DECEMBER 8-13 -- Really Busy Swim Week
I had a lot of fun skating with you. You are a good bunch of
kids. I hope no one got hurt! I saw (and heard) some hard falls. It
sounds like the dinner was a big success too. For those of you who
missed it - you have a present waiting for you. Joslin Wright will have
them at the meet on Tuesday to give to you. Remember NOT to wash them
in the dishwasher - they will melt!
This week is crazy. We have 3 meets! (Who planned THAT?) Here is the schedule:
- Normal practice schedule
- Monday 12/8: Dinner in the Commons at EAST after practice
- Tuesday 12/9: Hillcrest(5A), Bonneville(4A), Rowland Hall(2A) @ EAST - HOME meet - Best dress at school
- Wednesday 12/10: Dinner at the Wright's house (1392 Canterbury Dr) after practice
- Thursday 12/11: Herriman(5A), Stansbury(3A), Rowland Hall(2A) @ EAST - HOME meet - Best dress at school
- Saturday 12/13: Park City Invite (2465 West Kilby Road, Park City) - BUS at 6:45AM at the usual spot
- Bus snacks provided by Hank Thompson family
- Dinner/late lunch at The Pie - University basement location
As usual, all meets are required, and count double. PLEASE let me know ahead of time if you cannot attend.
As
a challenge to the JV swimmers - I'd like you to pick an event that you
haven't swam in a meet before to enter in one (or both) of our HOME
meets this week. Varsity-Invited swimmers should continue to practice
their best events. Varsity swimmers should finish up events on their
list this week at our home meets, and enter the events they care most
about in Park City.
The Park City meet has an
entry fee for each swimmer, which the school will pay, but I don't like
to pay for swimmers who don't show up! Entries are due for that meet on
Tuesday, so I must know of conflicts before then. This meet will have
teams from across the state 5A, 4A, 3A & 2A, most of them we have
not, and will not, swim against at any other time, or not until the
state meet.
Swimmers of the Meet:
Swimmers of the meet last week against Kearns! Kearns is one of the top
teams in 4A, so it is always a tough meet. We had some trouble, and
learned some things. First - swimmers need to make more effort to stay
warm. At a pool like Kearns, warm-up jackets and pants are necessary.
It is also important to wear flip-flops, sandals, or shoes. The deck
out there was freezing, making it very hard to stay warm without
something on your feet. Shivering uses a TON of energy that would be
better spent in your race! The Park CIty pool can be freezing too -
bring warm clothes and wear something on your feet!! Second - staying
positive is a TEAM effort. It's a lot more fun to win, but it is still
possible to swim well, when you concentrate on your race and your
teammates are cheering for you!
We had some great
results. The women's 400 free relay was really exciting! They dropped
their time by 4 seconds and won a very close race! There were some
really good individual results too. The girls' swimmer of the meet was Nicole Sullivan.
She dropped her time in the 100 free by 11.57 seconds! She dropped her
time in the 50 free by 5.55 seconds! Nice work! The guys' swimmer of
the meet went to two swimmers. Ryan Pratt improved a lot in his
two events, dropping 5.9 seconds in his 100 free, and 1.58 in his 50
free. Great! However, Ryan wasn't at practice Friday morning, so Jackson Keller won
the cap. Jackson also had a great meet dropping nearly a second in
both the 100 breast, and the 100 free with a 59.54, breaking a minute
for the first time!! That is a milestone barrier that is fun to break!
Congratulations to those swimmers! Who will it be this week??
Thanks to the Tippets, Buhler, and Price families for breakfasts last week. We LOVE the breakfasts!
Thanks to the Zach Olson family for bus snacks - even though Zach was too sick to swim!
Thanks to the Zach Olson family for bus snacks - even though Zach was too sick to swim!
Thanks to Tippets, Rainier, Sloan, Hopson, Service, Swanson, and Wright families for dinner at the Holiday party!
Breakfast this week:
- 12/10 Wednesday Varsity: Swanson family
- 12/12 Friday: Nick Olsen family
- 100%+: Maddie, Jamie, Meghan, Mary, Griffin, Jackson
- 95-99%: Mei, Eden, Allison, Kanna, Lauren, Ally, Madeline, Katy, Stephanie, Jesse, Alex, Jack, James, Travis
- 90-94%: Sam, Dana, Abbey, Emma, Nicole, Daxton, Rob, Jared, Zach, Dylan, Ryan, Cam
- 85-89 >Olivia, Chiharu, 'Ainu, Wendy, Adam, Nick, Hank, Nathan
- 84%: Noah
- >50%: Andria
- 12/17 Wednesday varsity breakfast: Rainier family
- 12/17 Wednesday dinner after practice: Mayer house (1415 Roxbury Rd)12/18 Thursday HOME meet: Fremont @ East
- 12/19 Friday breakfast: Hopson and Wright families
- 12/20-12/25 Holiday Moratorium - NO required practices!
- 12/26 Friday: We will have required practice in the morning time TBD
- 12/29 Monday: 2 practices - AM time TBD, 3-4:30PM, BOTH required for varsity , ONE for everyone else
- 12/30 Tuesday: 1 required practice time TBD - probably morning
- 12/31 Wednesday: AM Varsity-only practice time TBD, 3-4:30PM Family and Friends Fun Meet required for all
- 1/1: New Year Moratorium - NO practice!
- 1/2 Friday: AM practice time TBD
REMEMBER:
The holiday break practices are required and count toward your attendance percentage. Anyone who is below 85% on January 13 when entries are due for the Cedar City meet will not be entered, and may not attend with the team Jan 16-17. We might be able to offer a make-up
practice in January - but don't count on it. Your attendance is good now. Keep it up!
