Our bus will be leaving at 4:30 this Tuesday for Hudsonville HS.
On Wednesday we will be having a guest speaker, Mr. Robert Wandel, who will be speaking on the topic of nutrition for athletes. We will also be starting a food journal Thursday morning. We will be getting done with practice in the pool at 4:50, changing, and heading to Room 53 in the MS for the discussion. We will be done by 5:40.
Morning practices started this morning. We had a good turnout and a great workout. This is an excellent opportunity to get in a few more yards each week.
Our first Saturday practice was a success. We saw a lot of improvement in our starts and turns. We also had a great opportunity to work on our aggression.
We have a series of tough practices coming up over the next three weeks. We will be upping our yardage a bit and also getting plenty of intensity. It is key that we look at these practices as opportunities rather than drudgery we need to get through. Attitude makes a lot of difference!!!
Please keep your goals in mind throughout our tough training times as well. A reminder of what is motivating you can be just the impetus needed to really attack the toughest of sets.
Don't forget our 3 P's - Pride - Perseverance - Possibilities. Each of these three is a vital part of our teams success.
We have four tough meets on the next four Tuesdays. These will be a great way to test our mettle against some good teams. Use every opportunity to learn something new and race faster.
I am proud of our team and I am proud of each swimmer and diver. Keep up the great work ladies.
T
Monday, September 15, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
WO Meet Results
Click on the title above to view the meet results from our meet with WO.
Lots of best times for the season and some all-time personal bests were had tonight. Great job ladies!!! Crystal Jager qualified for state in the 200 IM and Maddie Klenk qualified for state in the 100 Breast.
I am looking forward to a great Friday practice!!!!
T
Lots of best times for the season and some all-time personal bests were had tonight. Great job ladies!!! Crystal Jager qualified for state in the 200 IM and Maddie Klenk qualified for state in the 100 Breast.
I am looking forward to a great Friday practice!!!!
T
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Allegan Meet Results
Click the title above to view the results from the meet.
Great swims tonight. A lot of personal bests. State cuts were achieved by Brittni Ritter in the 100 Free, Manda Schierbeek in the 500 Free, the 200 Free Relay of Ritter, Coon, Kempkers, and Schierbeek, and Crystal Jager in the 100 Breast. We also had a couple of close calls that we'll get in soon enough.
Great job ladies!!!
T
Great swims tonight. A lot of personal bests. State cuts were achieved by Brittni Ritter in the 100 Free, Manda Schierbeek in the 500 Free, the 200 Free Relay of Ritter, Coon, Kempkers, and Schierbeek, and Crystal Jager in the 100 Breast. We also had a couple of close calls that we'll get in soon enough.
Great job ladies!!!
T
Monday, September 8, 2008
Weekly Monday Meeting Notes
I am trying something new in an effort to get more of our swimmers and divers aware of and using our website. I am not sending home a full note home today but rather only a reminder that the website is here and this weeks info is posted here.
What a fun time we had on Saturday. Not eveyone swam or dove their best but it is always a great experience to go to a large, fast meet like the West Michigan Relays if only for experience sake.
Our meets this week will be against Allegan on Tuesday (South Haven will not be coming up for the meet) and West Ottawa on Thursday. Again, a study in contrast much like last week. This brings up the opportunity to discover that we can swim fast and dive well regardless of our competition.
We will have our first Saturday practice this coming Saturday from 12:30-2:30 pm. This is a great time for us to work on some of the things that get neglected throughout the week, especially when it is a two meet week like this one.
Morning practices start next week Monday. We will be going Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 5:45-7:00 am. These practices are not required but swimmers are encouraged to be there if they are getting enough sleep and are keeping up with all things outside of the pool. If you start coming to mornings you are allowed two misses. On the third miss you will not be welcome back to morning practices barring misses due to sickness.
If you are borrowing a team set of warm-ups I want to remind you that they are for meets and special team functions only and are not to be worn at any other time.
If you haven't already done so, take some time to look around the website, look at the meet results that are posted, and leave a comment or two. The more the site gets used the better.
Hope everyone has a great week,
T
What a fun time we had on Saturday. Not eveyone swam or dove their best but it is always a great experience to go to a large, fast meet like the West Michigan Relays if only for experience sake.
Our meets this week will be against Allegan on Tuesday (South Haven will not be coming up for the meet) and West Ottawa on Thursday. Again, a study in contrast much like last week. This brings up the opportunity to discover that we can swim fast and dive well regardless of our competition.
We will have our first Saturday practice this coming Saturday from 12:30-2:30 pm. This is a great time for us to work on some of the things that get neglected throughout the week, especially when it is a two meet week like this one.
Morning practices start next week Monday. We will be going Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 5:45-7:00 am. These practices are not required but swimmers are encouraged to be there if they are getting enough sleep and are keeping up with all things outside of the pool. If you start coming to mornings you are allowed two misses. On the third miss you will not be welcome back to morning practices barring misses due to sickness.
If you are borrowing a team set of warm-ups I want to remind you that they are for meets and special team functions only and are not to be worn at any other time.
If you haven't already done so, take some time to look around the website, look at the meet results that are posted, and leave a comment or two. The more the site gets used the better.
Hope everyone has a great week,
T
West Michigan Relay Results
Click the link above to access the West Michigan Relays results.
We had a ton of great swims on Saturday. The girls seem to be getting ready to race a little more now. It will be fun to see how the dual meets go the next couple of weeks. We saw some of the competitiveness that we were missing last Wednesday. The 400 Free Relay team of Maddie Klenk, Maddy Kempkers, Manda Schierbeek, and Brittni Ritter qualified for the state meet with a solid 3:54. Last year it took us until the MISCA Meet to put together a solid 400 FR.
Practices will be ramping back up now as well and we look forward to some quality workouts and fixing some things that we are not doing very well.
T
We had a ton of great swims on Saturday. The girls seem to be getting ready to race a little more now. It will be fun to see how the dual meets go the next couple of weeks. We saw some of the competitiveness that we were missing last Wednesday. The 400 Free Relay team of Maddie Klenk, Maddy Kempkers, Manda Schierbeek, and Brittni Ritter qualified for the state meet with a solid 3:54. Last year it took us until the MISCA Meet to put together a solid 400 FR.
Practices will be ramping back up now as well and we look forward to some quality workouts and fixing some things that we are not doing very well.
T
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Otsego Meet Results
Click on the title above to see the meet results from our first dual meet of the season with Otsego. One state cut was achieved by the 200 Medley Relay of Julie Blaharski, Crystal Jager, Maddie Klenk, and Maddy Kempkers. Lot's of best times from a lot of different girls. Great job ladies.
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Black/Gold Meet Results
Click the title above for the results from our Black/Gold Meet. Good swims despite being pretty tired.
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