Welcome Mini 1 Swimmers and Families!

 

 

Equipment List (please write swimmers name on ALL equipment in black sharpie before 1st day of practice)

  • Water Bottle! One of the most important things to bring every day
  • Standard sized kick board
  • Short fins
  • Nose plug
  • Goggles (extra are always a great idea!)
  • Cap (extra are always a great idea!)
  • Snorkel

​Schedule:

  • Click here to view the RACE schedule for the 2024/2025 Short Course Season

​Practice:

  • Please arrive to practice early, swimmers need time to go to the bathroom and get their equipment in order. We will begin practice promptly at 3:30 every day swimmers arriving on time will be late getting in the water.
  • Have a snack on the way to practice, the body needs fuel to perform well. I have listed some nutritional information below under additional info.

​ Meets:

How to check what cuts your swimmer has: Click here

Additional Meet Info:

  • Please check our events page for a current list of meets, Coach Kacy will send out updates as we get closer.
  • Most meet related questions can be answered in the meet document provided for the meet. You can find this by going to the "Events & Competition" tab and selecting the name of the meet, from there scroll down to "Forms & Documents" and click on the meet document.
  • For meets hosted by RACE heat sheets will be available before the start of the meet and Coach Tom will send out additional info like warm ups in the days leading up to the meet. Meets that are not hosted by RACE we may not have access to heat sheets until the start of the meet, please bring a sharpie with you to write down heat and lane assignments.
  • Make sure you have downloaded the Ondeck app to make signing up for meets easier and the MeetMobile app to see results and lane assignments.
  • Events are selected by coaching staff, however Coach Kacy does take into consideration what events your swimmer would like to swim. If your swimmer has a request they can talk to Coach Kacy directly or write it in the notes during sign up. Coaches get final say over events based on what we see in practice.

TAGS-Swimmers with TAGS cuts

  • Championship meet at current time: TAGS (description here)
    • TAGS will be March 6th-9th in Midland, TX.
    • Swimmers attending TAGS should also plan to attend NT Champs
  • Meets to attend: Any meets listed as A/BB or open to everyone, swimmers may also do BB/B/C meets to gain more BB times if needed.
  • Next cuts to work towards: 11-12 BB and A times
  • Additional Info: Swimmers at this level will compete in prelims/finals meets. Prelims is swum in the morning and all swimmers entered in the meet will compete in their events, the top athletes in the event (usually 16, but can vary) will go on to compete at finals in the evening.

A-Swimmers with A times

  • Championship meet at current time is NT CHAMPS (description here) and goal championship meet is TAGS (description here)  
    • Swimmers attending NT Champs should also plan to attend Medal Madness.  
    • NT Champs will be Jan 31st-Feb 2nd, location TBD
  • Meets to attend: Any meets listed as A/BB or open to everyone, swimmers may also do BB/B/C meets to gain more BB times if needed
  • Next cuts to work towards: 10 & Under TAGS
  • Additional Info: Swimmers at this level will compete in prelims/finals meets. Prelims is swum in the morning and all swimmers entered in the meet will compete in their events, the top athletes in the event (usually 16, but can vary) will go on to compete at finals in the evening.

BB-Swimmers with BB times

  • Championship meet at current time is Medal Madness 
    •    Medal Madness will be March 1st-2nd in Rockwall, TX.
    •  Depending on the season swimmers with BB times may qualify for NT Champs, we will know more as the season progresses and meet documents are released
  • Meets to attend: Any meets listed as A/BB, meets open to everyone and BB/B/C
  • Next cuts to work towards: 10 & Under A times
  • Additional Info: Swimmers at this level may compete in prelims/finals meets. Prelims is swum in the morning and all swimmers entered in the meet will compete in their events, the top athletes in the event (usually 16, but can vary) will go on to compete at finals in the evening.

B-Swimmers with B times

  • Championship meet at current time is Medal Madness    
    • Medal Madness will be March 1st-2nd in Rockwall, TX
  • Meets to attend: Any meets listed as open to everyone and BB/B/C
  • Next cuts to work towards: 10 & Under BB times

No cuts-swimmers with no cuts

  • Championship meet at current time is Medal Madness 
    •   Medal Madness will be March 1st-2nd in Rockwall, TX.
  • Meets to attend: Any meets listed as open to everyone and BB/B/C
  • Next cuts to work towards: 10 & Under B times

  • If you would like to schedule a team bonding activity, please email Coach Kacy to have the activity sent to the group and added to the calendar.
  • If you would like to bring an after practice snack on a Friday please let Coach Kacy know!

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