Weekly Announcements for Week of 3/13-3/19

Dear SBSC families, Practice Schedule Riley HS Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:30 G1 Elite Wednesday 5:30-7:15 Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 5:30-7:00 Group 3 Monday Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 3:45-5:15 New Prairie HS Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 5:00-6:30 PM CST Group 2 No practice until spring/summer season due to Middle School swim season Group 3 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 5:00-6:30 PM CST Practice Notes: 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. New Prairie swimmers are welcome to attend their corresponding group's practice at Riley. Last Practice of the Winter Season Our last practice for NPHS Group 1 and NPHS Group 3 has been changed to this Thursday 3-17. A change in the middle school swim schedule and coach availability is requiring this change on our end. The last practice for Riley Group 1, Riley G1 Elite, and Riley Group 2 will be Tuesday March 22. The last practice for Riley Group 3 will be Wednesday March 30. Spring/Summer Season Our first practices for the spring and summer will be the week of April 10. All athletes are considered swimming. Accounts will be charged on April 1 unless notified of your intent to stop swimming by March 30. If you are currently registered with the club you will not need to re-register. If your swimmer did register for the fall/winter and you decided to take a break during the season and would like to start back up again, email me and I will reactivate your swimmer(s). If you did not participate in the fall/winter season you will need to register. The online registration for spring is now open. Age Group State Here is a reminder of today's pertinent times. Please text if you are running late. Sunday Prelims Warm-ups 8:00-9:00 -- our athletes should be on deck by 7:45 Meet Starts 9:15 Sunday Finals Warm-ups 4:00-4:45. -- our athletes should be on deck by 4:15 Meet Starts 5:00 Senior State -- Elkhart Aquatic Center -- March 17-20 I will be the coach on deck for this meet. If you are running late please text me at 574-276-6057. Our entry and an updated meet letter are attached. Please review the entry list and if you notice any errors or omissions let me know immediately. I will send our final update prior to leaving practice Monday evening. Here are the pertinent times for this weekend's meet. Thursday -- 1650 Warm-ups 4:00-5:15-- our athlete should be on deck by 4:15 Meet Starts 5:30 Friday-Sunday Prelims Warm-ups 7:15-8:45 -- our athletes should be on deck by 7:30 Meet Starts 9:00 Friday-Sunday Finals Warn-ups 4:00-5:15 Meet Stats 5:30 -- our athletes should be on deck by 4:15 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. USA Swimming Safe Sport staff is hosting Zoom trainings 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 Tue., March 15 at 8:00 p.m. EDT | REGISTER SAFE SPORT TRAINING FOR ATHLETES (AGES 12-17) Wed., March 16 at 8:00 p.m. EDT | REGISTER SAFE SPORT TRAINING FOR COACHES Thur., March 17 at 3:00 p.m. EDT | 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/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/Our Results IA TW Invite/Jan. 7-9/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Our Results CON IMX/Jan. 21-23/Concord High School/Our Results CON Last Chance/Feb. 25-27/Concord High School/Our Results *IN Swim Divisionals/Mar. 4-6/Lake Central High School/Our Results *IN Swim Age Group State/IUPUI/Mar. 11-13/Results coming soon *IN Swim Senior State/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Mar. 18-20/Final update being sent 3-14 at 7:00 PM EST *Speedo Sectionals/IUPUI/Mar. 31- April 4/Entry Sent 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