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Metro Swim Shop & Speedo USA Proudly Present

Ultimate Technique Clinic

With 2004 Olympian Tara Kirk

 

We have cancelled all our practices this Sunday, 12/19  (with the exception of Seniors and National Team who will practice at 10:00 AM) to accommodate a special event. Metro Swim Shop & Speedo USA is providing us with a unique opportunity to meet and greet one of the worlds most outstanding swimmers. Please see timeline (subject to change) to find out what’s happening and below to read about Tara Kirk.

 

11:00 -12:00 Noon Motivational Speech (All Athletes)

12:00 – 1:00 PM Autographs and Get Into Suits (All Athletes)

1:00 – 2:00 PM Pool Demonstrations (5ththrough 9th grade in pool)****

2:00 – 3:00 PM Questions and Answers (Swimmers and Parents)

3:00 – 4:00 PM Final Comments and Wrap-Up (leftover autograph seekers)

 

**** We ask that all swimmers come prepared to swim – depending on numbers, we will add 4th, 3rd, 10th, 2nd, 11th, 1st, 12th in that order – space allowing

 

     

                 

Tara Kirk is one of the world’s top breaststrokers and a 2004 Olympic silver medalist in the 4x100m relay. In the 2004 Olympic trials she competed in both the 100m and 200m breast, placing second in the 100m, qualifying her for the Olympic Games alongside her sister, Dana, making the them the first pair of sisters to qualify for the same U.S. Olympic swim team. Currently the world record holder in the 100 breast, she has never lost a collegiate breaststroke race. In her 2003-2004 season, Kirk won the Honda Award as the nation’s Most Outstanding Collegiate Woman Athlete for swimming and diving. At the 2004 NCAA championships she was named NCAA Swimmer of the Year and picked up her final two NCAA titles by sweeping the 100m and 200m breast. In her 2002-2003 season at Stanford she swept the 100m and 200m breast at the NCAA Championships. Kirk also earned two All-America honors by swimming the breatstroke leg on the Stanford's second-place 200m and fourth-place 400m medley relay squads, both completing season best times. In Kirk's sophomore year she won four NCAA titles and swam the breatstroke leg on Stanford's American record-setting 200m and 400m medley relay teams at the NCAA championships. As a freshman Kirk won three NCAA titles and earned four All-America honors at her first NCAA championships.