Weekly Announcements for Week of 12/26-1/1

Dear SBSC families, Practice Schedule Riley HS Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 10:00-11:30 AM G1 Elite Wednesday 9:30-11:30 AM Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,Thursday, and Friday 9:30-11:30 AM New Prairie HS Group 1 Monday and Tuesday 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM CST Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 11:00 AM -1:00 PM CST Practice Notes: NP Swimmers and parents should use door N18. Parents are welcome to stay to watch practice and masks are optional. Riley families please use door #22. This is the door on the north west corner of the building and faces Fellows Street. If you are planning on staying to watch practice there is a stairwell that is adjacent to this door and this will lead you to the seating area. Everyone choosing to stay to watch practice must be wearing a mask and social distance while in the seating gallery. New Prairie swimmers are welcome to attend their corresponding group's practice at Riley. Thank You!! On behalf of our entire coaching staff I wanted to say thank you to everyone who thought of us. We received generous gift cards, ornaments, cards/notes and lots of holiday snacks. These small gestures truly go a long way! DUNE Rumble in The Region Here are our results, our updated all time Top-10, and our current qualifiers page. Lifeguarding/Assisting with Group 1 and Group 2 The last several years we have had a 4 hour volunteer requirement for our Group 3 swimmers. We also still have several of the swimmers who took our lifeguarding class last fall not finish their 10 hours of volunteering. It helps the club considerably more to have those swimmers fulfill their commitment as opposed to billing those families for the class. The November lifeguarding and volunteer positions are now available for sign-up. USA Swimming Guidelines-MAAPP/Safe Sport USA Swimming issued a 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. Fall and Winter Meet Schedule/Dates of Meet/Location/Deadline to commit Below is our fall/winter meet schedule. The first date listed is the day(s) of the meet and second date is the deadline to commit. Swimmers wanting to compete will need to commit to those meets. The deadlines are based on deadlines that were set in previous years. They may change once the meet hosts posts the meet information. When committing to multiple day meets if the option to select the days you want is not available, leave a message in the available notes section of the specific 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. Intra-Squad/Oct. 5/Riley High School/Oct 4 WAR Monster Splash/Oct. 30/ Warsaw High School/Our Results NASA Sprint Meet/Nov. 6 & 7/Northridge High School/Our Results CON Skypoint/Nov. 12-14/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Our Results ELK Rudolph Romp/Dec. 3-5/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Our Results DUNE Rumble IN the Region/Dec. 18/Chesterton High School/Results IA TW Invite/Jan. 7-9/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Entry Sent CON IMX/Jan. 21-23/Concord High School/Entry Sent CON Last Chance/Feb. 25-27/Concord High School/Sunday Jan. 9 *IN Swim Divisionals/Mar. 4-6/TBD/Sunday Feb. 19 *IN Swim Age Group State/Mar. 11-13/Sunday Feb. 26 *IN Swim Senior State/Mar. 18-20/Sunday Mar. 5 As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. -- John VanDriessche Head Coach South Bend Swim Club South Bend Riley High School (574)276-6057 www.southbendswimclub.com #SBSCForLife

Weekly Announcements for Week of 12/19-12/25

Dear SBSC families, Practice Schedule Riley HS Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 10:00-11:30 AM G1 Elite Wednesday 9:30-11:30 AM Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 9:30-11:30 AM New Prairie HS Group 1 Wednesday, and Thursday 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM CST Group 2 Monday 6:15-7:45 PM CST, Wednesday, and Thursday 11:00 AM -1:00 PM CST Practice Notes: No practice at New Prairie on Tuesday due to a high school meet. No practice on Friday, Christmas Eve. NP Swimmers and parents should use door N18. Parents are welcome to stay to watch practice and masks are optional. Riley families please use door #22. This is the door on the north west corner of the building and faces Fellows Street. If you are planning on staying to watch practice there is a stairwell that is adjacent to this door and this will lead you to the seating area. Everyone choosing to stay to watch practice must be wearing a mask and social distance while in the seating gallery. New Prairie swimmers are welcome to attend their corresponding group's practice at Riley. DUNE Rumble in The Region We have not received the results file from yesterday's meet. I will include all the results in next week's email. CON IMX Meet/Concord High School/January 21-23 The deadline for committing to this meet is tonight, Sunday December 19. Here is the link to the meet letter for all info about the meet. This includes session start times and meet entry fees. Lifeguarding/Assisting with Group 1 and Group 2 The last several years we have had a 4 hour volunteer requirement for our Group 3 swimmers. We also still have several of the swimmers who took our lifeguarding class last fall not finish their 10 hours of volunteering. It helps the club considerably more to have those swimmers fulfill their commitment as opposed to billing those families for the class. The November lifeguarding and volunteer positions are now available for sign-up. USA Swimming Guidelines-MAAPP/Safe Sport USA Swimming issued a 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. Fall and Winter Meet Schedule/Dates of Meet/Location/Deadline to commit Below is our fall/winter meet schedule. The first date listed is the day(s) of the meet and second date is the deadline to commit. Swimmers wanting to compete will need to commit to those meets. The deadlines are based on deadlines that were set in previous years. They may change once the meet hosts posts the meet information. When committing to multiple day meets if the option to select the days you want is not available, leave a message in the available notes section of the specific 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. Intra-Squad/Oct. 5/Riley High School/ Oct 4 WAR Monster Splash/Oct. 30/ Warsaw High School/ Our Results NASA Sprint Meet/Nov. 6 & 7/Northridge High School/ Our Results CON Skypoint/Nov. 12-14/Elkhart Aquatic Center/ Our Results ELK Rudolph Romp/Dec. 3-5/Elkhart Aquatic Center/ Our Results DUNE Rumble IN the Region/Dec. 18/Chesterton High School/Results coming soon IA TW Invite/Jan. 7-9/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Entry Sent CON IMX/Jan. 21-23/Concord High School/ Tonight Sunday Dec. 19 CON Last Chance/Feb. 25-27/Concord High School/ Sunday Jan. 9 *IN Swim Divisionals/Mar. 4-6/TBD/ Sunday Feb. 19 *IN Swim Age Group State/Mar. 11-13/ Sunday Feb. 26 *IN Swim Senior State/Mar. 18-20/ Sunday Mar. 5 As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. -- John VanDriessche Head Coach South Bend Swim Club South Bend Riley High School (574)276-6057 www.southbendswimclub.com #SBSCForLife

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

Dear SBSC families, Practice Schedule Riley HS Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:30 G1 Elite Wednesday 5:30-7:30 Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 5:30-7:30, and Friday 5:00-6:30 New Prairie HS Group 1 Monday and Wednesday 6:15-7:45 CST Group 2 Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday 6:15-7:45 CST Practice Notes: No practice at New Prairie on Tuesday due to a high school meet. NP Swimmers and parents should use door N18. Parents are welcome to stay to watch practice and masks are optional. Riley families please use door #22. This is the door on the north west corner of the building and faces Fellows Street. If you are planning on staying to watch practice there is a stairwell that is adjacent to this door and this will lead you to the seating area. Everyone choosing to stay to watch practice must be wearing a mask and social distance while in the seating gallery. New Prairie swimmers are welcome to attend their corresponding group's practice at Riley. DUNE Rumble in The Region/Chesterton High School/12-18 Our entry is attached here and here is the meet letter. Per the meet letter there will be no spectators allowed. Heat sheets are available on the Meet Mobile app. The meet is also being livestreamed on YouTubeCoach Carol will be the coach on deck so if you are running late or will be unable to attend please send her a text, 574-292-0553. There are two warm-up time slots for each sessions. We have not been assigned a warm-up time yet, but in the past we have been assigned the later of the two. We will operate under that assumption. If we find out differently I will send out another email. Here are the pertinent times for this Saturday's meet. All times listed are local to Chesterton, they are in the CST time zone. These are changes from the origianl meet letter Session 1 Saturday Morning (8 & Unders/13 & Overs) Warm-ups 8:25-8:50 CST-our swimmers should be on deck by 8:15 CST Meet Starts 9:00 CST Session 2 Saturday Mid-day (11-12 year olds) Warm-ups 11:55-12:20 CST-our swimmers need to be on deck by 11:45 CST Meet starts 12:30 CST Session 3 Saturday Evening (9-10 year olds) Warm-ups 3:25-3:50 CST-our swimmers should be on deck by 3:15 CST Meet starts at 4:00 CST ELK Rudolph Romp Here are our results, our updated All-Time Top 10, and our current qualifiers page. Some of the info listed on the qualifiers page may not be accurate. Swims done at the Warsaw meet can not be used to qualify for championship meets. They did not have the requisite number of officials on deck for the times to be added to the USA Swimming database. They count for our purposes of tracking best times and can be used in regular season meet entries just not championship meets. Team Gear The team suits earned from the Swim-A-Thon are in. If your swimmers has not picked theirs up they can do so at practice this week. The spirit wear orders should be in soon as well. We also have some new silicone caps with our club logo. The cost of these caps are $12. If your swimmer would like one please email me and I will give them one at practice and bill your account or they can bring $12 in cash. Lifeguarding/Assisting with Group 1 and Group 2 The last several years we have had a 4 hour volunteer requirement for our Group 3 swimmers. We also still have several of the swimmers who took our lifeguarding class last fall not finish their 10 hours of volunteering. It helps the club considerably more to have those swimmers fulfill their commitment as opposed to billing those families for the class. The November lifeguarding and volunteer positions are now available for sign-up. USA Swimming Guidelines-MAAPP/Safe Sport USA Swimming issued a 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. Fall and Winter Meet Schedule/Dates of Meet/Location/Deadline to commit Below is our fall/winter meet schedule. The first date listed is the day(s) of the meet and second date is the deadline to commit. Swimmers wanting to compete will need to commit to those meets. The deadlines are based on deadlines that were set in previous years. They may change once the meet hosts posts the meet information. When committing to multiple day meets if the option to select the days you want is not available, leave a message in the available notes section of the specific 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. Intra-Squad/Oct. 5/Riley High School/Oct 4 WAR Monster Splash/Oct. 30/ Warsaw High School/Results NASA Sprint Meet/Nov. 6 & 7/Northridge High School/Results CON Skypoint/Nov. 12-14/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Results ELK Rudolph Romp/Dec. 3-5/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Results DUNE Rumble IN the Region/Dec. 18/Chesterton High School/Entry Sent IA TW Invite/Jan. 7-9/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Entry Sent CON IMX/Jan. 21-23/Concord High School/Sunday Dec. 19 CON Last Chance/Feb. 25-27/Concord High School/Sunday Jan. 9 *IN Swim Divisionals/Mar. 4-6/TBD/Sunday Feb. 19 *IN Swim Age Group State/Mar. 11-13/Sunday Feb. 26 *IN Swim Senior State/Mar. 18-20/Sunday Mar. 5 As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. -- John VanDriessche Head Coach South Bend Swim Club South Bend Riley High School (574)276-6057 www.southbendswimclub.com #SBSCForLife

