FAST Newsletter: Week of February 9, 2026
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REPORTING ABSENCES FOR ATTENDANCE
Please email the team email for any absences PRIOR to missing practice.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
- Friday, February 20: Last Winter Season Practice for 10 & Under Champs and Regional Qualifiers
- Saturday, February 21: No Gold Practice
- Starting Monday, February 23: All practices at Firestone-See Chart Below
- Friday, February 27: FAST Night at MAC Championships at Akron U to support our FAST Coaches and Zip Women Swimming Teammates!
- Thursday, March 5: Last Senior Group Practice
- Friday, March 6: Award Submission Deadline
- Thursday, March 12: Last Junior Group Practice
- Wednesday, March 18: FAST Banquet- Details coming soon!
- Sectional Practice Schedule: M-F 3:30-5:30pm, Saturday 8-10am
- Monday 3/2: Off
- No Practice Saturday 3/7 due to Senior Champs
- Florida Practice Schedule: M-F 5:30-7:30pm at Firestone, Saturday 10-11:30am.
- This schedule begins after Junior Champs
- No Practice Monday 3/16: Day off after Junior Champs
- No Practice Wednesday 3/18: FAST Banquet
| Monday 2/23 |
Tuesday 2/24 |
Wednesday 2/25 |
Thursday 2/26 |
Friday 2/27 |
Saturday 2/28 |
| Senior CH 5:00-6:30pm Junior CH 6:30-8pm |
Senior CH 5:00-6:30pm Junior CH 6:30-8pm |
Senior CH 5:00-6:30pm Junior CH 6:30-8pm |
Senior CH 5:00-6:30pm Junior CH 6:30-8pm |
No Practice FAST Night at MACS @ Akron U |
Senior & Junior Champs 10-11:30am |
| Monday 3/2 |
Tuesday 3/3 |
Wednesday 3/4 |
Thursday 3/5 |
Friday 3/6 |
Saturday 3/7 |
| Sectional: OFF Senior CH 5:00-6:30pm Junior CH 6:30-8pm |
Sectional: 3:30-5:30 Senior CH 5:00-6:30pm Junior CH 6:30-8pm |
Sectional: 3:30-5:30 Senior CH 5:00-6:30pm Junior CH 6:30-8pm |
Sectional: 3:30-5:30 Senior CH 5:00-6:30pm- Last Practice Junior CH 6:30-8pm |
Sectional: 3:30-5:30
Junior CH 5:30-7pm |
Sectional: OFF
Junior CH 10-11:30am |
| Monday 3/9 |
Tuesday 3/10 |
Wednesday 3/11 |
Thursday 3/12 |
Friday 3/13 |
Saturday 3/14 |
| Sectional: 3:30-5:30 Junior CH 5:30-7pm |
Sectional: 3:30-5:30 Junior CH 5:30-7pm |
Sectional: 3:30-5:30 Junior CH 5:30-7pm |
Sectional: 3:30-5:30 Junior CH 5:30-7pm- Last Practice |
Sectional: 3:30-5:30
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Sectional: 8-10am |
TEAM AWARDS
1. Winter Meet Monsters announced soon
2. Deadline for the Academic Patch & Grigas Awards is Friday, March 6
Report Cards and Grigas Forms should be handed directly to Coach Erin or Coach Carl
For more info, please visit our Awards page on the website:
https://www.gomotionapp.com/team/ohfa/page/team-information/awards?team=ohfa
CHAMPIONSHIP MEETS!
| 10 & Under Champs Sunday, Feb 15 University of Akron |
Regionals Feb 20-22 Friday @ HB Sat/Sun @ Spire |
OH Junior Champs March 12-15 Spire |
OH Senior Champs March 5-8 Ohio State |
Sectionals March 25-29 Indianapolis, IN |
Age Group ISCA March 31-April 4 St. Petersburg, FL |
| DEADLINE: 2/1 at 9:00am CLOSED |
DEADLINE: 2/8 at 11:59pm CLOSED |
DEADLINE: 2/22 at 11:59pm |
DEADLINE: 2/15 at 11:59pm
New Qualifiers for A Flight: 3/1 at 11:59pm |
DEADLINE: Current Qualifiers: 2/1 New Qualifiers: 3/8 |
DEADLINE: 3/15 |
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Automatic qualifiers: “Win it and Swim it”. Regional Championship Individual Event champions automatically qualify to compete in their event at the Junior Championship Meet. |
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USA Sectional Qualifiers may plan to attend 1 day. Any more days, they need to receive permission from Coach Cindy. |
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| 10 & Under
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11–14-year-olds |
14 & Under
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15 & Over |
National Team
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14 & Under
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| Slower than NAG BB |
11-12 Slower than NAG A 13-14 Slower than NAG AA |
10 & U BB & faster 11-12 NAG A & faster 13-14 NAG AA & faster |
See Info below A Flight & B Flight |
Sectional cuts |
NAG A single-age 9&Under: see time cut chart under meet for qualifying times |
| 1. If your swimmer’s name is not listed under the JR Champs meet, they should swim this meet!
2. If your swimmer’s name is listed under JR Champs, they may swim this meet, but not in the events they have BB or faster than times in. |
1. If your swimmer’s name is not listed under the JR Champs meet, they should swim this meet!
2. If your swimmer’s name is listed under JR Champs, they may swim this meet, but not in the events they have JR cuts in |
10U G. Cropper E. Horst K. Long D. Marrone H. Sands H. Sederland L. Vaughn O. Bitong M. Duong G. Lydek G. Rucker
11-12 C. Carino E. Lydek E. Peters* M. Sederland O. Sands E. Reidlinger
13-14 S. Brilymer L. Cunningham M. Fahl E. Frey A. Kepley K. McDevitt* G. Richter C. Kleinschmidt B. Long
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Senior Group
-Sectional Qualifiers: see note below |
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*ISCA only |
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SPRING/SUMMER SESSIONS
Registration will be out in late March.
Spring Session will begin April 13.
We are working on finalizing our schedule with the University of Akron for practices. The Coaches and the Board are also working on finalizing our Meet Schedule. We will have these posted as soon as we can.
Spring Practice Schedule will be very similar to what we have now.
Coming Soon…Summer Survey. Due to an increase in our budget on pool rental from Akron Public Schools, we may need to adjust our practice schedule in the summer to possibly only offering AM or PM practices for our Learner 2, Learner 1, and Explorer Groups vs being able to offer both options like last summer to help us control costs with Staff and not drastically increase monthly fees. Nothing has officially been decided at this point, this is just to explore our options. We do not plan on changing Senior, Gold, or Green practice schedules since those were all AM practices already in the summer. Stay tuned for the survey and more information…
| TEAM VISION ’25 - ‘26 BE SCARED and do it anyway BE UNSURE and show up anyway COMFORT is the enemy of growth GET UNCOMFORTABLE DON’T QUIT |
| TEAM CONTACTS |
| Attendance/General Questions: [email protected] Head Coach/Senior Group: Head Age Group Coach: Coach Carl |
Team Admin & Meet Registration: Coach Erin Billing: Kim Long Parent Board President: Sara Horst Volunteers: Sarah McDonnell |
