From Mark, Julie and Mindy Pierce
Hi
Bob and Becky,
Hope you all are
doing well this Christmas. Mindy and our son Jarrett have
flew over for Christmas...so it's been a much awaited
reunion for us. Misawa is well...cold. It's a nice small
community where everyone knows everyone. So, it can be good
and bad. I'm teaching full time and running the Special
Ed dept. at Edgren High School. Julie is working as the
Health Care Integrator/admin at the hospital. Our jobs keep
us busy, but we're trying to have a life outside of work. We
ended up living on base just because it was more convenient
and b/c the heating bills can get outrageous in the winter.
Mindy is doing great at Saint Leo in school and swimming.
Her roommate, Alison Luthman, is playing tennis at St. Leo
and this arrangement has actually worked out surprisingly
well. Mindy's very close with her team and I think there
are a lot of swimmers that push her at practice. I think
most of the female swimmers, at least freshman, live in the
same dornm next to the pool. My parents drove down to see
her meet at the Savannah College of Design in December. They
said Mindy and her St. Leo team were a very close knit
group. She swam a ton of events and relays and my parents
were very impressed. Her coach, Cyle Sage, made everyone
swim the mile on Friday when they rolled into town in their
team vans AND you know Miss sprinter Mindy loved that! ha ha
Have
a good Christmas and Happy New Year,
Stay
in touch,
Mark
and Julie Pierce
How
are the Kingfish? Hope you all are having a good year! We
miss you all and Germany!
Pierce,
Julie
juliep1022@yahoo.com
Pierce,
Mark
markpierce76@yahoo.com
Pierce, Melinda
mindysp626@yahoo.com
melinda.pierce@saintleo.edu
Former swimmer Alex Jaholkowski, parents Ania
and Piotr
Hey
Clinton's!
Good to hear from you. Looks like you are enjoying your
life in Europe. We are still here in Omaha, Nebraska and
probably will be here for another 2 years. Alex is very
busy with swimming this season. He go accepted to a couple
of universities in SD and MN but still didn't decide on
which school to choose. Grant is interested in lots of
things...his volleyball team led by an excellent coach (me)
won the league championships. Ania is taking care of all 3
boys (including Poker) and we enjoy our happy lives here in
the Mid West.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Ania, Piotr Jaholkowski & Boys
Jaholkowski, Alex
E-mail Address(es):
polskaziom@hotmail.com
Jaholkowski,
Piotr & Ania
E-mail Address(es):
piotr.ania@googlemail.com
Former coach Sarah Adams
http://homepage.mac.com/jonandsaraadams/Personal13.html
Adams,
Jon & Sara
E-mail Address(es):
jonandsaraadams@mac.com
Personal Information:
Address:
399 Ricketts Rd. #D
Monterey CA 93940
Fax: (J)580-284-6012
Mobile: (S)580-647-8276
Web Page:
www.homepage.mac.com/jonandsaraadams
Alan Muther
Hey Coach
Bob, how are you doing? It was nice seeing you this summer
in Ramstein. Everything is going well for me down here in
Florida.
My parents are still in
Bitburg and my
father is now a teacher at
Bitburg H.S. after
retiring from the Air Force. I've been very busy lately. I'm
taking 18 credit hours this semester and after next
semester, I'll have my AA. I'm now majoring in Business and
I'm looking forward to it. Keith Johnson is actually sitting
right next to me. He goes to Florida Community College
Jacksonville now, but he comes to see me a lot
in
Tallahassee. He's thinking very seriously
about transferring to FSU and we are going to join the club
team next year. Lately, I've been getting a lot into tennis
and ping pong. Other than that, I'm just writing to see how
everything is going and how the AMAZING KINGFISH SWIM TEAM
IS DOING!!! I see that my buddies Blake Davis and Steven T.
are doing very very very well this year! Anyways,
congratulations to everyone else and good luck at Champs in
Berlin
2008! I miss you all.
Take Care.
Sincerely,
Alan Muther
Terri Plotkin
Dear Coach Bob,
I hope you had a good summer and that swim season is going
successfully. I have heard a little bit
about the team from my mom and Olivia.
