BLUE ASH YMCA SWIM TEAM

NEWSLETTER MARCH 3, 2008

 

END OF THE SEASON     This will be the last week of practice for many of our swimmers.

Junior Team practices are finished,  we will have all other groups’ practices next week through Thursday, March 6th, and have a reduced schedule on Friday March 7th. See below --

The week of March 10th will have a special schedule for Zone swimmers and National swimmers ONLY.

Practices for the Week of March 3

    Elite & Senior - regular though Thursday

    Adv Age- Mon,  Wed, Tues & Thursday, 6:30 - 7:30 PM in Ferris

    Dolphin - regular Mon - Tues, Thurs, extra practice on Wed 6:30 - 7:30 PM in Ferris

    Blue - regular through Thursday

    Junior - done for winter, see you in April

 Friday, March 7th (our traditional - come when you can night before League Championships)

    Elite and Senior start regular time for about 1 hour of swimming

    Adv Age and Dolphin please come to Ferris for 1 hour between 4:30 -6:00 PM

    Blue - 5 - 6 PM IN FERRIS

Saturday, March 8 - NO practices

Week of March 10 – Zone and National swimmers only –

   12 and under swimmers will practice with Adv. Age Group –

         Monday – Thursday from 6:30 – 7:30 PM in Ferris Pool

         Friday from 5:00 – 6:00 PM – ALL practices in Ferris Pool!

Elite – regular schedule

Senior Group swimmers with Zone times – 3:45 – 5 PM Monday – Friday

 

TEAM PICTURES ARE HERE  Our team pictures are here! Blue and Junior Swimmers – check at the Main Desk in Main building, all others in the Ferris Pool in your folders. They look good!

 

Volunteers are still needed for the meet; we need timers, officials and others for each session – sign up at the YMCA or email me as soon as possible. Will send out an email with all the jobs.  Sign up as soon as possible. We expect every family to volunteer once for the meet, even if it is for half a session. ME Lyons YMCA address is 8108 Clough Pike, Cincinnati, Ohio 45244. Each swimmer in championships will be getting a “Championship tee-shirt” this week, please ask you coach later this week.

 

COLATING HEAT SHEETS This Thursday, March 6.  We will be collating heat sheets for League in the Ferris Building, start about 3 PM till we are finished. Next week it will be for Zones!

 

ZONES    Entries are past due, if you did not enter, please contact Coach Bill Immediately! If you earn a Zone time at Leagues we’ll need to know if you will go to Cleveland State University and swim.

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR LEAGUE SWIMMERS   This past weekend many of our Swimmers earned new league times – 23 new League times earned by

Matt Buescher, Max Cappel, Melissa Eng, Brendan Fischer, Grant Girten, Regan Girten, Brooke Goodwin, Matt Hobler, Laura Komoroski, Kevin Mosko, Kristen Rissover, Peter Schildknecht, Matt Scott, Jannan Sivaruban, Anisha Varatharajah, Ian Warner, Mike Wiesenberg!

We now have 66 swimmers, 217 swim and 38 relays in League Championships!

 

UPCOMING DATES YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT   

Novice meet at BASH – March 14, Friday, warm up at 6 PM

 

ZONE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Hilton Garden Inn, Downtown Cleveland, about 1 mile form Pool

$99 per night plus tax, BUT we will pay for your room is you work at Zone.

Each session at Zones that you work, we’ll cover a ½ of a night. If 2 parents work one

Session, you’ll cover 1 night. IF you work over, then you’ll get $50 per session credit to

Your fund raising account for the Swim Team.

 

PICK UP AFTER PRACTICE  Parents, please make sure you are picking your swimmers up in a timely manor after their practices. Especially, those groups at Ferris Pool, the coaches and or the front desk staff cannot leave till the last swimmer is picked up.

As we get to the end of the season, many of the swimmers will be getting out of practice a bit earlier as they swim a little less just before Championships. Please have your swimmers check with their coaches as to when they will be getting out early from practice.

 

A GREAT WEBSITE TO VIEW

If you go to our YMCA’s league website, the entire YMCA swim meets information and results are available. So if you need more information, check it out –  http://www.swyswim.org/ 

 

 

 

 “LEAGUUE” CHAMPIONSHIP INFORMATION

This weekend at Miami University – Maps available -- March 7-9, 2008

Check your events on-line at www.swimbash.com or the email we sent out Sunday evening.

Entries to be sent in today, Monday, March 3rd at 11:30 AM

 

Friday night – warm up at 4:30 PM, meet at 5:30 PM

Saturday and Sunday morning for 11 and overs – BASH will have one day of Warm up at 6:30 AM, the other at 7:15 AM, with the meet starting each morning at 8 AM, we’ll let you know specifics.

Saturday and Sunday afternoons for 10 and under – Meet at 1 PM, our specific warm up at either 12 Noon or 12:25 PM, we will get the specific warm up out as soon as we know.

 

Saturday and Sunday Evening for Finals – for any swimmer in the Top 16 will swim – warm up at 5:00 PM, meet for distance events at 5:30 PM, other events after that about 6 PM or so. Any BASH swimmer who places in the top 24 must make their intentions known within 30 minutes of their swims each morning because they could move up in ranking and swim at night if others scratch. Any swimmer who earns a spot in the Final 16 and fails to swim, will lose all of their times and points for the WHOLE meet. We expect every BASH swimmer who earns a spot in the Top 16/Finals will swim! The coaches need to know ahead of time if you have anything that is going to keep you from competing at Finals if you make Finals.

 

Volunteers are still needed for the meet; we need lots of timers, and some one to Check in of swimmers before the meet. Sign up for jobs as soon as possible in Ferris Pool’s lobby window.

Each volunteer must report on time, if we do not supply our volunteers our swimmers will not be allow to swim! We also will get a $100 fine from the swim league!

Timers and officials check in about 45 minutes before the meet, other need to report before warm-ups start.

 

Directions – Google the following 700 South Oak St. Oxford, 45056

The pool is between Maple and Oak streets – Bring $ for parking especially quarters. The new parking deck is open, on the north side of the pool at $1 per hour. Parking is enforced on Friday and Saturday.

 

CHAMPIONSHIPS PURPOSE 

As we come into the second of our YMCA Championship we have a few things to remember-

1)     We must balance our individual goals with our team goals – We hope swimmers will try their hardest every time they enter the water, individual or relay swim. Don’t save for your “next swim”, give everything in each event. We have been training since September, so you should be able to recover for your next swim. Our team wants to finish well these upcoming weekends but we also want swimmers to make it to the next level! 

2)     Prepare yourself well, watch what you eat, get a good warm up and a good warm down, lots of sleep and rest and listen to your coach.

3)     Cheer on your teammates and they will cheer you on! Support and encourage your teammates, never put down a teammate.

4)     Have fun and enjoy your swims and the meet, If you get to nervous, put too much pressure on yourself or think negative thought, your out come will be less than expected. You have trained hard since September, had good coaching along the way, so expect good results, you have earned them and we know you will swim FAST.



TEE SHIRT AND BAG TAGS       Each swimmer in championships will receive their championship tee – shirt this week and your bag tag to get into the pool at Miami University.