favor of Pearland.

Despite the score at the end of the meet, all of the participants had fun.  Baytown’s highest point earners for the meet were Taylor Sharp and Katie Vasquez, who each earned 15 points.  Following closely on their heels were Eunice Alaniz with 12 points, Gaby Chen with 10 points, and William Coggins with 9 points.  Rounding out the top scorers were Darla Vasquez and Logan Fanning, each having scored 8 points.

A number of swimmers posted times fast enough to qualify them for the Championship Meet at the end of the season.  Swimmers posting Champs times in one or more events included Callie Woodruff, Abbey Houghton, Logan Fanning, Katie Vasquez, Eunice Alaniz, William Coggins, Taylor Sharp, Gaby Chen, Kilian Flavien, Natalie Pence, Mark Coggins, Justin Bradford, Heather Fugere, Emily Woodruff, Jake Cullum, Cade Moorman, Sydney Phillips, Rachel Lahowotz, Darla Vasquez, Kevin Trejo, Ricky Flores, Nick Cullum, and Aaron Arabie.

Additionally, some swimmers posted Reserve times in one or more events including John Coggins, Mark Coggins, Michael Murillo, Kevin Trejo, Amber Avant, Melanie Butler, Ixzel Amador, Lauren Gray, Kyleigh Fanning, Adulfo Amador, Callie Woodruff and Justin Bradford. 

The LaPorte Dogfish will host the Baytown Buccaneers at Sterling Natatorium on Saturday, May 30^th.  Go Bucs!

The Baytown Buccaneers are gearing up for the summer swim season.  Registration dates are set:

Early Registration: Saturday, April 4th from 9am til 12 noon at the RSS Pool.

Regular Registration: Saturday, April 18th from 9am til 12 noon at the RSS Pool.

Registration fees per Family (siblings): $90 for first child, $60 for each additional sibling

Volunteer Fee per Family (siblings): $50

The regular season begins Monday, May 11th.  Early session starts at 4:30pm; Late session starts at 5:30pm.  See you at the pool!

The RSS Swim Team and Coaches, your 2007 and 2008 State Water Polo Champions, are proud to host Rookie Camp 2009

Rookie Camp will be held Monday, May 4th through Friday, May 8th at the RSS Natatorium from 4:30pm to 5:30pm.  The cost of the camp is $25

Swimmers with less than two years of swim team experience are encouraged to participate in camp.  Campers get the benefit of smaller groups and more individualized instruction prior to the official start of swim team season.  It is also a great place for first timers to try-out the swim team experience prior to registering for the season.

See you at the pool!