Weekly Announcements for Week of 12/05-12/11

Dear SBSC families, Practice Schedule Riley HS Group 1 Monday and Thursday 6:00-7:30 G1 Elite Wednesday 5:30-7:30 Group 2 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 5:30-7:30, and Friday 5:00-6:30 New Prairie HS Group 1 Monday and Tuesday 6:15-7:45 CST Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 6:15-7:45 CST Practice Notes: No practice at Riley on Tuesday due to a high school meet. No practice at New Prairie on Wednesday due to coach availability. NP Swimmers and parents should use door N18. Parents are welcome to stay to watch practice and masks are optional. Riley families please use door #22. This is the door on the north west corner of the building and faces Fellows Street. If you are planning on staying to watch practice there is a stairwell that is adjacent to this door and this will lead you to the seating area. Everyone choosing to stay to watch practice must be wearing a mask and social distance while in the seating gallery. New Prairie swimmers are welcome to attend their corresponding group's practice at Riley. ELK Rudolph Romp/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Dec. 3rd-5th A very busy first two days with lots of fast swimming for SBSC. You can find the results from the first two days and today's heat sheets by clicking here. I will be the coach on deck so if you are running late or will not be able to make it please send me a text, 574-276-6057. Here is the reminder of today's pertinent times. Sunday (events #51-#98) Warm-ups 9:00-9:50-our athletes need to be on deck by 8:45 Meet Starts 10:00 Est. end time 1:45 Lifeguarding/Assisting with Group 1 and Group 2 The last several years we have had a 4 hour volunteer requirement for our Group 3 swimmers. We also still have several of the swimmers who took our lifeguarding class last fall not finish their 10 hours of volunteering. It helps the club considerably more to have those swimmers fulfill their commitment as opposed to billing those families for the class. The November lifeguarding and volunteer positions are now available for sign-up. USA Swimming Guidelines-MAAPP/Safe Sport USA Swimming issued a 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. The USA Swimming Safe Sport staff has been hosting Zoom training for parents, minor athletes and coaches to assist clubs in completing the Training and Education requirement of the Safe Sport Club Recognition program. All participants will need to register to attend training. SAFE SPORT TRAINING FOR PARENT Wed., December 1 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER SAFE SPORT TRAINING FOR ATHLETES (AGES 12-17) Thur., December 2 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER Fall and Winter Meet Schedule/Dates of Meet/Location/Deadline to commit Below is our fall/winter meet schedule. The first date listed is the day(s) of the meet and second date is the deadline to commit. Swimmers wanting to compete will need to commit to those meets. The deadlines are based on deadlines that were set in previous years. They may change once the meet hosts posts the meet information. When committing to multiple day meets if the option to select the days you want is not available, leave a message in the available notes section of the specific 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. Intra-Squad/Oct. 5/Riley High School/Oct 4 WAR Monster Splash/Oct. 30/ Warsaw High School/Results NASA Sprint Meet/Nov. 6 & 7/Northridge High School/Results CON Skypoint/Nov. 12-14/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Results ELK Rudolph Romp/Dec. 3-5/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Results coming soon DUNE Rumble IN the Region/Dec. 18/Chesterton High School/Entry Sent IA TW Invite/Jan. 7-9/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Entry Sent CON IMX/Jan. 21-23/Concord High School/Sunday Dec. 19 CON Last Chance/Feb. 25-27/Concord High School/Sunday Jan. 9 *IN Swim Divisionals/Mar. 4-6/TBD/Sunday Feb. 19 *IN Swim Age Group State/Mar. 11-13/Sunday Feb. 26 *IN Swim Senior State/Mar. 18-20/Sunday Mar. 5 As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. -- John VanDriessche Head Coach South Bend Swim Club South Bend Riley High School (574)276-6057 www.southbendswimclub.com #SBSCForLife

Weekly Announcements for Week of 11/28-12/04

Dear SBSC families, Practice Schedule Riley HS Group 1 Monday and Tuesday 6:00-7:30 G1 Elite Wednesday 5:30-7:30 Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 5:30-7:30 New Prairie HS Group 1 Monday and Tuesday 6:15-7:45 CST Group 2 Monday and Wednesday 6:15-7:45 CST Practice Notes: No practice at Riley or New Prairie on Thursday due to a high school meet. No practice on Friday due to ELK Rudolph Romp. No Group 2 at NP on Tuesday due to coach availability but all NP swimmers are welcome to attend their corresponding groups practice at Riley NP Swimmers and parents should use door N18. Parents are welcome to stay to watch practice and masks are optional. Riley families please use door #22. This is the door on the north west corner of the building and faces Fellows Street. If you are planning on staying to watch practice there is a stairwell that is adjacent to this door and this will lead you to the seating area. Everyone choosing to stay to watch practice must be wearing a mask and social distance while in the seating gallery. New Prairie swimmers are welcome to attend their corresponding group's practice at Riley Group 2 Swimmers Timing at Riley Vs. Clay Thursday 12/02 The last several years (not including last year due to Covid restrictions) we invite our Group 2 swimmers to help time at one of our high school meets. Swimmers should wear the their red team T-shirt from this season. They should arrive at Riley by 5:45. The team will provide pizza for all those that help out. There is a sign-up available on the our calendar page. You can find it in the same spot you commit for meets or sign-up for jobs. ELK Rudolph Romp/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Dec. 3rd-5th The meet had smaller than anticipated numbers so they will be making some changes. Friday's warm-up session will be pushed back and there will be only one session on Saturday and Sunday. ELK has set up a web-page for this meet. You can find volunteer information, parking info, link to the web-cast, and the meet letter. You can also see the psyche sheet and our entry. Our entry can be found by clicking here. Once you are on the page scroll down to entry report. Please check to see your athlete is entered in the correct age group. If you notice any errors please inform me as soon as possible. ELK is allowing teams to make corrections and updates through Monday morning. Coach Kelli (574-850-1336) will be the primary coach on deck on Friday and Saturday. I will be the coach on deck on Sunday. If you are running late or will be unable to make it please text the appropriate coach. Pertinent times for this weekend's meet are as follows; Friday (event #1-#4) Warm-ups 5:00-5:50-our athletes need to be on deck by 4:45 Meet Starts 6:00 Est. end time 7:00 Saturday (events #5-#50) Warm-ups 9:00-9:50-our athletes need to be on deck by 8:45 Meet Stats at 10:00 Est. end time 1:45 Sunday (events #51-#98) Warm-ups 9:00-9:50-our athletes need to be on deck by 8:45 Meet Starts 10:00 Est. end time 1:45 Lifeguarding/Assisting with Group 1 and Group 2 The last several years we have had a 4 hour volunteer requirement for our Group 3 swimmers. We also still have several of the swimmers who took our lifeguarding class last fall not finish their 10 hours of volunteering. It helps the club considerably more to have those swimmers fulfill their commitment as opposed to billing those families for the class. The November lifeguarding and volunteer positions are now available for sign-up. USA Swimming Guidelines-MAAPP/Safe Sport USA Swimming issued a 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. The USA Swimming Safe Sport staff has been hosting Zoom training for parents, minor athletes and coaches to assist clubs in completing the Training and Education requirement of the Safe Sport Club Recognition program. All participants will need to register to attend training. SAFE SPORT TRAINING FOR PARENT Wed., December 1 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER SAFE SPORT TRAINING FOR ATHLETES (AGES 12-17) Thur., December 2 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER Fall and Winter Meet Schedule/Dates of Meet/Location/Deadline to commit Below is our fall/winter meet schedule. The first date listed is the day(s) of the meet and second date is the deadline to commit. Swimmers wanting to compete will need to commit to those meets. The deadlines are based on deadlines that were set in previous years. They may change once the meet hosts posts the meet information. When committing to multiple day meets if the option to select the days you want is not available, leave a message in the available notes section of the specific 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. Intra-Squad/Oct. 5/Riley High School/Oct 4 WAR Monster Splash/Oct. 30/ Warsaw High School/Results NASA Sprint Meet/Nov. 6 & 7/Northridge High School/Results CON Skypoint/Nov. 12-14/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Results ELK Rudolph Romp/Dec. 3-5/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Results coming soon DUNE Rumble IN the Region/Dec. 18/Chesterton High School/Entry Sent IA TW Invite/Jan. 7-9/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Entry Sent CON IMX/Jan. 21-23/Concord High School/Sunday Dec. 19 CON Last Chance/Feb. 25-27/Concord High School/Sunday Jan. 9 *IN Swim Divisionals/Mar. 4-6/TBD/Sunday Feb. 19 *IN Swim Age Group State/Mar. 11-13/Sunday Feb. 26 *IN Swim Senior State/Mar. 18-20/Sunday Mar. 5 As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. -- John VanDriessche Head Coach South Bend Swim Club South Bend Riley High School (574)276-6057 www.southbendswimclub.com #SBSCForLife

