Week 4 and The Week Ahead

PEACE ON EARTH
This idea is at the center of the Christmas story and God's desire for his people. Yet, it seems to be a more elusive attribute in our modern hustle and bustle world. 

It is my prayer that, as you go through this week and into the new year and decade to come, you will find the peace that God offers you through His Son. 

OUR LAST MEET

What an Awesome meet on Thursday vs. Grand Haven. Not only did we have some amazing swims, we ended up with a hard fought win. All after what I thought was a pretty tough practice. GREAT JOB!!!
Meet Splits - Click here for splits and results. These show comparisons to lifetime best times. Negative numbers in the right column indicates the amount of time that an athlete has improved in the swim (Diving is actually just the opposite). After our first couple meets, I will only make comparisons to season bests.

CHRISTMAS BREAK PRACTICES

These next two weeks are great times to take the great conditioning work you have been doing and build on it with more technique work and laser focused intensity. These two weeks are some of the most important training of the season.

Here are the details of practice times, etc.:

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
Monday: Practice 7:00 - 10:00 (No Dryland)

CHRISTMAS EVE: 
         Swimmers - I've decided to cancel our Christmas Eve swimming practice. This has a long story to it, but the clinch was the whole idea of reducing "hustle and bustle." 
         Divers - Our divers will be joining the divers at West Ottawa for time on the board at 8:00am. Enjoy that opportunity to train with like minded athletes.

Thursday: 
         Swimmers - Practice 9:30 - 12:30 includes dryland.
         Divers - You get the day off today.

Friday: 
        Swimmers: Practice 7:30 - 10:30 includes dryland.
        Divers: Practice 8:30 - 10:30

Pizza and Bowling following practice.
We will head up to Pizza Hut on North River Ave and play a couple frames of Bowling at Northland lanes.

Saturday: Practice 9:15-11:15

THE REST OF BREAK

- The remainder of our Christmas break schedule is updated on the calendar. You can find the link on this blog in the right side banner.

ALSO DURING THE BREAK
December 30 - Jenison Invitational
          * We will depart by bus from the Aquatic Center at 9:15am.
          * Pick up for Zeeland athletes will be about 9:30.
          * Swimming begins at 11:30 and diving (11 dives) around 12:00

January 4 - Annual New Year's Relays (a fun intrasquad competition).

FURTHER AHEAD
Thursday, Jan. 9th Away Meet @ Spring Lake
- Bus leaves from the Aquatic Center@4:05
- Northside Pick up at Veldheer Tulip Farm (Quincy & US 31) @ 4:20
- Warm ups @5:00
- Meet Begins @ 6:00

TIMERS
We need lots of TIMERS that we need for home meets and a bunch of openings for our invite on January 18.  We typically need 8 timers for a dual meet but we will need 16 for our Invitational on January 18. Dave Huisman is your contact for timers.