April Newsletter #3

Josh Sorensen

Hello LASC Families,

 

We are excited and happy to be back in the pool following our Mid-Season Break. We hope you were all able to spend some time with friends and family or find time to rest over the past week. The coaches are looking forward to seeing the swimmers back in the pool and to begin what should be a terrific final stretch of the season.

 

 

 

Upcoming Meets 

You can find all of the meets and further information, including entries and timeouts, on our Event page. As well, there is a link to a PDF with all of the meets we have during the season here.

 

Coulee Kids Pediatric Dentistry Spring Challenge - Lethbridge, May 2nd - 4th

Our second home meet of the year, the Coulee Kids Spring Challenge kicks off at the University Pool this Friday afternoon. We are playing host to 6 teams coming down from South and Central Alberta in what should be a terrific weekend affair. Please indicate on the registration if you will NOT be attending the meet. This meet is open to and encouraged for all competitive swim members. Psych sheets and Session reports are available on the event page. Friday Warm-Ups are begin at 3:00 PM so please have your swimmers arrive on deck with all of their gear and an LASC t-shirt by 2:45 PM.

 

 

Marlins Mercenary Madness - Medicine Hat, May 23rd - 25th

We return to the city of Medicine Hat for the second time this year at the end of May. Thank you to all of the families who registered their swimmers, we’re looking forward to some fast swimming! The three day meet starts on May 23rd, Friday afternoon, with Timed Final races, while the Saturday and Sunday portions will have heats and Finals.

 

Cascade Speed International - Calgary, May 29th - 31st

Our last meet of the month, the CSI 2025 meet is open to qualifying swimmers in the Jr. National, National, and Academy Groups. Swimmers in those groups without Qualifying Times are encouraged to attend Medicine Hat. Qualifying times are listed in the meet package and are in long course meters. The Thursday session shown on the Meet Package is a Mini-Meet for Cascade 10&Unders only, we will be there for Friday thru Sunday. If you are unsure of your swimmers qualifications, you can reach out to myself and I can help you out. The three day heats and finals Meet is held out of the MNP Centre in downtown Calgary and should be filled with lots of excellent racing. Please register your swimmer on our site by May 8th.

 

Swim-A-Thon - Friday, May 9th

On Friday, May 9th, from 4:30 - 6:30 PM we will be holding our annual Swim-a-Thon. This is one of our biggest fundraisers and a great chance for swimmers to show how far they have come since the beginning of the season. Swimmers will have 2 hours to complete up to 200 lengths. For our older swimmers, the challenge is to see how quickly they can complete the 200 lengths. 

 

Our goal is to raise $12,000 to help pay for pool rental and coaching wages, and to keep our fees as affordable as possible.

 

This is a great event for every swimmer in our club. While our Jr. Horns and Masters swimmers don’t have fundraising commitments, they are welcome to come and join in and see how many lengths they can do. It’s a ton of fun and we have treats and snacks for all swimmers participating. 

 

So far the club has raised $2,800 in total with two Master’s swimmers leading the way with the most funds raised thus far. Thank you to all the families that have signed up, we have 15 pages currently up and running. If you have not set up your page yet, please follow the instructions below.

 

 

How to create a page:

  1. Go to donate.swimming.ca and click ‘Get Started’ or the red ‘Sign Up For Free’ button in the top right.

  2. 2. Sign up with either a Google account or with an email and password of your choosing.

  3. COnfirm email address

  4. Click on ‘Create A Page’ and enter the title (ex/ Sally’s Swim-a-thon, Jimmy’s Swim-a-thon, new name and page for each individual swimmer)

  5. The description can be as simple as “For LASC”

  6. Enter your fundraising goal and link your page to your province and to LASC.

  7. Pick a theme and image for your page and click ‘Save Changes’ to publish!

  8. Share the page to begin fundraising

  9. To create another page for households with multiple swimmers, return to ‘My Account’, click ’Create A Page’ and repeat steps 4-8.

 

If you have an account from last year, you can simply log in with your details and create a new page for this year.

Thanks!

 

 

Take care and swim fast!

Josh