MM Weekly Announcements for Week of 05/04-05/10

John VanDriessche

Good morning Marlin Families!

Practice Schedule

Penn High School

Splash 1 & 2: Monday and Wednesday 6:00-7:15

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

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

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

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

Elite AM: Monday 6:00-7:30

Elite PM: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday 3:45-6:00

New Prairie High School

Splash: Monday & Wednesday 5:30-6:45 CST

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

Elite: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday 5:30-7:45 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 5:30-6:45

Tuesday & Thursday 4:00-5:15

Splash 3

Monday, Wednesday 5:30-6:45 & Saturday 7:30-8:45

Practice Notes:

New Prairie practices will start at 5:30 CST for the next two weeks due to swim lessons. NP parents and athletes should use Door S1.

If you arrive at Penn and the gallery door is locked, please feel free to get my attention on deck to let me know.

Penn, NP, and some KCC Splash Group’s practices for the month of May will be 75 minutes long. Fins Group practices will last 1 hour and 45 minutes for the next 3 weeks. Elite Group practices will now last 2 hours and 15 minutes. Friday evening practices, when offered, will continue to be 90 minutes long for both Fins and Elite Groups.

No practice at Penn on Friday due to the dual meet against Concord

Summer Schedule

We have been fielding several questions on what our practice schedule would look like once school ends. We have tentatively arranged 3 days of long course pool time each week starting on June 9th.

Practices at Knollwood will continue to be the same structure as they are now.

Practices at New Prairie will be moving all of their workouts to the morning starting June 2. Coach Ashley and I have made this decision in an attempt to increase the small turnouts we have had over the last several seasons.

Since we have limited long course pool time we will be dividing up our groups and which athletes from those groups will be attending. More details will be coming next week as we finalize how many lanes we have each day.

CON Dual Meet/Concord High School/May 9

The meet letter is posted. We have not yet received the meet file so we have reopened the meet commitment section through tonight

VSC Spring Classic/Valparaiso High School/May 16-18

Here is a link to our entry as of 05/02. If you are planning on staying in Valpo for the weekend here is a link VSC provided us for a reduced hotel rate. All pertinent times for this meet will be shared in next week’s email.

CON BW3 Blazin Invite/Elkhart Aquatic Center/May 30-June 1

Here is our entry as of 05/04. More information can be found on our website by clicking on this meet under the “Upcoming Events” section.

ELK Summer Bash Invite/Elkhart Aquatic Center/June 13-15

The deadline for this meet was set for tonight. The meet information has not yet been posted so we will likely keep this open until it is. If you know your athlete is wanting to attend please commit as soon as you can.

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.

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])

Spring and Summer Meet Schedule/Dates of Meet/Location/Deadline to commit

This is our tentative meet schedule for the spring and summer. We may add meets if we find ones that fit our club’s needs or delete meets if there is not enough interest from our members. 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.

NASA Off The Block Invitational/Northridge High School/May 3/Our Results

Dual Meet Vs. Concord Swim Club/Concord High School/May 9/Tonight May 4

VSC Spring Classic/Valparaiso High School/May 16-18/Our Entry

CON Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Invite/Elkhart Aquatics/May 30-June 1/Our Entry

ELK Summer Bash Invitational/Elkhart Aquatics/June 13-15/Tonight May 4

NASA Summer Invitational/Northridge High School/June 20-22/May 25

DUNE Splash Spectacular/Hobart High School/June 27-29/June 8

GSI Last Chance Luau/Goshen Aquatic Center/July 11-12/June 8

*IN Swimming Senior State/IU Natatorium-Indy/July 17-20/June 29

*USA Swimming Futures/Madison, WI/July 23-26/June 29

*IN Swimming Age Group State/IU Natatorium-Indy/July 25-27/June 29

*USA Swimming Junior Nationals/Irvine, CA/July 30-August 3/TBD