Weekly Announcements for Week of 7/19-7/26

Dear SBSC families,

Here is our practice schedule for the week

Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:15 Washington High School
G1 Elite Monday 5:30-7:15 Washington High School
Group 2 Monday, Tuesday,and Thursday 5:30-7:15  Washington High School
Group 3 Mornings: Monday, Tuesday,Wednesday, Thursday, andFriday 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM Washington High School
Group 3 Evenings: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 5:00-6:30Washington High School

Practice Notes:No practice on Friday for Group 2 due to the Age Group State Championships.  Our last practice for the summer season for Group 1 will beThursday July 30th. Group 2 and Group 3 will have their last practice on Friday July 31st

IA Summer Invitational
We set several team records at last week's IA Meet.  Here our our new team records holders:
Aiden Maurer in the 13-14 boys 200 free (2:14.65) and 1500 free (19:09.72)
Autumn Baumgartner in the 11-12 girls 50 back (33.87), 100 back (1:11.89), 100 free (1:03.15), and the 200 free (2:17.87)
Sammy Sierra in the 11-12 boys 50 breast (40.93), 50 free (30.99), 100 back (1:20.79), 100 breast (1:29.95), 100 free (1:08.89), 200 IM (2:41.99), 400 free (5:18.89) and the 400 IM (5:47.52)

Also I would like to congratulate Lauren Meyer who also set a new team record in the 50 back with a time of 33.88. But, it was broken by Autumn in the very next heat by .01.  Lauren held the record for about 45 seconds.  This in itself is certainly a team record!

Here are the results for our swimmers and the new all-time top ten list 

Senior State
One day left and we are having a great state championship.  I will post the results as soon as they become available

Age Group State Meet
I have attached our entry.  Please look over the entry and let me know if you have any concerns.  I am able to make one final update but I will need to know by tonight by 6:00 PM.

Here is some information I received from Tony Young of Indiana Swimming about parking for this weekend

• Three-Day Permit Holders:  The permits are good on any floor in the center section of the Natatorium Sports Garage (Please use the entrance labeled Visitors; it is the second entrance.)  Simply swipe the permit upon each entry. Be sure to display your permit on your rear-view mirror at all times while in the garage.
• Permit Sales on Friday Morning at the Meet:  Indiana Swimming will be selling a limited number of remaining 3-day permits on Fridayonly at the Indiana Swimming table on the upper concourse of the Natatorium.  Price is $20; cash only with correct change.  The permit sale hours on Fridaymorning will be from 6:00 AM - 9:00 AM and from 11:00 AM - Noon.  Anyone planning to purchase a permit at the meet will need to first park on floors 5 or 6 of the Riverwalk Garage (attached to the south side of the Nat Garage).  Simply pull a ticket upon entry; your permit can then be used as payment to swipe out of the garage when you leave. Please remember to park on floors 5 or 6.  If you park on any other floor, you will be subject to a $50 University ticket.
• Pay-on-Entry: For spectators without permits, the pay-on-entry process will be activated for this event in the center section of the Natatorium Sports Garage.  The cost is $6 credit card only for each entry.
• Indy Eleven Game on Saturday:  Spectators who do not have a permit will be charged $10 to enter the Natatorium Sports Garage after 3:30 PM on Saturdayafternoon.

Here are the pertinent times for this weekend's meet

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday Pre-lims
Warm-ups 6:30-7:45 (our swimmers need to be on deck by 6:30)
Meet starts 8:00 

Friday, Saturday Finals
Warm-ups 4:00-4:45 (Our swimmers need to be deck 4:00)
Meet Starts 5:00

Sunday Finals
Warm-ups 3:30-4:15 (Our swimmers need to be on deck by 3:30)
Meet Starts at 4:30

Upcoming Meet, Dates and (Their Deadlines)
Junior Nationals July 30th-Aug 3rd (July 21st)
Summer Divisionals Aug. 1st & 2nd (tonight July 19th)

End of Season Team Pool Party
We will be having an end of the year pool party at my home on Saturday August 8th from 1:00-5:00.  The club will provide hot dogs, drinks, and all the eating utensils.  If you are planning on attending please bring your favorite side dish to pass.  

2015-2016 Registration
Our on-line registration platform will be operational no later then Sunday August 9th.  Here are some changes we will have in place for next season

1. Registration will now be for an entire year for both short course and long course seasons (1st announced 7-5)
2. All swimmers will be considered swimming in a meet unless a parent chooses to opt out of the meet by using our "attend/decline" function of our website (1st announced 7-12)

New for this week will be the a volunteer requirement.  Over the last few seasons we have added home meets to our schedule, Fitter and Faster clinics, to go along with our intra-squad meet and our many social functions.  We have also been asked to consider hosting a future Divisional Championship meet at Riley and if Senior State returns to South Bend we have been asked to assist the host teams.  All of these events are important for our clubs continued growth. These events also need parent volunteers to make them successful. It has not been determined how this will exactly look but each family will be required to help a certain number of sessions.  

As always, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me