Weekly Update: 12/4/23 - 12/10/23

Jessica Colby
Hello Red Dragon Families!
 
Practice this Week
We have practice Monday-Thursday this week! 
 
Sickness
With cold weather comes some sickness! We have a small coaching staff and if one coach gets sick, practice groups are left without a coach! If your athlete is not feeling well PLEASE do NOT bring them to practice. We want families, athletes and coaching staff to stay healthy throughout our season!
 
WFF Meet – RECAP
WOW! Awesome meet this weekend! There were a lot of new best times, new swims, and improvements in races this weekend! Awesome job Red Dragons! Ribbons will be at the pool this week in our ribbon bucket! Make sure to pick them up!
 
NLSA Meet - MEET INFORMATION
Doors open at 9AM. Arrive by 9:15AM. Warmups start at 9:30AM. Meet starts at 11AM. If the meet program is sent to me this week before the meet, I will send it out as soon as possible.
 
HOME Meet - Entries OPEN
Entries are OPEN for our home meet on January 13th. Make sure to go in and declare your events! We want as many Red Dragons there as we can have at our home meet!
 
HOME Meet
We officially have our date for our Home Meet! We will be hosting a meet on January 13th. Every year Red Dragons host 1-2 meets a year to help keep our monthly dues low for our families. We do not require volunteer hours but we do ask for help to host these 1-2 meets to help keep costs down for you! Please take time to look over the sign-up and help us out at our meet!
 
REQUIRED - USA REGISTRATION
If your athlete is not USA registered your athlete can NOT attend practice. To register your athlete in USA Swimming please go to our Website, click Registration, click USA Registration Link in blue, and follow the directions from there. 
 
High School Athletes and Qualifying Meets
If your athlete is attending and meets with our team that require a qualifying time and you want to use their High School times you will need a proof of times report from your High School coach or the results of the meet. You can only use meet results or proof of times for State-level meets or lower. Any Sectional, Zone or National Meets have to be MN High School State Meet, ND EDC or ND State Meet. Any other meet does not qualify them for Sectionals, Zones or National Meets. All proof of times and meet results need to be sent to Coach Jess as many meets will ask for proof of times.
 
Team Sponsorships
Every year we have sponsorship available for companies you know or may work for! Please take time to share it on your social media or ask your company if they are interested! Below is the link for our team sponsorships! If you have already submitted payment as a sponsor please send us your logo!
 
Taking a Break?
If you are taking a break this month please let me know by the 25th for your payments to be paused. To know if your payments have been paused go into the GoMotion App and your athlete should be listed as "suspended".
  
 
If you have any questions or concerns please let me know,
 
Jessica Colby
Head Coach
Red Dragon Swimming
763-229-7701
"Once a Red Dragon, Always a Red Dragon"