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COLA is excited to announce that we had five senior swimmers sign with colleges to swim in the fall of 2013. Click on each swimmer below to read more about them!
Congratulations to
Anna Buttaci- Future Georgetown Hoya
Bella Castille- Future Brenau University Golden Tiger
Sam Cook- Future Birmingham Southern Panther
Austin McCollough- Future South Georgia College Tiger
Jessica Miller- Future Henderson State Reddie
We are so proud of all of them!
We are looking forward to a great summer and we would love to have you join us! Joining COLA means you will improve your technique, learn more about swimming, get faster, and have fun! At our practices we work on both technique and challenging our swimmers, which combine together for success in the pool!
Click here for Middle School Age Summer Info
Click here for all other Swimmer Summer Info
Thanks to FACE Magaizine for featuring articles written by two of our COLA coaches in your May issue and for having our Water Safety Awareness Day as part of the "Show Your Face" Section. We are honored! Click the link below to go to the May addition. We are on Pages: 16, 28, and 69!
Link to May addition:
We want thank everyone who came out for Water Safety Awareness Day! We had a great turn out and we are proud to say we were able to really spread the word about Water Safety  in our community. Congratulations to all Poster Winners and a huge thank you to all of our booths- Cajun Picasso, Balhoff Orthodontics, Krewe of Oberon, Acadiana Ambulance, Dr. Leslie Jacobs, the Firetruck, and LSU Swimming and Diving. Also, a BIG thank you to Barczyk Chiropractic for sponsoring the event and Chief Administrative Officer Mr. Dee Stanley for coming out to show his support!
Click here to go to our Facebook album from Water Safety Awareness Day, where you can check out all the action including our poster winner!
Congratulations COLA's state team on a job well done in and out of the pool! Not only did we place 6th overall, which is our high place team finish ever, but we also won the Spirit and Sportsmanship Award for the 3rd straight SC State in a row! We also had over 80% best times for the team. Way to go COLA!!!!!
A huge Congratulations to Victoria Barczyk
2013 Louisiana State
15-16 High Point Winner
Congratulations to the 39 COLA Swimmers who recently participated in the 2013 Short Course District Championships! We saw great racing, best times, terrific first time swims, and had a blast!
Special Congratulations to District Winners and New State Qualifiers:
Gavin Armstrong, John Michael Baker, Ella Balhoff, Brennan Connor, Kolby Estes, Faris Khattak, Karim Khattab, Rachel Towndsin
Congratulations to all for a terrific TAQ Mardi Gras Meet. We had a lot of best times, great racing, had several swimmers making new State Qualifying Times and achieving new IMX scores, and COLA took home several of the high point awards!
Click here for full results.
COLA is excited about the addition of our Pre-Senior II group for high school swimmers. If you are a high school swimmer looking to stay in the water and become more involved in year round swimming, this is the place for you. Click here for more info.
COLA swimmers did an amazing job as they represented their area high school teams at the 2012 LHSAA High School State Championships. We saw a lot of best times from our swimmers as they represented their high school teams well!
Special Congratulations to State Champions
Ann Buttaci- 200 IM Division Four
Victoria Braczyk- 200 and 500 Free Division Four
Congratulaions to Top 3 Finisher
Sam Cook- 200 and 500 Free- Division Two
Bryce Davidson- 100 Fly- Division Two
Once again we want to congratulate all swimmers on great swims and great racing!
Click here for Division One Results
Click here for Division Two Results
Click here for Division Three Results
Click here for Division Four Results
Congratulations to all on a great Turkey meet. It was awesome to see our swimmers improvement and to see them all get up and race! A special thanks to all of our parents for timing, serving food, and the meet run well. We are so thankful for each and everyone of our COLA families and all that they do for our team!
Click here for results from the meet.
COLA wishes to congratulate swimmers as they had off to National Championship Meets! We have three swimmers who have been selected to represent Louisiana at the Southern Zone Championship Meet in Rockwall, Texas. Congratulations to Bella Castille, Anna Buttaci, and Austin McCollough.
Also, congratulations to COLA's Sectional Qualifying athletes who will represent COLA at the Speedo Southern Sectional Swim Meet in The Woodlands Texas. Congratulations to Victoria Barczyk, Meridith Boudreuax, Michelle Billeaud, Andrew Larimer, and Jessica Miller.
COLA wishes Good Luck to all of these swimmers!
*Check out our Facebook page for more info and pictures!!!
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New Lessons are starting all the time year round. Summer Sessions will be held at our New Pool off of Pinhook near Walmart and at Robicheaux Center Pool! Call today for more info or go to our swim lessons page by clicking here. Online Registration Up Now!!!!!
Thanks to all for another great 2013 Middle School Swimming Season and a super fun Cinco de Mayo Party! Special Congratulations to our 2013 Middle School Swimming Champions, the AES Gators and our Runner Up Winners the Fatima Warriors! The Gators were also first on the Ladies side followed by the Girls from ASH in 2nd in the girls from SGS in 3rd. On the boys side, the men from LJ Alleman were the winners, followed by the men from OC in 2nd and from Fatima in 3rd.
Click here to go to our MS Swimming page for full results and team scores.
Click here to go to our Facebook Page Album from the Middle School Meet and the Cinco de Mayo Party!
Please click here for the 2013 Louisiana Zone Team Application. Click here for trip information.
We are proud to announce a Big COLA dream coming true with the building of our own pool!!! We broke ground today, Sunday, March 3rd. The pool will be off of Pinhook next to the Barczyk Chiropractic Office. It will be up and running for the summer of 2013! We will still use Earl J Chris as well. The new pool will be used primarily for Swim Lessons and Senior Group Practices. We are excited about our new construction!
 COLA and Balhoff Orthodontics announce new "Smiles for Swimmers" Program! Help support COLA and smile more in return! With this “Smiles for Swimmers” program, Coach Donald will donate $100 to COLA for every COLA swimmer that starts orthodontic treatment with his office. COLA swimmers themselves also receive a free initial exam and 5% off of orthodontic treatment! Click here for more info and thank you Coach Donald and Balhoff Orthodontics!!!!
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