In any case, the tremendous work that this team has been doing all season long culminates in one of these last two meets, and for many that meet is this weeks conference championship. The beauty of swimming and diving, is that improvement is so easily seen in times and scores. All swimmers, no matter their ability level, share one common goal - to have their fastest swims (and for divers, best dives) at their final championship meet, no matter if that championship is an age group conference meet, a state championship, a national championship, or the Olympics. All of the meets before these championship meets are merely measuring sticks of the progress that is being made.
I can't wait to see the hard work that these guys have put in pay off this week and at State.
Conference Week
Practice Times
- Monday, February 18th - Practice from 8:00-10:15ish
- Tuesday, February 19th - Normal practice time. Conference athletes done around 5:30
- Wednesday, February 20 - Haircut Day after practice. We will leave from practice and head to Coach Klaasen's house.
- Judy is a hairstylist with her own salon in the house. She can do a wacky design or just a nice short cut, which ever you prefer.
- Bring $5 for the haircut and a few bucks to cover pizza.
- Thursday, February 21st - Diving Prelims at Zeeland West
- Dismissal and transportation TBA
- Make sure to have extra water and food with you.
- Competition starts at 5:00pm
- Thursday, February 21st - Shave Down for swimmers
- All swimmers will shave down.
- If you have questions about what taper is and why shave down is included in it, here is a link to a great article about it.
- Thursday, Feb 21st - Pasta Meal for swimmers (possibly divers)
- Pasta meal will be following the shave down in the Multi Purpose room (around 6:15ish).
- Friday, Feb 22nd - Swimming Prelims at Zeeland West
- Dismissal and transportation TBA
- I'll get information about transportation and food needs later this week.
- Drag suits and tights should be with them for part of warm up.
- Competition starts at 5:00pm
- Prelims should wrap up around 7:30 or 8:00
- Saturday, Feb 23rd - Swimming and Diving Finals at Zeeland West
- Athletes will have to get their own transportation to finals.
- Athletes should be on deck at Zeeland by 9:45
- Drag suits and tights should be with them for part of warm up.
- The post practice snack box and water bottles will be with us to help during the meet.
- Competition starts at 12:00pm
- Drag suits and tights should be with them for part of warm up.
- Tuesday, February 26th - Second Shave meet
- This meet is an extra meet available to all of our athletes.
- Swimmers can choose to swim a vent that that did not get to swim at conference or to try to get a time in a normal event faster.
- I need to be told of your intent by Sunday, February 24.
State Information will be in next weeks blog entry, but the meet starts at noon both Friday, March 8th and Saturday, March 9th at Eastern Michigan University.
Save the Date - Monday, March 18 @ 6:30pm for the Swimming & Diving Banquet.
Pictures from the season can be seen at Shutterfly. Thanks Aimee
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