THE WEEK IN REVIEW
A great week of practice. Perhaps our best so far. I am excited about where the boys are and how far they have come. We have one final push as we prepare for the championship weeks of the season. This has been a great group of guys that get in the water ready to go every practice despite being physically drained.
We had great performances in our meet this week. I waa very impressed with how we performed. Great swims and great diving. Congratulations to Shane Lonergan on his qualification for diving regionals and to Dirk for another lifetime best.
Nathan Vance gets my vote for stud of the meet for his combo of 500, 100 Breast and 400 Free relay and for saying "thank you" no matter where I put him. Other great swims came from Ryan Hulst in the 100 Back, Luke DeLeeuw in the 200, Justin Weener in the 100 Back, and Michael Sikorski and Zach Visser in the 500. And of course, a big congratulations to Konrad for qualifying for state in both the 50 and 100. GREAT JOB by all.
Nathan Vance gets my vote for stud of the meet for his combo of 500, 100 Breast and 400 Free relay and for saying "thank you" no matter where I put him. Other great swims came from Ryan Hulst in the 100 Back, Luke DeLeeuw in the 200, Justin Weener in the 100 Back, and Michael Sikorski and Zach Visser in the 500. And of course, a big congratulations to Konrad for qualifying for state in both the 50 and 100. GREAT JOB by all.
Many guys are getting to a point where they are hitting (or at least getting close to) lifetime best performances. That’s a great place to be at this point in the season. If you’re interested, here is a list of lifetime bests.
Another way to check on the results on meets that we are hosting, is a new free iPhone app called "Meet Mobile" it can be used on your iPad as well.
This Week's Practice Notes
- A "Normal" week of practices this week - Monday, Wednesday, and THURSDAY from 3:30 - 6:00
- Tuesday & Thursday - Morning practices beginning at 6:00 am. These will be the last morning practices for most of the team.
- Saturday, February 11 - Normal Saturday practice at 8:00.
This Week's Meets
- Tuesday, Feb. 7th Home Meet vs. Hamilton - Athletes should be on deck at the Aquatic Center by 5:20.
A LOOK AHEAD
- Tuesday, Feb. 14th Meet @ Zeeland - The time for this meet has been moved to a 6:00 PM Start to make sure we are done in plenty of time for the band and orchestra concert.
- Thursday, Feb 16th will be our last day for our late practices (finishing at 6:00) and we will return to a normal 5:30 finish.
- Wednesday, Feb 22nd will be our Haircut Day after practice. More information next week.
- Thursday, Feb 23rd - Diving Prelims and Pasta meal for swimmers. This will also be the night of shave down.
- More details will be made available with next weeks blog.
Conference Meet Information
@ Hamilton Middle School
@ Hamilton Middle School
EVERYONE COMPETES at the conference meet, and this year most, perhaps all, will swim on Saturday as well.
Below is the timing that was used last year for the meet. I think the actual timing for this year will be about the same. I will get that information and transportation information to you in the next week or so.
Thursday, February 23 - Diving Prelims & Semi-Finals
Pool opens for Diving warm-ups 3:00 p.m.
Stands Open 3:30 p.m.
Diving Preliminaries and Semi-Finals begin 5:00 p.m.
Friday, February 24 - Swimming Prelims
Pool opens for swimming warm-ups 3:00 p.m.
Stands Open 3:30 p.m.
Swimming Preliminaries begin 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 25 - Swimming & Diving Finals
Pool opens for swimming warm-ups 11:00 a.m.
Stands Open 11:30 a.m.
FINALS BEGIN (Swimming & Diving) 1:00 p.m.
The top sixteen score in each event and the top twenty four swim on Saturday.
The top four for each team can score points with the balance of the top twenty four being filled from the next fastest swimmers.
The top four for each team can score points with the balance of the top twenty four being filled from the next fastest swimmers.
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