Zeeland New Years Invite Results

Results are posted HERE.

Good meet overall. I think we all found some things that can be worked on and also saw some progress on the things we've been working on. Keep up the great work.
T

Items for this week and next

I hope everyone had a great Christmas.

Zeeland Invite UPDATE: The guys decided they would rather get themselves to Zeeland tomorrow for the meet. Swimmers need to be suited up and on deck at 10:25 am. THERE WILL NOT BE A BUS TO THE MEET. Divers, check with Coach VandeWege for your arrival time. Diving warm-up starts at 10:00 am and swimming warm-up starts at 10:30 am. The doors to the stands open at 11:00 am. The meet will start at 12:00 pm. Diving will run during the meet starting with the start of the 200 Free. The meet should be done around 2:30. PLEASE WEAR YOUR PURPLE SHIRT. I will have your purple swim caps for you.

Wednesday and Thursday practices are 8-11:30ish am. Friday practice is 12-3:00 pm. Saturday practice is 12-2:00 pm.

For the HC Invite next Saturday, we will be following the times listed on the calendar. 10:15 am bus leave from our pool, 10:30 am warm-up, 12:00 pm meet start. Diving will run during the meet.
Thanks
T

Tuesdays meet at Zeeland

The bus will leave at 10:00 for Tuesdays meet at Zeeland. Warm-up starts at 10:30 and the meet starts at 12:00 pm. Diving will run starting after the 200 Free. The swimmers and divers are responsible for transportation home from the meet. My guess is the meet will be done around 2:30.

Remember to wear your purple shirt.
Thanks
T

Wednesday @ Eastern

We will be practicing Wednesday at Eastern Michigan University. We will be taking school vehicles for the trip.

We will leave from our pool at 8:00 am. Please make sure that you eat a good breakfast and pack plenty of snacks and drinks to last the day.

We will be practicing from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm. We will have a short break about half-way through the practice to grab something to eat. We will be practicing about 2 hours long course meters and then about 1.75 hours short course in the competition pool that we will be swimming our state meet in.

We will stop in Ann Arbor to grab a bite to eat on the way home. The swimmers should have some money to cover dinner.

We should be home between 6:30 and 7:00 pm.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Tuesday and Thursday practices are 8-11:00 am.

Saturday practice is 12-2:00 pm.

Let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks
T

WMR Results, Monday, and Wednesday

Click the title for results.

It took us a while to get rolling today but overall a pretty good meet. We had a lot of guys that swam well and stepped up today.

We'll see you at 7:30 am for practice on Monday.

On Wednesday the swimmers will be heading to Eastern for a practice in the pool that we are having our state meet in. We will leave our pool at about 8:00 am. We will practice at Eastern 11 am-3 pm and then stop for some dinner on the way home. We should be home by about 7:00 pm. More info will come on Monday.

Have a great rest of the weekend.
T

Northview Results

Click the title for meet results. Good meet overall.

Remember the bus leaves at 8:45 am for WMR on Saturday.
Thanks
T

Varsity Girls

If you are interested in purchasing a copy of the DVD ($2) from the team dinner, please contact Mrs. Smith (Room 302) or by email (ssmith@hamiltonschools.us).

Varsity Boys

A great practice yesterday afternoon. We spent some time right after school developing our core covenants for the year. I think that it was a positive experience.

Pictures went well. Thanks for making sure that you had all of your stuff ready to roll.

Normal practices for this week.

For our meet Thursday, you need to be on deck ready to roll at 5:15. We are only swimming against Northview. I don't think that we will be making up our meet with Otsego.

For Saturday, we need to be ready to roll at 8:45 am from our pool. Remember that there will not be transportation home from Holland after the meet. You are responsible for getting yourself home on Saturday. Warm-up starts at 9:00 and the meet starts at 11:00 am.

I am looking forward to seeing you all perform in our meets this Thursday and Saturday.
LAP-U
T

Last Week of Middle School

Here is the last little bit of info that you will all need for our last week.
-We will have a normal practice today to 4:30
-Tomorrow we will be at Zeeland West High School Natatorium. We will load up on the bus after school. It is a tri-meet so it will run a little bit longer than usual, but they will also be running all 10 lanes. I am figuring on being done around 6 or so. Same thing with the bus ride home as usual, if the girls are not riding the bus, a parent must sign them out on my clip-board.
-There is no practice on Wednesday unless they are swimming on the Age Group team. I have talked to the girls that are and they know what they need to do for that. If your daughter is interested please talk to me and I will give you all the info that you need.
-Our end of season party will be on Thursday after school. We will swim for about an hour or so (just for fun) and then get dressed and have some snacks in the foyer in front of the pool. While we are eating, I will do awards and such. Parents are more than welcome to join us. I think we will be done around 4:15 or so. I am also incouraging the girls to come back for the boys' varsity meet. That will be at 6:30.
I think that is all! Thank you to all the parents for driving the girls everywhere and feeding them all the food that they have consumed due to working so hard in practices : )
Coach K

Thursday, Saturday, and next Monday

We will not be having our meet today with Otsego. We also may not practice. Stay safe at home and do some dryland if you are so inclined. Hopefully things will clear up for tomorrow.

I would like to change Saturdays practice to 9:30 am - 12:00 pm to get in a little extra work for the week. If you are taking the ACT Saturday morning and can not make practice, I will leave the workout up for you to do during open swim from 1:30-3:30 pm. I will try to be there for that time but I believe I have some family responisibilities.

