Weekly Announcements for Week of 6/26-7/2

Dear SBSC families,

Practice Schedule

Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:30RHS
G1 Elite Monday 5:00-7:30 RHS
Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 5:00-7:30 and Friday 5:00-6:30 RHS
Group 3 AM Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 6:30-9:15 AM RHS
Group 3 PM Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 5:00-6:30 PM RHS

Practice Notes: The Group 3 training plan for this week is attached. Group 2 swimmers are allowed to attend the AM Group 3 practices.  The number allowed is based on their age.  If a Group 2 swimmer does attend morning workouts they MUST know their best yard times in every event.

IHSAA Moratorium Week
Starting on Monday July 4th through the following Sunday the IHSAA moratorium week will be in effect.  During this week high school coaches are not allowed contact with high school athletes.  Other members of our coaching staff will be covering morning and evening workouts for Group 3.  I will be in the building but during Group 3 practice times I will be sequestered in the office.  High School aged athletes will not be permitted in the office anytime during this week.

Mental Training
Starting this week Group 2 will meet with Ava as a group. She is also available for individual meetings with all of our Group 2 and Group 3 athletes.  To participate in the group or individual meetings swimmers need to return the attached consent form.

IA July Invite
Here again is some information I was sent about the upcoming meet from the IA staff:

·       In our efforts to provide opportunities for swimmers to compete, we were forced to make some changes to the format. The Friday AM and PM sessions, as well as the Saturday AM session will be run in all 8 lanes. We will take a 5 minute break at the conclusion of each distance and stroke (4 events in the morning and 2 events in the afternoon) where the pool will be open for swimmers to get in. The distance sessions, Saturday PM and Sunday AM will all be run in 7 lanes with the 8^thopen for continuous warm up/down. 

·       We will need to limit the number of heats in the 10 & Under and 11-12 200Freestyle on Friday and the 10 & Under and 11-12 200 IM on Sunday. Once time updates are in, I will send out information about the limits. We want to get as many swims in as possible, so please send time updates! 

·       The update deadline is Tuesday, June 28 at midnight. All NT entries must be updated by that point a well. 

·       Swimmers in the 400 Free and 400 IM will need to provide at least 1 timer for their race. We are planning on having 1 timer per lane, but the swimmer is responsible for providing one of their own as well.

·       The 400 Free session on Friday is scheduled to start around 6:00 PM and end around 8:40. The 400 IM session is scheduled to start around 5:50 PM and end around 7:00. The events will be run fastest to slowest alternating 1 heat of girls with 1 heat of boys. Please notify your families of the approximate times.

Pertinent time information for this meet will be in next week's email.

Upcoming meet & dates/category/location/deadline to decline attending
IA Summer Spectacular, July 8th-10th/Team/Rolfs Aquatic Center, ND/entry has been sent-see info above
IN Swimming Swim Fest, July 21st-24th/Qualifier/Pike HS & IUPUI/7-11
IN Swimming Divisionals, July 30th & 31st/Qualifier/Concord HS/7-18
USA Swimming Junior Nationals August 8th-12th/Qualifier/University of Minnesota/7-25

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

Practice Cancelled 6-21 PM

Power is still out at Riley High School so we will have to cancel practice for this evening (Tuesday 6-21).  We have been trying to arrange pool time at other locations for tomorrow and we are just waiting to hear back.  I have been told from multiple sources RHS may not be restored until tomorrow evening.  But we can always hold out hope it will be fixed sooner.  I plan to be at RHS early tomorrow morning to check to see if by some miracle the power is back on.  I will send an email out by 5:30 and update our social sites to let everyone know the status of practice.  If I hear back that we have found some other pool time I will send another email out this evening with details.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

AM Practice Cancelled 6-21

Practice for Tuesday morning, June 21st, is cancelled.  Riley High School is still with out power.  The building is currently running on the back-up generators and only essential electrical functions are operating.  I spoke with the building engineer this morning and he has not been given any specific times to when we can expect power to restored.  My hope is we will back in the water this afternoon.  I will update everyone as soon as I know more.

Practice Cancelled 6-20-16

Due to the severe weather, Riley High School is without power.  Because of the outage we will not be able to hold a practice this evening.

Weekly Announcements for Week of 6/19-6/25

Dear SBSC families,

Practice Schedule

Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:30RHS
G1 Elite Monday 5:00-7:30 RHS
Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 5:00-7:30 and Friday 5:00-6:30 RHS
Group 3 AM Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 6:30-9:15 AM RHS
Group 3 PM Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 5:00-6:30 PM RHS

Practice Notes: The Group 3 training plan for this week is attached. Group 2 swimmers are allowed to attend the AM Group 3 practices.  The number allowed is based on their age.  If a Group 2 swimmer does attend morning workouts they MUST know their best yard times in every event.

