Swim Team Update - Week of 1/27/20

Good evening everyone,

Great job at our meet on Saturday! Girls picked up wins against Medina, Elyria, and Buckeye to improve to 11-4 on the season. Boys defeated Elyria and came up just short to Medina to finish the season 9-5. A very nice gesture by Medina to recognize all seniors in the final dual meet of their careers. Certainly a happy/sad moment as we reflect on the last regular season meet for our senior class and their futures! You have had such great high school careers and we wish you the best! Now we have just one final push with our post-season meets. Let's have a great taper and make sure each lap from practice this season has set us up for our fastest swimming.





Reminders:
1.) Please try your hardest to make each day of practice on taper. We want to conserve energy as we drop yards 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 an impact. Try to avoid activities that take a lot of energy or might lead to injury, especially lifting, etc. Avoid junk food, go with carbs before we swim. Last, make sure you are getting a good night of sleep.
2.) For practice absences, please send us a quick email with date and reason (doc appointment, family emergency, sick, sport, etc.) so that we can update attendance. Remember that missed practices should be made up, and you have two options to meet your attendance requirement for each day! A giant thank you to those of you that have been on track with this!
3.) We still have a few super bowl squares to sell for the team fundraiser. If you would like to purchase, please email a member of the boosters or myself. Squares are 10$. Payouts are by 1st, 2nd, 3rd quarter, and end of the game.

Schedule:
Mon 1/27 AM – Optional/make-up swim practice at LH Wellness 5:45-6:45 am
Mon 1/27 PM – Swim practice at LH Wellness 2:45-5:00 pm
Tue 1/28 AM – Optional/make-up swim practice at LH Wellness 5:45-6:45 am
Tue 1/28 PM – Swim practice at LH Wellness 2:45-5:00 pm
Wed 1/29 AM – Optional/make-up swim practice at LH Wellness 5:45-6:45 am
Wed 1/29 PM – Swim practice at LH Wellness 2:45-5:00 pm
Thu 1/30 AM – Optional/make-up swim practice at LH Wellness 5:45-6:45 am
Thu 1/30 PM – Swim practice at LH Wellness 2:45-5:00 pm
Fri 1/31 AM – Optional/make-up swim practice at LH Wellness 5:45-6:45 am
Fri 1/31 PM – Swim practice at LH Wellness 2:45-5:00 pm
Sat 2/1 AM – Swimmers in Canton Champs; Meet at Canton Timken Pool. Bus 6:45 am. Start 9:30 am.
Sat 2/1 AM – Swimmers in Sectionals; practice at LH Wellness 7:15-9:15 am

Have a great week and Go Cards!
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Swim Team Update - Week of 1/20/20

Good evening everyone,

Fantastic night on Friday to honor our senior class! Always a favorite night! Both teams picked up both wins over South and Perry to improve to 7-3 marks on the season. The results and our schedule are attached for the week. Our top times will be updated on the team website shortly.

Reminders:
1.) I am looking for a few volunteers for tomorrow to speak for the swim team on Monday's with Malta Sports Radio Show. The swim team is on at 8:30 after Mentor Hockey and before Mentor Gymnastics at the Happy Moose in Mentor.
2.) For practice absences, please send us a quick email with date and reason (doc appointment, family emergency, sick, sport, etc) so that we can update attendance. Remember that missed practices should be made up and you have two options to meet your attendance requirement for each day! A giant thank you to those of you that have been on track with this!

