Our FINAL Week!

A gold medal is a wonderful thing.

But if you're not enough without one, you'll never be enough with one.

Irv Blitzer (from the movie Cool Runnings)

Our Final week...hard to believe we are here already. This is the summit of our season. We worked tirelessly to gain the skills, mental toughness and physical strength needed to reach this point. Now we are rested and ready to show off what we can do. 

There are lots of emotions that come with this week. Excitement, anxiousness, a bit of sadness that the season is coming to an end. All of these feelings are normal and good but we must not let a single one consume us. We must know that we have done the work to set us up to be successful this weekend. We must also remember that whatever the weekend holds we are already ENOUGH. We are loved Daughters of the King and no out come this weekend can change that. We've already won that which is most important.

Important News/Notes

• As we will be missing 7th & 8th Hours on Thursday and all of 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.
• 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".
• Swimmers will be shaving-down Thursday night at the hotel.
• 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.
• Each athlete 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.
• Money:
• There will also be t-shirts for sale, so be prepared with extra cash is you'd like to purchase one of those as well.
• Breakfasts, Friday lunch and Friday night's dinner will be taken care of by the school. However, you will want extra meal money for the ride home on Saturday.

Dates/Times

Monday 11.18

• Swimmers practice 3:30- 5:00/5:15pm.
• Divers practice 4-6pm

Tuesday 11.19

• Swimmers practice 3:30- 5:00/5:15pm.
• Divers Practice 4-6pm

Wednesday 11.20

• Swimmers practice 3:30-4:45/5:00pm.
• Divers practice 4-6pm

Thursday 11.21

• Athletes meet in Main St at 1:05pm (right after 6th Hour) to pack vans and will take the vans over to the pool.  Drivers will leave their cars at the high school.
• In the water from 1:30pm to 3pm
• Dinner by DeKievits 3:30pm
• Depart for Oakland by 4:30pm.

Friday 11.22

• MHSAA D3 State Prelims
• Spectator Seating opens at 8:00am. $10 for admission. $5 for programs.
• Swimming Prelims
• Warm up at 8:00am.  Meet starts at 10:00am.
• Live results will also be available via the Meet Mobile app, which you can download here.
• Diving Prelims will take place simultaneously with swimming prelims
• All athletes and coaches will go out for lunch after prelims then head back to the hotel for down time
• Dinner will be at the hotel around 5pm
• Movie Night in Coaches room

Saturday 11.23

• MHSAA D3 State Finals
• Spectator Seating opens at 8:00am. $10 admission. $5 for programs.
• Swimming Warm Up at 8:00am.  Meet starts at 10:00am.
• Divers will complete their final 3 dives in the normal diving spot.
• There may be a live video feed available via the MHSAA website.
• Musical
• As is our tradition, we have a block of seats reserved for our crew.

Addresses

• Hotel: Embassy Suites by Hilton
• 2300 Featherstone Rd, Auburn Hills, MI 48326

• Pool: Oakland University Aquatic Center 
• Recreation and Athletics Center 569 Pioneer Drive Rochester , MI 48309-4482

State Championships Info

• Location: Oakland University
• 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 morning.  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 the Top 16 in each event.
• The Top 16 receive medals.
• The Top 8 are All State.