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