Weekly Announcements for Week of 7/28-8/3

Dear SBSC families,

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

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

Practice Notes: No practice at NP until the fall. No AM practice on Thursday or Friday for Group 3. Swimmers attending Group 2's Friday practice are reminded to bring dry-land clothes including running shoes.  If your Group 2 swimmer is attending Divisionals practice on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday will end by 7:00.

Divisional Championships Concord High School August 3rd and 4th

Here are the pertinent times for next weekend's meet.

Saturday and Sunday Prelims

Warm-ups 6:30-7:45-our swimmers should be on deck by 6:45

Meet Starts 8:00

Saturday and Sunday Finals

Warm-ups 3:30-4:15-our swimmers should be on deck by 3:20

Meet Starts 4:30

Our entry can be updated through tomorrow evening (including adding new swimmers to the meet).  Please check your swimmer's entries by logging into our website or by using the OnDeck app.  If you notice any errors please let me know immediately.  I will be sending our final update out at the end of practice Monday evening.

Coach Carol will be the coach on deck for the entire meet.  If you are running late please text her so she knows you are on the way.  Her number is 574-292-0553.

USA Swimming Futures Championships

Evie and Sammy Sierra will be traveling to Greensboro, North Carolina this week to compete at the Futures Championships.  They will be swimming a combined 8 events over the 4 day meet.  Good luck Evie and Sammy!

Age Group State

Some great swims so far.  I will have a complete update in next week's email.  You can follow Paddy, Addy, and Eli today by using the Meet Mobile App.

Senior State

Our final results from Senior State last weekend:

10 swimmers

52 individual swims

31 new best times

5 new relay records

16 new individual records

1 new Winter Junior National cut

1 high point winner

14th place as a team!

Last Practices of the Season

Here are the last days of practice for each group

Group 1 This Tuesday July 30th

Group 2 This Friday August 2nd

Group 3 This Friday August 2nd

Fall and Winter Season

Our on-line registration for the fall and winter will be open starting August 1st. Our first practices will be the Tuesday after Labor Day, September 3rd.  I hope to have our fall/winter meet schedule finalized and posted to our website no later then August 15th.

New USA Swimming Guidelines-MAAPP

USA Swimming issued a new directive with regards to electronic communication and social media contact between coaches and athletes.  Most of what is being implemented is common sense and falls in line with our club's policies.  One new requirement we will need to adhere to is how your minor child communicates with me.  For several years I have asked swimmers in Group 2 and Group 3 to text/email me if they would be missing practice.  Moving forward, swimmers will be instructed to include a parent on all communication with me.

If you are the parent of a Group 2 or Group 3 swimmer, and have never sent me a text before, please text me so I have your contact info in my phone.  This way if I need to contact your swimmer about missing practice I can be sure to include you.  My cell phone number is 574-276-6057.

I encourage all parents and swimmers to read the full policy.  We are required to keep this policy on our website, here is the link. 

Advertising Credit
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 approximately $550 for an entire year. (A Group 1 annual membership is about $100 less.)  If you were able to sell two of 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.
 
Spring and Summer Meet Schedule/Dates of Meet/Location/Deadline to commit
Below is our spring/summer meet schedule.  Swimmers wanting to compete will need to commit to those meets.  The deadlines are based on deadlines that were set last year. They may change once the meet hosts posts the meet information.  When committing to multiple day meets please leave a message in the available notes section of what days you would like to attend. Meets marked with an * are meets that require swimmers to meet certain time standards.  All pool locations can be found on our website under the "Pools" tab

CSC Spring Fling/May 3rd-5th/Carmel High School/Our Results
NASA Off the Blocks/May 4th/Northridge High School/Our Results
IA May Invitational/May 10th-12th/Rolfs Aquatic Center, Notre Dame/Our Results
CON BW3 Blazin' Invite/May 31st-June 2nd/Merrifield Pool, Mishawaka/Our Results

*MSC Summer Splash/June 21st-23rd/Munster High School/Our Results
NASA Summer Invite/June 29th/Northridge High School/Our Results
IA Summer Spectacular/July 12th-14th/Rolfs Aquatic Center, Notre Dame/Our Results
*IN Senior State Championships/July 18th-21st/IUPUI/Our Results
*IN Age Group State/July 26th-28th/IUPUI/Our Results coming soon
*IN Summer Divisionals/August 3rd & 4th/Entry sent-can be updated through tomorrow evening.

As always, if you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me.

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John VanDriessche
Head Coach
South Bend Swim Club
South Bend Riley High School
(574)276-6057
www.southbendswimclub.com