Belief in oneself is incredibly infectious.
It generates momentum, the collective force of which far outweighs
any kernel of self-doubt that may creep in.
- Aimee Mullins
Conference week is upon us! What we started back in August has been leading us to this weekend. For
the past few months we have worked hard, we've grown as athletes,
students, Daughters of the King and as a team. We have celebrated
victories and we have overcome setbacks, but this weekend is where it
all comes together and we get the opportunity to see all our hard work
payoff. As Mullin's quote says, we must have absolute self-belief as we
approach these
opportunities. We need to trust the process, trust that we did the work
necessary. We're ready...now we just have to seize the moment!
Important News/Notes for Athletes
- 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".
- Between warm up and the actual meet, each day of Conference 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. On Saturday, eat a good breakfast (much more than just a piece of toast!).
- Each swimmer 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.
- All athletes who would like to wear a tech suit are welcome to do so but they are by no means required.
Conference Championships Info
- Location: Zeeland Natatorium (West Campus)
- Teams: The OK Rainbow Tier 1 Conference is made up of Grand Rapids Catholic Central, Hamilton, Holland, Holland Christian, Mona Shores, Spring Lake, and Zeeland.
- Prelims/Finals for Individuals: Our Conference meet is split up into two days: Prelims on Friday and Finals on Saturday. For individual swimming events, on Friday, everyone will swim their two individual events and up to two relays. On Saturday, there will be 3 heats of each event:
- The last two heats (the scoring Consolation and Championship heats, respectively) will be made up of the Top 16 swims from prelims, with a maximum limit of 4 athletes per team (with 6 teams, 8 out of the 24 eligible scorers will be left out).
- The first heat of each event is a non-scoring "Bonus Heat" made up of the next 8 fastest times, regardless of team (thus, even if an athlete was one of the 4 eligible scorers, she is NOT guaranteed to swim in the bonus heat).
- Relays: On both Friday and Saturday, there will be a heat each of non-scoring B and C relays followed by a heat of the scoring A relays.
- Diving: Divers will do 8 dives for prelims on Friday. The final 3 dives will be completed on Saturday during the normal diving slot with the Top 16 from prelims eligible to score.
- Scoring Breakdown (descending by place):
- Relays (A relays only): 40, 34, 32, 30, 28
- Championship Finals (Top 8): 20, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11
- Consolation Finals (9-16): 9, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
- 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 6 (note this is a change from previous years) Championship Finalists from each event and top 3 A relays. This will occur after the completion of the next event (eg, the awards for the Medley Relay will be after the Championship Finals Heat of the 200 Free).
Daily Info
Monday 11.1
- Conference swimmers out at 5:15pm.
- State swimmers out at 5:30pm.
- Divers practice 3:45-5:45pm
- Service project at Diane's classroom at Pine Ridge from 11-11:45. You'll need a sack lunch. You'll car pool to Diane's classroom to play math games with her 4th graders. Mr. Engbers will excuse you until 11:45, at which time you need to be back in class.
- Conference swimmers out at 5:00pm.
- State swimmers out at 5:30pm.
- Divers practice 3:45-5:45pm
Wednesday 11.3
- Conference swimmers out at 5:00.
- State swimmers out at 5:30pm.
- Divers practice 3:45-5:45pm
Thursday 11.4
- Conference swimmers out at 4:45pm.
- State swimmers out at 5:00pm.
Friday 11.5
- Athletes will be missing a couple classes on Friday. You need to communicate with your teachers AHEAD OF TIME to find out what you will miss, have to make up, etc. Work due on Friday still needs to be turned in on Friday, so arrange for that as well.
- Dress: team wear.
- Divers:
- Dismissed from school at 10:45 am., we'll have lunch together at Subway, then head to Zeeland.
- Meet Diane at Zeeland West at 11:30 for devotions.
- Diving Warm Up @ 12:00pm.
- Stands Open @ 1:30pm
- Diving Prelims Begins @ 2:00pm
- Swimmers
- Dismissed from school at 1:05pm.
- Carpool to Grotenhuis' for lunch.
- Head to Zeeland as a team
- Warm Up @ 3:00pm.
- Stands Open @3:30pm
- Prelims Begin @ 5:00pm.
Saturday 11.6
- ALL athletes, regardless whether they qualified to compete on Saturday or not, are required to be at the meet.
- Athletes need to be in Zeeland at 9:45am for devotions
- Warm Up starts at 10:00am.
- Stands open at 10:30am.
- Meet starts at 12:00pm.
Looking Ahead
Tuesday 11.9 - Second Shave Meet @ Holland Aquatic Center
This
meet is one last opportunity for athletes to qualify for our state
meet. All of our state qualifying athletes, along with others who may be
close to the qualifying time in an event but have not yet qualified.
Coach Lisa will let you know if you will be participating in this meet.
Thursday 11.11 - Diving Regionals @ Hamilton
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