Weekly Announcements for Week of 7/10-7/16

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, Thursday 5:30-7:30, and Friday 5:00-6:30 Group 3 PM Monday and Tuesday 5:00-6:30 Group 3 AM Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 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 RHS Group 3 PM practice on Thursday and no Group 3 AM or PM on Friday due to the Senior State meet. Riley families please use door #22. This is the door on the northwest corner of the building and faces Fellows Street. If you are planning to stay 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. Last Day of Summer Season Our last day of this season for all groups at NP and Groups 1 and 2 at RHS will be Thursday July 30. We may be offering Group 3 AM workouts in August. If we do, there will not be a charge for those practices. Fall/Winter Season Our first practice for all groups will be the Tuesday after Labor Day, September 6. All swimmers will need to re-register. The plan is to have our on-line registration platform up and running by Monday August 8. There will be some changes for the upcoming season. 1. My role with Group 1 and Group 2 during the school year will be greatly reduced. As most of you know Cooper is entering his senior year and Molly will be a freshman. What most of you probably do not realize is my family has not sat down and had dinner with each other on a school night, ever. Since Cooper will be leaving for school in about 13 months I feel it's time I change that before the opportunity is gone forever. I say this not looking for sympathy, my choices have been my choices. I am, however, hoping there is understanding. The summer of 23 I plan to be back to the same level of on deck presence that I have always had. 2. We will be enforcing the 4 hour volunteer requirement for all Group 3 athletes. In conjunction with this we will offering a lifeguarding class for all of our athletes that are 15 and over. This class will be August 13 and 14 at Riley High School. This class will be at no cost to our athletes but they will be required to guard additional hours at our practices to cover the cost. If an athlete is currently a lifeguard we will pay for their recertificiation in exchange for more hours guarding our practices. Every athlete that is 16 or over registered with the class will also certified to a USA Swimming Junior Coach. Again, this cost will be covered by the club. More details coming over the next couple of weeks. IA Summer Spectacular A very fast first two days for our club. I will post the results early this week. Senior State -- IU-Bloomington -- July Our entry is attached here. I can make changes through tomorrow. Here are the pertinent times for next weekend's State Championship. Thursday Pre-lims Warm-ups 9:30-10:45 -- our athletes should be on deck by 9:45 Meet Starts 11:00 Friday, Saturday, & Sunday Prelims 7:30-8:45 -- our athletes should be on deck by 7:45 Meet Starts 9:00 Finals Schedule Thrusday warm-ups 5:00-5:45 -- meet starts 6:00 Friday & Saturday warm-ups 4:00-5:00 -- meet starts 5:15 Sunday warm-ups 3:00-4:00 -- meet starts 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. 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 -- Our Results MSC Summer Splash -- Our Results *IN Swimming Open Water Championships -- CANCELED -- IA Summer Spectacular/July 8-10/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Our Results coming soon *IN Senior State/July 14-17/IU-Bloomington/Entry sent *IN Age Group State/July 22-24/IUPUI/Tonight Sunday July 10 *USA Swimming Futures Championships/July 27-30/Cary, NC/Tonight Sunday July 10 *IN Divisional Championships/July 29-31/Concord High School/Tonight Sunday July 10 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