DECEMBER 1-6 --It's December already!‏ 

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving break and are rested and excited to head into the next busy weeks of swimming.  This week we swim against Kearns who is one of the top teams in 4A.  Next week we have 3 meets including the Park City Invitational where we will swim against different teams from all divisions.  Add in a Christmas party, and some team dinners and it means there is a lot of time devoted to our team.

We had a fun and exciting meet last week at Cyprus.  I've decided to start naming a swimmer-of-the-meet for both the boys and the girls.  This week Katy Mayer was the girl honored for her efforts at the meet.  She swam the first 500 of her life in a 6:05. Last year a 6:04 qualified for state.  Fantastic Katy!  And then, not to let his little sister out do him, Alex Mayer was the other honoree.  Alex has had a good year so far.  He has worked hard in practice, and his times have been dropping. He had personal best times in both of his individual events at Cyprus. Congratulations Katy and Alex!  

THANK YOU to Griffin Hale and his family for providing snacks on the bus last week.

This week 12/1-12/6:

• Normal practice schedule
• Wed 12/3: Varsity practice breakfast provided by James Tippets and family
• Thurs 12/4: East @ Kearns - AWAY  
• EAST swim attire at school
• Swimmers excused from school at 1:45; bus at 2pm
• Z Olsen will provide snacks on the bus
• Dinner at Pizza Studio (Foothill) after meet
• Friday 12/6:  Breakfast provided by Allison Buhler, Stephanie Price and their families
• Saturday 12/6: Christmas Party!  

Attendance looks GREAT!

• 100%+: Maddie, Ally, Jamie, Meghan, Jesse, Mary, Griffin, Jackson, Alex
• 95-99%: Mei, Eden, Allison, Kanna, Lauren, Madeline, Katy, Abbey, Adam, Rob, Ryan, Jack, James, Travis
• 90-94%: Sam, Dana, Stephanie, Emma, Nicole, Noah, Daxton, Jared, Nick, Zack, Dylan, Hank, Nathan, Cameron
• 85-89%: Olivia, Chiharu, Ainu, Wendy
• <50%: Andria, Alicia

HEADS UP for next week 12/8-12/13:

• M 12/8: Dinner in East Commons after practice
• T 12/9:  HOME meet - Hillcrest, Bonneville, Rowland Hall @ East
• W 12/10: Varsity practice breakfast provided by Jack Swanson family
• W 12/10: Dinner at Wright home
• Th 12/11: HOME meet - Herriman, Stansbury, Rowland Hall @ East
• F 12/12: Breakfast provided by Nick Olsen family
• S 12/13: AWAY meet - Park City Invite; Bus snacks by Hank Thompson family; Pie Pizza after the meet

GO EAST!!

NOVEMBER 24-28 -- Short Week - Turkey Day!

We have a short swim week this week and a needed break from routine.  

Thank-you to everyone who donated to the End Poverty Project.  28 of our swimmers contributed.  Our team should be proud!  You are great!  It also helped your attendance numbers!

Nice job at the meet this week.  We had some more REALLY GOOD swims, and many event winners!  PLUS, our team won!  YAY!  Check the Top50 list to see how we are doing.  We have some swimmers near the very top!  The site is not fully functional at this point as far as individual results, but the top50 lists are there.  (utswimcoach.com)  It looks like the girls 200 FR relay (Eden, 'Ainu, Katy, and Meghan) might already have a time good enough to qualify for state!  I hope so!!

Thank you to the Day, Thompson, and Z. Olson families for breakfast and Mayer, Buhler, Price, Mortensen, Hopson, and Phillips families for providing dinner last week! We all love food!!

Schedule this week:

• Monday, 11/24 - normal practice schedule: 7am and 3pm. In the afternoon Alexis is planning the "Wonderful World of Turns". Be there or be square.

• Tuesday, 11/25 - MEET at Cyprus - 3080 S Buccaneer Dr (8623 W) in Magna . Bus departs EAST at 2pm. Swimmers excused from school at 1:45pm.
• Snacks provided by Griffin Hale and family 
• After the meet at Cyprus, the team will go to dinner at Zupa's (Sugarhouse location).
• Wednesday, 11/26 - I will allow swimmers to attend either (or both) practices - like a Monday. Varsity required at both. 5:30AM and 3PM.  No breakfast will be provided in the morning.  You should go out as a group.
• NO scheduled PRACTICE THURSDAY OR FRIDAY!!  Moratorium. You are totally invited to work off your Thanksgiving dinner on your own though!

