Weekly Announcements for Week of 7/31-8/6

Dear SBSC families,

Practice Schedule
Group 1: Next scheduled practice Tuesday September 6th
G1 Elite: Next scheduled practice Wednesday September 7th
Group 2: Next scheduled practice Tuesday September 6th 
Group 3 AM: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 6:30-9:15 AM RHS

Practice notes: Group 2 athletes who have been attending mornings may attend as many morning as they would like this week.  We will not charge training fees for swimmers who attend practices in August.

Fall and Winter Season
Our on-line registration platform will be active starting tomorrow Monday August 1st. You can click here to go directly to our registration page.  All swimmers will need to register to be on our active roster for the fall.  Also, please remember you will be registering for the fall/winter and the spring/summer seasons.  You of course have the option to discontinue at any time. Our first official practice for the fall will be Tuesday September 6th.  

New for this season is we will be asking all Group 3 members to volunteer 4 hours during the upcoming season. This can either be assisting our coaching staff with our Group 1 practices or life-guarding any of the Group 1 or Group 2 practices.

We will also be changing the meet surcharge a little as well.  Last fall and winter season we charged $26 at registration.  This year we will charge $15 at registration and add $1 to the meet entry fees for each meet a swimmer attends.

New Prairie Satellite
I spoke with Coach Ashley this week and she informed me the NPHS pool construction has faced some delays.  Rest assured we are still committed to making the South Bend Swim Club a viable program for the New Carlisle/Rolling Prairie community.  Our plan is to start practice at NPHS beginning Monday October 3rd.  Families who plan on being part of the NP satellite are welcome to attend practices at Riley in the September or they can wait until October to begin.  Registrations that have selected any of the NP training groups will be contacted to determine when they would like to start practices.

Summer Divisionals
Another great start at a championship meet for our club.  We had 8 swimmers compete yesterday and every one earned a second a swim and 7 of the 8 made it on the podium!  We had two new state cuts achieved and Forrest Baumgartner and Bryce Knight each captured a Divisional Championship.  You can follow the results of the last day of competition on the Meet Mobile app.  The meet is listed as the 2016 North Indiana Summer Divisional Champ.

Swim Fest
What a great meet for our program.  We finished a combined 18th overall.  Almost reaching our team goal of top 15.  Our 17 swimmers posted a total of 53 new best times.  We set 8 new team relay recordsincluding all 5 in the girls 15 and over age group.  We also set 14 new individual team records.  Here are our new record holders:

Todd Suttor: men's 50 free (24.66)
Dakota Danks: men's 100 back (1:06.06)
Bryce Knight: boys 13-14 100 fly (1:06.92)
Kayla Molnar girls 15-18 200 free (2:09.67)
Autumn Baumgartner 13-14 girls 50 free (27.58) and 100 free (1:03.47)
Evie Sierra 13-14 girls 200 fly (2:26.96) and 1500 free (18:29.01)
Sammy Sierra 11-12 boys 50 back (33.88), 50 fly (30.26), 100 back (1:13.02), 200 fly (2:29.87), 200 IM (2:33.41), and his state champion swim in the 100 fly in a winning time of 1:06.48

Congratulations to the entire team.  I was told by more then one opposing coach our group of South Bend swimmers were an absolute class act.  It made me as proud as anything else we did in the water.

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

Weekly Announcements for Week of 7/24-7/30

Dear SBSC families,

Practice Schedule
Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:30 RHS
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 RHS
Group 3 PM: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 5:00-6:30 RHS

Practice notes: This is the last week of practice for all of our Group 1 and G1 Elite swimmers.  There will be no evening practices for any group after this week.  Group 2 swimmers who have been attending morning workouts this summer may attend all remaining morning workouts with Group 3.  Group 3 will practice through at least Friday August 5th and quite possibly through the 12th.  We will not charge training fees for swimmers who attend practices in August.

Summer Divisionals
Our entry has been sent.  Please double check for accuracy.  If you notice any errors please let me know ASAP.  I can make changes to our entry without penalty through tomorrow.  Please let me know if you notice any mistakes by the end of practice tomorrow evening.

Here are the pertinent times for the weekend:

Saturday and Sunday Prelims
Warmups 7:30-8:45 (our swimmers should be on deck by 7:45, yes 7:45. This is not a typo)
Meet starts 9:00

Saturday and Sunday Finals
Warm-ups 3:30-4:15 (our swimmers should be on deck by 3:30)
Meet starts 4:30

Fall and Winter Season
Our on-line registration platform will be active starting Monday August 1st.  Our first official practice for the fall will Tuesday September 6th.  

New for this season is we will be asking all Group 3 members to volunteer 4 hours during the upcoming season. This can either be assisting our coaching staff with our Group 1 practices or lifeguarding any of the Group 1 or Group 2 practices.

We will also be changing the meet surcharge a little as well.  Last fall and winter season we charged $26 at registration.  This year we will charge $15 at registration and add $1 to the meet entry fees for each meet a swimmer attends.

