Weekly Announcements for Week of 5/29-6/5

Dear SBSC families, CON BW3 Blazin Invite-Sunday Update Today's meet will follow the same format as yesterday. 13 and over warm-ups 2:00-3:00 -- our athletes should be on deck by 1:45 12 and under warm-ups 3:00-3:35 -- our athletes should be on deck by 2:45 Meet starts at 3:45 Projected finish 8:00 If you will not be attending, and have not done so already, please let me know as soon as you can. Concord is offering a separate session for the 400 free with warm-ups starting at noon. Our swimmers will not be competing in this session. Based on yesterday's finish time that would make an 8+ hour day at the pool for those swimmers. Once it has been determined what our entry fees are I will go back and credit those accounts of the athletes that were not able to swim. I will post our results and update the pertinent pages on our website early this week. Practice Schedule Here is the practice schedule for this week. Riley HS Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:30 G1 Elite Friday 5:00-6:30 Group 2 Tuesday, Thursday 5:30-7:30 and Friday 5:00-6:30 Group 3 AM Tuesday 6:30-8:00, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 6:30-9:00 Group 3 PM Tuesday 4:15-6:30, Thursday, and Friday 5:00-6:30 New Prairie HS (only for NPUSC students) Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:30 CST Group 2 Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 4:30-6:30 CST Group 3 Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 4:30-6:30 CST Practice Notes: No practice on Monday due to Memorial Day. Swimmers attending New Prairie practices will continue to enter the building through door N17. Everyone entering the building will be required to wear a mask. Parents will not be allowed on deck. Each athlete will need to fill out the attached form and hand deliver to the coach when entering the high school. All swimmers should come dressed ready to practice. There may be limited use of the locker rooms after practice. If you have any questions regarding procedures for NPHS practices please email Coach Ashley at awojtysiak@npusc.k12.in.us RHS Group 2 swimmers should come to practice in dry-land clothes over their suits. They should also be wearing quality workout shoes as well. Flip flops or Crocs are not acceptable options. Swimmers are encouraged to bring a yoga mat if they have one. Swimmers attending practices at Riley please continue to fill out the on-line daily screening before arriving to Riley. You can find that link by clicking here. Summer Practice Hours This week we will be beginning our summer practice schedule. NP will more or less remain the same. Group 1 will be extended until 7:30 and both Group 2 and Group 3 will have 2 hour long practices. Riley will also be starting summer hours beginning this week. Group 1 will be extended until 7:30. Group 2 and Group 3 will not have Wednesday evening practices. Group 3 will be switching to longer morning workouts beginning on Wednesday and shorter evening practices beginning on Thursday. We will also be allowing Group 2 swimmers to attend morning workouts. These workouts are to be in addition to the regularly scheduled Group 2 practice and not be used as a replacement. They will be allowed to attend the number of practices based on their age. If they are 11 they may attend 1, 12-2, 13-3 and 14-4. Families will be charged an additional $15 each month. Swimmers who do not currently have Divisional cuts will need my permission before attending these practices. Miscellaneous We are still having multiple swimmers each night enter the building without a mask. Until the school administration says otherwise it is still a requirement for our athletes. Since I never felt right about suggesting we wouldn't allow swimmers to enter the building we will continue to provide masks for your swimmers. I also do not believe this is cost that should be absorbed by the club. Moving forward, if a swimmer needs a mask there will be a $1 charge placed on the family account. All swimmers are to be picked up no later then 15 minutes after practice ends. We will never hold your swimmer longer then the posted practice time so please show our coaches the same courtesy and pick your children up on time. At the time of registration a document titled "Terms and Conditions" required a digital signature. As a reminder this is the section of the document that pertains to this issue. If swimmers are not picked up within 15 minutes of the scheduled ending time of practice families are subject to fines of $5, $15, and $25. Fines will be based on, but not limited to, the length of time a coaching member must wait, number of occurrences, and or the lack of a courtesy message beforehand by the parents. After the third offense swimmers may be barred from participation unless or another responsible party stays for the entire practice. Open Water State I apologize about the email you received this morning about this meet. SBSC will no longer be attending the Open Water State meet. We received information regarding this meet last week. After confirming the site I came to the decision not to attend. The meet is being held in West Chester Ohio, just north of Cincinnati. With only 3 swimmers currently committed to the meet and the length of travel for a one day middle of the week meet I feel it is our best option to not attend. Extended Meet Deadlines Munster Summer Splash (6/25-27): They are limiting the teams in this meet and we have been one of the teams accepted. Because of this they are allowing teams to submit entries much later then normal. If you would like your swimmer to attend this meet please commit them by Sunday June 13. IA Summer Spectacular (7/9-11): The meet information was sent out on Tuesday of last week. Our new deadline for this meet is this Saturday June 5. 