Swim Team Update Week of 1-29-18

Good evening everyone,

I wanted to pass along information about arrangements for Coach Heller.  Each swimmer and family are encouraged to make what decisions on attending feels right to them.  Our dear friend and coach will be greatly missed.  Please remember that the school guidance departments, administration, and athletics staffs are here to help in any way we can.  Calling hours will be held this Tuesday from 3:00-9:00pm at Brunners Funeral Home in Mentor.  Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10:00am at St. Marys Church in Mentor.  If students would like to attend the funeral services on Wednesday, parents need to call school attendance offices to call students off from school.

With the final dual meets of the season, both teams went 3-1 on the weekend.  This improves the ladies record to 12-3 and the boys to 8-7 on the season.  From both meets, we saw 92 season-best times set this past weekend.  Great swimming!  Our schedule for this week is included below.

Morning practices at this stage of the season should only be attended if you miss a practice during an afternoon.  With the teams on taper, we are now gradually reducing yardage and controlled intensity to lead swimmers to a rested status before their championship meets.  On an organization note, swimmers are either attending JV Championships at Canton Timken this Saturday as their championship meet, or Sectionals at Spire on Saturday Feb 10^th as their championship meet.  Remember swimmers to avoid junk food, pop, and try to get plenty of sleep.  Practices for those swimmers attending the JV Championship meet this Saturday will end approximately 30 minutes earlier than the listed time.

Schedule:
Mon AM 1/29 - Swim practice 5:45-6:45am (optional)

Mon PM 1/29 - Swim practice 2:45-5:15pm
Tue AM 1/30 - Swim practice 5:45-6:45am (optional)
Tue PM 1/30 - Swim practice 2:45-5:15pm
Wed AM 1/31 - Swim practice 5:45-6:45am (optional)
Wed PM 1/31 - Swim practice 2:45-5:15pm
Thu AM 2/1 - Swim practice 5:45-6:45am (optional)

Thu PM 2/1 - Swim practice 2:45-5:15pm
Fri 2/2 - Swim practice 2:45-5:15pm
Sat 2/3 - JV Championships at Canton Timken, meet starts 9:00am, bus leaves 6:00am
Sat 2/3 - Swim practice 7:00am-9:00am

Thank you

Swim Team Update Week of 1-22-18

Good evening everyone,

Great meet this past Friday!  Both squads split with Medina and Elyria.  Girls are now 9-2 and boys 5-6 on the season.  We saw an impressive 73 season best times set at the meet!  Results and top times have been updated on the team website at mentorswimming.com.  

Our schedule for this week is included below.  

Our meet on Friday 1/26 will be our parent and senior night recognitions.  All swimmers will be introduced/photographed with parents before the meet.  Please arrive by 5:45pm and come to the pool deck so we can organize the process.  Senior bios will be read after diving and before the second half of the meet.

Reminder that the location of the meet Saturday 1/27 is at Brunswick.  We corrected that at the team meeting at the start of the year but there might still be some copies of the team information packet that include the incorrect location at Perry.

Last reminder is that mornings are optional unless you need to make up for missing in the afternoon or want to get in some extra practices.

Schedule:
Mon AM 1/22 - Swim practice 5:45-6:45am (optional)

Mon PM 1/22 - Swim practice 2:45-5:15pm
Tue AM 1/23 - Swim practice 5:45-6:45am (optional)
Tue PM 1/23 - Swim practice 2:45-5:15pm
Wed AM 1/24 - Swim practice 5:45-6:45am (optional)
Wed PM 1/24 - Swim practice 2:45-5:15pm
Thu AM 1/25 - Swim practice 5:45-6:45am (optional)

Thu PM 1/25 - Swim practice 2:45-5:15pm
Fri 1/26 - Meet at Spire, Start 4:00pm, Bus leaves 6:00pm
Sat 1/27 - Meet at Brunswick, Start 6:45pm, Bus leaves 4:45pm

Thanks and have a great week everyone!  Go Cards!

Swim Team Update Week of 1-8-18

Good evening everyone,

I apologize for the late email, was waiting on a few results files.  Great job at our dual meets last weekend and the GCC League Meet yesterday!  The team qualified for 42 finals swims and had over 30 season best times.  Our schedule for this week is included below.

Reminder that all practices are now at Lake Health Wellness Center.  Swimmers will need to head there after school and can be picked up from the new facility after practice.

Swimmers that were not in the meet Saturday are in the meet this Wednesday night at the Strongsville Rec Center.  The Perry Invitational next Saturday we are limited to the teams six fastest times in each event.  Reminder that for this meet girls and boys are split with girls swimming in the morning and boys in the afternoon/evening.  Lineups will be posted throughout the week.

Picture forms will be passed out this week.  

Last item is some good news that Mr. Cassella has worked it out for us to be able to offer morning practices.  These practices will not be required but for swimmers looking for extra practice or that need to makeup for missing a practice in the afternoon.  We will update with info as it becomes available.

Schedule:

Mon 1/8 - Swim Practice 2:45-5:00pm
Tue 1/9 - Swim Practice 2:45-5:00pm
Wed 1/10 - Swim Practice 2:45-5:00pm

                   Meet at Strongsville Rec Center, Start 7:00pm, Bus leaves 3:45pm
Thu 1/11 - Swim Practice 2:45-5:00pm
Fri 1/12 - Swim Practice 2:45-5:00pm
                Diving at Perry, Start 7:00pm, Bus leaves 5:00pm
Sat 1/13 - Girls Perry Invitational, Start 9:00am, Bus leaves 6:00am (Tentative until warmup time assigned)
                 Boys Perry Invitational, Start TBA (After girls meet finishes, we will receive projected time after all entries are turned in this week), Bus leaves TBA
Sun 1/14 - Off
Mon 1/15 - Swim Practice 2:45-5:00pm

Thanks and have a great week everyone!  Go Cards!