Weekly Announcements for Week of 11/28-12/04

Dear SBSC families, Practice Schedule Riley HS Group 1 Monday and Tuesday 6:00-7:30 G1 Elite Wednesday 5:30-7:30 Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 5:30-7:30 New Prairie HS Group 1 Monday and Tuesday 6:15-7:45 CST Group 2 Monday and Wednesday 6:15-7:45 CST Practice Notes: No practice at Riley or New Prairie on Thursday due to a high school meet. No practice on Friday due to ELK Rudolph Romp. No Group 2 at NP on Tuesday due to coach availability but all NP swimmers are welcome to attend their corresponding groups practice at Riley NP 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. 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. New Prairie swimmers are welcome to attend their corresponding group's practice at Riley Group 2 Swimmers Timing at Riley Vs. Clay Thursday 12/02 The last several years (not including last year due to Covid restrictions) we invite our Group 2 swimmers to help time at one of our high school meets. Swimmers should wear the their red team T-shirt from this season. They should arrive at Riley by 5:45. The team will provide pizza for all those that help out. There is a sign-up available on the our calendar page. You can find it in the same spot you commit for meets or sign-up for jobs. ELK Rudolph Romp/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Dec. 3rd-5th The meet had smaller than anticipated numbers so they will be making some changes. Friday's warm-up session will be pushed back and there will be only one session on Saturday and Sunday. ELK has set up a web-page for this meet. You can find volunteer information, parking info, link to the web-cast, and the meet letter. You can also see the psyche sheet and our entry. Our entry can be found by clicking here. Once you are on the page scroll down to entry report. Please check to see your athlete is entered in the correct age group. If you notice any errors please inform me as soon as possible. ELK is allowing teams to make corrections and updates through Monday morning. Coach Kelli (574-850-1336) will be the primary coach on deck on Friday and Saturday. I will be the coach on deck on Sunday. If you are running late or will be unable to make it please text the appropriate coach. Pertinent times for this weekend's meet are as follows; Friday (event #1-#4) Warm-ups 5:00-5:50-our athletes need to be on deck by 4:45 Meet Starts 6:00 Est. end time 7:00 Saturday (events #5-#50) Warm-ups 9:00-9:50-our athletes need to be on deck by 8:45 Meet Stats at 10:00 Est. end time 1:45 Sunday (events #51-#98) Warm-ups 9:00-9:50-our athletes need to be on deck by 8:45 Meet Starts 10:00 Est. end time 1:45 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 November 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., December 1 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER SAFE SPORT TRAINING FOR ATHLETES (AGES 12-17) 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 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/Results NASA Sprint Meet/Nov. 6 & 7/Northridge High School/Results CON Skypoint/Nov. 12-14/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Results ELK Rudolph Romp/Dec. 3-5/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Results coming soon DUNE Rumble IN the Region/Dec. 18/Chesterton High School/Entry Sent IA TW Invite/Jan. 7-9/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Entry Sent CON IMX/Jan. 21-23/Concord High School/Sunday Dec. 19 CON Last Chance/Feb. 25-27/Concord High School/Sunday Jan. 9 *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

Weekly Announcements for Week of 11/21-11/27

Dear SBSC families, Practice Schedule Riley HS Group 1 Monday and Wednesday 6:00-7:30 G1 Elite Friday 9:30-11:30 AM Group 2 Monday, Wednesday, 5:30-7:30, and Friday 9:30-11:30 AM New Prairie HS Group 1 Monday 6:15-7:45 CST and Wednesday 11:00-12:30 CST Group 2 Monday 6:15-7:45 CST and Wednesday 11:00-12:30 CST Practice Notes: No practice at Riley or New Prairie on Tuesday due to a high school meet. No practice on Thursday due to the Thanksgiving holiday. NP 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. 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. New Prairie swimmers are welcome to attend their corresponding group's practice at Riley Upcoming Meet Deadlines We have received information for the IA meet in January. I anticipate this will be a meet with a lot of interest. They are accepting entries starting on Monday so we need to move our deadline for this meet to tonight. In year's past we have had a large number of our Group 3 swimmers attend this meet. Unless there is an athlete who truly wants to be in this meet I am recommending against participation. It seemed to me it took a lot out of our athletes especially those who have regular morning practices with their high school teams. It is my opinion it would be better for the vast majority of our Group 3 swimmers to sit this meet out. If your Group 3 athlete would like to attend please reach out to me so we can discuss it. Tonight is also the deadline for committing to the Dune Rumble in the Region meet being held at Chesterton Middle School. 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 November 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., December 1 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER SAFE SPORT TRAINING FOR ATHLETES (AGES 12-17) 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/Results NASA Sprint Meet/Nov. 6 & 7/Northridge High School/Results CON Skypoint/Nov. 12-14/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Results ELK Rudolph Romp/ Dec. 10-12/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Entry Sent DUNE Rumble IN the Region/Dec. 18/Chesterton High School/Tonight Sunday Nov. 21 IA TW Invite/Jan. 7-9/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Tonight Sunday Nov. 21 CON IMX/Jan. 21-23/Concord High School/Sunday Dec. 19 CON Last Chance/Feb. 25-27/Concord High School/Sunday Jan. 9 *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

