May 8th
This is your River Falls Swim News for May 8th!
Huge Thank You to everyone for adapting to the new pool set-up and sharing the space with Parks and Rec! Everyone has done a great job with the adjustments, and we have been able to make the shift without any major issues. Just one quick reminder for the Age Group swimmers: practice times from 6:30-7:30 on Mon-Thurs, Friday practice remains 5:30-6:30pm.
We have had our first competition for the spring session! 10 RFSC swimmers competed in Farmington over this weekend. Attached is the results for our swimmers from this weekend; great job by all of our swimmers setting some quality time drops to kick off the start of the season. I want to highlight our swimmer of the meet and the incredible progress they have made over the last year. Finn Meads swam 4 events this weekend, the 50 in each stroke and dropped a total of 40.46 seconds! Those are some incredible swims and a huge amount of time dropped in one meet!
UPCOMING SWIM MEETS & EVENTS:
The meets for the Spring and Summer Session are posted on the Team Events page of the website.
May 21-22: SCSC Splash into Summer Invite hosted at Bluewater Aquatic Center, Apple Valley MN. Meet Information and event file are up, entry deadline has passed, entered swimmers are attached.
May 26: St. Paul Saints Baseball game honoring Minnesota Swimming. Join teams from Minnesota Swimming at CHS Field for a baseball game, all swimmers who attend will get a St. Paul Saints Swim Cap. Information about the event and to purchase tickets can be found on the team event page.
May 27-28: STAR Memorial Weekend Invite; Highland Park Outdoor Pool. Initial entries have been submitted, final entry submission is May 16th.
June 10-12: Alexandria Summer Invite and Open Water Swim. Alexandria MN. Meet Information, Event file and team Hotel block are all coming in the next couple of weeks. We will also plan to do a team dinner event during this meet.
June 18: Aquajets June Invite. Eden Prairie, MN. Meet Information and event file are posted.
June 24-25: MANTAS Summer Invite. This is our second Long Course Meter (50m) outdoor pool meet of the summer. A great meet and pool in Mankato MN. Meet Information and event file are uploaded, there was an error in the initial meet file; I have uploaded a new one with corrections.
July 9-10: RFSC Hosted Minnesota Achievement Championships (MAC’s). Home Swim meet and first Championship meet of the summer. Meet information and event file pending. MAC’s entry qualifications: swimmers must have a posted time in the event, but must be slower than the Silver time standard.
July 15-17: MSI Minnesota Regional Championships (MRC’s). Meet location, information, and event file are all pending. Eligible swimmers are those who have achieved a Silver or Gold time in an event, but slower than a Champ time.
July 21-24: MSI LCM Senior State. Location TBD, swimmers 15 & Over who have achieved Champ times or faster.
July 28-31: MSI 14&Under LCM State. Location TBD, swimmers 14&Under who have achieved Champ times or faster.
August 8: MSI Open Water State Championship. Location TBD, swimmers of any age who have achieved the qualifying times in an open water event.
MISC INFORMATION:
SUMMER SESSION: Summer session runs from June 6th- August 5th. Summer session will have morning practice and evening practice opportunities. Full practice times will be posted this week. Summer Session registration will open on May 16th.
SUMMER DEVELOPMENTAL: Summer developmental session are offered June 6-July 15th & July 18-August 26th. New swimmer evaluation nights are scheduled for Tuesday May 31 & Thursday June 2nd from 5:00-6:30! Share with your family and friends if you would like them to get started with RFSC in the coming sessions!
HAPPY SWIMMING!
Michael
