Weekly Announcements for Week of 6/19-6/25

Dear SBSC families, Practice Schedule Riley HS Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:30 G1 Elite Monday 5:30-7:30 Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 5:30-7:30 Group 3 PM Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 5:00-6:30 Group 3 AM Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 6:30-9:00 New Prairie HS Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 5:00-6:30 CST Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 5:00-7:00 CST Group 3 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 6:00-8:00 AM CST Practice Notes: No PM practice at Riley on Friday due to the Munster Summer Splash. 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 families use door N18. New Prairie swimmers are welcome to attend their corresponding group's practice at Riley. Open Water State Meet -- CANCELED I received an email on Tuesday informing us the Open Water State Meet had been canceled. A reason was not given but after conversations with coaches at last weekend's meet it appears they were unable to secure enough officials with the proper accreditation on a Tuesday to work this meet. Since the meet is on a recreational body of water it would not work on a weekend due to the large amount of boaters expected on a Saturday or Sunday. Munster Summer Splash I will be the coach on deck for the entire meet. If you are running late or will not be able to make it please text me at 574-276-6057. Our entry is attached. Here are the pertinent times for this weekend's meet. All times are local to Munster, CST Friday (session #1 -- 1500) Warmups 1:30-2:15 -- our athletes should be on deck by 1:30 CST Meet Starts 2:15 Friday (session #2 -- events #3-#14) Warm-ups 4:00-4:50 -- our athletes should be on deck by 3:45 CST Meet Starts Saturday and Sunday AM Sessions (All 12 and under swimmers) Warm-ups 7:00-7:50 -- our athletes should be on deck by 6:45 CST Meet Stats 8:00 Saturday and Sunday PM Sessions (All 13 and over sessions) Warm-ups 11:30-12:20 -- our athletes should be on deck by 11:15 CST Meet Starts 12:30 IHSAA Moratorium Week July 4-10 Each summer the IHSAA mandates the week that contains July 4th (Monday-Sunday) there is to be no contact between high school coaches and their athletes. This week we will not be offering practices at NPHS, but those athletes are welcome to attend practices at Riley. I will be at practice but I will not be on deck. I will be sequestered in the office and available to meet with any non-high school swimmer or any parent. All high school swimmers (or soon to be high school swimmers) are not be in the office for any reason. Swimmers are not to arrive prior to 6:20 AM or 4:50 PM. No swimmer will be allowed into the building until another coach arrives. Once in the building swimmers should enter and exit the pool through the locker rooms. Team Shirts This season's shirts were handed out last week. If your athlete is not swimming in June or July but was registered with the team prior to May 1 we have their shirt at the pool. You can stop by during practice to pick it up. Please email me, or Coach Ashley if your a NP swimmer, that you are coming so we can have the shirt ready. We did order a few extra shirts in various sizes. If your athlete would like a shirt please stop by after practice to see if we have their size. These will be on a first come first serve basis. Please do not email and expect us to hold a shirt. Remember these shirts are for athletes and coaches. We will have spirit wear and other SBSC gear for families this fall. 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. 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. Midwest Collegiate Showcase -- Our Results DUNE Rockin' Races Invite -- Our Results CON Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin' Invite -- Our Results Elkhart Invitational/June 10-12/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Our Results MSC Summer Splash/June 24-26/Munster High School/Our Results coming soon *IN Swimming Open Water Championships -- CANCELED -- IA Summer Spectacular/July 8-10/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Entry sent *IN Senior State/July 14-17/TBD/Next Sunday June 26 *IN Age Group State/July 22-24/TBD/Sunday July 11 *USA Swimming Futures Championships/July 27-30/TBD *IN Divisional Championships/July 29-31/Concord High School/Sunday July 17 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