Attendance: 

100%+: Kanna, Maddie, Ally, Jamie, Meghan, Jesse, Griffin, Jackson, Alex 

90-94%: Lauren, Sam, Stephanie, Emma, Nicole, Adam, Daxton, Jared, Nick, Dylan, Ryan, Hank, Cameron

85-89%: Olivia, Chiharu, Dana, Noah, Nathan

84%: 'Ainu (must be on time to all required practices - once on Monday and Wednesday)

81%: Wendy (must be on time to both Monday practices and one on Wednesday)

<50%: Andria, Alicia

If your name is not on this list - you are not officially excused from school.

Next Week (12/01 - 12/06):

• Dec. 3^rd – (Wednesday Varsity) breakfast provided by James Tippits and Family 
• Dec. 4th - East @ Kearns - AWAY MEET. 
• Olsen and family snacks for the bus ride 
• Dinner at Pizza Studio (Foothill location) after Kearns Meet.
• Dec. 5th – (Friday) breakfast provided by Buhler and Price Families 
• December 5^th or 6th - Team Xmas Party (more details TBA)

NOVEMBER 17-22, 2014 -- FIRST HOME MEET THIS WEEK!!

Hello All - 

We have another busy week coming up!  I hope everyone had fun at the relay meet and Laser Tag last week.  Things get more serious now. Here we go with another ...long... email.

CONGRATULATIONS to Alex Mayer and Katy Mayer for being promoted to VARSITY, and Nick Olsen for being added to Varsity Invited!

Results

Some of the venues we visit have the ability to publish live results through Meet Mobile.  The free app for your apple or android phone can be found here:  Meet Mobile app

Another resource for swimmers and parents is the USCA website: utswimcoach.com.  This lists the top50 swims to date in the state in each event. We care about the 4A top50 and relays.  You can also find graphs of each swimmers' times by clicking on EAST swimmers.  As the season winds down swimmers who appear in the top50 have a chance of qualifying for state.  The top50 is updated each Sunday night with the meets from that week.  The first one should go up today sometime. 

The results of our meets will also be posted on our blog site: eastswimteam.blogspot.com  Click on the Meet Results tab.

Relay Meet

Good job at the relay meet!  I was so happy that EVERY swimmer entered showed up ready to swim!  You are AWESOME.  The boys team AND girls team EACH WON 3 relays!!  The girls won the 200 Partner Medley (Dana, Abbey, Mary, Jamie, Sammy, Ally, Stephanie, Olivia) with great coaching from Ian, and the 800 Free Relay (Eden, Katy, Maddie, Meghan) which is the most difficult relay in the meet.  The boys won the T-shirt relay (Hank, Nick, Zach, Alex) keeping the tradition alive, and the 400 Medley Relay (Griffin, Nathan, Jack, James) which is the 2nd hardest relay event.  EAST really cleaned up in the Fin Relay winning BOTH the boys (Alex, Jared, Nate, Griffin) AND the girls (Mei, Eden, Jamie, Katy).  As a team, EAST place third, beating Highland by 2 points!  YEAH!

Activites LAST week

The laser party on Saturday was well attended and really fun!  MANY thanks to the Hopson, Jensen, Wright, and Swanson families for making it a success!  Watch for photos on the Blog site.

Thank you to the Jensen, Tippets and Olsen Families for breakfast and Sullivan family for meet snacks last week!

Activities THIS WEEK

• LET'S END POVERTY Clothing Drive: This is a school-wide drive running November 17-24.  The club or team donating the most gets a free pizza party!  Let's win it!  Bring your donations of clothing, books, shoes or household items to any MORNING practice November 17-24 and deliver to Joslin Wright at the breakfast tables.  She will collect your donation and deliver it to school.  Swimmers participating in the drive will get one make-up credit for donating a bag of items!  We challenge all swimmers to donate even if they don’t need extra participation credits to show swim team spirit and school pride.
• The night BEFORE home meets we will have a team dinner after practice (about 5pm).  This Tuesday, the Mayers are hosting the dinner at their house: 1415 Roxbury Road
• Team picture: On Thursday we will have our team picture taken for the yearbook.  PLEASE WEAR YOUR TEAM SUIT and be ready for the picture at 3pm! 

Attendance

• 100%+: Kanna, Maddie, Jamie, Meghan, Griffin, Alex M, James
• 90-99%: Mei, Eden, Allison, Ally, Chiharu, Madeline, Katy, Dana, Abbey P, Stephanie, Jesse, Mary, Nicole, Adam, Noah, Daxton, Rob, Jared, Zach, Jackson, Dylan, Ryan, Jack, Cameron
• 85-89%: Lauren, Emma, Nick, Hank, Nathan, Travis
• 84%: Sammy (attend all required practices on-time to be eligible for meet)
• 76-79%: Olivia, 'Ainu (need 2 make-ups to be eligible for meet - ie double Monday AND donation to END POVERTY drive)
• 70%: Wendy (not eligible for meet this week - need make-ups!)
• <55%: Alex I, Andria, Alicia, Abbie J, Alen, Aidan (in danger of being cut from team - please talk to Cathy!)