Weekly Announcements for Week of 11/21-11/27

Dear SBSC families, Practice Schedule Riley HS Group 1 Monday and Wednesday 6:00-7:30 G1 Elite Friday 9:30-11:30 AM Group 2 Monday, Wednesday, 5:30-7:30, and Friday 9:30-11:30 AM New Prairie HS Group 1 Monday 6:15-7:45 CST and Wednesday 11:00-12:30 CST Group 2 Monday 6:15-7:45 CST and Wednesday 11:00-12:30 CST Practice Notes: No practice at Riley or New Prairie on Tuesday due to a high school meet. No practice on Thursday due to the Thanksgiving holiday. NP Swimmers and parents should use door N18. Parents are welcome to stay to watch practice and masks are optional. Riley families please use door #22. This is the door on the north west corner of the building and faces Fellows Street. If you are planning on staying to watch practice there is a stairwell that is adjacent to this door and this will lead you to the seating area. Everyone choosing to stay to watch practice must be wearing a mask and social distance while in the seating gallery. New Prairie swimmers are welcome to attend their corresponding group's practice at Riley Upcoming Meet Deadlines We have received information for the IA meet in January. I anticipate this will be a meet with a lot of interest. They are accepting entries starting on Monday so we need to move our deadline for this meet to tonight. In year's past we have had a large number of our Group 3 swimmers attend this meet. Unless there is an athlete who truly wants to be in this meet I am recommending against participation. It seemed to me it took a lot out of our athletes especially those who have regular morning practices with their high school teams. It is my opinion it would be better for the vast majority of our Group 3 swimmers to sit this meet out. If your Group 3 athlete would like to attend please reach out to me so we can discuss it. Tonight is also the deadline for committing to the Dune Rumble in the Region meet being held at Chesterton Middle School. Lifeguarding/Assisting with Group 1 and Group 2 The last several years we have had a 4 hour volunteer requirement for our Group 3 swimmers. We also still have several of the swimmers who took our lifeguarding class last fall not finish their 10 hours of volunteering. It helps the club considerably more to have those swimmers fulfill their commitment as opposed to billing those families for the class. The November lifeguarding and volunteer positions are now available for sign-up. USA Swimming Guidelines-MAAPP/Safe Sport USA Swimming issued a 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. The USA Swimming Safe Sport staff has been hosting Zoom training for parents, minor athletes and coaches to assist clubs in completing the Training and Education requirement of the Safe Sport Club Recognition program. All participants will need to register to attend training. SAFE SPORT TRAINING FOR PARENT Wed., December 1 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER SAFE SPORT TRAINING FOR ATHLETES (AGES 12-17) Thur., December 2 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER Fall and Winter Meet Schedule/Dates of Meet/Location/Deadline to commit Below is our spring/summer meet schedule. The first date listed is the day(s) of the meet and second date is the deadline to commit. Swimmers wanting to compete will need to commit to those meets. The deadlines are based on deadlines that were set in previous years. They may change once the meet hosts posts the meet information. When committing to multiple day meets if the option to select the days you want is not available, leave a message in the available notes section of the specific 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. Intra-Squad/Oct. 5/Riley High School/Oct 4 WAR Monster Splash/Oct. 30/ Warsaw High School/Results NASA Sprint Meet/Nov. 6 & 7/Northridge High School/Results CON Skypoint/Nov. 12-14/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Results ELK Rudolph Romp/ Dec. 10-12/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Entry Sent DUNE Rumble IN the Region/Dec. 18/Chesterton High School/Tonight Sunday Nov. 21 IA TW Invite/Jan. 7-9/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Tonight Sunday Nov. 21 CON IMX/Jan. 21-23/Concord High School/Sunday Dec. 19 CON Last Chance/Feb. 25-27/Concord High School/Sunday Jan. 9 *IN Swim Divisionals/Mar. 4-6/TBD/Sunday Feb. 19 *IN Swim Age Group State/Mar. 11-13/Sunday Feb. 26 *IN Swim Senior State/Mar. 18-20/Sunday Mar. 5 As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. -- John VanDriessche Head Coach South Bend Swim Club South Bend Riley High School (574)276-6057 www.southbendswimclub.com #SBSCForLife

Weekly Announcements for Week of 11/14-11/20

Dear SBSC families, Practice Schedule Riley HS Group 1 Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00-7:30 G1 Elite Monday 5:30-7:30 Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 5:30-7:30, and Friday 5:00-6:30 New Prairie HS Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:15-7:45 CST Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 6:15-7:45 CST Practice Notes: No practice at Riley on Thursday due to a high school meet. No Group 2 practice at NPHS on Thursday due to coach availability. NP Swimmers and parents should use door N18. Parents are welcome to stay to watch practice and masks are optional. Riley families please use door #22. This is the door on the north west corner of the building and faces Fellows Street. If you are planning on staying to watch practice there is a stairwell that is adjacent to this door and this will lead you to the seating area. Everyone choosing to stay to watch practice must be wearing a mask and social distance while in the seating gallery. CON Skypoint Meet 5 sessions complete with 3 left to to today. You can follow the action on Elkhart Aquatics YouTube page and on the Meet Mobile app. Here is a reminder of the times for today's sessions Sunday Session 6 (13 and over prelims) Warm-ups 7:30-8:20-our athletes need to be on deck by 7:15 Meet Starts 8:30 Session 7 (11-12 prelims + 10 and under timed finals) Warm-ups 11:30-12:05-our athletes need to be on deck by 11:15 Meet Starts 12:15 Session 8 (11 and over finals) Warm-ups 5:00-5:40-our athletes need to be on deck by 4:45 Meet Starts 5:45 Lifeguarding/Assisting with Group 1 and Group 2 The last several years we have had a 4 hour volunteer requirement for our Group 3 swimmers. We also still have several of the swimmers who took our lifeguarding class last fall not finish their 10 hours of volunteering. It helps the club considerably more to have those swimmers fulfill their commitment as opposed to billing those families for the class. The November lifeguarding and volunteer positions are now available for sign-up. USA Swimming Guidelines-MAAPP/Safe Sport USA Swimming issued a 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. The USA Swimming Safe Sport staff has been hosting Zoom training for parents, minor athletes and coaches to assist clubs in completing the Training and Education requirement of the Safe Sport Club Recognition program. All participants will need to register to attend training. SAFE SPORT TRAINING FOR PARENT Wed., December 1 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER SAFE SPORT TRAINING FOR ATHLETES (AGES 12-17) Thur., December 2 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER Fall and Winter Meet Schedule/Dates of Meet/Location/Deadline to commit Below is our spring/summer meet schedule. The first date listed is the day(s) of the meet and second date is the deadline to commit. Swimmers wanting to compete will need to commit to those meets. The deadlines are based on deadlines that were set in previous years. They may change once the meet hosts posts the meet information. When committing to multiple day meets if the option to select the days you want is not available, leave a message in the available notes section of the specific 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. Intra-Squad/Oct. 5/Riley High School/Oct 4 WAR Monster Splash/Oct. 30/ Warsaw High School/Results coming soon NASA Sprint Meet/Nov. 6 & 7/Northridge High School/Results CON Skypoint/Nov. 12-14/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Results coming soon ELK Rudolph Romp/ Dec. 10-12/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Tonight Sunday Nov. 14 DUNE Rumble IN the Region/Dec. 18/Chesterton High School/Next Sunday Nov. 21 IA TW Invite/Jan. 7-9/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Sunday Nov. 28 CON IMX/Jan. 21-23/Concord High School/Sunday Dec. 19 CON Last Chance/Feb. 25-27/Concord High School/Sunday Jan. 8 *IN Swim Divisionals/Mar. 4-6/TBD/Sunday Feb. 19 *IN Swim Age Group State/Mar. 11-13/Sunday Feb. 26 *IN Swim Senior State/Mar. 18-20/Sunday Mar. 5 As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. -- John VanDriessche Head Coach South Bend Swim Club South Bend Riley High School (574)276-6057 www.southbendswimclub.com #SBSCForLife

