Author: greenmountainswimteam

Compliments Agnes Debrunner

Hey everyone! Sorry for the recent post lapse, that intrasquad really took it out of me (actually practice this morning post-intrasquad took it out of me..) In fact, I was so tired this morning that I had an “at 6:30 in the morning this will be easier to demonstrate than discuss” followed very shortly after by an “oh no, my phone is in the pool” moment. Oops..

Anyways no time for the usual post-meet write-up but several people (read Duncan S, Sophie A, the Giustos, Ianna D, Daria R, ect…) had a really, really great meet. So congrats to them!

To those of you who have joked that you’d love to remove my ring with a pair of pliers – it’s a bit, umm, stuck now. I might have to take someone up on that…

I will post a list of CURRENTLY eligible swimmers for Ken Caryl/Pentathlon tonight! Please check this and if you ARE on the list and AREN’T attending Friday practice/Saturday meet you need to e-mail me your entries/your scratch.

ALSO – looking at the sign-up sheet I think a lot of kids who made practice missed sign-up… This is probably just due to some miscommunication but we’ll be extending the sign-up through morning practice Friday.

And if you can’t be there, just call me. Oh wait…

2 last notes – we’ve had 4 meets, and we’re only on our second week of morning practice! That said, if your swimmer does NOT qualify for pentathlon or Ken Caryl, you get that weekend OFF! C/D meet is either moving, or cancelling. There doesn’t seem to be anyone to host the thing, but it will NOT be that weekend.

Next, I’ve received numerous letters, calls, e-mails, visits and death comments over my wish to name the Gator – apparantly its name is Gary. I missed chats, chants and even a parade in his honor. What can I say, only one eye… I can’t be expected to catch everything.

Final comment – it’s been determined that coach Richard does NOT read this blog.. That said, I’m going to tell you an embarrassing fact about him in every post from now on until he sees it.

Fact (a warm-up..) – Richard once had an afro that he would pick out before school every day. I’ll post a picture if I can find one…

Have a great night!

OK first, if you’re reading this now, go to bed! We have practice in like, 7 hours…

We’ll be having our second official intrasquad tomorrow (Wednesday!) night at the pool!

VITAL STATS –

Pool close/warm-up start: 5:30 p.m.
Meet start: 6:00 p.m.
Event sign-up: Morning practice/at the meet*

That little * means this – I would like, ideally, for every swimmer that is physically capable of swimming every event during the season to do just that – at least once. This is a great opportunity to knock out some of those odd events you wouldn’t normally swim in a meet. So here’s the deal:

UNLESS you need to re-swim an event again to qualify for Ken Caryl/Pentathlon, I want you swimming new events. Upper division – 3 NEW events. 9-12’s 2 NEW events. 8-unders, just do what Julie says…

Remember, there are no limits on how many events you can swim, you just better get some new ones in there.. I’ll re-emphasize this during practice and at the meet, but I’ll have my little book out, checking you.

Make sure you swim the events you need to qual in before anything else! A list of Ken Caryl qualifiers will be posted at practice tomorrow, and for Pentathlon you need a B time in 4/5 events (fly, back, breast, free, IM) to swim – ALL THIS SEASON!

We’ll also start sign-up for the meet vs Stingrays tomorrow, and first come, first serve! Events ARE being limited for this meet (except 50/25 free and backstroke) and once an event is full, it’s full… 5 swimmers per event! Relays are also being severely limited, so priority will be established in this way as well.

See ya in the morning! Send Gar(r)y the Gator a goodnight kiss…