Calendar 11/17-11/24

• Nov 17-24: Let's End Poverty Clothing Drive (Bring stuff MWF mornings)
• Nov 18:  Team Dinner after practice at Mayer's (1415 Roxbury Road)
• Nov 19:  HOME meet with Olympus and Rowland Hall
• Nov 20: Team pictures

Breakfasts

• 11/19 - Wednesday Varsity - Maddie Day and Family
• 11/21 - Friday - Hank Thompson, Zach Olson and Families

Next Week

• Tuesday 11/25 - EAST @ Cyprus (treats on bus provided by Griffin Hale and Family)  Dinner after the meet at Zupa in Sugarhouse
• NORMAL practice schedule on Wednesday 11/26
• THANKSGIVING Moratorium - NO Practice Thursday 11/27 or Friday 11/28 - HAPPY Turkey Day!

 

November 14, 2016

Greetings All!

We want to remind everyone about our Team party on Saturday, November 15th.  We will all meet at Laser Quest (7202 South 900 East) at 8:00 pm.  The team will play two laser tag games and have pizza in the party room.  The cost for this activity is $5 per swimmer which we will collect that evening.

Hope to see you all on Saturday!

Go East Swimming!!!

November 12, 2014

Let’s End Poverty

A PROGRAM OF CHOICE HUMANITARIAN

CLOTHING DRIVE

BRING CLOTHING, BOOKS, SHOES & OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO HELP END POVERTY

November 17^th – 24^th

You may have heard that the East High Student Senate is hosting a drive in conjunction with Choice Humanitarian – Lets End Poverty, to collect clothing, books and household items to help end poverty around the world.

The drive is scheduled for November 17th-24^th (for clubs and teams only, the drive ends school wide on the 21^st). To maximize participation and build excitement throughout the school, it has been decided that there will be a competition between the clubs and sports teams to see who can collect the most bags. 

To encourage Swim Team participation for a donation of clothing, books, shoes or household items Coach Cathy will give a make-up swim practice credit. 

Bring your donations to any MORNING practice November 17-24 and deliver to Joslin Wright at the breakfast tables.  She will collect your donation and make note, then you will receive the practice credit. 

We challenge all swimmers to donate even if they don’t need extra participation credits to show swim team spirit and school pride!

NOVEMBER 10-15, 2014 -- Great Week Last Week!

Hi all,

First of all - Fabulous job at the meet everyone!  Many of you beat your best times from last year.  Amazing!  Our team scores were not great, but like I told you at practice, we can't win as a team unless we fill all the events.  We had several events with only one person swimming.  We also had several people unable to swim, for various reasons.  Both of those things need to change if we want to win as a team.  Individually though, wow!  You were fantastic!  That was a great start.  Let's keep it up!  You can find results on the blog: eastswimteam.blogspot.com

Second - GREAT job at the Chipotle fundraiser!  We raised $1278.  This money will be used for activities, travel, equipment, and the year end banquet.  I loved the camaraderie I felt between team members.  

Next - There is a team activity planned for November 15 at 7:45 pm - Lazer Quest and Dinner (7202 S 900 E, Midvale) The team will play two laser tag games and have pizza in the party room.  The cost for this activity is $5 per swimmer which we will collect that evening. There will be a sign-up list at practice this week to get a count of swimmers that will be participating. 

Parents, if you can help with this activity please contact Jodie Swanson (snjswanson@msn.com or 801-712-0456).  

THIS WEEK

• Normal practice schedule:  Mon-Wed 3 PM, Mon 7AM, Wed (Varsity) 5:30 AM, Friday (everyone) 5:30 AM.
• Wednesday breakfast provided by Madeline Jensen, Chiharu Ito, James Tippets and families. Thank-you!
• Friday breakfast provided by Nick Olsen and family. Thank-you!
• RELAY MEET!  Thursday November 13 @ Kearns Oquirrh Park Fitness Center (5624 S Cougar Lane (4800 W)).  School bus departs East at 1:30PM.  Swimmers will be excused at 1:15PM.  Warm-up 2:30PM, Meet start 3:30PM.
• Saturday Nov 15 - Lazer Quest 7:45-10PM.

ATTENDANCE - It looks better this week.

• 100%+: Eden, Kanna, Maddie, Jamie, Katy, Meghan, Griffin, Jackson, Alex M, Jack, James
• 90-99%: Mei, Allison, Ally, Chiharu, Dana, Stephanie, Jesse, Mary, Nicole, Adam, Noah, Daxton, Rob, Jared, Zach, Dylan, Ryan, Cameron, Travis
• 85-89%: Olivia, Lauren, Sam, Madeline, Abbey P, Hank, Nathan
• 80-82%: Emma, Nick (need a make-up Monday) Plan to swim on Thursday
• 62-68%: Alicia, 'Ainu, Wendy (need make-ups) Plan to swim on Thursday anyway
• <50%: Alex I, Andria, Abbie J, Alen, Aidan (need make-ups)  Probably not swimming Thursday

THANK-YOU to the Van Buren, Phillips, Bodnar, and Packham families for breakfasts last week, and the Colgan family for snacks on the bus.