Things are going well for me. I am at Florida Gulf Coast
University, taking 15 credits towards my
Secondary Education major, and swimming on a Division I team
for Neil Studd and Elizabeth Lykins.
We swim 9 practices a week and do 3 weights sessions,
altogether equaling about 25 hours a week.
We also run 3 miles 2 mornings a week and do an hour of dry
land on Saturdays.
I really enjoy the workouts. When we split up
into sprint and distance I always swim with the distance
group, and I swim in the breaststroke group when we split up
by strokes. We typically swim about 8-9,000 yards in one
workout and up to 15,000 yards in a day. Yesterday we had
two workouts and did a total of 14,800 yards. We did 6,400
in the morning and 8,400 in the afternoon. But the major
thing was our morning main set was 8x500 as 300 medium pace,
200 fast on 6:15. Then in the afternoon the main
set was 8x800 as 2x800 pull, 2x800 negative split, 4x800
fast on 10min and I went 9:50, 9:50,
9:40, and 9:43.
The coaches were really happy with me but it
was such a hard day. Then to add to it after afternoon
practice I had to go do weights. I was so physically tired I
was shaking. I did weights really slowly; it took me an hour
and it usually only takes me 30 min. I am pretty sore today,
but practice this morning wasn't too intense, it was just
lots of yardage again.
Luckily my hard work is paying off; we swam
our first meet against the University of Miami on Oct. 13th
and I went an 11:18 in the 1000 yd. free, a 56.76 in the 100
yd. free, and a 2:33 in the 200 yd. breast, all personal
best times for me. We have a meet against Florida Atlantic
University, University of Tampa, and Georgia Tech. this
weekend with a 16 event order so I expect to be swimming the
1,000 free, 100 breast, 200 breast, and maybe a 4th event. I
hope to go sub-2:30 in the 200 breast. Results will be
posted on the team/school website if you would like to check
them out. The website is:
www.fgcuathletics.com/swimdive/home.
I will be home in Landstuhl for one week in December and
hope to see you and the swim team then.
Until then, good luck to you and the Kingfish!
Sincerely,
Teri Plotkin
tlplotki@eagle.fgcu.edu
Mindy
Pierce
Hey Coach Bob!
School's been going
pretty well for me so far. I'm taking 15 credit hours and
they're not that bad.
Swimming's been
hard but it's doing a lot of good for me. We have about 10
girls and 11 guys on the team. We started the first week in
Sept. and our first practice started at 6:30am in the
morning. We had to swim a 3000 for time. That was a real
challenge for me. We have practice on Monday from 4:30-6 ish and then doubles on Tues. and Thursday, weights on wed.
and Friday.
Last Saturday was our intersquad meet. I swam
the 100 back, 200 back, 100 breast, and 50 free. Next
weekend will be our first conference meet against Florida
Southern and Savannah college. They're supposed to be pretty
good. There is a freshman on my team that is about 2
seconds faster than me in the back so she really pushes me
which is good. Every Thursday afternoon, we all swim in a
lake and it's really tough but I feel accomplished after
it's over.
How is everything
going over there and with the kingfish? I talked to Jenny
and I heard she's back from her mission. It feels like she
just left!
Did you get a lot
of new fast swimmers? Are the Malletts on the team? Gabby
and Sarah? Their sister used to swim with me when I lived in
MS and I heard they moved to Ramstein.
Mindy
mindysp626@yahoo.com
Sean Warrington
Bob,
What's up coach. How is the old K-town Kingfish Swim Team.
It took some
time to get situated here in Hawaii. It was a total culture
shock.
Totally different from Germany. Neill and I joined a swim
team about
three weeks ago. The team is kind of small but the coach
seems like a
good coach. She says that Neill and me have good stroke
technique and our
old coach must have been a good one. At the moment she is
working us
really hard trying to get us back into shape. At the moment
we are
swimming in a fifty meter pool and it is only three blocks
away from our
house. We have a swim meet in about a week and a half so you
can see our
times after that... but if you want a quick status check
Neill and I did
FIVE two-hundred frees on two thirty and we made them all
with time to
spare. Our slowest was a two twenty one and our fastest was
a two seven.