Our pictures will be this coming Monday at 6:00 pm. Same dress as before. We will practice until 5:30 and then get set for pictures. We should be done by 6:15 pm.

Enjoy the snow and be safe.
Thanks
T

Practice Today!!!!

We will be practicing today until 1:00 pm. We will start at 11:00 am.

WE MUST BE ON THE ROAD HOME BY 1:00 PM.

If you need a ride to or from practice, let me know.
Thanks
T

Wednesday, December 9

With school being cancelled today, we will not be having our pictures. They will be rescheduled as soon as possible, hopefully next week.

It will be determined later if we can practice today or not. Plan on 12:30 - 3:00 pm. I will post by noon for sure whether we can or can not practice.

Hopefully things will be good enough tomorrow for us to have our meet. If we end up not having school, it will be determined later in the day if we can practice or if we can have our meet or neither.
Thanks
T

Varsity Boys Info

Our first morning practice this morning. We had 12 guys here which is a pretty good turnout. If you can be disciplined with your time and get enough sleep, you should be here for morning workouts.

A reminder that we have practice 5-7:30 pm tomorrow. If you have your homework done after school, feel free to come help with the meet. Otherwise we are in the water at 5:00 pm. The front bathroom will be open to change in. If you left your stuff in your locker, get to the pool right after school to get it out.

Pictures are Wednesday at 5:30 pm. I will have picture order forms for you all tomorrow. We are wearing gold t-shirts, warm-up jackets, khaki pants, and no tennis shoes.

Thursday we are leaving at 4:20 pm for Otsego. Warm-up is at 5:00 and the meet starts at 6:00.

Practice for this Saturday will be 10 am - 12 pm.

West Michigan Relays: We will be leaving our pool at 8:45 am for the Holland Aquatic Center. Warm-up starts at 9:00 am and the meet starts at 11:00 am.

The boys should have brought home a packet of information from the Zeeland Invite (Tuesday, December 29) about what their program is doing this year. The goal is to raise $10,000 for the VanAndel Institute through the meet. They are selling purple t-shirts and caps for the swimmers for $10. T-shirt orders are due by this Thursday. I would like to see all of our swimmers and divers participate by getting a purple t-shirt and by getting someone (or multiple people) to sponsor them for $25 for the meet. If any swimmer or diver can not afford the t-shirt, I will get you one. Anyone else that is interested in buying a t-shirt, sponsoring a swimmer, lane, diving board, event, or the entire meet can see the details in the packet. During the meet they will be doing some fundraising activities as well. Anyone else that would like to contribute or would like a t-shirt, please contact me.

Our new quote today is:

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a HABIT.

Great words to consider when we are getting ready for meets. It's not all about what we do in a meet. If you don't prepare yourself daily for swimming your fastest, you shouldn't expect to swim your fastest when it counts.

Have a great rest of the week and have fun preparing to go fast!
T

Middle School conference info

OK, here is all you need to know for Friday and Saturday:
-Friday is the diving prelims and finals. All the divers will leave right after school and get to Jenison as soon as possible. Warm ups start at 3 and the actual competition will start at 4:30. The balcony doors will open at 3:30 for spectators.
-Saturday will be the swimming finals at Jenison as well. All swimmers will need to be at the pool at 6:30 AM!!!! We will get on the bus and get going as soon as everyone is there! PLEASE be on time. There is no bus returning back to the pool. As soon as the meet is done everyone is dismissed (no sign out sheet, no checking out with me).
*Our warm-ups start at 7:30. The balcony doors will open at 8 AM for spectators with the meet starting at 9 AM. I am anticipating that the meet will be done around noon or 1 PM.
* It is $3 to get in and $1 for heat sheets.
* There are no team scores kept, it is all about getting best times, but the top 3 girls will get medals and 4th through 16th will get ribbons.
* Most girls will only be doing 2 events because we are limited in how many relays we can submit.
Any other questions or concerns please feel free to call of email me.
Coach K

Middle school girls taper :)

We made it! Through a lot of tough practices and lots of yards, the girls have made it to taper! Here are a couple things that will halp make 'tapering' more effective.
-Wear drag. That includes not shaving, wearing tights, and an extra old draggy swim suit. What this helps with is when next week Saturday comes, the girls will shave and get into their team suit. When they get in to swim, it should feel like they are just sliding through the water easily without all the drag and with how we have been recovering the muscles through the workouts.
-Rest. I know this can be difficult for middle school girls sometimes, but I am asking that they just take it easy and rest their bodies. Save up all that energy for the water : )
-Plenty of water and food!!! Keep hydrated and replenish all those lost calories over the past month or so.
-We will be getting done with practices at about 4:30 NEXT week. Workouts will be getting easier and shorter. That doesn't mean we can slack off! Every workout, every set, every stroke. Make em' count!
-Confidence in the taper! If the girls believe that it will work, it will! We will see drastic drops in times and amazing swims on Saturday! You gotta believe.
Other notes:
*We are at Hudsonville tonight (The pool is at the high school). I expect to be back around 6.
*And next week Tuesday, we are home.
----- Keep checking in here frequently becasue I will be posting some very important information about conference next week!!--------

Varsity Boys Saturday Practice

Saturday practice for this Saturday (12/5) will be 8-9:30 am.

Make sure that you read the post below if you haven't already.
Thanks
T