Swim Fest
We have had a great start to the meet.  Several best times and new team records have been established. A huge shout-out for Sammy Sierra who became our club's 6th state champion and our first boy to stand on the top step of the podium.  You can follow all the action today on your meet mobile app under SwimFest.  I will post pics of any of our swimmers who medal on all of our social media sites.  The final results and updates to all the pertinent pages on website will be up as soon as possible.

Upcoming meet & dates/category/location/deadline to decline attending
IN Swimming Divisionals, July 30th & 31st/Qualifier/Concord HS/See above
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 7/17-7/23

Dear SBSC families,

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

Practice notes: There will be no practice for any groups on Thursday and Friday this week due to the Swim Fest Championship.  Group 2 swimmers that are tapering for this meet should attend only one practice each day, preferably the morning practice.  The Group 3 training plan is attached.

IA Summer Spectacular
Congratulations to all of our swimmers.  We had over 150 new best times and set 12 new team records!!  Here are our new team record holders: 

Autumn Baumgartner in the 13-14 girls 50 free (28.41); 
Bryce Knight in the 13-14 boys 100 fly (1:07.17), 200 breast (3:02.86), and 200 fly (2:46.33); 
Sammy Sierra in the 11-12 boys 50 back (35.04), 50 fly (30.52), 100 back (1:16.84), 100 Fly (1:09.10), 100 free (1:07.84) and the 400 IM (5:38.72);
Todd Suttor in the 19 and over men 100 back (1:12.91)

Swim Fest (combined state meets)
Our entry has been sent.  Please double check your swimmers entry.  If there are any errors or oversights let me know immediately.  Clubs are allowed to make corrections through tomorrow evening.

The Age Group (14 and under) portion of the meet will have pre-lims and finals at IUPUI.  Here are the pertinent times for the Age Group portion of the meet.  Please note times listed for our swimmers to be on deck may change to later (never earlier) and will be communicated to the parents if they do change.

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

Thursday, Friday, and Saturday finals
Warm-ups 3:30-4:45 (swimmers who have qualified for finals need to be on deck by 3:45)
Meet Starts 5:00

Sunday finals
Warm-ups 3:00-4:15 (swimmers who have qualified for finals need to be on deck by 3:15)
Meet Starts 4:30

The Senior State (15 and over) portion of the meet will have pre-lims at Pike High Schooland finals at IUPUI with the Age Groupers.  Please note the times listed for our swimmers to be on deck may change to later (never earlier) and will be communicated to the parents and swimmers if they do change.

Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday pre-lims
Warm-ups 7:00-8:15 (our swimmers need to be on deck by 7:00)
Meet Starts 8:30

Thursday, Friday, and Saturday finals
Warm-ups 3:30-4:45 (swimmers who have qualified for finals need to be on deck by 3:45)
Meet Starts 5:00

Sunday Finals
Warm-ups 3:00-4:15 (swimmers who have qualified for finals need to be on deck by 3:15)
Meet Starts 4:30

If a swimmer does not qualify for finals they are expected to attend finals to cheer for their teammates who did.

Last Practice for Summer
The last practice for Group 1 will be Thursday July 28th.  The last practice for Group 2 will be Friday July 29th.  The last evening practice for Group 3 will be Friday July 28th.  Group 3 will have morning workouts through at least Friday August 5thand quite possibly through the 12th.  Group 2 swimmers that have been attending morning workouts will be allowed to attend all morning workouts also.  There will be no training fees charged for August.

Fall/Winter Registration
The registration link for the fall/winter season will be active starting Monday August 1st.  

Upcoming meet & dates/category/location/deadline to decline attending
IN Swimming Swim Fest, July 21st-24th/Qualifier/Pike HS & IUPUI/Entry has been sent-please check for accuracy
IN Swimming Divisionals, July 30th & 31st/Qualifier/Concord HS/Tomorrow Monday 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 7/20-7/16

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 6:30-9:15RHS
Group 3 PM: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 5:00-6:30 RHS

Practice notes: Please make sure to check your email, or our website, or any of our social sites before leaving for practice each day.  If history is any indication, the RHS pool may be down this week as well.  It seems whenever the pool is turned back on after being down for any period of time there are multiple issues that arise.  We will not know for sure until Monday morning.  If all goes well (fingers crossed) we will follow the above schedule.  Group 2 swimmers may be finishing earlier if they are resting for the upcoming SwimFest meet.  Group 3 swimmers that are resting for SwimFest will not be lifting weights so there AM practices will start at 7:00.  Those athletes will also only be attending only the morning workouts.  The Group 3 training plan is attached.

IA July Invite
A very long first two days of the meet.  I think our athletes are doing an outstanding job considering the amount of time they have been spending at the pool. I will post the results and update all the pertinent pages to our website as soon as I receive the results file.

Swim Fest (combined state meets) and Divisionals
The last meets on our schedule are qualifying meets.  Swimmers need to meet the minimum time standards to attend.  If your swimmer is planning on attending you will need to commit them to the meet.  Swimmers will not be automatically entered.  The deadline for committing for Swim Fest is tomorrow, Monday July 11th.  The Divisional deadline in next Monday July 18th.