Weekly Announcements for Week of 11/7-11/13

Dear SBSC families, Practice Schedule Riley HS Group 1 Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00-7:30 G1 Elite Monday 5:30-7:30 Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, 5:30-7:30 Group 3 Next scheduled practice after high school season New Prairie HS Group 1 Tuesday 6:15-7:45 CST Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 6:15-7:45 CST Group 3 Next scheduled practice after high school season Practice Notes: No practice at Riley on Thursday due to a high school meet and no practice on Friday due to CON Skypoint Meet. New Prairie practices will be practicing later in the evening due to the high school team's numbers requiring separate practices for the girls and boys teams. We are also experiencing a shortage of coach availability. This week we will only offer one Group 1 practice at NP. But, we do allow all of our NP site athletes to practice at Riley whenever they would like. If you NP families are bringing their athlete to Riley please walk them into the building to make sure we put them with the appropriate group/coach. NP Group 1 swimmers and parents continue to use door N17. NP Group 2 and 3 swimmers and parents should use door N18. Parents are welcome to stay to watch practice and masks are optional. Riley families please use door #22. This is the door on the north west corner of the building and faces Fellows Street. If you are planning on staying to watch practice there is a stairwell that is adjacent to this door and this will lead you to the seating area. Everyone choosing to stay to watch practice must be wearing a mask and social distance while in the seating gallery. CON Skypoint Meet Here are the pertinent times for this weekends meet. I will be the primary coach for this meet please text or call if you will be running late or unable to make it. 574-276-6057 Friday Session 1 (1650 freestyle) Warmups 2:15-2:55-our athletes need to be on deck by 2:00 Meet Starts 3:00 Session 2 (Events #3-#14) Warm-ups 4:15-5:15-our athletes need to be on deck by 4:00 Meet Starts 5:30 Saturday Session 3 (13 and over prelims) Warm-ups 7:30-8:20-our athletes need to be on deck by 7:15 Meet Starts 8:30 Session 4 (11-12 prelims + 10 and under timed finals) Warm-ups 11:30-12:05-our athletes need to be on deck by 11:15 Meet Starts 12:15 Session 5 (11 and over finals) Warm-ups 5:00-5:40-our athletes need to be on deck by 4:45 Meet Starts 5:45 Sunday Session 6 (13 and over prelims) Warm-ups 7:30-8:20-our athletes need to be on deck by 7:15 Meet Starts 8:30 Session 7 (11-12 prelims + 10 and under timed finals) Warm-ups 11:30-12:05-our athletes need to be on deck by 11:15 Meet Starts 12:15 Session 8 (11 and over finals) Warm-ups 5:00-5:40-our athletes need to be on deck by 4:45 Meet Starts 5:45 NASA Sprint Meet Good first day for the club. Results will be posted as soon as they are received. Spirit Wear-Orders due 11/12 The spirit wear order form is attached. All forms need to be returned to me by this Friday, November 12. Lifeguarding/Assisting with Group 1 and Group 2 The last several years we have had a 4 hour volunteer requirement for our Group 3 swimmers. We also still have several of the swimmers who took our lifeguarding class last fall not finish their 10 hours of volunteering. It helps the club considerably more to have those swimmers fulfill their commitment as opposed to billing those families for the class. The November lifeguarding and volunteer positions are now available for sign-up. USA Swimming Guidelines-MAAPP/Safe Sport USA Swimming issued a 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. The USA Swimming Safe Sport staff has been hosting Zoom training for parents, minor athletes and coaches to assist clubs in completing the Training and Education requirement of the Safe Sport Club Recognition program. All participants will need to register to attend training. SAFE SPORT TRAINING FOR PARENT Wed., December 1 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER SAFE SPORT TRAINING FOR ATHLETES (AGES 12-17) Thur., December 2 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER Fall and Winter Meet Schedule/Dates of Meet/Location/Deadline to commit Below is our spring/summer meet schedule. The first date listed is the day(s) of the meet and second date is the deadline to commit. Swimmers wanting to compete will need to commit to those meets. The deadlines are based on deadlines that were set in previous years. They may change once the meet hosts posts the meet information. When committing to multiple day meets if the option to select the days you want is not available, leave a message in the available notes section of the specific 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. Intra-Squad/Oct. 5/Riley High School/Oct 4 WAR Monster Splash/Oct. 30/ Warsaw High School/Results coming soon NASA Sprint Meet/Nov. 6 & 7/Northridge High School/Results coming soon CON Skypoint/Nov. 12-14/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Entry sent ELK Rudolph Romp/ Dec. 10-12/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Next Sunday Nov. 7 DUNE Rumble IN the Region/Dec. 18/Chesterton High School/Sunday Nov. 21 IA TW Invite/Jan. 7-9/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Sunday Nov. 28 CON IMX/Jan. 21-23/Concord High School/Sunday Dec. 19 CON Last Chance/Feb. 25-27/Concord High School/Sunday Jan. 8 *IN Swim Divisionals/Mar. 4-6/TBD/Sunday Feb. 19 *IN Swim Age Group State/Mar. 11-13/Sunday Feb. 26 *IN Swim Senior State/Mar. 18-20/Sunday Mar. 5 As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. -- John VanDriessche Head Coach South Bend Swim Club South Bend Riley High School (574)276-6057 www.southbendswimclub.com #SBSCForLife

Weekly Announcements for Week of 10/24-10/30

Dear SBSC families, Practice Schedule Riley HS Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:15 G1 Elite Wednesday 5:30-7:30 Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 5:30-7:30, and Friday 5:00-6:30 Group 3 AM Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 5:30-6:45 AM Group 3 PM Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 3:45-6:15 PM, and Friday 3:45-5:15 PM New Prairie HS Group 1 Monday and Tuesday 6:00-7:15 CST Group 2 Monday & Tuesday 4:30-6:15 CST, Wednesday & Thursday 4:30-6:30 CST Group 3 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 4:30-7:00 CST Practice Notes: NP Group 1 swimmers and parents continue to use door N17. NP Group 2 and 3 swimmers and parents should use door N18. Parents are welcome to stay to watch practice and masks are optional. Riley families please use door #22. This is the door on the north west corner of the building and faces Fellows Street. If you are planning on staying to watch practice there is a stairwell that is adjacent to this door and this will lead you to the seating area. Everyone choosing to stay to watch practice must be wearing a mask and social distance while in the seating gallery. Swim A Thon Thank you to everyone who contributed to this year's Swim-A-Thon. This is the 8th time we have done this fundraiser and this year was our most successful. The last day to turn in any donations is Saturday Oct. 30. WAR Monster Splash 10/30 The meet information has been posted and can be found on our website. I was in contact with their head coach last week and he was unable to provide any information on warm-up or meet start times. The meet info posted said teams would be informed of times on 10/26. As soon as I have info I will send it out. Spirit Wear-Orders due 11/12 The spirit wear order forms are in and they are attached. All forms need to be returned to me by November 12. We have been told there are limited supplies nation wide and any delay in placing our orders could result in some of these products not being available. Go Swim Education Plan I apologize for the lack of communication on this new program for us. I have sent multiple inquires to this company with no reply. Obviously, we will not be committing any type of financial resources from our club until we are able to speak to someone from GoSwim. Hopefully we will have some information soon. Lifeguarding/Assisting with Group 1 and Group 2 The last several years we have had a 4 hour volunteer requirement for our Group 3 swimmers. We also still have several of the swimmers who took our lifeguarding class last fall not finish their 10 hours of volunteering. It helps the club considerably more to have those swimmers fulfill their commitment as opposed to billing those families for the class. The October lifeguarding and volunteer positions are now available for sign-up. USA Swimming Guidelines-MAAPP/Safe Sport USA Swimming issued a 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. The USA Swimming Safe Sport staff has been hosting Zoom training for parents, minor athletes and coaches to assist clubs in completing the Training and Education requirement of the Safe Sport Club Recognition program. All participants will need to register to attend training. SAFE SPORT TRAINING FOR PARENT Wed., November 3 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER Wed., December 1 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER SAFE SPORT TRAINING FOR ATHLETES (AGES 12-17) Thur., November 4 at 8:00 p.m. ET| REGISTER Thur., December 2 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER Fall and Winter Meet Schedule/Dates of Meet/Location/Deadline to commit Below is our spring/summer meet schedule. The first date listed is the day(s) of the meet and second date is the deadline to commit. Swimmers wanting to compete will need to commit to those meets. The deadlines are based on deadlines that were set in previous years. They may change once the meet hosts posts the meet information. When committing to multiple day meets if the option to select the days you want is not available, leave a message in the available notes section of the specific 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. Intra-Squad/Oct. 5/Riley High School/Oct 4 WAR Monster Splash/Oct. 30/ Warsaw High School/Enty sent NASA Sprint Meet/Nov. 6 & 7/Northridge High School/Entry sent CON Skypoint/Nov. 12-14/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Entry sent ELK Rudolph Romp/ Dec. 10-12/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Sunday Nov. 7 DUNE Rumble IN the Region/Dec. 18/Chesterton High School/Sunday Nov. 21 IA TW Invite/Jan. 7-9/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Sunday Nov. 28 CON IMX/Jan. 21-23/Concord High School/Sunday Dec. 19 CON Last Chance/Feb. 25-27/Concord High School/Sunday Jan. 8 *IN Swim Divisionals/Mar. 4-6/TBD/Sunday Feb. 19 *IN Swim Age Group State/Mar. 11-13/Sunday Feb. 26 *IN Swim Senior State/Mar. 18-20/Sunday Mar. 5 As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. -- John VanDriessche Head Coach South Bend Swim Club South Bend Riley High School (574)276-6057 www.southbendswimclub.com #SBSCForLife