Sport Psychologist Graduate Student Ava Blennerhassett
Ava spoke with our Group 3 and some of our Group 2 swimmers on Friday morningabout goal setting.  Starting this week, she will be meeting with swimmers in a group setting every Monday morning.  She will be meeting with individual swimmers before, during, and after our evening practices.  There is a sign-up sheet on the widows to the office for swimmers to schedule appointments.  Please remember all of our athletes wanting to work with Ava must have a consent form signed and returned.  

MLA Invite
Congratulations to Sammy Sierra for setting a new record in the 11-12 boys 400 freestyle with a time of 5:14.31

IA July Invite
Here again is some information I was sent about the upcoming meet from the IA staff:

·       In our efforts to provide opportunities for swimmers to compete, we were forced to make some changes to the format. The Friday AM and PM sessions, as well as the Saturday AM session will be run in all 8 lanes. We will take a 5 minute break at the conclusion of each distance and stroke (4 events in the morning and 2 events in the afternoon) where the pool will be open for swimmers to get in. The distance sessions, Saturday PM and Sunday AM will all be run in 7 lanes with the 8^thopen for continuous warm up/down. 

·       We will need to limit the number of heats in the 10 & Under and 11-12 200Freestyle on Friday and the 10 & Under and 11-12 200 IM on Sunday. Once time updates are in, I will send out information about the limits. We want to get as many swims in as possible, so please send time updates! 

·       The update deadline is Tuesday, June 28 at midnight. All NT entries must be updated by that point a well. 

·       Swimmers in the 400 Free and 400 IM will need to provide at least 1 timer for their race. We are planning on having 1 timer per lane, but the swimmer is responsible for providing one of their own as well.

·       The 400 Free session on Friday is scheduled to start around 6:00 PM and end around 8:40. The 400 IM session is scheduled to start around 5:50 PM and end around 7:00. The events will be run fastest to slowest alternating 1 heat of girls with 1 heat of boys. Please notify your families of the approximate times.

Pertinent time information for this meet will be in the weekly email of 7/3-7/9

Upcoming meet & dates/category/location/deadline to decline attending
IA Summer Spectacular, July 8th-10th/Team/Rolfs Aquatic Center, ND/entry has been sent-see info above
IN Swimming Swim Fest, July 21st-24th/Qualifier/Pike HS & IUPUI/7-11
IN Swimming Divisionals, July 30th & 31st/Qualifier/Concord HS/7-18
USA Swimming Junior Nationals August 8th-12th/Qualifier/University of Minnesota/7-25

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

Weekly Announcements for Week of 6/12-6/18

Dear SBSC families,

Practice Schedule

Group 1-Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:30RHS
G1 Elite Monday 5:00-7:30 RHS
Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 5:00-7:30 and Friday 5:00-6:30 RHS
Group 3 AM Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 6:30-9:15 AM RHS
Group 3 PM Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 5:00-6:30 PM RHS

Practice Notes:The Group 3 training plan for this week is attached. Group 2 swimmers are allowed to attend the AM Group 3 practices.  The number allowed is based on their age.  If a Group 2 swimmer does attend morning workouts they MUST know their best yard times in every event.

Sport Psychologist Graduate Student Ava Blennerhassett
Ava has been finishing up her work with another team last week and she should be starting with us this week.  The attached information sheet will give you a brief description of the work she will be doing with us and her contact information should you have any questions of her.  If you would like Ava to work with your swimmer you will need to fill out and return the attached consent form.

MLA Invite Holland MI
I will post the results and update the appropriate pages on our website as soon as I receive the results file.

Tri-Meet Results
Results have been posted to our website and the all other pages have been updated.  You can click here for updated lists of our all time top ten and our short course qualifiers page.  Congratulations to Will Kricheff who set new team records in the 8 and under girls 100 back (1:41.71) and the 100 breast (1:55.88).

Team Shirts and Caps
If your swimmer has not picked up their new team shirt or cap please contact me.

IA July Invite
Here is some information I was sent about the upcoming meet from the IA staff:

·       In our efforts to provide opportunities for swimmers to compete, we were forced to make some changes to the format. The Friday AM and PM sessions, as well as the Saturday AM session will be run in all 8 lanes. We will take a 5 minute break at the conclusion of each distance and stroke (4 events in the morning and 2 events in the afternoon) where the pool will be open for swimmers to get in. The distance sessions, Saturday PM and Sunday AM will all be run in 7 lanes with the 8^thopen for continuous warm up/down. 

·       We will need to limit the number of heats in the 10 & Under and 11-12 200Freestyle on Friday and the 10 & Under and 11-12 200 IM on Sunday. Once time updates are in, I will send out information about the limits. We want to get as many swims in as possible, so please send time updates! 

·       The update deadline is Tuesday, June 28 at midnight. All NT entries must be updated by that point a well. 

·       Swimmers in the 400 Free and 400 IM will need to provide at least 1 timer for their race. We are planning on having 1 timer per lane, but the swimmer is responsible for providing one of their own as well.