Schedule:
Mon 1/20 AM – Morning practice canceled (holiday and snow)
Mon 1/20 PM – Swim practice at LH Wellness 2:45-5:00 pm
Tue 1/21 AM – Optional/make-up swim practice at LH Wellness 5:45-6:45 am
Tue 1/21 PM – Swim practice at LH Wellness 2:45-5:00 pm
Wed 1/22 AM – Optional/make-up swim practice at LH Wellness 5:45-6:45 am
Wed 1/22 PM – Swim practice at LH Wellness 2:45-5:00 pm
Thu 1/23 AM – Optional/make-up swim practice at LH Wellness 5:45-6:45 am
Thu 1/23 PM – Swim practice at LH Wellness 2:45-5:00 pm
Fri 1/24 AM – Optional/make-up swim practice at LH Wellness 5:45-6:45 am
Fri 1/24 PM – Swim practice at LH Wellness 2:45-5:00 pm
Sat 1/25 AM – Meet at Medina HS Rec Center against Medina and Elyria. Bus 2:00 pm. Start 4:00 pm.

Have a great week and Go Cards!
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Swim Meet Today Canceled - 1/18/20

Good morning,

Unfortunately, we received a call from the administration while waiting for our buses that there was a transportation issue for our swim meet today against Strongsville and Euclid. We then received a follow-up call from the administration that they were going to go ahead and cancel all away events because of the transportation issue. My apologies for the late notice and that many of us were already waiting in the parking lot. We pass on the information as soon as we receive it. When I hear any reschedule information I will let you know.

Stay safe, enjoy the holiday, and get some rest!

Swim Team Update - Week of 1/13/20

Good evening everyone,

Great work at our meets this weekend! Both teams defeated North and Brush on Friday night to improve to 5-3. The fast swimming continued Saturday when the boys finished 1st of 15 schools and the girls 2nd of 14 at the Perry Invitational! Swimmers combined to set 108 season-best times from the meets! Results, top times, and our schedule for the week are included below.

Reminders:
1.) We are in need of a few timer volunteers for our home meets Friday and Saturday at Spire. If you are able to help us out, please place your name on the Google Form linked here. We were a bit short this past Friday so please please help us out of possible. A giant thank you to all parents that have helped us with timing and every aspect of our meets this season to help make them possible!
2.) Senior night will be Friday night 1/17 before the meet. Reminder seniors, I should have received your senior bio sheet. Please send that to me tonight if you have not already. Parents of seniors, please meet on the pool deck at 6:15 pm for senior recognition. Thank you!
3.) All swimmers that meet attendance this week will be entered in the meets Friday against South and Perry and on Saturday against Strongsville and Euclid.
4.) Divers, there will be diving at both the meets Friday night and Saturday morning. Diving will be the six dive format.
5.) We are doing our Superbowl square fundraiser again this year! The board will be available at the home meets this weekend.
6.) There is a swim booster club meeting at the HS library on Tuesday at 6:15 pm.
7.) For practice absences, please send us a quick email with date and reason (doc appointment, family emergency, sick, sport, etc) so that we can update attendance. Remember that missed practices should be made up and you have two options to meet your attendance requirement for each day! A giant thank you to those of you that have been on track with this!

Schedule:
Mon 1/13 AM – Optional/make-up swim practice at LH Wellness 5:45-6:45 am
Mon 1/13 PM – Swim practice at LH Wellness 2:45-5:00 pm
Tue 1/14 AM – Optional/make-up swim practice at LH Wellness 5:45-6:45 am
Tue 1/14 PM – Swim practice at LH Wellness 2:45-5:00 pm
Tue 1/14 PM – Swim Booster Club Meeting at HS Library 6:15 pm
Wed 1/15 AM – Optional/make-up swim practice at LH Wellness 5:45-6:45 am
Wed 1/15 PM – Swim practice at LH Wellness 2:45-5:00 pm
Thu 1/16 AM – Optional/make-up swim practice at LH Wellness 5:45-6:45 am
Thu 1/16 PM – Swim practice at LH Wellness 2:45-5:00 pm
Fri 1/17 AM – No moring practice (meet)
Fri 1/17 PM – Meet at Spire against South and Perry. Bus 4:15 pm. Start 6:30 pm.
Sat 1/18 AM – Meet at Spire against Strongsville and Euclid. Bus 8:45 am. Start 10:30 am.

