THE BARRACUDA NEWS SPLASH
Blossomwood
Barracuda’s Swim Team
Info
Summer 2010
Practices:
Practice Times will be as
follows:
8-8:30
6 and under boys and girls
8:30-9:15
7 and 8 year old boys and girls
9:15-10:00
9-10 year old boys and girls
10:00-11:00
11 and up boys and girls
Please
bring
your child to the time allotted for their age group.
Practices are not mandatory, but
encouraged. You don’t get better if you
don’t practice. If you have a problem
with getting your child to their practice, please see Rachel.
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Thursday
practices (after meets) will be fun days.
Swimmers will get their ribbons from the Wednesday night meet,
swimmer
of the week will be announced, and popsicles will be provided.
Meets:
There will be a poster at
the pool
with each meet listed. Please sign this
poster if your child will NOT swim at the meet.
Meet entries are due the Monday before the swim meet and are
difficult
to change. Please let Rachel know ahead
of time if your child will not be able to attend the swim meet!!!!!!!
Every
child
will participate in the swim meet. The
top three swimmers in each age
group, for each stroke, will swim for points.
1st place gets 5 points, 2nd place gets 3
points,
and 3rd place gets 1 point.
If your child does not swim for points, they will swim
exhibition
freestyle and quite possibly a relay. A
child is not allowed to swim for points if he/she is swimming
exhibition and vice
versa. Exhibition is a great way for
swimmers to improve their times.
Remember, the top three times for each stroke get to swim for
points, so
practice hard to improve times. Relays
are worth 7 points for first place.
Points are not awarded to any other finishes in relays, only 1st. Teams are allowed to swim up to 3 relays for
each age group. The relays are named A,
B, and C. The A relays are the ones
competing for 7 points. The B and C relays
are competing against each other. They
all swim at the same time. Please check
to see if your child is swimming on a relay.
It is very important to not skip a relay! If
one child misses a relay, the other three
children do not get to swim. Please note that your child may swim up on a
relay if we are in need of a 4th swimmer.
(EX:
If a 9-10 year old swims on an 11-12 relay, they cannot swim on
their
own relay.) Also, only one swimmer per
relay can be a swim up.
Meets will be held every
Wednesday
night starting June 2. Meet schedule
will be as follows:
June 2 vs. GREN @ home
June 9 vs. JV @ home
June 16 vs. PIED away
June 23 vs. Camelot away
June30 vs. Monte Sano @
home
July 11-12 City Meet at
the Nat
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If it is a home meet,
please arrive
at the pool at 5:15. We will warm up from
5:30-6:00. The visiting team will warm up
from
6:00-6:30. The meet will start at
6:30. (Please note: parking
and deck space is tight on swim meet
night, arrive early for a great spot in the parking lot and on the pool
deck.) If it is an away meet, we will
post arrival times at the pool and you will be sent an email to verify
the time
and directions to the opponent’s pool.
Each meet will follow the
same order
of events. They are as follows:
1.
Medley
Relay
8&U medley relay
(girls/boys), 9-10 med relay (girls/boys), 11-12
medley relay (girls/boys), 13-14 med relay (girls/boys), 15-17 med
relay(girls/boys)
The medley relay is a
relay that consists of 4 swimmers. The 1st
swimmer will swim
backstroke, the 2nd swimmer will swim breaststroke, the 3rd
swimmer will swim butterfly, and the 4th swimmer will swim
freestyle. 9-10 and up swim two laps
each and will start on the end of the pool with the timers. The 8 and unders swim one lap each. The 1st and 3rd swimmer
start on the end with the timers and the 2nd and 4th
swimmer line up on the opposite end of the pool.
2.
Freestyle
is the next event.
The following events start
at the opposite end of the pool from the
timers:
·
6&U
girls (points)
·
6&U
girls (exhibition)
·
6&U
boys (points)
·
6&U
boys (exhibition)
·
8&U
girls (points)
·
8&U
girls (exhibition)
·
8&U
boys (points)
·
8&U
boys(exhibition)
The
following
events start at the end with the timers:
·
9-10
through 15-17 girls/boys (points then exhibition)
3.
Breaststroke
Following events start
opposite the timers:
·
8&U
girls then boys, points
Following events start on
end with the timers:
·
9-10
through 15-17 girls then boys, points
4.
Mixed
Relay
·
8
& U boys and girls mixed relay (the boys and girls swim together)
(swimmers
1&3 start with timers, swimmers 2 and 4 start on the other end.)
·
9-10
through 15-17 start on the end with the timers.
5.
Backstroke
Points
·
8&U
backstroke (girls then boys) start opposite timers
·
9-10
through 15-17 (girls then boys) start with timers.
6.
Butterfly
(points)
·
8&U
butterfly (girls then boys) start opposite timers
·
9-10
butterfly (girls then boys) start with timers
7.
Free
Relay
·
8
&U free relay (girls then boys) Every member swims freestyle. Swimmers 1/3 start with timers, swimmers 2/4
start opposite end.
·
9-10
through 15-17 free relay (girls then boys) each member swims two laps. Swimmers start with timers.
Parents:
You will NOT be in charge of getting your
child to their event. Coaches and
volunteers will do this. Your job is to
sit back and have fun cheering on the Barracudas!
I know this seems like a
lot, but
swim meets are so much fun and are usually over by 9pm.
Stroke Clinic:
Stroke clinics will be held every Tuesday and
Thursday night
from 5-6 pm at the pool, weather permitting, 6/8 & Unders will be
from
5:00-5:30 and 9 and up will be from 5:30-6:00.
Stroke clinic is primarily for
those beginning swimmers who need extra stroke work.
City Meet:
City
meet
will be held at the Natatorium on Drake Ave the weekend of July 10-11. This is the most important meet of the season
and determines how we finish for the summer and who we swim against
next
summer. This meet is an all day event
and will be very fun and tiring. Many
volunteers are needed to run this meet, so please make plans to help
out in
some way.
More
detailed
information will come closer to City Meet, but here is an overview.
·
You
must swim two dual meets to
swim at city
meet. (city rule: no
exceptions….sorry)
·
Swimmers
age 10 and under swim in the morning.
·
Swimmers
age 11 and up swim after lunch.
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Saturday
events are: freestyle (points and
exhibition), breast stroke, medley relay, and mixed relay
·
Sunday
events are: butterfly, backstroke, and
free relay
·
There
are no B and C relays at City Meet
·
A
swimmer is not allowed to swim exhibition freestyle if they are
swimming for
points and vice versa.
·
Meet entries are due one
week prior
to city meet and cannot be changed for any reason.
It is important to PLAN AHEAD and let Rachel
know if you are not participating.
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Participation
from every swim team family is encouraged, even if you are a beginner. It is so much fun and your child will have a
blast! Plus, it’s a great
experience.
Any
questions,
ask Rachel
Cell: 658-6587
Home: 270-8887
Email: rldclark@gmail.com