Archive for April, 2012

We’re excited to announce a 6 week Swim Camp for CFSR members, co-sponsored by the Santa Rosa Junior College Athletic Department and taught by SRJC Head Coach and CFSR member Jill McCormick.

Jill McCormick is the Head Men’s & Women’s Swim Coach, Head Women’s Water Polo Coach, and a kinesiology instructor at Santa Rosa Junior College.  She has been coaching competitive swimming for over 20 years and has coached everything from the non/beginning swimmer (young and old), to triathletes, to national ranking collegiate swimmers.  In her twelve years at SRJC, her teams have won four CA State Championships, six Conference Championships, and she has produced over 90 All American athletes.  Jill was named the California Community College Swim Coach of the Year in 2009, 2008, 2007, 2005, and 2004; and was named Big 8 Conference Coach of the Year in 2011, 2009, and 2008. She holds a Master’s degree in Athletes and Academic Achievement from the University of California, Berkeley and a Bachelor’s degree in English (with a minor in Physical Education) from the University of California, Davis.  Jill grew up a local swimmer competing for the Santa Rosa Neptunes, Montgomery High School, and was an All American backstroker at the collegiate level at SRJC and UC Davis.

Who Swim Camp is for:
Swim Camp is open to all CFSR members, regardless of swimming ability or experience. This is a great opportunity if you:
-want to get more efficient at swimming
-seek more tools for the pursuit of fitness
-look forward to a new challenge and a new sport!
-are training or thinking of training for triathlon

What:
This 6 week swim camp will focus on front crawl/freestyle swimming skills and efficiency, and will be modeled after our regular CrossFit classes.
Each Swim Camp session includes:
-Pool Warm Up
-Lesson and Practice: Front Crawl Skill Progressions
-WOD: Combining movements in and out of the pool
-A Finisher
-Pool Stretching and Cool Down

Where:
Quinn Swim Center at the Santa Rosa Junior College

When:
Thursdays, 6:30 pm-8:00 pm
May 3rd-June 7th, 2012 (6 weeks)

Cost:
$100 for 6 weeks, or $20/session drop-in
100% of proceeds benefit the SRJC Swim Team!

If you have any questions, please email info@crossfitsantarosa.com. Register online for the 6 week Swim Camp or you can also click there to for single drop ins.

Are you in?

Last year CFSR was well-represented at the 2011 Friendly City Open, hosted by Myles Ahead Weightlifting in Rohnert Park. We had four athletes compete and a load of members that came out to cheer them on and check out the sport of weightlifting at a meet right here in our backyard. Click on the link to see a report back and photos of the event.

This year Myles Ahead has moved to Petaluma and therefore renamed this meet the Rivertown Classic. Although there are no CFSR athletes competing this year, this is a great opportunity for you see what a weightlifting competition is like. You might be surprised to see regular people of all ages, shapes, and sizes (just like any of us) getting up on the platform to Snatch and Clean & Jerk. There will be kids as young as ten, high schoolers, folks in their sixties, and everything in between, as well as variety in experience and technique. We hope you’ll consider checking it out. Who’s interested? Talk to others, and you might meet up at a certain time, or take off after the 10 am class at the box.

The meet goes on all day, and you can stop by for even just a few minutes to watch a few lifts! The schedule is as follows:

Women’s bodyweight classes: 48, 53 & 58 Kg will lift at 10 am
Men’s bodyweight classes: 56, 62, 69 & 77 Kg lift at 12 noon
Women’s bodyweight classes: 63, 69, 75 & +75 Kg lift at 2 pm
Men’s bodyweight classes 85, 94, 105 & +105 Kg lift at 4 pm

By the way, 1 kilo = 2.2 pounds, so to see the weight classes in pounds, just multiply the number of kilos by 2.2.  It is always fun to see how and how much people of your own gender and in your own weight class are lifting. But most of all it’s fun to see the great variety of people that enjoy doing and watching this sport.

And remember that our Olympic Lifting class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays at noon. We encourage anyone to attend, and to let us know if you have any interest in competing. We’re hoping to bring Team CFSR to one or two meets between July and December this year. You can join the team!