Last Practice for Summer
The last practice for Group 1 will be Thursday July 28th.  The last practice for Group 2 will be Friday July 29th.  The last evening practice for Group 3 will be Friday July 28th.  Group 3 will have morning workouts through at least Friday August 5thand quite possibly through the 12th.  Group 2 swimmers that have been attending morning workouts will be allowed to attend these morning workouts also.

Upcoming meet & dates/category/location/deadline to decline attending
IN Swimming Swim Fest, July 21st-24th/Qualifier/Pike HS & IUPUI/ Tomorrow, Monday 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 7/3-7/9

Dear SBSC families,

Practice Schedule
Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:30Washington High School
G1 Elite-No practice this week
Group 2 Tuesday and Thursday 5:00-7:30Washington High School
Group 3 AM: Monday 6:30-9:15 AM RHS, Tuesday 6:30-9:15 AM Washington High School, and Thursday 7:00-9:15 Washington High School
Group 3 PM: Tuesday 5:00-6:30 PM, Wednesday 5:00-7:15, and Thursday 5:00-6:30 PM Washington High School

Practice notes: We were informed late Thursday afternoon they will be doing maintenance on the Riley pool this week.  Because of this we will be having several changes to our practice schedule.  We will not have practice Monday evening due to the 4th of July holiday. We will also not be having practices on Friday due to the IA meet.  Starting Tuesday we will be at Washington High School.  There is another group scheduled to use the pool on Wednesday morning so we practice on Wednesday evening.  Here is the Group 3 training plan for the week

Washington High School
The school and pool are located at 4747 W. Washington Street, South Bend IN, 46619.  Click here for a map to the pool.  There is a parking lot across the street from the school and it is marked "Event Parking".  Please use this lot.  When entering the building use door #2.  The door is located just outside the pool.  There is a horseshoe drive that is in front of the building and door #2 is the first door you will see when entering the drive.  There is a sidewalk leading from the parking lot we will be using that will take you right to this door.  Please be on time for practices.  If you arrive more then 15 minutes after practices start the door may be locked.  If your are locked out please call either Coach Carol for morning practices 574-292-0553and Coach Brion for evening practices 574-315-5865.  

IHSAA Moratorium Week
Starting tomorrow Monday July 4th and and lasting through next Sunday IHSAA coaches are not to have contact with high school athletes.  Coach Carol will be covering the morning workouts for Group 3 and Coach Brion will be covering evening workouts.  I will be nearby for all practices but I will not be on deck and I will not be on deck during the IA meet when high school swimmers are competing.

Mental Training
If you would like your swimmer to meet with Ava please fill out the attached consent form.  There are some athletes that will be allowed to be pulled from practice after their initial meeting.  If you are scheduled to meet with her this week please email Ava to confirm your appointment. (abhassett@gmail.com)

IA July Invite
Here is the latest information from the IA staff regarding the meet this weekend.  I have attached the psyche sheet of limited events.  Essentially these swimmers are on a wait list and if there are any scratches they may still get to swim.  If your swimmer does not get to swim their event send me a message after the meet and I will credit your account

Hello Coaches and Entry chairs,

·       As I had mentioned a few weeks ago, we were going to have to limit the number of swims in the 200 Free and 200 IM for the 10 & Under and 11-12 events. I have attached a psych  sheet of all entries for the events. This highlighted swimmers will not be in the event. If you have scratches between now and next Wednesday, please let me know and I will let the next person on the list know that they can get into the event. Please let me know if you have any questions about this.

·       All sessions except for the 400 Free and IM sessions will be run in 8 lanes with a 5 minute break where the pool will be open for swimmers to warm up/down after each event block. Please be sure that your swimmers are out of the pool at the 5 minute mark so we can keep the meet moving.

·       Our AM session time-lines are just over 4 hours, but we are hoping to pick up a few minutes by running flyovers and hopefully aggressive starts on the 50s. The PM warm up will not start before noon, but will start immediately following the last heat of the AM session if it runs past noon. 

·       Just Add H2O will be on site selling swim apparel and meet t-shirts, bag tags, etc.

Here are the pertinent times for this weekend's meet:

Friday and Saturday AM Sessions-all 12 and under sessions

Doors open: 6:30 (our 11 and 12 year old swimmers should be at the door when it opens)

Warm-ups 11-12 year olds: 6:45-7:10

Warm-ups 10 and unders: 7:10-7:30 (our 10 and under swimmers should be on deck by 7:00)

Meet Starts: 8:00

Friday and Saturday PM Sessions-all 13 and over sessions

Warm-ups: 12:00-12:45 (our swimmers should be on deck by 11:45)

Meet Starts: 1:00

Sunday AM-all ages

Doors open: 6:30 (our 13 and over swimmers should be waiting at the door when it opens)

Warm-ups 13 and over: 6:45-7:20

Warm-ups 12 and under: 7:20-7:45 (our 12 and under swimmers should be on deck by 7:00)

Meet Starts: 8:15

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.