Weekly Announcements for Week of 11/14-11/20

Dear SBSC families, Practice Schedule Riley HS Group 1 Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00-7:30 G1 Elite Monday 5:30-7:30 Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 5:30-7:30, and Friday 5:00-6:30 New Prairie HS Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:15-7:45 CST Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 6:15-7:45 CST Practice Notes: No practice at Riley on Thursday due to a high school meet. No Group 2 practice at NPHS on Thursday due to coach availability. NP 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. 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. CON Skypoint Meet 5 sessions complete with 3 left to to today. You can follow the action on Elkhart Aquatics YouTube page and on the Meet Mobile app. Here is a reminder of the times for today's sessions Sunday Session 6 (13 and over prelims) Warm-ups 7:30-8:20-our athletes need to be on deck by 7:15 Meet Starts 8:30 Session 7 (11-12 prelims + 10 and under timed finals) Warm-ups 11:30-12:05-our athletes need to be on deck by 11:15 Meet Starts 12:15 Session 8 (11 and over finals) Warm-ups 5:00-5:40-our athletes need to be on deck by 4:45 Meet Starts 5:45 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 November 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., December 1 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER SAFE SPORT TRAINING FOR ATHLETES (AGES 12-17) 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/Results coming soon NASA Sprint Meet/Nov. 6 & 7/Northridge High School/Results CON Skypoint/Nov. 12-14/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Results coming soon ELK Rudolph Romp/ Dec. 10-12/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Tonight Sunday Nov. 14 DUNE Rumble IN the Region/Dec. 18/Chesterton High School/Next 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

Weekly Announcements for Week of 11/7-11/13

Dear SBSC families, Practice Schedule Riley HS Group 1 Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00-7:30 G1 Elite Monday 5:30-7:30 Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, 5:30-7:30 Group 3 Next scheduled practice after high school season New Prairie HS Group 1 Tuesday 6:15-7:45 CST Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 6:15-7:45 CST Group 3 Next scheduled practice after high school season Practice Notes: No practice at Riley on Thursday due to a high school meet and no practice on Friday due to CON Skypoint Meet. New Prairie practices will be practicing later in the evening due to the high school team's numbers requiring separate practices for the girls and boys teams. We are also experiencing a shortage of coach availability. This week we will only offer one Group 1 practice at NP. But, we do allow all of our NP site athletes to practice at Riley whenever they would like. If you NP families are bringing their athlete to Riley please walk them into the building to make sure we put them with the appropriate group/coach. 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. 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. CON Skypoint Meet Here are the pertinent times for this weekends meet. I will be the primary coach for this meet please text or call if you will be running late or unable to make it. 574-276-6057 Friday Session 1 (1650 freestyle) Warmups 2:15-2:55-our athletes need to be on deck by 2:00 Meet Starts 3:00 Session 2 (Events #3-#14) Warm-ups 4:15-5:15-our athletes need to be on deck by 4:00 Meet Starts 5:30 Saturday Session 3 (13 and over prelims) Warm-ups 7:30-8:20-our athletes need to be on deck by 7:15 Meet Starts 8:30 Session 4 (11-12 prelims + 10 and under timed finals) Warm-ups 11:30-12:05-our athletes need to be on deck by 11:15 Meet Starts 12:15 Session 5 (11 and over finals) Warm-ups 5:00-5:40-our athletes need to be on deck by 4:45 Meet Starts 5:45 Sunday Session 6 (13 and over prelims) Warm-ups 7:30-8:20-our athletes need to be on deck by 7:15 Meet Starts 8:30 Session 7 (11-12 prelims + 10 and under timed finals) Warm-ups 11:30-12:05-our athletes need to be on deck by 11:15 Meet Starts 12:15 Session 8 (11 and over finals) Warm-ups 5:00-5:40-our athletes need to be on deck by 4:45 Meet Starts 5:45 NASA Sprint Meet Good first day for the club. Results will be posted as soon as they are received. Spirit Wear-Orders due 11/12 The spirit wear order form is attached. All forms need to be returned to me by this Friday, November 12. 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 November 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., December 1 at 8:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER SAFE SPORT TRAINING FOR ATHLETES (AGES 12-17) 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/Results coming soon NASA Sprint Meet/Nov. 6 & 7/Northridge High School/Results coming soon CON Skypoint/Nov. 12-14/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Entry sent ELK Rudolph Romp/ Dec. 10-12/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Next 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