Heads-up for next week (11/17-11/22): 

• Nov 18th – Dinner at the Mayer House (1415 Roxbury Road, SLC) after practice 
• Nov 19th (Wednesday Varsity) breakfast -  Maddie Day Family 
• Nov 19th - Olympus @ East - HOME MEET 
• Nov 20th - Team Pictures at SL Sports Complex 3:00PM.  Wear team suit. (Please be on time so we can get this done quickly and get to practice)
•  Nov 21st - (Friday) breakfast - Hank Thompson, Zach Olson and families

NOVEMBER 3-7, 2014--Busy Swim Week Coming Up!

Hello Swimmers and Parents - 

This is a long email. We have a busy week coming up including our LAST fundraiser and our FIRST meet!

First - Please help us spread the word about the last team sponsored fundraiser on Tuesday November 4th from 6-9pm at Chipotle on 21st South. The team receives 50% of the proceeds from the sales that night.  We encourage every swimmer to bring family and friends to come eat.  Attached is the flyer (single/double) to print or post on your FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM and/or TWITTER accounts and EMAIL/TEXT it to your family and friends so we can get as many people as possible.  We'll be posting flyers around the school and plan to advertise around the community this week. Remember to come support our team!

Second - Our first meet!! On Friday November 7th.  The bus will DEPART from 8th South outside the Gyms at 2pm.  You will be excused from class at 1:45pm.  EVERYONE is expected to be on the bus!  Meets count DOUBLE!  If you are unable to swim because of low attendance, or some other reason (??), you must still come and cheer on your teammates. REMEMBER to wear your new EAST SWIM TEAM attire to school on Friday. Everyone is expected to ride the bus both directions.  You may get a ride home with your OWN parent if the PARENT tells me IN PERSON that you will not be on the bus.  NO EXCEPTIONS to this rule.  PLEASE don't leave without a parent telling me, or the whole team sits and waits on the bus while we try to find you.  We should arrive back at East High at about 6-6:30pm.  After the meet, the team will go to dinner at Costa Vida in Foothill Village, so bring money to pay for your dinner if you plan to go (strongly encouraged).

Schedule this week:

• Normal practice schedule: M:7-8:30am, M-Th:3-4:30pm, F:5:30-7am, W Varsity:5:30-7am
• November 4th: Chipotle Fundraiser night, 5:00-9:00, everyone must participate (shift sign-up sheet on Monday)
• First Meet!! November 7th: Judge, East and Clearfield @ Bountiful (South Davis Rec Center) - AWAY MEET
• November 7th: Dinner @ Costa Vida (Foothill location) after Bountiful Meet

Attendance:

• 100%++:Mei, Eden, Kanna, Maddie, Jamie, Katy, Meghan, Daxton, Griffin, Jackson, Alex M, Jack, James NICE!
• 90-99%: Sam, Ally, Chiharu, Dana, Abbey P, Stephanie,Jesse, Nicole, Rob, Jared, Zach, Dylan, Nathan, Cameron
• 85-89%: Olivia, Allison, Mary, Adam, Noah, Nick, Ryan, Travis (Careful - don't miss!)
• 82%: Madeline, Lauren, Hank (will be ok by meet on Friday if you don't miss and aren't late)
• 50-70%: Alicia, Ainu, Emma R, Wendy, Alen (not eligible to swim in the meet this week - need Monday makeups)
• <50%: Alex I, Andria, Abbie J, Aidan (not eligible for meet - need makeups - twice on Mondays)

Remember that being late - even 1 minute - means the practice counts only 75% If you are more than 20 minutes late, it doesn't count at all.  We go by the big scoreboard clock on the wall, which has been a few minutes fast!  Be ready to go early! 

Thank you to the Hopson and Mayer Families for breakfast last week!

Breakfast this week:

• November 5th (Wednesday Varsity) breakfast provided by Nate Van Buren and Family
• November 7th (Friday) breakfast provided by Noah Bodnar, Dylan Packham and Families

Heads-up for next week (11/10-15/14):

• November 12th (Wednesday Varsity) breakfast - Jensen/Knudson Families
• November 13th - Region Relay @ Kearns - AWAY MEET
• November 13th - Dinner @ Habit Burger after Kearns Meet
• November 14th (Friday) breakfast - Nick Olsen Family
• November 15th - Lazer Quest and Dinner Team Building Activity (more details to follow)
  
   
  Cathy
  Go East!