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Rollingwood Waves Summer Swim Team 2012

For members of the Western Hills Athletic Club

The Rollingwood Waves is a summer league swim team open to children ages 4 – 17 of members in good standing with the Western Hills Athletic Club. Sorry, non-members are not eligible to participate.

Calendar & Meet Schedule (pdf) Rollingwood Waves Registration Form (pdf) | Parent Handbook (pdf) WAVES FAQ (pdf)

Past Meet Results

Team Registration:           March 31st & April 1st 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.


Try-outs for 6 & Under:     April 28th & 29th 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

 Ride the Waves!

By swimming with the Rollingwood Waves, your child will be given the opportunity to participate in an exciting and fun-filled swim season.  In addition to learning the basic 4 strokes, swimmers are encouraged to participate in team building special events including Fun Fridays, ice cream socials, a Barton Springs field trip, etc.  

Contact Ellen Smitheal at wavessummerfun@gmail.com with any questions.

Volunteer Registration Information!

Volunteer Registration will open on Saturday, March 24th at 9:00am

 Meet Results: Click on the meet below for results. You can also get the Live Results app for either iPhone or Android and see meet results during the meet. Add the meet manually in the app, the url is the same as in the results like below. It has to be exact or it won't take. Results are only live for meets held at Rollingwood. For away meets, results will be available in this format once we have received the database from the other team. The url for each meet is the address you see when you click on the meet results link below.

 

2012 Practice Schedule:

Starting May 1 (Tues - Fri)

4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.   6 & under
5:00 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.   7 & 8
5:45 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.   9 & 10
6:30 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.   11 & UP

 

Starting June 5 (Tues - Fri)

9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.  

6 & under

9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.  

7 & 8

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.  

9 & 10

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.  

11 & up

 

2012 Meet Schedule:

Fri, May 11 River Place   Home 5:30 p.m.
Sat, May 19  Lake Hills   Away 8:00 a.m.
Fri, May 25 Barton Creek   Home  5:30 p.m. *
Sat, June 2   Austin Country Club   Away 8:00 a.m.
Sat, June 9   Barton Creek West   Away  8:00 a.m.
Fri, June 15 Lost Creek   Home 5:30 p.m. *
Fri, June 22 Westwood   Home 5:30 p.m. ^
Mon, June 25 All Star Meet   Westwood TBA

Meet start times subject to change.  Warm-up begins approximately one hour before meet start time.  Athletes need to arrive 15 minutes before warm-up begins.

2012 Save the Dates for the following Waves events:

Wed, June 6   Ice Cream Social Home 6:00 p.m.
Thurs, June 7 Swim Team Pictures   Home 45 minutes before practice
Mon, June 11   All Team "Family" Event   TBA   TBA
Mon, June 18   Barton Spring & Bagels   Barton Springs  TBA
Sun, June 24   Awards Banquet Home 6:00 p.m.
Wed, July 4   July 4th Parade Home   TBA

Rollingwood Gets the Best Head Coach in Texas ! 

Whitney Hedgepeth returns for the 2011 season! There is no doubt her experience places her not only as the best coach in Austin , but probably in the entire state of Texas . Whitney is no stranger to the Rollingwood swim team as her daughter Dakota (11) and son Sage (9) are members of the Rollingwood Waves and have been for years.  

Check out her credentials:

27 Time All-American in college competing for Florida and the University of Texas

7 Time National Champion in 7 different events: 100 & 200 Backstroke, 200 & 400 IM, 200 & 500 Freestyle and 100 Fly

5 Time NCAA Champion: 200 Back (twice) 200 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay

American Record Holder in 200 Yard Backstroke – 1992-2001

1988 Olympian 200 IM – 8th

1996 Olympian – 100 Backstroke SILVER, 200 Backstroke SILVER, and 400 Medley Relay - GOLD

In addition, she has been the Director and National Team Coach at Texas Aquatics (now Longhorn Aquatics), the Head Masters Coach at Austin Aquatics and is currently the Head Masters Coach at Longhorn Aquatics where she has been since 2004. She was elected to the Longhorn Women's Hall of Honor in 2007.

She ran the Pikes Peak Marathon in 2005 and claims to have been dizzy ever since and is a neat freak and dessert lover.

Welcome back to our Head Coach, Whitney Hedgepeth!