Weekly Announcements for Week of 10/24-10/30

Dear SBSC families, Practice Schedule Riley HS Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:15 G1 Elite Wednesday 5:30-7:30 Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 5:30-7:30, and Friday 5:00-6:30 Group 3 AM Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 5:30-6:45 AM Group 3 PM Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 3:45-6:15 PM, and Friday 3:45-5:15 PM New Prairie HS Group 1 Monday and Tuesday 6:00-7:15 CST Group 2 Monday & Tuesday 4:30-6:15 CST, Wednesday & Thursday 4:30-6:30 CST Group 3 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 4:30-7:00 CST Practice Notes: 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. 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. Swim A Thon Thank you to everyone who contributed to this year's Swim-A-Thon. This is the 8th time we have done this fundraiser and this year was our most successful. The last day to turn in any donations is Saturday Oct. 30. WAR Monster Splash 10/30 The meet information has been posted and can be found on our website. I was in contact with their head coach last week and he was unable to provide any information on warm-up or meet start times. The meet info posted said teams would be informed of times on 10/26. As soon as I have info I will send it out. Spirit Wear-Orders due 11/12 The spirit wear order forms are in and they are attached. All forms need to be returned to me by November 12. We have been told there are limited supplies nation wide and any delay in placing our orders could result in some of these products not being available. Go Swim Education Plan I apologize for the lack of communication on this new program for us. I have sent multiple inquires to this company with no reply. Obviously, we will not be committing any type of financial resources from our club until we are able to speak to someone from GoSwim. Hopefully we will have some information soon. 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., 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., 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/Enty sent NASA Sprint Meet/Nov. 6 & 7/Northridge High School/Entry sent CON Skypoint/Nov. 12-14/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Entry sent 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

Weekly Announcements for Week of 10/17-10/23

Dear SBSC families, Practice Schedule Riley HS Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:15 G1 Elite Wednesday 5:30-7:30 Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 5:30-7:30, and Friday 5:00-6:30 Group 3 AM Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 5:30-6:45 AM Group 3 PM Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 3:45-6:15 PM, and Friday 3:45-5:15 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: 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. 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. Swim A Thon Saturday 10/23 RHS I made a mistake when I created the job sign-ups for this event. The parents who signed up to count laps from two seasons ago were still listed. The only way for me to clear those spots was to create a new jobs section and it required me to delete all the sign-ups. If you previously signed up to count laps please log back into your account and sign back up again. I do apologize for the error. There will be coffee/water and donuts for all of our counters. If you have any special requests please let me know. The expectation is all swimmers, regardless of the amount of money raised, will participate on Saturday. Swimmers should report on deck by 7:45 and we will begin promptly at 8:00. The event will end at 10:00 AM or 200 laps, whichever comes first. Group 1 swimmers will alternate between 10 minutes of swimming and 10 minutes of games and relays. Thank you to everyone who received donations this week. We are now close to 95% of our goal amount. I am incredibly grateful for those who have raised money for our club. I believe this is the closest we've been to our goal prior to the actual event. The last day to turn in donations is Saturday Oct. 30 While being so close to our goal is obviously very good news, a closer look reveals it could be so much better. We have 126 swimmers on the team. Only 42 have raised money, 1/3 of our total membership. Of those, only 29 have reached the $75 minimum, and 22 have reached the $150 amount to earn a team suit. As of today I will be billing more than well over half our families to meet their fundraising requirement. Many may not think this is a big deal because the club will ultimately still raise money. To me it is disappointing. I honestly feel like we ask very little of our parent group. This is our only fundraiser we do and have not done it since the fall of 2019. I always hope for more buy in with what we are trying to do with your children. We offer a quality product for a very reasonable price. We have been fortunate to have a very dedicated group of assistant coaches who do what they do for very little compensation. I am hoping after this fundraiser we can pay them closer to what they deserve. Please help show your appreciation by taking part. WAR Monster Splash 10/30 The meet information has been posted and can be found on our website. Our entry has been sent. 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. When the information is made available I will share immediately with our membership and post to our website NASA Sprint Meet & CON Skypoint Invite The deadlines for each of these meet is tonight, Sunday Oct. 17. The meet information for both meets can be found on our website. 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/Enty sent NASA Sprint Meet/Nov. 6 & 7/Northridge High School/tonight Sunday Oct. 17 CON Skypoint/Nov. 12-14/Elkhart Aquatic Center/tonight 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

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