Nov 6 Update: Meet Results, Fundraiser, and Deadlines
Good afternoon Tritons,
I hope you are all having a good start to your November! Let me begin by saying thank you again for everyone who joined us for the Trunk or Treat last week! Events like these aren't possible without family engagement and participation, so I am happy that we continue to keep these fun little traditions alive for the swimmers.
We have a few quick updates for the month:
November no-practice days
- There will not be practice on November 11th, Veterens day - thank you to those who have served or are currently serving our country!
- The YMCA is closed on November 28-29 for Thanksgiving weekend, and so I hope the swimmers enjoy the 4 day weekend!
Upcoming deadlines
- Our November home meet has its final registration deadline for tomorrow at 11:59pm (Nov 7th).
- The meet will take place on Sunday, November 17th, warm ups at 7:30am and competition at 8:00am
- Event page here: https://www.gomotionapp.com/team/recpssvy/page/calendar#/team-events/upcoming/1533442
- Please help us host the swim meet by signing up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0948A5A922A1FCC61-53058369-2024
- The Poinsettia Fundraiser's deadline is on November 18th, please get your orders to me by the end of practice that day if you have them!
- The December swim meet with Snohomish Y at their Everett YMCA location has a registration deadline of Nov 21.
- Warm ups are at 12:15pm, event page here: https://www.gomotionapp.com/team/recpssvy/page/calendar#/team-events/upcoming/1533430
Quick Reminder: Y State Eligibility
Please remember that a swimmer needs 2 YMCA swim meets to be eligible to swim at the Y-State Championships in January! We have 2 more YMCA meets coming up (home meet and the Everett December one), so please consider registering before it's too late! Those that have missed meets because of the high school season, or because of sickness, please reach out to me and I will be able to write a letter to get a waiver/exemption for the attendance requirement. Y State meet information should be coming out next week, and I will share that ASAP. We do know that it will be on January 25th though!
BBST Speedo Meet Results
Our team had another great meet last weekend, and saw many best times and great swims! In total, we had 64 personal best swims, which is especially impressive given that several swimmers had also swam just 2 weeks ago! Our biggest drop goes to Russell Venner with a whopping 38 second improvement on his 200 Free!
And congratulations to the following swimmers for these new Y Regional qualifying swims:
- Ella Inman in the 100 Fly
- Alex Lisitskiy in the 100 Breast
- Dima Lisitskiy in the 50 Back, 50 Breast, and 100 Breast
- Alex Van Dyk in the 500 Free and 200 Free
- Katherine Van Dyk in the 200 Free, 100 Breast, and 100 Fly
I have our qualifier page updated to reflect these results.
The swimmers got together and made a petition on my whiteboard for the next year's regional cap to be pink, and so I will be putting that order in immediately following Y State :) If a swimmer qualifies by Y state, they will have a name put on the cap, if not they will still receive a pink Regionals cap.
