Conference Week Info and beyond

Here is the rundown for the conference meet and the week leading up to it.

Athletes tapering for the conference will be having shorter and shorter practices over the next week and a half to allow for extra rest and recovery. Please use your extra time wisely. Everyone needs to stay on top of homework and sleep during this period. These are the final weeks of the season and we want to keep everyone healthy and keep the stress level as low as possible.

Conference Meet host: Byron Center
Here is the run down for the meet.

Thursday, 2/25:
DIVING Prelims: Divers will leave immediately after school from the high school. Warm-ups start at 3:00 pm and the diving starts at 5:00 pm.

Swimmers shaving for the conference meet will have about a 60 minute practice and then will be given time to shave down. State taper will practice until about 5:00. We will then head to the Voorhorst's for a pasta party. We will have things wrapped up by 7:30 unless the guys want to watch a movie, etc.

Friday, 2/26:
Divers will have normal practice.

SWIMMING Prelims: Swimmers will be leaving directly from the high school right after school. Our bus will be the last in the line. Warm-ups start at 3:00 pm and the meet starts at 5:00 pm. The meet will hopefully be done around 7:00 or 7:30 pm. We will have transportation home from the meet on Friday.

Parking - On Friday night BC is hosting home basketball games. Parking should not be an issue as the meet starts well before the basketball games...but if the parking lot by the pool is full, there will be parking available in front of the school.


Saturday, 2/27:
Our pool will be available for a wake-up swim from 8:30-9:00 am. Those that would like to will head to breakfast. We will leave our pool for Byron Center at 10:45 am. Warm-up starts at 11:00 am and the meet starts at 1:00 pm. We will not have transportation home from the meet on Saturday.


SECOND SHAVE MEET (Tuesday, March 2): The second shave meet will be at Holland Aquatic Center on Tuesday, March 2 starting at 6:00 pm. We have a home middle school meet that day. I would like everyone to attend the second shave meet to get a practice in and swim a couple of events. It will be a great opportunity to get some last races in before the state meet and if needed to make a new state cut. We will meet at the Aquatic Center at 5:30 pm and we should be done by 7:00 or so.

DIVING REGIONALS (Tuesday, March 9): Diving regionals are at East Grand Rapids HS. We also have a home middle school meet that day. Swimmers will practice 2:50-4:00 pm. Regionals start at 5:00 pm and I would encourage all swimmers that can make it to go and support our divers. Divers will be leaving from the HS at a time TBD.

Wednesday, March 10 we will have a pasta party somewhere. We'll figure the details out later.

Thursday, March 11 we will have a short practice at our pool and then head out to our hotel. We will either eat here before we leave, eat on the way, or eat when we get there. I will have a more definite timeline for the state meet as we get closer.

Friday and Saturday, March 12 and 13 is the state meet at Eastern Michigan University. We will be doing wake up swims at a pool TBD on both days. Prelims and finals start at 12:00 pm on both days. Get there early to make sure that you get a seat.

DIVING REGIONAL AND STATE MEET INFO CAN BE FOUND BY CLICKING HERE.

I will be posting more info as it comes.
Thanks
T