MM Weekly Announcements for Week of 05/18-05/24

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 & 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, & Friday 5:00-6:30

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

Elite AM: Monday, Wednesday, & Friday 6:00-7:30

Elite PM: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 3:45-6:00, & Friday 3:45-5:15

New Prairie High School

Splash: Monday & Wednesday 5:00-6:15 CST

Fins: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday 5:00-6:45 CST

Elite: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday 5:00-7:15 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 5:30-6:45

Tuesday & Thursday 4:00-5:15

Splash 3

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

Practice Notes:

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

Fins athletes that attended morning workouts during the winter season are welcome to attend Elite’s morning practices this month.

Here is the link to this week’s Fins and Elite practice plans.

New Programing

Both of our new programs are underway. I would appreciate any feedback you’d like to share. As we navigate our way through this learning curve for both athletes and coaches it would be helpful if you were to share your thoughts.

As of this morning 51 of our athletes signed up for GoSwim. For us to get everything we can out of this program we need all of our athletes to sign up.

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

Here is a link to our entry. I will be the coach on deck today. If you are running late or will be unable to make it please send me a text (574-276-6057). All times listed are local to Valparaiso. You can find the estimated timeline here.

Sunday AM Sessions (13 and over)

Warm-ups 7:00-7:50 CST – our athletes should be on deck by 6:45 CST

Meet Starts 8:00 CST

Sunday PM Sessions (12 and under)

Warm-ups 12:00-12:50 CST – our athletes should be on deck by 11:45 CST

Meet Starts 1:00 CST

NASA Summer Invitational

We received word last week NASA was moving their meet to Elkhart Aquatics. This meet was put on our schedule specifically for our newer and less accomplished swimmers. The move to long course meters means this meet no longer serves the intended purpose the meet was scheduled. It was also 3 weekends in a row for our staff so I have decided to remove this meet from our schedule.

Summer Practice Schedule

This is our tentative plan for all locations:

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

Practices at New Prairie will be moving 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.

Penn Groups our plan will look something like this:

Splash Groups 1, 2, 3:

We will follow the same format we are currently.

Splash 4

This group will practice with the Fins on Tuesday at Elkhart. The rest of their schedule will remain as it is.

Fins Group

We will follow a very similar evening practice schedule we are on currently.

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 5:30-7:30 and Friday 5:00-6:30 at Penn

Tuesday at Elkhart Aquatics 3:45-6:00

We will also allow Fins athletes to attend some of the Elite group’s morning practices based on their age and accomplishment level. The morning practices are not meant to be a replacement to the evening practices. If an athlete has at least 3 Divisional Cuts in their age group they may attend this many morning practices at Penn. We consider a swimmer’s age to be how old they will be at their championship meet.

11 year olds 1 morning practice

12 year olds 2 morning practices

13 year olds 3 morning practices

14 year olds 4 morning practices

If an athlete has one Age Group State Cut in their age group they will be allowed to attend the long course practice at Notre Dame on Fridays. No athlete will be allowed to exceed the number of practices listed for their age. If an 11 year old has state cuts they are allowed to attend one morning workout each week. They can choose to attend the practice at Notre Dame or one at Penn.

Elite

Monday - Thursday 6:00-8:00 AM at Penn (8:15-9:00 weights*)

Friday 9:00-11:00 AM at Notre Dame

Monday 3:45-6:00 at Elkhart Aquatics

Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 5:00-6:30

*more details coming on our weights program

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. I will be sending an updated entry with any new times set this weekend.

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

The meet information was posted this week. I’ve closed the meet commitment section but If you would still like to attend this meet email me no later than this evening.

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/Our Results

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/Our Entry

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

*IN Swimming Divisional Championships/Valparaiso High School/August 1-3/July 13