Weekly Announcements for Week of 10/16-10/22

Dear SBSC families, Practice Schedule Riley HS Group 1 Tuesday 6:00-7:15 G1 Elite Wednesday September 5:30-7:15 Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 5:30-7:30 Group 3 PM Monday, Tuesday 3:45-6:15 and Wednesday 3:30-6:00 Group 3 AM Monday and Tuesday 5:30-6:45 New Prairie HS Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 5:00-6:15 CST Group 2 Wednesday and Thursday 5:00-7:00 CST Group 3 Wednesday and Thursday 5:00-7:30 CST Practice Notes: No practice at RHS on Thursday or Friday due to maintenance on the pool. 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. Our NP practice schedule is limited this week due to the requirements our coaches day jobs Thank you for understanding. New Prairie families continue to use door N18. New Prairie swimmers are always welcome to attend their corresponding group's practice at Riley. Upcoming Meets & USA Swimming Memberships Our entries for our first three meets have been sent. You can view your swimmer's entry by logging into our website or using the OnDeck app. You can access their entry in the same location where you committed them to the meet. The OnDeck app doesn't show your swimmers relay entries. You should be able to see them when you access your account through the website and I have included pdf links below. WAR Monster Splash Entry NASA Sprint Meet Entry CON Skypoint Entry We need all swimmers committed to these meets to complete the USA Swimming Registration. Here is a link to the document with instructions on how to register with USA-S. A few of our members have had trouble adding their swimmers once they created their own account. If you are having trouble, after the parent account is created, try using this link. If your athlete has never competed in a meet for SBSC (or another USA Swimming club) you will need to send me a copy of their birth certificate. The preferred way is to electronically send a pdf. If that is not possible you can email a pic or bring a hard copy to the practice. Swim-A-Thon Thank you to everyone who raised money, participated yesterday, and helped count laps for our athletes. We once again reached our goal. Thanks to everyone's efforts the club is in very sound financial shape for another year. We currently have 40 swimmers who raised at least $150 and earned a logoed team suit. The fundraising will be open through 10/22 and any athlete who reaches the $150 mark by that time will also earn a team suit. The family accounts of swimmers who did not reach the $75 minimum will see that charge on their accounts at the end of the month. Here is a link to a Google Sheet of our current list of swimmers who reached the $150 mark. The suits we will be purchasing for those swimmers will be from A3 Performance. All Group 3 boys will be purchased a brief. Group 1 and Group 2 boys will be purchased a jammer. If your son is in Group 1 or Group 2 and would like a brief instead, please email me. Our female swimmers will have the choice between one of three suits with different types of backs. The choices will be either Xback, Sprintback, or Flashback. Parents, if your swimmer is on the list please email me their choice of suit. Everyone should check the size of suit listed for your swimmer on your account page on our website. This is what I will use to order their particular suit size. Spirit Wear Order Forms We are once again in a holding pattern with our apparel company Volunteer Hours For Group 3 Athletes We are in need of several lifeguards this month at Riley. If you have not volunteered yet please do so. The job sign-up for all volunteering has been set up for Riley. All athletes in this group will be required to volunteer 4 hours between now and the end of the winter season. Due to practices at NP running simultaneously we may not be able to offer volunteer opportunities at that site until high school season begins. 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. 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 stating the specific days you would like to attend. Meets marked with an * require swimmers to meet minimum time standards. All pool locations can be found on our website under the "Pools" tab. Intra-Squad Meet/Riley High School/Tuesday October 4/ Swim-A-Thon/Riley High School/Saturday October 15/ WAR Monster Splash/Warsaw Community High School/Saturday October 29/Entry sent NASA Sprint Meet (10 & Under ONLY)/Northridge High School/Nov. 5 & 6//Entry sent CON Skypoint Invite (11 & Over ONLY)/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Nov 11-13/Entry sent ELK Rudolph Romp/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Dec. 2-4/Sunday November 13 DUNE Rumble IN the Region/Chesterton High School/Saturday Dec. 17/Sunday November 20 IA Tim Welsh Invite/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Jan. 6-8/Sunday November 27 CON IMXtreme Challenge/Concord High School/ Jan. 20-22/Sunday December 18 CON Last Chance Showdown/Concord High School/Feb. 24-26/Sunday January 29 *IN Swimming Divisional Championships/TBD/March 3-5/Sunday February 19 *IN Swimming Senior State Championships/TBD/March 10-12/Sunday February 26 *IN Swimming Age Group State Championships/IUPUI/March 17-19/Sunday March 5 ELK 8 and Under Super Star Championship/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Saturday March 18/Sunday March 5 *USA Swimming Speedo Sectional Championship/IUPUI/March 23-26/Sunday March 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