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!
