ROSSI SWIM TEAM: May 2013

5/30/13

Summer Birthdays

A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken. ~James Dent

Here's to a fun and enjoyable summer!

JUNE

1 Kaitlyn Michaud
3 Clayton Ly
5 Kelvin Chew
9 Natalie Tom
13 Christopher Chen
20 Cameron Lee
21 Selena Ung
26 Brandon Wong
28 Coby Chan

JULY
1 Billy Tam (coach)
24 Diego Leong
25 Stephanie Sun

AUGUST

1 Gary Jian
8 Justin Lee
15 Margaret Wong
22 Waki Gojo
25 Nathen Ly
23 Justin Nguy
26 Jonah Lee
29 Jordan Vu
31 Emily Michaud

Please let us know if we missed anyone. We want you to be included!

Congratulations, 2013 GRADUATES!

There is a good reason they call these ceremonies "commencement exercises." Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning. ~Orrin Hatch

I'm amazed at how these high school graduates have grown! I remember them when they were little(r) and now these fine young people are going to tackle life in a different level. Can't help but be so happy for all of them.

Congratulations, 2013 Graduates! So proud of all your accomplishments! Your life has just begun! Have an awesome adventure from hereon!

HIGH SCHOOL

Lowell Graduates

Emily W • UC Davis

Emily with mom-Amy and dad-Ed

Alan C • UC Berkeley

Lincoln Graduates

Emily G • UC Davis

Jared V • University of the Pacific

and will competing for the UOP at the collegiate level

Jared with dad-Jeremy, mom-Tina and sister-Brooke

Jared & Emily

Jared & Sienna

MIDDLE SCHOOL

Taylor T • Presidio to Washington

Taylor with mom-Jennie, dad-Peter and sibs-Tyler & Sophia

5th GRADE

Christopher C (West Portal Lutheran)

He is also finishing his cub scout obtaining a rank of Webelos with the Arrow of Light* award.

His quote is the Cub Scout motto,"Do You Best!"

*Arrow of Light award is the highest life-time award that can be achieved by a Cub Scout. This award is given to cub scouts that have fulfilled the requirements in the skills, community service and character.

Please email your graduation photos if you are graduating from high school, middle school, 5th grade and Kindergarten. We'd love to feature you here because YOU are special!

5/7/13

2013 CIF SF Swimming Championships • City College of SF | April 27th, 2013

Below is the link of the video of the 2013 CIF SF Swimming Championships at City College of San Francisco on April 27, 2013. This video is the production of PlayonNetwork with live commentators. Due to unfamiliarity of the program sheet, the commentators incorrectly referenced swimmer #2 and #3 in all relay races.

2013 CIF SF Swimming Championships

Mr Phan (Sonny), Jerry Phan's dad, has also captured this championship on a HD video camcorder and the video will be available shortly on Youtube.com.

Mr. Jeremy Vu

(Jared, Jordan & Brooke's dad)

5/5/13

10&Under Championship 2013 • Sunnyvale, California | April 27, 2013 | Part Deux

What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured. ~Kurt Vonnegut

Being with a team is a community in itself. Being with the 10&under group is a tighter community between families, I think. Mainly because the younger ones are still dependent on their parents while the older swimmers are more on their own creating their own circles. But that doesn't/shouldn't diminished their parents' interest nor involvement. We all learn from the different communities we are in whether it's a swim team, school, church, or any group. All the same, both the young and the old learn much from each other.

With that said, enjoy more images from the 10&under championship by Mr. Peter Tran. (Thanks, Peter, for yet another great contribution to the team.) Kudos to all our swimmers who did just fantastic.

5/4/13

2013 All-City Swimming Championship Finals • City College of SF | April 27, 2013

Congratulations to all our Rossi high school swimmers who contributed to their school swim team! Thanks Ms. Patricia (Ethan mom) for these photos!

5/1/13

10&Under Championship 2013 • Sunnyvale, California | April 27, 2013

We're young...we won't always be able to relax and be kids, but we'll always be able to love. So we're gonna go out there, live in this world, swim hard,* leave our marks and make a difference. ~Author Unknown

Here are Rossi's 10&under swimmers who qualified for the recent meet. Thank you, Mr. Chen (William, Christopher's dad) for taking and sharing these more than fabulous photos. (*added in the quote =.)