·       The 400 Free session on Friday is scheduled to start around 6:00 PM and end around 8:40. The 400 IM session is scheduled to start around 5:50 PM and end around 7:00. The events will be run fastest to slowest alternating 1 heat of girls with 1 heat of boys. Please notify your families of the approximate times.

Pertinent time information for this meet will be in the weekly email of 7/3-7/9

Upcoming meet & dates/category/location/deadline to decline attending
IA Summer Spectacular, July 8th-10th/Team/Rolfs Aquatic Center, ND/entry has been sent-see info above
IN Swimming Swim Fest, July 21st-24th/Qualifier/Pike HS & IUPUI/7-11
IN Swimming Divisionals, July 30th & 31st/Qualifier/Concord HS/7-18
USA Swimming Junior Nationals August 8th-12th/Qualifier/University of Minnesota/7-25

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

Weekly Announcements for Week of 6/5-6/11

Dear SBSC families,

Practice Schedule

Group 1-Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:30RHS

G1 Elite Monday 5:00-7:30 RHS

Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 5:00-7:30 RHS

Group 3 AM Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 6:30-9:15 AM RHS

Group 3 PM Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 5:00-6:30 PM RHS

Practice Notes: No practice on Friday due to the two meets we are attending.  We will also not be offering any Wednesday PM practices for Group 2 or Group 3.  Group 2 swimmers will be allowed to attend Group 3 morning workouts. The number of practices allowed will be based on their age.  11 year olds one morning practice a week 12 year olds 2, 13 year olds 3, and 14 year olds 4.  If a Group 2 swimmer will be an incoming freshman they will be allowed to lift weights with the team starting at 6:30.  If they will not be in high school in the fall they will start practice at 7:00.  If you have any questions please let me know.

Sport Psychologist Graduate Student Ava Blennerhassett

We are excited to welcome Coach Ava to the South Bend Swim Club.  Ava is a graduate student from John F. Kennedy College in California and she will be finishing up her internship hours working with our athletes through the end of the summer.  I have attached a flyer that explains a little bit of the services she will be providing for us.  She will be working with primarily with our Group 3 and Group 2 swimmers.  If you are interested in her help for your swimmer you will need to fill out the consent form attached to the email.  If you have any questions Ava's email is included with the information on the flyer

MLA Invite Holland MI

Here are the pertinent times for this coming weekends meet

Friday 

Warm-ups 4:00-4:45 (our swimmers need to be on deck by 3:45)

Meet Starts 5:00

Saturday and Sunday Prelims for 13 and over swimmers

Warm-ups 8:00-8:45 (Our swimmers need to be on deck by 7:45)

Meet Starts 9:00

Saturday and Sunday timed finals for 12 and under swimmers

Warm-ups 12:30-1:15 (our swimmers need to be on deck by 12:15)

Meet starts 1:30

Saturday and Sunday Finals for the 13 and over swimmers qualifying from prelims

Warm-ups 4:30-5:15 (our swimmers need to be on deck by 4:30)

Meet starts 5:30

Tri-Meet Vs. Dune and Laporte Friday June 10th

This meet was put on our schedule for all of our 10 and under swimmers and our 11 and over swimmers without a Divisional time standard.  If your swimmer falls into this category they will be automatically entered in the meet unless you choose to decline attendance.  If you know you want your swimmer to attend please commit them for the meet.  It makes it easier when doing entries if I know an athlete will be attending the meet especially when considering relays.  While this meet was added for the swimmers mentioned above it is short course meet an excellent opportunity for our Group 3 swimmers to achieve some new best times in yards.  The deadline for this meet is tonight Sunday June 5th at 6:00 PM.

Here are the pertinent times for this Friday's Meet -the times listed ARE SOUTH BEND TIMES

Warm-ups: 5:45-6:15-our swimmers need to be on deck by 5:30

Meet starts: 6:30

Team Shirts and Caps

If your swimmer has not picked up their new team shirt or cap please contact me.

CON BW3 Invite

I will post all the results and update the appropriate pages on our website as soon as I receive the results file

Upcoming meet & dates/category/location/deadline to decline attending

Tri-Meet vs DUNE & HOT, June 10th/Non Div Q+10&U/Laporte HS/ tonight Sunday June 5th

MLA June Invite, June 10th-12th/11&O+Div Q+/Holland Aquatic Center, Holland MI/our entry has been sent

HHSC Beat the Heat Invite, June 18th & 19th/Non Div Q+10&U/ Highland HS/no longer attending

IA Summer Spectacular, July 8th-10th/Team/Rolfs Aquatic Center, ND/entry has been sent-more details in next week's email

IN Swimming Swim Fest, July 21st-24th/Qualifier/Pike HS & IUPUI/TBD

IN Swimming Divisionals, July 30th & 31st/Qualifier/Concord HS/TBD

USA Swimming Junior Nationals August 8th-12th/Qualifier/University of Minnesota/7-25

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