Have a great week and Go Cards!
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Swim Team Update - Week of 1/6/20

Good evening everyone,

Great work at the league meet on Saturday! 28 swimmers advanced to finals and set 52 season-best times out of a total 70 swims! Results and our schedule for the week are included below. Please check them carefully as we have a lot happening this week.

Reminders:
1.) We are in need of a few timer volunteers for our home meet Friday at Spire against North and Brush. If you are able to help us out, please place your name on the linked Google form. All swimmers that meet attendance will be entered in this meet.
2.) Anyone that was not in the league meet this past Saturday will be in the Mustang Invitational Wed 1/8 at Strongsville Rec Center. Anyone that was in the league meet but would like to swim different events also has the option to attend. If you do not attend, you will have normal practice. This meet is set to begin at 6:30 pm at the Strongsville Rec Center (Not Strongsville HS). There will be a bus to and from the meet but we will allow parent sign-outs for travel home when the meet concludes because it is a school night.
3.) Swimmers attending Perry Invitational (about 45 swimmers) on Saturday 1/11 will be in sessions with a girls meet in the late morning and a boys meet in the afternoon. Girls bus will leave at 8:00 am and the meet beginning at 11:00 am. Boys bus is TBA and boys start time is TBA. I am sorry I cannot provide more information but we simply do not have it until Perry combines the entries and gives a timeline. I would estimate, please understand this is without knowing the exact number of teams and entries, a 2:00ish bus time and a start of maybe 3:00-4:00pm? As soon as I receive information on the timeline I will send an update email. When the girls meet ends, boys warmups will begin 20 minutes after. We will have 2 different busses, one for girls and one for the boys. So girls you will travel out, then return after your meet. Boys you can sleep in, then travel out and return after your meet.
4.) Divers will be diving for the Perry Invitational on Friday night at Perry High School instead of attending the dual meet at Spire. The bus will leave at 5:00 pm, warmups will begin at 6:00 pm, and diving competition will start at 7:00 pm. This is a 6 dive format for the invitational.
5.) Attention seniors, starting this week we will have senior bio sheets at practice. A reminder that these need to be completed this week so we can have them ready for senior night at Spire on Friday 1/17 against South and Perry.
6.) We will be doing our Superbowl square fundraiser again this year. The board will be available at the home meet this week!
7.) For practice absences, please send us a quick email with date and reason (doc appointment, family emergency, sick, sport, etc) so that we can update attendance. Remember that missed practices should be made up and you have two options to meet your attendance requirement for each day! A giant thank you to those of you that have been on track with this!

Schedule:
Mon 1/6 AM – No morning practice (enjoy the last day of break!)
Mon 1/6 PM – Swim practice at LH Wellness 2:45-5:00 pm
Tue 1/7 AM – Optional/make-up swim practice at LH Wellness 5:45-6:45 am
Tue 1/7 PM – Swim practice at LH Wellness 2:45-5:00 pm
Wed 1/8 AM – No moring practice (meet)
Wed 1/8 PM – Swim practice at LH Wellness 2:45-5:00 pm
Wed 1/8 PM – Mustang League Meet Inv at Strongsville Rec Center. Bus 4:15 pm. Start 6:30 pm.
Thu 1/9 AM – Optional/make-up swim practice at LH Wellness 5:45-6:45 am
Thu 1/9 PM – Swim practice at LH Wellness 2:45-5:00 pm
Fri 1/10 AM – No moring practice (meet)
Fri 1/10 PM – Meet at Spire against North and Brush. Bus 4:30 pm. Start 6:30 pm.
Sat 1/11 AM – Girls Invitational at Perry. Bus 8:00 am. Start 11:00 am.
Sat 1/11 PM – Boys Invitational at Perry. Bus TBA (Est 1:00-3:00). Start TBA (Est 2:00-4:00)

Have a great week and Go Cards!
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