MM Weekly Announcements for Week of 07/06-07/12

John VanDriessche

Good morning Marlin Families!

Practice Schedule

Penn High School

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

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

Splash 4: Monday 6:00-7:30, Tuesday 4:00-6:00 (at Elkhart), Wednesday 6:00-7:30, & Thursday 5:30-7:30

Fins Flex: Monday 5:30-7:30, Tuesday 4:00-6:00 (at Elkhart), Wednesday, Thursday 5:30-7:30, & Friday 5:00-6:30

Fins Compete: Monday 5:30-7:30, Tuesday 4:00-6:00 (at Elkhart), Wednesday, Thursday 5:30-7:30, & Friday 5:00–6:30

Elite AM: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday 6:00-8:00 (8:15-9:00 weights M-Th)

Elite PM: Monday 3:45-6:00 (at Elkhart), Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday 5:00-6:30

New Prairie High School

Splash: Monday & Wednesday 6:30-8:00 AM CST

Fins: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday 6:00-8:00 AM CST

Elite: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday 6:00-8:15 AM CST

Knollwood CC

Splash 1

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

Tuesday & Thursday 4:00-5:00

Splash 2

Monday and Wednesday 3:30-4:30 or 4:30-5:30 or 5:30-6:45

Tuesday & Thursday 4:00-5:15

Splash 3

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

Practice Notes:

New Prairie families use door S1 to enter the building. The doors will open at 5:45 AM CST. Please do not arrive prior to this time. 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 Fins practice on Friday due to the GSI Last Chance Luau

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

GSI Last Chance Luau/Goshen Aquatic Center/July 11 & 12

I will be on deck for all sessions. If you are running late or will be unable to make it please send a text message (574-276-6057). Here is our entry. Here are the pertinent times for this weekend’s meet.

Friday (events #1-#12)

Doors Open 3:15 – our athletes should be at the door by 3:15

Warm-ups 3:30-4:20

Meet Starts 4:30

Saturday AM (10 & Under)

Doors Open 7:45 – our athletes should be at the door by 7:45

Warm-ups 8:00-9:05

Meet Starts 9:15

Saturday PM (11 & Over)

Warm-ups 11:45-12:50 – our athletes should be on deck by 11:30

Meet Starts 1:00

Senior State and Age Group State

Our initial entries have been sent. We can update the Senior State entry through Sunday July 13 and our Age Group State entry through Monday July 21. If you notice any errors or omissions with your swimmer’s entry please let me know.

SwimCloud

Over the years I have been asked by several swim families if paying for a recruiting service is worth the money. Personally, I do not believe it is. Here is the reason why. The leading recruiting service charges anywhere from $250 up to $1200 for paid accounts. Cost aside, I am not aware of many college swim coaches that use those paid services.

From my conversations with college coaches they all seem to use SwimCloud. SwimCloud offers free and varsity memberships. The varsity membership is a one time fee of $49. The amount, I believe, far exceeds what you receive. I recommend every athlete 13 and over create a free account. For our high school athletes I believe you should give strong consideration to the varsity membership. I have included a link on our website that can outline some of the benefits of this membership. If you have any questions about this or swimming at the college level please let me know.

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 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.

Meets marked with an * 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 Results

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

ELK Summer Bash Invitational/Elkhart Aquatics/June 13-15/Our Results

DUNE Splash Spectacular/Hobart High School/June 27-29/Our Entry

GSI Last Chance Luau/Goshen Aquatic Center/July 11-12/Our Entry

*IN Swimming Senior State/IU Bloomington/July 17-20/Our Entry

*USA Swimming Futures/Madison, WI/July 23-26/Our Entry

*IN Swimming Age Group State/IU Natatorium-Indy/July 24-27/Our Entry

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