The Week Ahead... August 13-17

"There may be people that have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do." - Derek Jeter


Congratulations on a great first week of practice! We are proud of each one of you.   Here's a peek at a very busy week ahead...

Monday - Practice 3:00-6:00 at the Aquatic Center.  Our seniors will be at Holland Christian's Senior Camp.

Tuesday - Practice 3:00-6:00 at the Aquatic Center.
We also have our all school parents of athletes meeting at the High School at 7pm, followed by our swim specific parent meeting at 7:45.  It is important that a parent be at this meeting as we will go over some important details/information about our season.

Wednesday - Athletes meeting 8am - 9am at the high school.  Freshmen should plan to stay for about 30 minutes after this for a tour of the high school/find classrooms and lockers with the upper class men.

Practice 3:00-6:00

Thursday - Practice 8:00-11:00am.
We will leave for our retreat after practice on Thursday.  More retreat details are at the bottom of this post.

Friday - Retreat all day.  Practice will be a lake swim and dry land workout.  Bring cap, googles, practice suit, shorts, t shirt, shoes and socks.



Retreat Details:

Things to bring...

-Sleeping bag/pillow
-suit, cap, practice suit, goggles for lake swim/practice
-shorts, shirt, shoes and socks for dry land workout on Friday
-suit/towel/sunscreen for afternoon lake activities
-your own toiletries/clothes/sleeping stuff
-A life jacket if you have one
-Filled out goal sheet (you'll get one from the coaches this week)
-Food/drink/tent donations if you signed up for that
-A bag chair for the fire


We will leave from the Aquatic Center after practice on Thursday in vans driven by the coaches.  If you have a car at the pool, we will need to either have the car picked up by someone or bring it to the high school... we can't leave them overnight at the Aquatic Center.

We will return to the High School on Friday afternoon for pick up.  Please arrange for someone to be there to pick up your daughter by 5:00 pm on Friday.  If your daughter will not be riding home with the team/coaches from the retreat, we will need a signed written note from a parent.