Weekly BGHS Swim/Dive Update - March 19, 2023

Coach Michael Kinross

Happy Sunday Gaels! I hope you all had a relaxing and safe Spring Break. We are excited to get back into it tomorrow and hit the ground running. We will resume regular practices tomorrow, 3-4:30pm at Desert Breeze. The coaches look forward to seeing you all again and picking up where we left off with our skills and training.

We have a lot of other information to publish. Please read through the rest of this news blast thoroughly!
 
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.
 
Upcoming Meet Commitment Deadline: Week 3 vs Faith Lutheran
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 TODAY! I will verify with the athletes 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.
 
Arrival times, line-ups, relays, etc will all be published at the end of the week.
 
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"

 

Additional Team Suits & Shirts Have Arrived!
If you are still waiting on a team suit for this season or haven't received the team shirt, our 2nd order has come in. The shirts and suits will be brought to practices this week and the meet Saturday. Please come pick them up.
 
I am anticipating our 1/4 zips and slides to arrive early next week.
 
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