The Week Ahead: 11/14 to 11/19

For the last time this season, you have a lengthy post to read!  However, this post does not include all the details for the week.  I will be emailing out a more detailed itinerary for Thursday through Saturday, as well as the official information document provided by Oakland University.  Practice times for the week have been updated on the calendar.


Quote for the Week
At God's footstool to confess
A poor soul knelt and bowed his head.
"I failed," he cried.  The Master said,
"Thou didst thy best, that is success."
~Lawrence Shidler

Important News/Notes

• As we will be missing school on Friday, you need to communicate with each of your teachers AHEAD OF TIME to get your assignments that will be due the following Monday.  You will still be responsible for handing those in on-time.  Also, make sure to ask when you should turn in any assignments that are due this Friday; some teachers may require you to turn them in on Thursday, which is their right to request.
• As I mentioned earlier for the Conference swimmers, we need to make sure that we're doing everything we can to stay rested up throughout the week.  Get enough/extra sleep and avoid adding extra vigorous physical activities.  If you have a question about something that you're doing, employ the motto "when in doubt, leave it out".  For those who are taking PE classes right now, I have emailed Mrs. Sall and Ms. Zick requesting that you be allowed to sit out for physical testing, running, etc.
• Between warm up and the actual meet, each day of State will be 5+ hours long.  Each day, be sure to bring plenty of snacks and a couple water bottles or other drinks so that you can stay fueled-up throughout each session.  The parents will be providing wraps for our lunch.
• Each swimmer needs to bring a pair of comfortable, broken-in tennis shoes to wear on-deck during the meet on both Friday and Saturday.  Walking around barefoot on a hard-surfaced pool deck for five hours is more draining than you would expect.  Please clean the soles beforehand so we're not tracking dirt everywhere.

Tuesday (11/15)

• Diving Regionals @ EGR
• Warm Up at 3:00pm.  Meet starts at 5:00pm.
• The Top 12 advance to the MHSAA D3 State Meet.

Friday (11/18)

• MHSAA D3 State Meet @ Oakland University
• Swimming Prelims
• Warm up at 10:00am.  Meet starts at Noon.
• A link for live results will appear on this page.
• Diving Prelims
• Warm up during the swimming prelims.
• Meet starts after completion of swimming prelims (approx. 3:30pm).
• Divers may complete up to 8 dives.  The field will be cut-down to 16.

Saturday (11/19) 

• MHSAA D3 State Finals
• Warm Up at 10:00am.  Meet starts at Noon.
• Divers will complete their final 3 dives in the normal diving spot.
• A link for live results will appear on this page.

State Championships Info

• Location: Oakland University
• The Driving Directions page has been updated to include our hotel.
• Prelims/Finals for Individuals: The State Meet is split up into two days: Prelims on Friday and Finals on Saturday.  On Friday, the 24 fastest seed times will be circle-seeded in the final three heats, with the remaining swimmers being seeded by time (slowest to fastest) in the first couple heats.  The Top 16 times for each individual event and each relay from Friday qualify to swim on Saturday.  For Finals on Saturday, the first heat will be the Consolation Finals (9-16) and the second heat will be the Championship Finals (Top 8).
• Diving: Divers will do 8 dives for prelims on Friday evening.  Those who are in the Top 16 after 8 will complete their final 3 dives on Saturday in the normal diving spot of the meet.
• Scoring Breakdown (Saturday only, descending by place):
• Individuals:
• Championship Finals (Top 8): 20, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11
• Consolation Finals (9-16): 9, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
• Relays (double the points of individual events):
• Championship Finals (Top 8): 40, 34, 32, 30, 28, 26, 24, 22
• Consolation Finals (9-16): 18, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 
• Note: if a swimmer qualifies for the Consolation Finals (9-16) but swims a time on Saturday that would make the top 8, she still receives 9th place.
• Saturday Awards: 
• On Saturday, there will be an award ceremony for each event.  This will occur after the Consolation heat of the following event.
• The Top 16 receive medals.
• The Top 8 is All State.

GO MAROONS!!!

~Ben