High School Swiw Team Update - Information and Sign-up

Good morning everyone,

I hope your start to the school year has been going well!  I am reaching out with a few pieces of information for the upcoming High School swim season.



We will have an athlete and parent meeting at the HS in the Paradigm on Wednesday October 2nd to prepare for the season. The meeting will begin at 6:00 PM.

High School Team Information Packet

If you are interested in joining the team, please complete these items:
- Team Google form signup linked here for 2024-2025. This will ensure you are added to the email list and receive all of the important reminders and newsletter updates.
- FinalForms for OHSAA Athletic Physical and Emergency Medical information by your first day of practice. Physicals are good for 13 months from when you last received one. They are good for all school sports.

We will also have optional strength and conditioning workouts at the new stadium weight room from 6:15-7:15 PM on Tuesdays and Thursdays until the season begins. These will start tomorrow evening for anyone interested. There will not be lifting on Tuesday Oct 1st because of conferences. 

If you are able to help us out with concessions volunteers, we would greatly appreciate it. All teams at the HS get put into a rotation to cover these events for Cardinal Parents Club. In return, Cardinal Parents Club is able to provide some great things for the teams like paying for team awards nights, scholarships, and helping with equipment and rental fees. If you are able to help us out, the sign-up sheet can be found linked here.

If you have any questions, I am happy to help!

Hope everything is going well and Go Cards!

Middle School Swim Team Update - Team Information and Sign-up

Good morning everyone,

I hope your start to the school year has been going well! I am reaching out to everyone who was on the middle school team as a seventh-grader last season. Your class had much to celebrate, with many additions to the top-times lists, personal bests, team wins, and high performance in the classroom.

We hope that you have an interest in continuing to swim for the team this season. There are a couple of upcoming meetings for the middle school team this year.

 


Shore Interest Meeting: Wed 9/11, 3:45-4:15 PM in the Shore Library/Nest
Memorial Interest Meeting: Thu 9/12, 3:45-4:15 PM in the Memorial Auditorium
--- No worries If you cannot attend the interest meeting; I know many of you are in fall sports and activities. Please plan to attend the athlete/parent meeting ---
Athlete Parent Meeting: Tue 9/17, 6:00 PM in the High School Paradigm Building

Middle School Team Information Packet

If you are interested in joining the team, please complete these items:
- Team Google form signup linked here for 2024-2025. This will ensure you are added to the email list and receive all of the important reminders and newsletter updates.
- FinalForms for OHSAA Athletic Physical and Emergency Medical information by your first day of practice. Physicals are good for 13 months from when you last received one. They are good for all school sports.

If you have any questions, I am happy to help. Please email me at kellyc@mentorschools.org

I hope everything is going well and that you are looking forward to a great season!

High School Swim Team Update - Week of 2/12/2024

Good afternoon everyone,

Fantastic Sectional Meet yesterday! It was great to see everyone's hard work pay off! The ladies team won the Sectional title. The boys finished in second. Swimmers combined for 56 season best times! The postseason will continue Saturday with Districts at Cleveland State. Results and top times have been updated on the team website. Qualifiers needing to attend practice, our reminders, and schedule for the week are included below.

Qualifiers:
Marlena Childs - 200 MED R, 200 IM, 200 FR R, 100 BK
Madison Andres - 200 MED R, 200 IM, 100 BR, 400 FR R
Ruthie Gemmen - 200 MED R, 50 FR, 100 FL, 200 FR R
Clara Engelking - 200 FR, 500 FR, 400 FR R
Juliana Slaninka - 200 FR, 500 FR, 200 FR R, 400 FR R
Cora Hoellein - 200 IM
Annie Berrow - 200 MED R, 50 FR, 100 FR, 200 FR R
Sophia Messina - 500 FR, 400 FR R
Mila Rogonjic - 500 FR
Maggie Brueggeman - 100 BK
Libby Davis - 100 BK
Asa Davis - 200 FR, 200 FR R, 100 BK, 400 FR R
Jackson Hodkey - 200 MED R, 200 IM, 100 BK, 200 FR R
Reece Benedict - 200 IM, 100 FL, 200 FR R, 400 FR R
Dylan Tackett - 50 FR, 100 FR, 200 FR R, 400 FR R
Nathan Gemmen - 200 MED R, 200 IM, 100 BK
Preston Elrod - 200 MED R, 100 FR, 400 FR R
Caiden Kuta - 200 MED R

Reminders:
1.) Please try your hardest to attend practice each day as we continue with taper. We want to conserve energy as we drop the yardage and intensity of our final practices to set us up for the best possible time drops at our respective championship meets. This is a scheduled controlled drop with each day having a critical impact.
2.) Please be sure to practice the strategies for a good taper we have been talking about at practice. We want to be fully rested and ready to perform our fastest.
- Good night's sleep
- Good diet (especially pasta and vegetables Thursday/Friday)
- Avoid excessive hours staring at device screens
- Avoid activities that will take a lot of energy or that risk injury (lifting, hot tubs, skiing, etc.)
3.) We will be updating relays at practice this week based on the addition of Saturday's sectional times. In some cases, we will be holding swim-offs with our sprints at practice to settle a few remaining spots. Our relay performances have been incredible so far! I wish we could run multiple because I know we have so many swimmers ready to contribute great performances! We make any adjustments with the goal to position the relays to drop even more time and continue to advance. Keep working hard as a group to make our relays the fastest they can be; it takes the collective effort of every team member to push them forward!

Schedule:
Mon 2/11 - Swim practice at UH Wellness 2:45-5:00/5:20 pm
Tue 2/12 - Swim practice at UH Wellness 2:45-5:00/5:20 pm
Wed 2/13 - Swim practice at UH Wellness 2:45-5:00/5:20 pm
Thu 2/14 - Swim practice at UH Wellness 2:45-5:00/5:20 pm
Fri 2/15 - Swim practice at UH Wellness 2:45-5:00/5:20 pm
Sat 2/16 - Meet at CSU against Districts. Bus TBA. Start 12:00 pm

High School Team Information Packet
Full Practice and Meet Schedule
High School Meet Schedule

Have a great week and Go Cards!