Weekly Announcements for Week of 10/17-10/23

Dear SBSC families, Practice Schedule Riley HS Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:15 G1 Elite Wednesday 5:30-7:30 Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 5:30-7:30, and Friday 5:00-6:30 Group 3 AM Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 5:30-6:45 AM Group 3 PM Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 3:45-6:15 PM, and Friday 3:45-5:15 PM New Prairie HS Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:15 CST Group 2 Monday 4:30-6:30 CST, Tuesday 4:30-6:15 CST, Wednesday 4:30-6:30 CST, and Thursday 4:30-6:15 CST Group 3 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 4:30-7:00 CST Practice Notes: NP Group 1 swimmers and parents continue to use door N17. NP Group 2 and 3 swimmers and parents should use door N18. Parents are welcome to stay to watch practice and masks are optional. Riley families please use door #22. This is the door on the north west corner of the building and faces Fellows Street. If you are planning on staying to watch practice there is a stairwell that is adjacent to this door and this will lead you to the seating area. Everyone choosing to stay to watch practice must be wearing a mask and social distance while in the seating gallery. Swim A Thon Saturday 10/23 RHS I made a mistake when I created the job sign-ups for this event. The parents who signed up to count laps from two seasons ago were still listed. The only way for me to clear those spots was to create a new jobs section and it required me to delete all the sign-ups. If you previously signed up to count laps please log back into your account and sign back up again. I do apologize for the error. There will be coffee/water and donuts for all of our counters. If you have any special requests please let me know. The expectation is all swimmers, regardless of the amount of money raised, will participate on Saturday. Swimmers should report on deck by 7:45 and we will begin promptly at 8:00. The event will end at 10:00 AM or 200 laps, whichever comes first. Group 1 swimmers will alternate between 10 minutes of swimming and 10 minutes of games and relays. Thank you to everyone who received donations this week. We are now close to 95% of our goal amount. I am incredibly grateful for those who have raised money for our club. I believe this is the closest we've been to our goal prior to the actual event. The last day to turn in donations is Saturday Oct. 30 While being so close to our goal is obviously very good news, a closer look reveals it could be so much better. We have 126 swimmers on the team. Only 42 have raised money, 1/3 of our total membership. Of those, only 29 have reached the $75 minimum, and 22 have reached the $150 amount to earn a team suit. As of today I will be billing more than well over half our families to meet their fundraising requirement. Many may not think this is a big deal because the club will ultimately still raise money. To me it is disappointing. I honestly feel like we ask very little of our parent group. This is our only fundraiser we do and have not done it since the fall of 2019. I always hope for more buy in with what we are trying to do with your children. We offer a quality product for a very reasonable price. We have been fortunate to have a very dedicated group of assistant coaches who do what they do for very little compensation. I am hoping after this fundraiser we can pay them closer to what they deserve. Please help show your appreciation by taking part. WAR Monster Splash 10/30 The meet information has been posted and can be found on our website. Our entry has been sent. According to the meet letter they will be announcing the meet start times on 10/26. My assumption is they are waiting to see how many swimmers are entered into the meet before deciding if it will a one session or two session meet. My best guess is that it will be a one session meet and most likely be in the morning. When the information is made available I will share immediately with our membership and post to our website NASA Sprint Meet & CON Skypoint Invite The deadlines for each of these meet is tonight, Sunday Oct. 17. The meet information for both meets can be found on our website. Lifeguarding/Assisting with Group 1 and Group 2 The last several years we have had a 4 hour volunteer requirement for our Group 3 swimmers. We also still have several of the swimmers who took our lifeguarding class last fall not finish their 10 hours of volunteering. It helps the club considerably more to have those swimmers fulfill their commitment as opposed to billing those families for the class. The October lifeguarding and volunteer positions are now available for sign-up. USA Swimming Guidelines-MAAPP/Safe Sport USA Swimming issued a 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. The USA Swimming Safe Sport staff has been hosting Zoom training for parents, minor athletes and coaches to assist clubs in completing the Training and Education requirement of the Safe Sport Club Recognition program. All participants will need to register to attend training. SAFE SPORT TRAINING FOR PARENT Wed., October 20 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER Wed., November 3 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER Wed., December 1 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER SAFE SPORT TRAINING FOR ATHLETES (AGES 12-17) Thur., October 21 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER Thur., November 4 at 8:00 p.m. ET| REGISTER Thur., December 2 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER Fall and Winter Meet Schedule/Dates of Meet/Location/Deadline to commit Below is our spring/summer meet schedule. The first date listed is the day(s) of the meet and second date is the deadline to commit. Swimmers wanting to compete will need to commit to those meets. The deadlines are based on deadlines that were set in previous years. They may change once the meet hosts posts the meet information. When committing to multiple day meets if the option to select the days you want is not available, leave a message in the available notes section of the specific 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. Intra-Squad/Oct. 5/Riley High School/Oct 4 WAR Monster Splash/Oct. 30/ Warsaw High School/Enty sent NASA Sprint Meet/Nov. 6 & 7/Northridge High School/tonight Sunday Oct. 17 CON Skypoint/Nov. 12-14/Elkhart Aquatic Center/tonight Sunday Oct. 17 ELK Rudolph Romp/ Dec. 10-12/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Sunday Nov. 7 DUNE Rumble IN the Region/Dec. 18/Chesterton High School/Sunday Nov. 21 IA TW Invite/Jan. 7-9/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Sunday Nov. 28 CON IMX/Jan. 21-23/Concord High School/Sunday Dec. 19 CON Last Chance/Feb. 25-27/Concord High School/Sunday Jan. 8 *IN Swim Divisionals/Mar. 4-6/TBD/Sunday Feb. 19 *IN Swim Age Group State/Mar. 11-13/Sunday Feb. 26 *IN Swim Senior State/Mar. 18-20/Sunday Mar. 5 As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. -- John VanDriessche Head Coach South Bend Swim Club South Bend Riley High School (574)276-6057 www.southbendswimclub.com #SBSCForLife

Weekly Announcements for Week of 10/10-10/16

Dear SBSC families, Practice Schedule Riley HS Group 1 Monday and Tuesday 6:00-7:15 G1 Elite Wednesday 5:30-7:30 Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 5:30-7:30 Group 3 AM Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 5:30-6:45 AM Group 3 PM Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 3:45-6:15 PM New Prairie HS Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:15 CST Group 2 Monday 4:30-6:30 CST, Tuesday 4:30-6:15 CST, Wednesday 4:30-6:30 CST, and Thursday 4:30-6:15 CST Group 3 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 4:30-7:00 CST Practice Notes: The changes in the practice schedule this week at Riley are due to some routine maintenance on the pool filters. NP Group 2 practices end times are being varied to accommodate pool space for Group 1. NP Group 1 swimmers and parents continue to use door N17. NP Group 2 and 3 swimmers and parents should use door N18. Parents are welcome to stay to watch practice and masks are optional. Riley families please use door #22. For our new families this is the door on the north west corner of the building and faces Fellows Street. If you are planning on staying to watch practice there is a stairwell that is adjacent to this door and this will lead you to the seating area. Everyone choosing to stay to watch practice must be wearing a mask and social distance while in the seating gallery. Intra-Sqaud Meet Thank you to everyone who helped make this night a great experience for our swimmers and their families. I have had a couple of different parents ask about their swimmers times. We do keep the timer sheets and if anyone is interested I will leave them on the desk in the pool office for you to view. Swim A Thon Thank you to everyone who received donations this week. We are now over 80% of way to our goal. The number of swimmers that have received donations has reached 34. That means we have over 90 swimmers who have yet to participate in our ONLY fundraiser. We need your help!!! This year we are requiring all families to raise at least $75. This is a per family requirement, not per swimmer. If a family does not meet that threshold they will be billed the difference. Every swimmer who reaches a $150 will receive an embroidered team suit from Just Add H2O. WAR Monster Splash 10/30 The meet information has been posted and can be found on our website. The deadline to commit to this meet is tonight Sunday, October 10. I will be sending the entry sometime tomorrow. According to the meet letter they will be announcing the meet start times on 10/26. My assumption is they are waiting to see how many swimmers are entered into the meet before deciding if it will a one session or two session meet. My best guess is that it will be a one session meet and most likely be in the morning. This is a great meet for our less experienced swimmers. Especially our Group 1 athletes. They are offering 25 yard events for the 8 and unders and 50's for the 9-10 year olds. NASA Sprint Meet & CON Skypoint Invite The deadlines for each of these meet is one week from today, Sunday Oct. 17. The meet information for the NASA meet can be found on our website. CON has not made their information available yet but has asked teams for preliminary numbers. Lifeguarding/Assisting with Group 1 and Group 2 The last several years we have had a 4 hour volunteer requirement for our Group 3 swimmers. We also still have several of the swimmers who took our lifeguarding class last fall not finish their 10 hours of volunteering. It helps the club considerably more to have those swimmers fulfill their commitment as opposed to billing those families for the class. The October lifeguarding and volunteer positions are now available for sign-up. USA Swimming Guidelines-MAAPP/Safe Sport USA Swimming issued a 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. The USA Swimming Safe Sport staff has been hosting Zoom training for parents, minor athletes and coaches to assist clubs in completing the Training and Education requirement of the Safe Sport Club Recognition program. All participants will need to register to attend training. SAFE SPORT TRAINING FOR PARENT Wed., October 20 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER Wed., November 3 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER Wed., December 1 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER SAFE SPORT TRAINING FOR ATHLETES (AGES 12-17) Thur., October 21 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER Thur., November 4 at 8:00 p.m. ET| REGISTER Thur., December 2 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER Fall and Winter Meet Schedule/Dates of Meet/Location/Deadline to commit Below is our spring/summer meet schedule. The first date listed is the day(s) of the meet and second date is the deadline to commit. Swimmers wanting to compete will need to commit to those meets. The deadlines are based on deadlines that were set in previous years. They may change once the meet hosts posts the meet information. When committing to multiple day meets if the option to select the days you want is not available, leave a message in the available notes section of the specific 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. Intra-Squad/Oct. 5/Riley High School/Oct 4 WAR Monster Splash/Oct. 30/ Warsaw High School/tonight Sunday Oct. 10 NASA Sprint Meet/Nov. 6 & 7/Northridge High School/next Sunday Oct. 17 CON Skypoint/Nov. 12-14/Elkhart Aquatic Center/next Sunday Oct. 17 ELK Rudolph Romp/ Dec. 10-12/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Sunday Nov. 7 DUNE Rumble IN the Region/Dec. 18/Chesterton High School/Sunday Nov. 21 IA TW Invite/Jan. 7-9/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Sunday Nov. 28 CON IMX/Jan. 21-23/Concord High School/Sunday Dec. 19 CON Last Chance/Feb. 25-27/Concord High School/Sunday Jan. 8 *IN Swim Divisionals/Mar. 4-6/TBD/Sunday Feb. 19 *IN Swim Age Group State/Mar. 11-13/Sunday Feb. 26 *IN Swim Senior State/Mar. 18-20/Sunday Mar. 5 As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. -- John VanDriessche Head Coach South Bend Swim Club South Bend Riley High School (574)276-6057 www.southbendswimclub.com #SBSCForLife