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 coming soon ELK Invitational/June 11-13/Elkhart Aquatic Center/entry sent MSC Summer Splash/ June 25-27/Munster High School/June 13 IA Summer Spectacular/July 9-11/Elkhart Aquatic Center/this Saturday June 5 *IN Swimming Senior State Championship/July 16-18/IUPUI/June 27 *IN Swimming Age Group State Championships/July 23-25/IUPUI/July 11 *USA Swimming Future's Championships/July 28-31/Huntsville, Alabama/July 18 *IN Swimming Summer Divisional Championships/July 30-August 1/Concord High School/July 11 *Central Zone 14 & Under Championships/August 5-8/July 25 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 5/23-5/29

Dear SBSC families, 
Practice Schedule Here is the practice schedule for this week. Riley HS Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:15 G1 Elite Monday 5:30-7:30 Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 5:30-7:30 Group 3 AM Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 6:30-8:00 Group 3 PM Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Wednesday 4:15-6:30 New Prairie HS (only for NPUSC students) Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:15 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: Swimmers attending New Prairie practices will continue to enter the building through door N17. Everyone entering the building will be required to wear a mask. Parents will not be allowed on deck. Each athlete will need to fill out the attached form and hand deliver to the coach when entering the high school. All swimmers should come dressed ready to practice. There may be limited use of the locker rooms after practice. If you have any questions regarding procedures for NPHS practices please email Coach Ashley at awojtysiak@npusc.k12.in.us RHS Group 2 swimmers should come to practice in dry-land clothes over their suits. They should also be wearing quality workout shoes as well. Flip flops or Crocs are not acceptable options. Swimmers are encouraged to bring a yoga mat if they have one. Swimmers attending practices at Riley please continue to fill out the on-line daily screening before arriving to Riley. You can find that link by clicking here. CON BW3 Blazin Invite I will be the coach on deck on Friday evening and Saturday/Sunday morning. Coach Kelli (574-850-1336) will be the coach on deck Saturday afternoon. Coach Carol (574-292-0553) will be the coach on deck Sunday afternoon. If you are running late or will be unable to make it please text the appropriate coach. You can log into your account page or use the OnDeck app to view your athlete's events. If you have a young swimmer please write their events and event numbers on their arms. Here is the statement copied directly from their meet letter regarding spectators. There will be no admission charges. No spectators will be permitted on deck. Parents are permitted to sit outside the fence to watch the meet. We ask that each swimmer have 1 spectators. Should the crowd be too large and not remain socially distant, the club and facility will ask spectators to leave the area. Here are the pertinent times for this weekend's meet Friday (events #1-#14) Warm-ups 4:00-4:50-our athletes need to be on deck by 3:45 Meet Starts 5:00 Saturday and Sunday AM Sessions (all 13 and over swimmers) Warm-ups 7:30-8:20-our athletes need to be on deck by 7:15 Meet Starts 8:30 Saturday and Sunday PM Sessions (all 12 and under swimmers) Warm-ups 1:30-2:05-our athletes need to be on deck by 1:15 Meet Starts 2:15 Extended Meet Deadlines Munster Summer Splash (6/25-27): They are limiting the teams in this meet and we have been one of the teams accepted. Because of this they are allowing teams to submit entries much later then normal. If you would like your swimmer to attend this meet please commit them by Sunday June 13. IA Summer Spectacular (7/9-11): The meet information for this meet has not been posted. We will be extending our deadline an additional week. Our new deadline for this meet is next Sunday, May 30. 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/entry sent ELK Invitational/June 11-13/Elkhart Aquatic Center/entry sent MSC Summer Splash/ June 25-27/Munster High School/June 13 *IN Swimming Open Water Championships/June 30/TBD/June 6 IA Summer Spectacular/July 9-11/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Next Sunday May 30 *IN Swimming Senior State Championship/July 16-18/IUPUI/June 27 *IN Swimming Age Group State Championships/July 23-25/IUPUI/July 11 *USA Swimming Future's Championships/July 28-31/Huntsville, Alabama/July 18 *IN Swimming Summer Divisional Championships/July 30-August 1/Concord High School/July 11 *Central Zone 14 & Under Championships/August 5-8/July 25 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 5/16-5/23

Dear SBSC families, 
