Dear SBSC families,

Practice Schedule

RHS Practice Groups

Group 1: Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:30
G1 Elite: Monday 5:00-7:30
Group 2: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 5:00-7:30

Group 3: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 5:00-7:30


NPHS Practice Groups
Group 1: Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:30 CST
Group 2: No scheduled practices until the spring/summer season

Practice notes: No practice on Friday due to Concord meet.  NP swimmers are welcome to attend any of their corresponding group's practices at RHS.

Divisional Championships, Northridge High School, Mar 2-4

The deadline to commit to this meet is tonight.  I realize we have several swimmers who are very close to making the cut.  If your swimmers is close, please commit them to the meet.  If they achieve the Divisional time standard at the CON meet they will still be eligible to compete at Divisionals

CON Last Chance Invite, Concord High School, Feb 23-25

I have attached our entry.  You can also see your swimmers events by logging into our website or with the OnDeck app. Here are the pertinent times for this weekend's meet:

Friday -- events #1-#12

Doors open 3:30

Warm-ups 4:00-5:00-our swimmers need to be on deck by 3:45

Sign-in sheets removed 4:15

Meet Starts 5:10

Saturday and Sunday AM session all 9-12 year old swimmers

Doors open 7:00

Warm-ups 7:30-8:15-our swimmers need to be on deck by 7:15

Sign-in sheets removed 7:45

Meet Starts 8:30

Saturday and Sunday PM session-all 8 and under and 13 and over swimmers

Warm-ups 12:00-12:45 for 13 and overs-our swimmers should be on deck by 11:45

Warm-ups 12:45-1:05 for 8 and unders-our swimmers should be on deck by 12:45

Sign-in sheets removed 1:00

Meet Starts 1:15

Coach Carol (574-292-0553) and Coach Tony (574-261-0313) will be on deck Friday evening.  Coach Carol and Coach Lydia (574-335-9547) will be on deck on Saturday.  Coach Ted (574-360-9187) and I will be on deck on Sunday.  If you are running even a few minutes late or will not be able to make it please text one of the coaches.

Swim Camps

I received an email from the Purdue assistant coach about the camp they are hosting this summer.  As I receive swim camp information I will pass it along to you.  I have attached an informational flyer.  You can click here to visit their website and to register.  They are also offering club discounts.  If 10 members our our club register for the camp you will receive a $50 rebate when you check in the first day of the camp. If we can get 15 members you will receive $75 rebate.

Last Day of the Winter Season/First Day of Spring-Summer Season

Our last practice for all groups will be March 22nd, with the exception of the NP Group 1.  The NP Group 1 will have their last practice on the 19th due 3 middle school meets at New Prairie that week.  All swimmers will be moved to the long course season (spring/summer) billing groups at the end of March.  If you are not planning on being part of the club during April please let me know sometime prior to March 15th and I will put your swimmer on the inactive roster.  Our first practices for the spring/summer season will be the week of April 8th-14th. This is the week we return from spring break.

USA Swimming Officials

As much as I appreciate all the help our parent group provides we still could use more in one area.  Last Saturday we came very close to not having our swims in the morning session officially count.  We were so short on officials we had to call parents of other clubs who were officials so we could start the meet.  The two officials our club does have were at the IHSAA state championships watching their daughters compete.  We have been very fortunate that this situation has not occurred before and we have relied on other clubs to do the vast majority of the officiating.  A large percentage of the officials you see on deck have older swimmers and will soon be gone as their swimmers move on to high school and college.  If you are a parent of a Group 1 or Group 2 swimmer please consider becoming an official.  I will be in touch with Indiana Swimming about hosting an officials clinic at Riley sometime during the spring.  If you have any interest please let me know.

New Pre-Competitive Program for Our Members

Starting this spring we will be piloting a program for 6-7 year old siblings of current and ACTIVE members.  We are just in the planning stages but it looks like we will be on Monday night from 6:00-7:00 and will be limited to 10 swimmers.  Prospective swimmers must already be able to swim one length of the pool.  As we develop this I will share the information with you.

Advertising Credit 


We have had 3 new advertisers to our website this season.  These advertisers were sold ad space by two of our families.  It has generated a total $725.85 of credit on their swim club accounts!  We will give 50% of whatever money raised right back to to you!!  The best sales commission ever?!

A Group 2 or Group 3 annual membership plus all the other associated fees with our membership -- spirit wear, meet surcharges, technology fees, concession stand/hospitality fees, USA Swimming-- is just under $550 for an entire year. (A Group 1 annual membership is about $100 less.)  If you were able to sell two of the the Premiere+ adds it could easily pay for a whole year of swimming including meet entry fees!

Selling a one year ad to one company 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 commit
Below is the remainder of our winter meet schedule that swimmers are still able to commit to.  Swimmers wanting to compete in these meets will need to use the meet declaration system of our website and choose to attend. When committing to multiple day meets please leave a message in the available notes section of what days you would like to attend.

Divisionals March 2nd-4th/Northridge High School/ tonight February 18th

Senior State March 9th-11th/Pike High School/ next Sunday February 25th

Age Group State March 16th-18th/IUPUI/March 4th

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