Weekly Announcements for Week of 10/3-10/9

Dear SBSC families, Practice Schedule Riley HS Group 1 Thursday 6:00-7:15 G1 Elite Wednesday 5:30-7:15 Group 2 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 5:30-7:15, and Friday 5:00-6:30 Group 3 AM Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 5:30-6:45 AM Group 3 PM Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 3:45-6:15, and Friday 5:00-6:30 New Prairie HS Group 1 Monday 6:00-7:15 CST Group 2 Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday 4:30-6:15 CST Group 3 Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday 4:30-7:00 CST Practice Notes: NP Group 1 swimmers and parents continue to use door N17. NP Group 2 and 3 swimmers and parents should use door N18. Parents are welcome to stay to watch practice and masks are optional. Riley families please use door #22. For our new families this is the door on the north west corner of the building and faces Fellows Street. If you are planning on staying to watch practice there is a stairwell that is adjacent to this door and this will lead you to the seating area. Everyone choosing to stay to watch practice must be wearing a mask and social distance while in the seating gallery. Intra-Sqaud Meet Tuesday Oct. 5 Riley High School The job sign-up function is now active and you can register for any of the available jobs. There are only 9 families that have signed up to help. We will not be able to run an effective meet without your help. Please sign up today! We would like all swimmers to be on deck by 5:45 EST. We are going to push our start time of the meet to 6:15 EST. Hopefully this will make it a little easier on our NP families and still be able to be out of the building at a decent time. All of our swimmers are assumed to be swimming at this meet. If your swimmer will be unable to make the meet you will need to decline attendance with the "Edit Commitment" button on our website or by using the OnDeck app. The meet will last approximately 60-75 minutes followed by a team pizza dinner/potluck in the RHS cafeteria. The club will provide the pizzas and drinks. We are asking families to bring their favorite dish to share. Families A-M bring their favorite side dish and families N-Z bring their favorite dessert. If you are making the dessert please list ingredients on a note card to be displayed with your dish. Swim A Thon Thank you to everyone who received donations this week. We are now over 60% of way to our goal. We have over 100 swimmers on the club and only 24 have been able to secrue donations. I am sure by anyone's assesment this would be considered less then ideal. This year we are requiring all families to raise at least $75. This is a per family requirement, not per swimmer. If a family does not meet that threshold they will be billed the difference. Every swimmer who reaches a $150 will receive an embroidered team suit from Just Add H2O. Our team goal is to raise $10,000. This is our only fundraising event of the entire year. We need everyone's help! WAR Monster Splach 10/30 The meet information has yet to be posted on the Indiana Swimming website. I have sent an email to the Warsaw head coach and hopefull we will have information soon. The deadline to commit to this meet has been pushed to next Sunday, October 10. Lifeguarding/Assisting with Group 1 and Group 2 The last several years we have had a 4 hour volunteer requirement for our Group 3 swimmers. We also still have several of the swimmers who took our lifeguarding class last fall not finish their 10 hours of volunteering. It helps the club considerably more to have those swimmers fulfill their commitment as opposed to billing those families for the class. The October lifeguarding and volunteer postions are now available for sign-up. USA Swimming Guidelines-MAAPP/Safe Sport USA Swimming issued a 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. The USA Swimming Safe Sport staff has been hosting Zoom training for parents, minor athletes and coaches to assist clubs in completing the Training and Education requirement of the Safe Sport Club Recognition program. All participants will need to register to attend training. SAFE SPORT TRAINING FOR PARENT Wed., October 20 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER Wed., November 3 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER Wed., December 1 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER SAFE SPORT TRAINING FOR ATHLETES (AGES 12-17 Thur., October 21 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER Thur., November 4 at 8:00 p.m. ET| REGISTER Thur., December 2 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER Fall and Winter Meet Schedule/Dates of Meet/Location/Deadline to commit Below is our spring/summer meet schedule. The first date listed is the day(s) of the meet and second date is the deadline to commit. Swimmers wanting to compete will need to commit to those meets. The deadlines are based on deadlines that were set in previous years. They may change once the meet hosts posts the meet information. When committing to multiple day meets if the option to select the days you want is not available, leave a message in the available notes section of the specific 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. Intra-Squad/Oct. 5/Riley High School/Oct 4 WAR Monster Splash/Oct. 30/ Warsaw High School/Sunday Oct. 10 NASA Sprint Meet/Nov. 6 & 7/Northridge High School/Sunday Oct. 17 CON Skypoint/Nov. 12-14/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Sunday Oct. 17 ELK Rudolph Romp/ Dec. 10-12/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Sunday Nov. 7 DUNE Rumble IN the Region/Dec. 18/Chesterton High School/Sunday Nov. 21 IA TW Invite/Jan. 7-9/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Sunday Nov. 28 CON IMX/Jan. 21-23/Concord High School/Sunday Dec. 19 CON Last Chance/Feb. 25-27/Concord High School/Sunday Jan. 8 *IN Swim Divisionals/Mar. 4-6/TBD/Sunday Feb. 19 *IN Swim Age Group State/Mar. 11-13/Sunday Feb. 26 *IN Swim Senior State/Mar. 18-20/Sunday Mar. 5 As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. -- John VanDriessche Head Coach South Bend Swim Club South Bend Riley High School (574)276-6057 www.southbendswimclub.com #SBSCForLife

Weekly Announcements for Week of 9/18-9/25

Dear SBSC families, Practice Schedule Riley HS Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:00 G1 Elite Wednesday 5:30-7:15 Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 5:30-7:15, and Friday 5:00-6:30 Group 3 AM Tuesday and Thursday 5:30-6:45 AM Group 3 PM Monday Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 3:45-5:45, and Friday 3:45-5:15 New Prairie HS Group 1 Monday and Thursday 6:00-7:00 CST Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 4:30-6:15 CST Group 3 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 4:30-6:30 CST Practice Notes: NP Group 1 swimmers and parents continue to use door N17. NP Group 2 and 3 swimmers and parents should use door N18. Parents are welcome to stay to watch practice and masks are optional. Riley families please use door #22. For our new families this is the door on the north west corner of the building and faces Fellows Street. If you are planning on staying to watch practice there is a stairwell that is adjacent to this door and this will lead you to the seating area. Everyone choosing to stay to watch practice must be wearing a mask and social distance while in the seating gallery. Parent Meetings We are planning on having our parent meetings this week. Riley's parent meeting will be on Tuesday (9-21) in the RHS cafeteria starting promptly at 6:00. The cafeteria is on the 2nd floor and is a short walk from the east exit/entrance of the seating gallery. The New Prairie meeting will be on Thursday (9-23) on the pool deck, also starting promptly at 6:00 CST. I still hope to be able to stream this meeting and if my technical skills are up to the challenge I will send those links on the days of the meetings. The meeting's will last no longer than 60 minutes but I will stay as long as needed to answer any questions. Communication During Practice Parent's this is a reminder that once your swimmer is on deck their focus needs to be on practice. Please limit any communication to waving back to them if they waive to you. We are also asking if you need to speak to your child's coach please do so before practice if it is something minor. If will require a long conversation please email me about setting a time up to discuss after practice. I will coordinate/facillitate with the other coaches if they will be needed at the meeting. If there is an emergency and you need to speak to a coach please do not hesitate. But, anything short of that our focus needs to be on swimmers. Lifeguarding/Assisting with Group 1 and Group 2 The last several years we have had a 4 hour volunteer requirement for our Group 3 swimmers. We have previously not enforced this but with such large numbers we will be this season. Starting tomorrow your Group 3 swimmers will be able to sign up to help with either lifeguarding or acting as an "assistant" with Group 1 or 2. We also still have several of the swimmers who took our lifeguarding class last fall not finish their 10 hours of volunteering. It helps the club considerably more to have those swimmers fulfill their commitment as opposed to billing those families for the class. Just Add H2O Our team vendor is Just Add H2O. They are a locally owned swim shop located near the corner of SR 23 and Ironwood, across the street from 1st Source Bank. If you are in need of any swimming related gear they will be able to take care of you. Swimming Apps For all of our new families there are two apps that you will want to get for your phone. The first is the OnDeck app. This app is free and is tied directly to our website. It is incredibly useful and you will be able to do everything you do one our website. The second app is Meet Mobile. There is a small yearly fee but well worth it. This is the app most swim parents use when attending meets. It can serve as a heat sheet, list your swimmers events, and keeps track of their final times and places. Fall/Winter Meet Schedule You can find the initial offerings of our meet schedule by clicking here. We added another meet in November and another in December. Swim A Thon Thank you to the 6 families who have already received donations. We are 17% of our way towards our goal. This year we are requiring all families to raise at least $75. This is a per family requirement, not per swimmer. If a family does not meet that threshold they will be billed the difference. We will also be offering incentives for swimmers as well. Our team goal is to raise $10,000. This is our only fundraising event of the entire year. We need everyone's help! GoSwim Team Education Plan We are starting a new program this year. Our hope is to access the power and the resources of the GoSwim library. Literally, thousands of videos on stroke technique will be just a click away for our swimmers. We will also plan to video and store our swimmers strokes so we can track their development season to season and year to year. We also hope this helps our coaches identify areas of technique we need to improve upon. This will be $10 charge for each swimmer and will be billed on October 1. Here is a promotional flyer distributed by GoSwim for those looking for more information. USA Swimming Guidelines-MAAPPUSA USA Swimming issued a 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. As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. -- John VanDriessche Head Coach South Bend Swim Club South Bend Riley High School (574)276-6057 www.southbendswimclub.com #SBSCForLife