So I think that we are doing pretty well for trying to get
back into
shape. Tell everybody that I looked at the times on the site
for the
last swim meet and they all were good except for Blake... a
26 for fifty
free he should be at like 20:)
PEACE OUT,
Sean
seanevanwarrington@yahoo.com
Brian
Harris
My name
is Brian Harris and I was a member of the kingfish from
1983-1985. I am curious if there is a place where alumni
are posting information on old members. Some of my fondest
childhood memories are with the team and would like to try
and get in contact with some of them. The coach at the time
was Gerd Bachhaus (spelling is questionable). I’m sure if
you go back in the records you will find me and my brother
Kevin. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
in advance
bchbiloxi@bellsouth.net
(228)826-2737
Jen Dovalo
Dear
Friends and Family,
Well, the baby is here! We went into the hospital last Tues
and he was born Wed. Here are the vital stats and a few pics
for you to enjoy:
Evan Alejandro Dovalo
Sept 19, 2007 @ 6:52 pm
6 lbs 6 oz 19.5 in
We are doing well after our release on Fri night. Rusty is
the baby's protector and Tiger Lily has marked him as hers
too. Every minute is a lesson but we are loving our new
education!
Take care.
Love,
Jen, Enrique, & Evan
Erin Noyes
Hello Bob,
Well we arrived in Washington safe and sound after a long
plane ride. I took my English placement test and was able to
get into English 101 and I'm taking chemistry 110. I really
enjoy both class, they're different from high school classes
but they are fun. I also would like to tell you that I was
able to get a job as a Personal Fitness Trainer at the
Anytime Fitness Center here in Moses Lake. I work
practically everyday from 3:30 to 8pm and I already have 2
young ladies I'm working on getting a regular schedule with.
I love my job, its fun and new and its something that I want
to do. I'm also doing some swimming lessons with my nephew
on the side. So from 7:45 to noon I'm in classes and then
from 3:30 to 8 I'm at work and on weekends I either work,
study or do swim lessons. My schedule is pretty packed but
its fun and work it. I'll keep you updated to how my job
goes and school. I won't know my grades until after our
first major unit test.
I hope everything back in Germany is great, I miss
everybody there. Tell "my kids" I say hi if you can. How are
they doing by the way? Working hard iIhope. Well I have to
go, I have class in about 45 minutes. Hope to hear from you
soon.
Erin
Coach Allyson
Hey Bob,
Hope you are all doing well. I took a look at the kids times
the other day and they look pretty good. Rachel Money has
really improved along with Tess Barnes! Glad to see Jackie
is still swimming! You guys look really good to win Champs.
Good luck to all of you. Ashley told me she emailed you the
other day and told you she made the Colorado All stars team.
What a wonderful experience for these kids. They swam
against the best kids from 6 states, a lot of good swimmers!
Well, it was this past weekend and it was a great time.
Being on a bus full of kids for 11 hours brought back
memories of Germany! This brings me to some unbelievable
news from Ashley. She dropped 4 seconds off her 200 free and
won 3rd place with a 2:05.79!!!! From lane one, she brought
the heat from the outside and took everyone by surprise. She
also dropped 15 secs in her 500 free and took 7th with a
5:43.21. She was right on best times in all other events,
but these were the two highlights. I thought you would be
excited to hear this news, her coaches for all stars were
very pleased and asked me where she trained before csst.
They were impressed on how prepared she was for distance
swimming. 6000 meters a day helped, I am sure!! Take care
and good luck at divisions and Champs!
Allyson
Ashley Fuchs
Hi coach Bob,
I just wanted 2 say hi. I am doing good in school. I enjoy
practicing at the Olympic training center, coach mike has
taught me alot. I have been picked to compete in the
all-stars meet in Kansas with the top 10 girls on team
Colorado against teams from 4 other states. Even though my
dad is back in Iraq I am having fun in Colorado and I miss
Germany. I have qualified for state in every event even
100back! And my new goal is to qualify for zones in August.
But i still remember that sportsmanship is still the most
important thing like you taught me. here are my times:(yards)
50free: 27:20
100free: 59:21
200free: 2.09:46
100im: 1.09:54
200im: 2.28:06
100br: 1.17:43
500free: 5.58:02
Hope u guys are doing well in Germany tell everyone I said
hi.
Ashley Fuchs
