State Tournament and End of Season Info

Yikes!  Can you believe how fast this season went?  Here are a few reminders:

State Tournament  - This Friday!  

1. Students are excused from school but you still need to call the office yourself and let them know.  
2. Swimmers need to be in line at the east entrance around 10:30ish.  Gates open at 11 am and it is a mad dash to get a seat.  
3. Bring food and water.  State is a long meet and there is a fair amount of sitting and waiting for your turn.  Swimmers are welcome to leave after their event.

All Monies are due!

1. If you haven't finished paying of the YMCA, you need to do so this week.

End of the season Parties

There will be 2 ceremonies this year.  One just for Vision and one for the whole CCU team.

1. CCU (Canyon County Unified) will be held at the YMCA in the kitchen on Wednesday, November 11th at 6pm.  Bring $5.00 to help with the pizza cost.
2. Our Vision Party will be held Thursday, November 12th at 6:00pm at the Smokey Mountain Pizza in Nampa by the Edwards Theater and Buffalo Wild Wings. Pizza and Drinks will be provided. This also where Letters and Pins will be awarded. 

Yes! There is swim practice and a swim meet over fall break.

Hello all!

Yes, there is practice every day at the usual time over fall break.  We have a meet on Saturday, October 17th at the Caldwell YMCA.  Please see Krista for warm up times.

On a side note, the next few weeks will be busy for me and I will be at practice/meets intermittently.  Teresa will take over my duties until I get back from Hawaii and the an out of town science conference.  Please take this time to be working your hardest.  We are approaching Districts and State very fast!  There are only 2 meets left to qualify!

For the week of September 28th - October 2nd

Hello Everyone!

The meet went really good. Many of you took time off your events. That is what we like to see. Zach Munds qualified for state in the 100 Free. Jaliee Tuft qualified in the 200 IM and 500 Free, WAY TO GO! Thank you to all the parents that helped us out during the meet and cleaning up. It is great to have support from our parents.

We have a swim meet on Friday October 2nd at the Caldwell YMCA. Swimmers need to be there at 4:45 pm and in the water at 5:00pm. We need all swimmers to help stay and clean up after this meet. The more that stay the faster we get it out of there.

At this meet we need the following positions filled by parents:

4- Officials( Want to make sure we have back ups in case of emergencies)( for parents that took the training)

1-Head Timer

6-Timers

1-Runner

2- Place Judges

1- Hospitality

1-Computer which will be done by Vivian Wright (thanks!)

1- Announcer

1- selling heat sheets

Please let me know as soon as possible if you can fill any of these positions. We can't have a meet if we don't get these filled.

We will be asking the swimmers what they want to swim on Monday at both practices. If your swimmer can't make it to practice please email me with what they want to swim.

Thank you

TEAM PHOTOS!!!

Our team photo will take place at Vision Charter on this Thursday, at 3:30 pm.  Please meet out in front of the High School with your sweatshirt on.  

For the week of September 21st - 26th

1. Please attend practice on Monday, September 21st so we can schedule your events for Saturday's meet. 
2. Saturday's meet will take place at our YMCA.  Stretches and "swim tats" take place at 4:40.  Warm ups at 5:00pm and the meet starts at 5:30pm
3. Team pictures (done by the talented Mrs. Baughn) will take place at school this week either Tuesday or Thursday at 3:30 at Vision Charter.  Please wear your new team sweatshirt.  Pictures will be available for purchase later in the season.

Another meet on Tuesday!

Hello all!  I realize these meets are back to back, but they are great practice!  I will see you all tomorrow evening at the Nampa Rec center around 5:15.  Warm Ups start at 5:30 and the meet should start at 6pm. 

Remember to eat well tomorrow and eat a healthy meal around 3:30pm.  After that, it should be water, bananas, nuts and power bars.   We are swimming all the same events as Saturday and I should have the men's sweatshirts by 4pm. 

Sleep well tonight!

First meet! Wahoo!!!

• We will be busting our buns this week at practice in preparation for our first meet.  
• Please make sure you have your 11 practices in before Friday afternoon.
•  Team sweatshirts should be in Friday and I will pick them up on our way to practice.
• The meet is Saturday, at the College of Idaho starting at 4:30 pm.

Things to remember for the meet:

1. Healthy carbo-load 2 days before.  
2. Get a good night's sleep Friday night
3. No soda a week before swim meets
4. Eat healthy the day of the meet . . .lean protein (eggs, nuts and chicken)
5. Bring refueling foods to the meet . . .power bars, bananas, nuts and water.  (Sport drinks have too much sugar so think more along the lines of coconut or aloe water and No citrus fruits!)
6. Warm Ups start at 4:30pm.  This means be on deck, stretched out, dressed out, ready to swim.
7. Meet starts at 5:00.
8. Watch the board and listen to the events announced.  You need to keep track of when you are swimming.
9. Always ask your time when you finish with a race.  Then report the time back to the coaches table.  
10. Cheer for your fellow swimmers.  
11. Always do your best.  Don't let one mistake ruin a whole meet.  Shake it off and re-focus.