Weekly Announcements for Week of 9/5-9/11

Dear SBSC families, Practice Schedule Riley HS Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:00 G1 Elite Wednesday 5:30-7:00 Group 2 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 5:30-7:00, and Friday 5:00-6:30 Group 3 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 3:45-5:15 New Prairie HS Group 1 Wednesday and Thursday 6:00-7:00 CST Group 2 and Group 3 Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 4:30-6:00 CST Practice Notes: NP Group 1 swimmers and parents continue to use door N17. NP Group 2 and 3 swimmers and parents should use door N18. Parents are welcome to stay to watch practice and masks (as of today) are optional. Riley families please use door #22. For our new families this is the door on the north west corner of the building and faces Fellows Street. If you are planning on staying to watch practice there is a stairwell that is adjacent to this door and this will lead you to the seating area. Everyone choosing to stay to watch practice must be wearing a mask and social distance while in the seating gallery. Paperwork There up to 3 pieces of paperwork we need. The first from every swimmer, new or returning, is the USA Swimming form and is attached. If you are new to the team we will also need a copy of your swimmers birth certificate. If during registration you clicked yes to the question for the Outreach Swimmer program we will need a letter from your child's school stating they qualify for the free/reduced lunch program. The best way to get me these document is to email them to me directly at johnvandriessche@embarqmail.com. This is for both Riley and New Prairie athletes. Fall/Winter Season Registration The online registration is open. Remember all swimmers need to register for the fall/winter season. Here is the link to the registration page. Also, the club is running an ad on Facebook. It would help immensely if you could share this post to your page. It helps even more if you can give a small testimonial about your experience with the club along with the post. Thank you to those who have and continue to share on their pages! Just Add H2O Our team vendor is Just Add H2O. They are a locally owned swim shop located near the corner of SR 23 and Ironwood, across the street from 1st Source Bank. If you are in need of any swimming related gear they will be able to take care of you. Swimming Apps For all of our new families there are two apps that you will want to get for your phone. The first is the OnDeck app. This app is free and is tied directly to our website. It is incrediby usefull and you will be able to do everything you do one our website. The second app is Meet Mobile. There is a small yearly fee but well worth it. This is the app most swim parents use when attending meets. It can serve as a heat sheet, list your swimmers events, and keeps track of their final times and places. Parent Meetings We will be having a parent meeting at both sites this fall. Our hope is to be live at both sites as well as stream the meeting at the same time. The very tentative dates are 9/14 at Riley and 9/16 at New Prairie. Fall/Winter Meet Schedule You can find the initial offerings of our meet schedule by clicking here. We are in talks with ELK and CON about meets in October. If those talks don't come to fruition we'll be searching out other options. Swim A Thon Our annual (minus 2020) Swim-A-Thon is scheduled for Saturday October 23rd. This year we are requiring all families to raise at least $75. This is a per family requirement, not per swimmer. If a family does not meet that threshold they will be billed the difference. We will also be offering incentives for swimmers as well. Our team goal is to raise $10,000. More details on this event in the coming weeks. GoSwim Team Education Plan We are starting a new program this year. Our hope is to access the power and the resources of the GoSwim library. Literally, thousands of videos on stroke technique will be just a click away for our swimmers. We will also plan to video and store our swimmers strokes so we can track their development season to season and year to year. We also hope this helps our coaches identify areas of technique we need to improve upon. This will be $10 charge for each swimmer and will be billed on October 1. Here is a promotional flyer distributed by GoSwim for those looking for more information. USA Swimming Guidelines-MAAPPUSA USA Swimming issued a 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. As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. -- John VanDriessche Head Coach South Bend Swim Club South Bend Riley High School (574)276-6057 www.southbendswimclub.com #SBSCForLife

Weekly Announcements for Week of 8/29-9/4

Dear SBSC families, Practice Schedule Riley HS Group 1 Next practice Tuesday September 7 6:00-7:00 G1 Elite Next practice Wednesday September 8 5:30-7:00 Group 2 Next practice Tuesday September 7 5:30-7:00 Group 3 Next practice Tuesday September 7 3:45-5:15 New Prairie HS Group 1 Next practice at NPHS will be the week of September 7 Group 2 and Group 3 Next practice Tuesday September 7 4:30-6:00 Fall/Winter Season Registration The online registration is open. Remember all swimmers need to register for the fall/winter season. Here is the link to the registration page. Also, the club is running an ad on Facebook. It would help immensely if you could share this post to your page. It helps even more if you can give a small testimonial about your experience with the club along with the post. Thank you to those who have and continue to share on their pages! Just Add H2O Our team vendor is Just Add H2O. They are a locally owned swim shop located near the corner of SR 23 and Ironwood, across the street from 1st Source Bank. If you are in need of any swimming related gear they will be able to take care of you. Swimming Apps For all of our new families there are two apps that you will want to get for your phone. The first is the OnDeck app. This app is free and is tied directly to our website. It is incrediby usefull and you will be able to do everything you do one our website. The second app is Meet Mobile. There is a small yearly fee but well worth it. This is the app most swim parents use when attending meets. It can serve as a heat sheet, list your swimmers events, and keeps track of their final times and places. Parent Meetings We will be having a parent meeting at both sites this fall. Our hope is to be live at both sites as well as stream the meeting at the same time. The very tentative dates are 9/14 at Riley and 9/16 at New Prairie. Fall/Winter Meet Schedule You can find the initial offerings of our meet schedule by clicking here. We are in talks with ELK and CON about meets in October. If those talks don't come to fruition we'll be searching out other options. Swim A Thon Our annual (minus 2020) Swim-A-Thon is scheduled for Saturday October 23rd. This year we are requiring all families to raise at least $75. This is a per family requirement, not per swimmer. If a family does not meet that threshold they will be billed the difference. We will also be offering incentives for swimmers as well. Our team goal is to raise $10,000. More details on this event in the coming weeks. GoSwim Team Education Plan We are starting a new program this year. Our hope is to access the power and the resources of the GoSwim library. Literally, thousands of videos on stroke technique will be just a click away for our swimmers. We will also plan to video and store our swimmers strokes so we can track their development season to season and year to year. We also hope this helps our coaches identify areas of technique we need to improve upon. This will be $10 charge for each swimmer and will be billed on October 1. Here is a promotional flyer distributed by GoSwim for those looking for more information. USA Swimming Guidelines-MAAPPUSA USA Swimming issued a 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. As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. -- John VanDriessche Head Coach South Bend Swim Club South Bend Riley High School (574)276-6057 www.southbendswimclub.com #SBSCForLife

