Hi all! Here are some notes for this week…
1) Great job by all the swimmers in Chicago! I was very pleased with the swims since we were working hard prior to the trip. This was great to see the swimmers step up and race after taking a week off for the holidays. Congrats to our two high point winners: Celina Li (11-12 Girls) and Chris Webb (13-14 Boys)! A new Sectional cut was achieved by Celina Li in the 500 Free. New Far Western Cuts were achieved by Elizabeth Keenan (200 IM), Sally Wang (200 Fly) and Chris Webb (100 Back). I was very proud of the swimmers out of the pool as well. This was one of the best travel trips I have ever been on!
2) Practice schedule for the rest of this week and next is attached to this e-mail. This is also in each file folder. There is no practice this Saturday due to the Westside Silver Fins Meet.
3) All swimmers will receive updated events for the meet this weekend today. I entered most Chicago swimmers in just Saturday events. Those that did not attend Chicago are entered Saturday and Sunday. Warm-ups begin at 7:15am both days.
4) We will go hiking next Saturday (February 2nd) instead of swimming. I will have more information out soon.
5) Lost Dutchman entries will be out early next week.
6) I will begin posting attendance numbers for the Silver Group. I talked about attendance the other day with the swimmers. We have some that have attended only 55% of the practices since the break. This is not acceptable for a swimmer at this level. Hopefully by posting numbers, this will motivate some of those swimmers to get their attendance up. Poor attendance could lead to a group change. Hope we do not get to that point.
That is all for right now.
Thanks!
Coach Kevin
