Weekly Announcements for Week of 5/7-5/13

Dear SBSC families,
Practice Schedule
RHS Practice Groups
Group 1: Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:15
G1 Elite: Monday 5:30-7:30
Group 2: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 5:30-7:30, and Friday 5:00-6:30
Group 3: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 3:30-6:00, and Friday 3:30-5:00

NPHS Practice Groups
Group 1: Tuesday and  Thursday 6:00-7:15 CST
Group 2: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 5:30-7:30 CST
Group 3 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 5:30-7:30 CST

Practice notes: NP swimmers are welcome to attend any of their corresponding groups practices held at Riley High School.  All Group 2 swimmers attending Friday practices are reminded to bring dry-land clothes including running shoes.

NASA June 24th Invite
This is a meet we choose specifically for our newer and less experienced swimmers.  I highly encourage all families who have swimmers that fall into those categories sign up for this meet.  We will just be attending Saturday only.  The deadline for opting out of this meet is tonight.  I will not automatically be entering swimmers with 3 or more Divisional cuts (and faster) in this meet.  This meet is on the same weekend as the MSC Summer Splash. Swimmers who have 3 or more Divisional cuts (and faster) will be automatically entered in that meet if parents have not opted out.

CON BW3 Invite
The Merrifield pool was vandalized this week and according to the article in the South Bend Tribune they do not know if they will be able to open this summer due to possible cost to repair.  I've sent a message to the CON head coach and asked him to let us know as soon as possible if he is told the pool will not open and they have to cancel their meet.  If we are informed by May 14th we would still have time to enter the LCB Invite (at Lake Central High School in St. John IN) on the weekend of June 9-11th.  I have added that meet to our website and the commit/decline option has been turned on.  I will not automatically be entering swimmers for this meet.  I will only enter swimmers that have committed.  If you would like to attend this meet (if the the CON BW3 Invite is cancelled) please commit your swimmers by Saturday May 13th

IA Meet May 12th-14th
I have attached our entry.  We are asking parents write their swimmers events  and event numbers on their hands or arms prior to arriving at the meet.  This alleviates quite a bit of hectic work for our coaches at the meet.  You can also access your swimmers events by logging onto our website or using the OnDeck App.  Here are the pertinent times for this weekend's meet:

Friday--Events #1-#6
Doors open 3:30
Warm-ups 12 and under 3:45-4:15 (our swimmers should be at the doors no later then 3:30)
Warm-ups 13 and over 4:15-4:45 (our swimmers should be on deck by 4:00)
Meet Starts 5:00

Saturday and Sunday AM Session--12 and under session
Doors open 6:45
Warm-ups 7:00-7:45 (our swimmers should be at the doors no later then 6:45)
Meet Starts 8:00

Saturday and Sunday PM Session-13 and over session
Warm-ups 12:00-12:45 (our swimmers need to be on deck by 11:45)
Meet Starts 1:00

Saturday 400 IM
Warm-ups 4:00-4;20
Meet Starts 4:30

Sunday 800 FreeWarm-ups 4:30-4:50
Meet Starts 5:00
NASA Off The Blocks Invite
A very good showing for our first meet of the year.  Click on these links to see; the meet results, our all time top ten, and our updated qualifiers page.

Ava's Upcoming Schedule
Thank you to the parents who were able to come to Ava's meeting last week.  The club has invested quite a bit into having Ava help with our program I strongly encourage our parents to take advantage of the opportunities she is providing.  She will be speaking with Group 3 and Group 2 this week on Tuesday

Picking Up Your Swimmers
I want to remind parents of our policy of picking up swimmers.  All swimmers must be picked up within 15 minutes of the schedule ending time of practice.  Swimmers will never be held longer then what the practice schedule says. Parents should never have to wait on just as we expect to never have to wait on parents. If a swimmers is not picked up within the 15 minute time frame parents are subject to fines.   I just ask that our membership respect the time of our coaching staff.   I do understand there emergencies and and unforeseen circumstances.  In those situations a text message to alert me should be sent.  

Spring-Summer T-shirts
Our order has been placed we are on the printers schedule for this week.  Hope to have the shirts by the end of next week.
High School Physicals May
Riley High School will be providing physicals for all students who intend to play high school sports next school year.  This is open to everyone, not just RHS athletes.  The physicals begin at 2:45.  You can access the form by clicking here.  The form must be signed by a parent and the cost of the physical is $20.

Advertising Credit
Selling a one year ad on our website could earn you anywhere from $50 to almost $500. Here is the link for more information.

Another easy way to earn credit for your swim club account is to hang our recruiting posters out in the public. For every poster you hang you will receive a $5 credit up to $25. Once you hang the poster post a pic of it on your Facebook page (or other social site) and tag the club.

Upcoming Meet & Dates/location/deadline to opt out
Below is our spring and summer meet schedule.  All swimmers are considered swimming in a meet unless a parent declines attending. I'm also asking if you know your swimmer will be attending please commit them to the meet. If the option to choose days is not yet available please leave a note as to which days you would like to attend.

LCB Summer Sizzlin Invite June 9th-11th/Lake Central High School/ THIS COMING SATURDAY MAY 13th-see above for explanation
MSC Summer Splash June 23rd-25th/Munster High School/Sunday May 28th
NASA Summer Invite/June 24th/Northridge High School/ TONIGHT SUNDAY MAY 7TH
IA Summer Spectacular/July 7th-9th/Rolfs Aquatic Center, Notre Dame/Sunday May 28th
Senior State Championships/July 20-23rd/Purdue/TBD
Age Group State/July 27th-31st/IUPUI/TBD
Summer Divisionals/August 5th & 6th/Concord High School/TBD
Junior Nationals August 8th-12th/East Meadow, NY/TBD

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