Weekly Announcements for Week of 8/22-8/28

Dear SBSC families, Practice Schedule Riley HS Group 1 Next practice Tuesday September 7 6:00-7:00 G1 Elite Next practice Wednesday September 8 5:30-7:00 Group 2 Next practice Tuesday September 7 5:30-7:00 Group 3 Next practice Tuesday September 7 3:45-5:15 New Prairie HS Group 1 Next practice at NPHS will be the week of September 7 Group 2 and Group 3 Next practice Tuesday September 7 4:30-6:00 Fall/Winter Season Registration The online registration is open. Remember all swimmers need to register for the fall/winter season. Here is the link to the registration page. Also, the club is running an ad on Facebook. It would help immensely if you could share this post to your page. It helps even more if you can give a small testimonial about your experience with the club along with the post. Thank you to those who have and continue to share on their pages! Parent Meetings We will be having a parent meeting at both sites this fall. Our hope is to be live at both sites as well as stream the meeting at the same time. The very tentative dates are 9/14 at Riley and 9/16 at New Prairie. Fall/Winter Meet Schedule You can find the initial offerings of our meet schedule by clicking here. We are in talks with ELK and CON about meets in October. If those talks don't come to fruition we'll be searching out other options. Swim A Thon Our annual (minus 2020) Swim-A-Thon is scheduled for Saturday October 23rd. This year we are requiring all families to raise at least $75. This is a per family requirement, not per swimmer. If a family does not meet that threshold they will be billed the difference. We will also be offering incentives for swimmers as well. Our team goal is to raise $10,000. More details on this event in the coming weeks. GoSwim Team Education Plan We are starting a new program this year. Our hope is to access the power and the resources of the GoSwim library. Literally, thousands of videos on stroke technique will be just a click away for our swimmers. We will also plan to video and store our swimmers strokes so we can track their development season to season and year to year. We also hope this helps our coaches identify areas of technique we need to improve upon. This will be $10 charge for each swimmer and will be billed on October 1. Here is a promotional flyer distributed by GoSwim for those looking for more information. USA Swimming Guidelines-MAAPPUSA USA Swimming issued a 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. As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. -- John VanDriessche Head Coach South Bend Swim Club South Bend Riley High School (574)276-6057 www.southbendswimclub.com #SBSCForLife

Weekly Announcements for Week of 8/15-8/21

Dear SBSC families, Practice Schedule Riley HS Group 1 Next practice Tuesday September 7 G1 Elite Next practice Wednesday September 8 Group 2 Next practice Tuesday September 7 Group 3 Next practice Tuesday September 7 New Prairie HS Next practice at NPHS will be September 7 Fall/Winter Season Registration The online registration is open. Remember all swimmers need to register for the fall/winter season. Here is the link to the registration page. Fall/Winter Meet Schedule You can find the initial offerings of our meet schedule by clicking here. We are in talks with ELK and CON about meets in October. If those talks don't come to fruition we'll be searching out other options. Swim A Thon Our annual (minus 2020) Swim-A-Thon is scheduled for Saturday October 23rd. This year we are requiring all families to raise at least $75. This is a per family requirement, not per swimmer. If a family does not meet that threshold they will be billed the difference. We will also be offering incentives for swimmers as well. Our team goal is to raise $10,000. More details on this event in the coming weeks. GoSwim Team Education Plan We are starting a new program this year. Our hope is to access the power and the resources of the GoSwim library. Literally, thousands of videos on stroke technique will be just a click away for our swimmers. We will also plan to video and store our swimmers strokes so we can track their development season to season and year to year. We also hope this helps our coaches identify areas of technique we need to improve upon. This will be $10 charge for each swimmer and will be billed on October 1. Here is a promotional flyer distributed by GoSwim for those looking for more information. USA Swimming Guidelines-MAAPPUSA USA Swimming issued a 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. As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. -- John VanDriessche Head Coach South Bend Swim Club South Bend Riley High School (574)276-6057 www.southbendswimclub.com #SBSCForLife

Weekly Announcements for Week of 8/8-8/14

Dear SBSC families, Practice Schedule Riley HS Group 1 Next practice Tuesday September 7 G1 Elite Next practice Wednesday September 8 Group 2 Next practice Tuesday September 7 Group 3 Monday, Tuesday 7:00-8:30 AM, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 3:45-5:15 PM New Prairie HS Next practice at NPHS will be September 7 Practice Notes: Group 3 practices are open to all Group 3 swimmers and any Group 2 swimmer that previously attended morning workouts. Swimmers attending practice please continue to fill out the on-line daily screening before arriving to Riley. You can find that link by clicking here. Divisionals and Futures Click here to see our Divisional results and our All-Time Top 10 in yards. Here are our results from Futures, time trial results, and our All-Time Top 10 in meters. Fall/Winter Season Registration The online registration is open. Remember all swimmers need to register for the fall/winter season. Here is the link to the registration page. Fall/Winter Meet Schedule You can find the initial offerings of our meet schedule by clicking here. We are in talks with ELK and CON about meets in October. If those talks don't come to fruition we'll be searching out other options. Swim A Thon Our annual (minus 2020) Swim-A-Thon is scheduled for Saturday October 23rd. This year we are requiring all families to raise at least $75. This is a per family requirement, not per swimmer. If a family does not meet that threshold they will be billed the difference. We will also be offering incentives for swimmers as well. Our team goal is to raise $10,000. More details on this event in the coming weeks. GoSwim Team Education Plan We are starting a new program this year. Our hope is to access the power and the resources of the GoSwim library. Literally, thousands of videos on stroke technique will be just a click away for our swimmers. We will also plan to video and store our swimmers strokes so we can track their development season to season and year to year. We also hope this helps our coaches identify areas of technique we need to improve upon. This will be $10 charge for each swimmer and will be billed on October 1. Here is a promotional flyer distributed by GoSwim for those looking for more information. Spring and Summer Meet Schedule/Dates of Meet/Location/Deadline to commit Below is our spring/summer meet schedule. The first date listed is the day(s) of the meet and second date is the deadline to commit. Swimmers wanting to compete will need to commit to those meets. The deadlines are based on deadlines that were set in previous years. They may change once the meet hosts posts the meet information. When committing to multiple day meets if the option to select the days you want is not available, leave a message in the available notes section of the specific 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. NASA Off The Blocks Invite/May 8/Northridge High School/results CON Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Invite/May 28-30/Merrifield Pool/results ELK Invitational/June 11-13/Elkhart Aquatic Center/results MSC Summer Splash/ June 25-27/Munster High School/results IA Summer Spectacular/July 9-11/Elkhart Aquatic Center/results *IN Swimming Senior State Championship/July 16-18/IUPUI/results *IN Swimming Age Group State Championships/July 23-25/IUPUI/results *USA Swimming Future's Championships/July 28-31/Huntsville, Alabama/results *IN Swimming Summer Divisional Championships/July 30-August 1/Concord High School/results *Central Zone 14 & Under Championships/August 5-8 USA Swimming Guidelines-MAAPPUSA USA Swimming issued a 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. As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. -- John VanDriessche Head Coach South Bend Swim Club South Bend Riley High School (574)276-6057 www.southbendswimclub.com #SBSCForLife

Weekly Announcements for Week of 8/1-8/7

Dear SBSC families, Practice Schedule Here is the practice schedule for this week. Riley HS Group 1 Next practice Tuesday September 7 G1 Elite Next practice Wednesday September 8 Group 2 Next practice Tuesday September 7 Group 3 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 7:00-8:45 AM New Prairie HS Next practice at NPHS will be September 7 Practice Notes: Group 3 practices are open to all Group 3 swimmers and any Group 2 swimmer that previously attended morning workouts. Swimmers attending practice please continue to fill out the on-line daily screening before arriving to Riley. You can find that link by clicking here. Age Group State Great few days of racing for our dynamic duo of Paddy and Addy. Here is the link to their results and our new all time top 10. Divisionals and Futures I will post our results in next week's email. Fall/Winter Season Registration The online registration will be live starting at noon tomorrow. Remeber all swimmers need to register for the fall/winter season. Here is the link to the registration page. Fall/Winter Meet Schedule You can find the initial offerings of our meet schedule by clicking here. We are in talks with ELK and CON about meets in October. If those talks don't come to fruition we'll be searching out other options. Swim A Thon Our annual (minus 2020) Swim-A-Thon is scheduled for Saturday October 23rd. This year we are requiring all families to raise at least $75. This is a per family requirement, not per swimmer. If a family does not meet that threshold they will be billed the diffference. We will also be offering incentives for swimmers as well. Our team goal is to raise $10,000. More details on this event in the coming weeks. GoSwim Team Education Plan We are starting a new program this year. Our hope is to access the power and the resources of the GoSwim library. Literally, thousands of videos on stroke technique will be just a click away for our swimmers. We will also plan to video and store our swimmers strokes so we can track their development season to season and year to year. We also hope this helps our coaches identify areas of technique we need to improve upon. This will be $10 charge for each swimmer and will be billed on October 1. Here is a promotional flyer distributed by GoSwim for those looking for more information. Spring and Summer Meet Schedule/Dates of Meet/Location/Deadline to commit Below is our spring/summer meet schedule. The first date listed is the day(s) of the meet and second date is the deadline to commit. Swimmers wanting to compete will need to commit to those meets. The deadlines are based on deadlines that were set in previous years. They may change once the meet hosts posts the meet information. When committing to multiple day meets if the option to select the days you want is not available, leave a message in the available notes section of the specific 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. NASA Off The Blocks Invite/May 8/Northridge High School/results CON Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Invite/May 28-30/Merrifield Pool/results ELK Invitational/June 11-13/Elkhart Aquatic Center/results MSC Summer Splash/ June 25-27/Munster High School/results IA Summer Spectacular/July 9-11/Elkhart Aquatic Center/results *IN Swimming Senior State Championship/July 16-18/IUPUI/results *IN Swimming Age Group State Championships/July 23-25/IUPUI/results *USA Swimming Future's Championships/July 28-31/Huntsville, Alabama/results coming soon *IN Swimming Summer Divisional Championships/July 30-August 1/Concord High School/results coming soon *Central Zone 14 & Under Championships/August 5-8/entry deadline has passed. USA Swimming Guidelines-MAAPPUSA USA Swimming issued a 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. As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. -- John VanDriessche Head Coach South Bend Swim Club South Bend Riley High School (574)276-6057 www.southbendswimclub.com #SBSCForLife