MM Weekly Announcements for Week of 02/09-02/15

John VanDriessche

Dear Marlin Families,

Practice Schedule

Penn High School

Splash 1 & 2: Monday & Wednesday 6:00-7:30

Splash 3: Monday, Wednesday 6:00-7:30 and Thursday 5:30-7:15

Splash 4: Monday 6:00-7:30, Tuesday 5:30-7:15, Wednesday 6:00-7:30, & Friday 5:00-6:30

Fins Flex: Monday 5:30-7:30, Tuesday 5:30-7:15, Wednesday 5:30-7:30,Thursday 5:30-7:15, & Friday 5:00-6:30

Fins Compete: Monday 5:30-7:30, Tuesday, 5:30-7:15, Wednesday, 5:30-7:30, Thursday 5:30-7:15, & Friday 5:00-6:30

Fins Compete AM: Wednesday 5:30-7:30 AM

*Elite: Monday 5:30-7:30, Tuesday, 5:30-7:15, Wednesday, 5:30-7:30, Thursday 5:30-7:15, & Friday 5:00-6:30

New Prairie High School

Splash: Monday & Wednesday 5:00-6:30 CST

Fins: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday 5:00-7:00 CST

*Elite: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday 5:00-7:00 CST .

Knollwood CC

Splash 1

Monday & Wednesday 3:30-4:30 or 4:30-5:30 or 5:30-6:30

Tuesday & Thursday 4:00-5:00 or 5:30-6:30

Splash 2

Monday & Wednesday 3:30-4:30 or 4:30-5:30 or 5:30-7:00

Tuesday & Thursday 4:00-5:30

Splash 3

Monday, Wednesday 5:30-7:00, & Saturday 7:30-9:00

Practice Notes:

New Prairie families continue to use door N18 to enter the building. Penn families use door D. If you arrive at Penn and the gallery door is locked, please feel free to get my attention on deck to let me know.

*Elite practices are for our athletes who are done with their high school season. As an FYI our practices will be a little crowded once the high school girls return through the end of the boys high school season on March 1.

No Friday AM practice for the Fins Group.

Here is the link for this week’s Fins practices. Please share these with your athletes.

IA Jr. Superstar Invitational/Riley High School/February 15 & 16

The meet is being held at Riley High School. You can view our entry by clicking here. Kelly Laneman (574-339-6076) will be the primary coach on deck both Saturday and Sunday. If you are running late or will be unable to make it please call or text. Here are the pertinent times for this weekend’s meet.

Saturday and Sunday

Doors Open: 9:30 AM – our athletes should be on deck by 9:45

Warm-up: 10:00-10:45 AM

Meet Starts 11:00 AM

We will have close to 100 Marlin athletes on deck both days. Even with the 7 or 8 coaches we will have working it will almost certainly be chaotic. We are asking/urging families to be on time. In my opinion, being on time means waiting at the door when it opens. It may not seem like much, but when swimmers arrive late it adds another level of difficulty to our staff. Please help us teach your athletes the importance of being part of a team and being on time.

USA Memberships

We will need all of our athletes that have not done so already, to renew their USA Swimming memberships. Here is the link. From my experience with my own athletes just purchasing the membership will initiate the transfer process.

If you qualify for the Outreach Program email me and I will send you the link you will need to use for registrations.

If you have any questions about any registration issues you can reach out to me or our team/business manager Kelly Laneman ([email protected])

Fall and Winter Meet Schedule/Dates of Meet/Location/Deadline to commit

This is our tentative meet schedule for the fall and winter. We may add meets if we find ones that fit our club’s needs. There will be two different dates listed with each meet The first date listed is the day(s) of the meet and the second date is the deadline to commit.

Swimmers wanting to compete will need to commit to those meets. The deadlines will be based on deadlines that were set in previous years. They may change once the meet hosts posts the meet information. When committing to multiple day meets, if the option to select the days you want is not available, leave a message in the notes section stating the specific days you would like to attend.

Some meets will be marked with an * and those will require swimmers to meet minimum time standards. You can view all pool locations on our website under the "Pools" tab.

DUNE Sweater Weather Swim Spectacular/Our Results

CON Skypoint Transit Invite/Our Results

GSI Goshen Rays Veterans Day Meet/Our Results

ELK Rudolph Romp/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Our Results

IA Tim Welsh Invite/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Our Results

CON IMXtreme Invite/Concord High School/Our Results

IA Jr. Superstar Invitational/Riley High School/Feb. 15&16/Our Entry

CON Leisure Pools Last Chance Showdown/Concord HS/Feb. 28-Mar. 2/Our Entry

*IN Swimming Divisional Championships/Lake Central HS/Mar. 7-9/Feb.23

*IN Swimming Senior State/TBD/Mar. 13-16/Feb.23

*IN Swimming Age Group State/TBD/Mar. 21-23/Feb. 23

*USA Swimming Speedo Sectionals/IU Natatorium Indy/Mar. 27-30/Feb.23