Weekly BGHS Swim/Dive Update - March 12, 2023

Coach Michael Kinross

The second competition of the 2023 season is in the books. The last of the season's "Invites" saw the Bishop Gorman Swim/Dive team continue to try new events and race against a huge pool of competition from across Las Vegas. The Coaches are already seeing noticeable improvements in our skills and times. The highlight of the meet was having a strong contingent of parents and teammates cheering loudly for every Gael that was racing. Let's keep up the support at our next meets as we move into our more traditional meets after Spring Break!

 
We have a lot of other information to publish. Please read through the rest of this news blast thoroughly!
 
NO PRACTICES UNTIL MONDAY, MARCH 20
There will NOT be any Gorman swim practices March 13-17 for Spring Break. We will resume our regular practice schedule on March 20.
 
The coaches STRONGLY encourage you all to swim over break. Go do laps at your local pool. Stay active. Do something over break so when we come back, we can pick up where we left off.
 
REQUIRED:  All Swim/Dive athletes must sign and complete a 2023 Season Travel waiver!
This is a school requirement for all sports. Paper copies were distributed at team pictures last week; the   waiver   can be found here. You may sign and turn them in by hand, or digitally sign them and email them back to  Coach Michael , either way is acceptable.
 
Swim/Dive Quarter Zip + Slides Order Deadline Today!
This season's "specialty" items are going to be Swim/Dive Slides and Quarter Zip Jackets! Please fill out the  Order Form  so we can get these ordered.
 
Upcoming Meet Commitment Deadline: Week 3 vs Faith Lutheran - Sun. March 19
If you haven't already, please log into your TU account and commit to our next meet vs Faith Lutheran. This is the first "regular" meet of the season. The sign up deadline is Sunday, March 19! I will verify with the athletes next Tuesday at practice or via text. While you are logged in, go through the rest of the season and commit to the remaining meets. You can always change your commitment if something comes up.
 
Reminder all student athletes must compete at over half of our meets to receive a Varsity Letter.
 
Commit to each meet via TU by:
  1. Log in to the TU site
  2. Go to the Meets tab
  3. Click the red "EDIT COMMITMENT" button for the meet you are RSVPing for
  4. Click on the name of the member you are RSVPing for
  5. Declare "yes" or "no" that you can attend the meet
    • If you have a special circumstance where you might be late, need to leave early, or anything else the coaches need to know, = elaborate accordingly in the notes field
  6. Click "Save changes"

 

Meet Results & Times Database
A huge benefit of using TeamUnify as our team website is the times database feature. All meet results will be uploaded to this website following our meets so you can track your times and improvements. Yesterday's meet is already uploaded. The coaches have added a meet called "2023 Season Practice Times" where we are adding all times that we record in practice. If you were at the practices where we did time trials, your results will be upload throughout the season. We will do the same for splits taken at the meets. If you were on the team in the past, you can access your old times as well.
 
To access your results:
  • Log into your account
  • In the toolbar on the left side of the screen, go to "My Account"
  • "My Meet Results"
  • This will bring you to a menu with a variety of ways to see your swims