Practice Schedule Here is the practice schedule for this week. Washington HS and Riley HS Washington HS Group 1 Tuesday 6:00-7:15 G1 Elite Monday 5:30-7:30 Group 2 Monday and Wednesday 5:30-7:30 Group 3 PM Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 4:15-6:15 Riley HS Group 1 Thursday 6:00-7:15 Group 2 Thursday 5:30-7:30, and Friday 5:15-6:45 Group 3 AM Monday, Thursday and Friday 6:30-8:00 AM Group 3 PM Thursday 4:15-6:30, and Friday 4:15-5:45 New Prairie HS (only for NPUSC students) Group 1 Monday and Tuesday 6:00-7:15 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: The Riley pool is getting some minor repairs done on their filter this week and we will be practicing at Washington Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday afternoon/evening. Morning practices will still be at Riley but will be on Monday, Thursday, and Friday this week. Group 2 will not practice on Tuesday. Swimmers attending New Prairie practices will continue to enter the building through door N17. Everyone entering the building will be required to wear a mask. Parents will not be allowed on deck. Each athlete will need to fill out the attached form and hand deliver to the coach when entering the high school. All swimmers should come dressed ready to practice. There may be limited use of the locker rooms after practice. If you have any questions regarding procedures for NPHS practices please email Coach Ashley at awojtysiak@npusc.k12.in.us RHS Group 2 swimmers should come to practice in dry-land clothes over their suits. They should also be wearing quality workout shoes as well. Flip flops or Crocs are not acceptable options. Swimmers are encouraged to bring a yoga mat if they have one. Swimmers attending practices at Riley please continue to fill out the on-line daily screening before arriving to Riley. You can find that link by clicking here. Extended Meet Deadlines Elkhart Invite (6/11-13): Our entry deadline is tonight Sunday May, 16. The meet file provided and the actual session numbers are different. If you would like your swimmer to attend this meet please leave the days you would like to swim in the notes section. All pertinent time information for this meet will be included in next week's email. Munster Summer Splash (6/25-27): They are limiting the teams in this meet and we have been one of the teams accepted. Because of this they are allowing teams to submit entries much later then normal. If you would like your swimmer to attend this meet please commit them by Sunday June 13. IA Summer Spectacular (7/9-11): The meet information for this meet has not been posted. Our initial deadline was tonight but we will be extending it one week at time until the meet info becomes available. Our new deadline for this meet is next Sunday June 23. 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/entry sent ELK Invitational/June 11-13/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Tonight Sunday May 16 MSC Summer Splash/ June 25-27/Munster High School/June 13 *IN Swimming Open Water Championships/June 30/TBD/June 6 IA Summer Spectacular/July 9-11/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Next Sunday May 23 *IN Swimming Senior State Championship/July 16-18/IUPUI/June 27 *IN Swimming Age Group State Championships/July 23-25/IUPUI/July 11 *USA Swimming Future's Championships/July 28-31/Huntsville, Alabama/July 18 *IN Swimming Summer Divisional Championships/July 30-August 1/Concord High School/July 11 *Central Zone 14 & Under Championships/August 5-8/July 25 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 5/9-5/15

Dear SBSC families, 
Practice Schedule Here is the practice schedule for this week . Riley HS Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:15 G1 Elite Monday 5:30-7:15 Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 5:30-7:15 , and Friday 5:15-6:45 Group 3 AM Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 6:30-8:00 AM Group 3 PM Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 4:15-6:15, and Friday 4:15-5:45 New Prairie HS (only for NPUSC students) Group 1 Monday and Tuesday 6:00-7:15 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: Swimmers attending New Prairie practices will continue to enter the building through door N17. Everyone entering the building will be required to wear a mask. Parents will not be allowed on deck. Each athlete will need to fill out the attached form and hand deliver to the coach when entering the high school. All swimmers should come dressed ready to practice. There may be limited use of the locker rooms after practice. If you have any questions regarding procedures for NPHS practices please email Coach Ashley at awojtysiak@npusc.k12.in.us RHS Group 2 swimmers should come to practice in dry-land clothes over their suits. They should also be wearing quality workout shoes as well. Flip flops or Crocs are not acceptable options . Swimmers are encouraged to bring a yoga mat if they have one. Swimmers attending practices at Riley please continue to fill out the on-line daily screening before arriving to Riley. You can find that link by clicking here. Elkhart June Invite We received the meet information late last week. We will be extending our entry deadline through next Sunday May, 16. The meet file provided and the actual session numbers are different. If you would like to go to this meet please leave the days you would like to swim in the notes section. NASA Off The Blocks Our results from yesterday's meet can be found by clicking here. Here is our updated all-time Top 10 and our current qualifiers page. 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/entry sent ELK Invitational/ June 11-13/Elkhart Aquatic Center/ Next Sunday May 16 MSC Summer Splash/ June 25-27/Munster High School/ tonight Sunday May 9 *IN Swimming Open Water Championships/ June 30/TBD/ June 6 IA Summer Spectacular/ July 9-11/Elkhart Aquatic Center/ Next Sunday May 16 *IN Swimming Senior State Championship/ July 16-18/IUPUI/ June 27 *IN Swimming Age Group State Championships/ July 23-25/IUPUI/ July 11 *USA Swimming Future's Championships/ July 28-31/Huntsville, Alabama/ July 18 *IN Swimming Summer Divisional Championships/ July 30- August 1/Concord High School/ July 11 *Central Zone 14 & Under Championships/ August 5-8/ July 25 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