MM Weekly Announcements for Week of 02/23-03/01

John VanDriessche

Dear Marlin Families,

Practice Schedule

Penn High School

Splash 1 & 2: Monday and 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, & Thursday 5:30-7:15

Fins Flex: Monday 5:30-7:30 Tuesday 5:30-7:15, Wednesday 5:30-7:30,Thursday 5:30-7:15

Fins Compete: Monday 5:30–7:30, Tuesday, 5:30-7:15, Wednesday, 5:30-7:30, & Thursday 5:30-7:15

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

New Prairie High School

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

Fins: No Practice due to Middle School Swim Season

Elite: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday 2:30-4:15 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.

No practice at Penn on Friday or KCC on Saturday due to the Last Chance Meet.

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

FINS Taper Groups

As we approach our end of season and championship meets we will have athletes tapering for different meets. If your athlete has 3 or less Divisional Cuts (and is competing at the Last Chance Invite) they will be tapering for the Last Chance Invite. If your athlete has 3 or less Age Group State Cuts they will be tapering for Divisionals. If your athlete has 4 or more Age Group Cuts they will be tapering for Age Group State.

The taper practices will end approximately 15-20 minutes earlier than the scheduled ending time this week. Here is a link to the list of athletes tapering for each meet.

CON Last Chance Invite

You can click here to see our entry. Here are the pertinent times for this weekend’s meet.

Friday Events (#1-#12)

Doors Open 3:30 – our athletes need to be on deck by 3:45

Warm-ups 4:00-5:00

Check-in closes 4:15

Meet Starts 5:10

Saturday and Sunday AM Sessions (9-12 year olds)

Doors open 7:00 – our athletes need to be on deck by 7:15

Warm-ups 7:30-8:15

Check-in closes 7:45

Meet Starts 8:30

Saturday and Sunday PM Sessions (8 & Under/13 & Over)

Warm-ups 13&O 12:30-1:15 –our athletes need to be be on deck by 12:15

Warm-ups 8&U 1:15-1:35 – our athletes need to be on deck by 12:45

Check-in closes 1:00

Meet Starts 1:45

Divisionals

The entry deadline is tonight Sunday February 23. If your athlete has not yet made a cut but will be attending if they make one at the Last Chance Meet please commit them to the meet. I will be sending out our initial entry tomorrow morning. I will have the ability to update our entry through Monday March 3.

Senior State/Age Group State/Speedo Sectionals

The deadline to commit to these meets is tonight. Even if your swimmer has not qualified for these meets but will attend if they achieve a cut at Last Chance or Divisionals please commit them. I will be sending out our Speedo entry this evening. Our initial state meet entries will be sent later this week.

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/Tonight Feb.23

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

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

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