Lake Monsters Weekly Update, 3/24/24

Neil Romney

Update 3/24/24

 

"The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience."

--Emily Dickinson

 

Weekly Update Introduction

I am excited to be in Polson and to have the chance to work with the many dedicated and industrious people at Mission Valley Aquatics and the Lake Monsters. This is the first of regular weekly updates to inform our Lake Monster families about practice schedule changes, upcoming meets, competition results, and other matters germane to our competitive swimming purpose. 

 

Practice Schedule, 3/25-3/39

  • Kaijus/Nessies/Godzillas: M-F 4-6 pm
  • Gremlins: M-Th 4-5 pm 

Practices are optional but encouraged. Please attend when your schedule permits and your interest level merits. A given swimmer’s improvement rate is determined by time spent in deliberate and engaged practice.

 

Long Course Meet Schedule

Our long-course season meets are posted on the website and are open for registration; however, the only meet that has yet to provide an event file is Lewistown, so registering for the others will allow only an affirmative. Below is the meet schedule including some relevant championship meets. The Zones meets, I believe, are team events with other Montana swimmers competing as an LSC team. 

  • Bozeman, 4/20-4/21
  • Lewiston, 5/17-5/19
  • Missoula, 6/20-6/23
  • Helena, 7/5-7/7
  • State (Missoula), 7/18-7/21 (BB times to qualify)
  • Senior Zones (Clovis), 7/29-8/2 (15-16 AA times for girls; 15-16 A times for boys) 
  • AG Zones (Boise), 8/6-8/9 (AAA times)

The Bozeman, Lewistown, and Helena meets require significant drives and overnight stays. There are no required meets, but we encourage attendance within your family's schedule and budget constraints. 

 

AG Regional Results

Congratulations to the Lake Monsters’ Briggs DeLaney and Gus Hertz for qualifying for and competing in the AG Sectional Championships in Federal Way this weekend.

Briggs (boys’ 10u) competed in 6 events with PRs in the following:

  • 50 ba (35.25 for 11th place)
  • 2 im (2.51.94 for 18th)
  • 1 fl (83.19 for 19th)
  • 2 fr (2.32.27 for his biggest drop of the meet and 21st place).

 

Gus (boys’ 15-and-older) competed in four events:

  • 50 fr (23.05 for 18th)
  • 1 fr (51.25 for 24th)
  • 2 fr (1.51.95 for 11th)
  • 1 fl (dropped 2.25 seconds to 54.66 to qualify for tonight’s finals with an 8th place)

 

Meet Standards and Motivational Times

All motivational standards and meet-qualifying times can be found on home page’s Time Standards tab: https://www.gomotionapp.com/team/mtlm/page/time-standards

 

Contact Coach Neil

If you have questions, concerns, information, please email me ([email protected]) or catch me at the pool (except in an emergency, please not during practice or the 15 minutes prior to or following practice).  

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