Items for the week - UPDATED MEET TIME FOR THURSDAY

Our meet tomorrow is at Hudsonville High School at 5037 32nd Ave in Hudsonville. We will be leaving at 4:15 pm. We will be dressing up for school and for the meet. Please use your time wisely between school and the bus leave time to get as much of your homework done as possible. The meet starts at 6:30 pm.

The meet for Thursday is at Northview HS at 4451 Hunsberger Ave NE · Grand Rapids. The meet will be a 5:00 warm-up and 6:00 meet start. The bus will be leaving at 3:45 pm. We will be dressing up for school and for the meet.

This is our last week with two meets in it and we need to be diligent with sleep and staying up on homework, etc. Parents, please make sure that your daughters are getting to bed on time and that they are eating healthy food choices. Swimmers and divers, it is your responsibility to be making wise decisions and use your time very wisely. Time management is a skill that you should continually work on. Try to stay one step ahead of the curve.

I am looking forward to some great swimming and diving this week.
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T

Allegan Meet Results

For meet results please click HERE. Another good meet. Some very good swims (and diving). New state cuts by Emily Bussis in the 500 and Liz VandeWege in the breast. I am really looking forward to our first Saturday practice tomorrow. We have some fun things lined up. Band members that can not make the afternoon practice will practice 7:30-8:45 am. All others will practice 12-2 pm.
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T

Wayland Meet Results

Results are posted HERE. We may have found some new spots for second swims. A good meet overall. You can swim fast when you are tired! Just think how you'll swim when you get some rest! And how about what's going on in the diving well! Great performances there as well.

Re-loading for tomorrow night and a chance to swim some new events again or work on getting stronger/faster/smarter in an event that we have some experience in.
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T

GR Christian/HC Meet Results

Results are posted HERE. We had some really good swims (and diving) Thursday night. We need to open up our meets the way that we finished this one. We had a quite a few season best times and even quite a few lifetime best swims. That is exciting to see at this point of the season with the heavy training that we are doing. Be aware that your work that you do today pays dividends weeks down the road. That means that we need to continually do what is required of us in order to continue to get faster. Focused practice is required to become a better swimmer/athlete. Continue doing the little things correctly and with purpose and the big picture will fill in.

This week we have two home meets. Tuesday against Wayland and Thursday against Allegan. We need to be on deck ready to roll at 5:10 for both of these meets. We will be doing a bit of extra warm-up work before each. We will be trying some different events and getting a bit of a break from our normal swims.

The MISCA Clinic this weekend was a great opportunity for me to connect with coaches that I don't get to see very often. It is really fun to hear some of the different things that people are trying and share some of the things that we do as well. I also had the opportunity to hear some great talks from Eddie Reese of the University of Texas and Dave Salo of USC.

I am looking forward to a great week of training and racing. I hope you are too!
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T

This Week

Thursday - GR Christian and HC at the Venema Aquatic Center at Calvin College.
A link to the Calvin College Map, Directions, and parking instructions is HERE. Easiest access will be to take Burton St. West off of the East Beltline (M37)to the Burton St. entrance to the campus. Continue down the drive to the Spoelhof Athletic Complex. The bus will be leaving at 4:15 pm to ensure that we get to the meet on time. Warm-up is at 5:30 pm and the meet starts at 6:30 pm. This is a great opportunity to swim in a fast pool against good competition.

I will be at the MISCA Clinic this week Friday and Saturday. There will be no morning practice on Friday and the girls will have a guest coach for Friday afternoons practice.

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T

West Michigan Relays results

For the results please click HERE. We finished in a tie for 8th place which is our highest finish to date for the girls. Overall not a great meet but our depth definitely had a chance to shine through.

I will update later with new for the week.
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T

West Ottawa Meet Results

West Ottawa meet results are HERE. Some very good swims throughout the meet. I hope you are all looking forward to a fun and fast Saturday!
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T

Items for the week

I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend.

Pictures are Wednesday right after school. Please make sure that you have your team suit for the pictures. If you need an extra order form I have some left over in my office.

Thursday nights meet against West Ottawa is the normal program. 5:15 pm on deck, 5:30 warm-up, and 6:30 meet start.

Saturday is the West Michigan Relays at Rockford High School. The divers will be leaving in the early morning. Coach VandeWege will let you know when. Diving warm-ups start at 8:00 am and the diving starts at 9:30 am. Swimmers we will be meeting at our pool at 10:15 am. Warm-up starts at 11:30 am and the meet starts at 1:00 pm. There will be no transportation home from the meet.
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T

Grandville Quad Meet Results

Results are HERE. Good meet overall. Some very impressive swims and some that were a bit of a letdown after last Thursday. We learn from each race and move on. Final scores were:
Byron Center 67, Hamilton 119
Grandville 90, Hamilton 96
FH Central 104, Hamilton 82

Great practice this morning. I am looking forward to some great team time tonight and tomorrow!
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T