Swimmer of the Week

Swimmer of the Week
The Gator coaches and board members are excited to implement a new award for swimmer of the week.  This swimmer recognition will begin next week.  
During the summer swim season the coaches will be recognizing one female and one male swimmer each week.  Swimmers can be chosen from any age group.  Upon being chosen for the swimmer of the week the swimmer will be recognized on the blog and on the bulletin board at the swimming pool as well as receiving a Dairy Queen gift card.

Swimmer of the Week criteria
  • Behavior and Attitude:  highest standards for behavior and manners at all swim team functions; positive attitude in regards to all swimming related programs
  • Effort:  demonstrate a resilient, consistent, hard-work ethic both in and out of the pool
  • Attendance:  attends practice regularly; participates in meets consistently
  • Learning:  demonstrates excellent listening skills; responsiveness to instruction; improve skill development
  • Organization:  demonstrates independence; self motivator; arrives on time; has all “equipment”
  • Performance:  applies skills and techniques acquired/developed during practice in meets; demonstrates proper form; drops time in events
  • Team Work:  demonstrates excellent team work helping all team mates; cheers for other swimmers during events; participates in buddy program
  • Gator Factor:  All the above and a little something extra!!!!!!!!!!!

Swimmer files

Beginning this week we will have the swimmer folders out during practice.  The swimmer files are designed to get swim team related information to the swimmer.  The folders are arranged alphabetically by last name.  Examples of items in these folders are:  ribbons from meets, information hand-outs, paperwork and/or items from your swim buddy.  We encourage all swimmers to check their folder at least once a week and remove all the contents.

Schedule June 6th-June 11th

Here is the schedule for June 6th-June 11th
Monday-Friday:  Regular summer practice
6:30-8:15am:  Upper division practice and dry land (8-8:15am)
8:00-9:00am:  10-13 year olds
9:00-10:00am:  9 year olds
9:00-9:45am:  8&under
     
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
7:00-8:00pm:  12&under night practice

Tuesday and Thursday
8:00-9:00pm:  Upper division and parent practice

Tuesday:  Back stroke clinic
9:45-10:15am (must be signed up online)

Wednesday:  Breast stroke clinic
9:45-10:15am (must be signed up online)

Thursday:  Freestyle stroke clinic
9:45-10:15am (must be signed up online)

All swimmers must sign-up for their events by end of practice on Thursday

Saturday:  Swim meet at Green Mountain Swim Club
Warm-ups begin at 6:00am; Meet starts at 7:00am
Parents please sign-up on the blog to volunteer

Stroke clinics

Starting this week we will be offering stroke clinics.  These clinics are designed to help a small group of swimmers work on a specific stroke to help them improve.  To allow as many swimmers to participate in these please sign-up for only 3 sessions (all must be different strokes).  These clinics will be held on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9:45-10:15.  The link for the stroke clinic sign-up is listed below and also on the right hand side of the blog. 
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c054caba822a75-stroke2
Please let us know if you have any questions about these.

Swim Buddy Families

We are excited to have our swim buddy families started.  Please remember these swimmers are there to help encourage and support each other.  If you haven’t already introduced yourself to your buddy, please do so quickly.  The buddies are listed below and there is also a link on the right hand side of the blog that will have this document.  Let’s show everyone what an awesome swim team the Gators are!

Girl Swimmer Families
Addy Berg Olivia Belcher Emily Ballard
Rachel Bakkum Claire Brady Elsa Debrunner Opal Perez-Williams
Sophia Coffey Shea Murphy Sarah Shumway CheyAnne Sharon
Norah Belcher Mady Allen Emma Neuroth
Alexis Ballard Taylor Haerbig Heddie Schick Sidney Tonkin
Isabel Ballard Camille Anderson Izabella Bong
Alex Strong Autumn Wuest Teagan Kelly
Mia Slowey Lilly Wright Amelia Lewis
Lucy Klein Therese Daly Lexie Lamping
Leah Felton Clara Bellot Lucille Wright
Fayth Ruybal Kimya AmiriRad Emma Forney
Neva Nicholson Katy Haerbig Anastasia Davis Emma Berg
Whitney Price Brooke Tompkins Megan Snelling
Lucy Voss Noel Forney Sophia Slemons
Lily Sharpe Breanna Dodds Ianna Debrunner Elisa Pickett
Anisa Valdez Terran Flynn Anna Granquist Emily Hammer
Evelyn Campbell Lindsey Mink Sydni Sich Taryn Trussell
Lily Strong Kayli Langan Diane Shumway
Jensen Wehri Sofia Forney Amanda Ballard Mikayla Michels
Kiana Good Kati Livingood Alexandra Gibbons Brett Wilsey
Eva Bellot Mae Knight Tess Hofstra
Eden Kuiphoff Megan Cooper Kaylyn Schull
Maddie Friedrichs Samantha Skrzekut Autumn Sharon Anna Lamport
Ava Anderson Sonia Enger Hannah Long
Allie Bakkum Gabbi Martyna Eva Anderson




Boy Swimmer Families
Sonny Donati Brett Edwards Quinn Trussell Jacob Swanson
Ben Rommel Nathan Whittenburg Alex Granquist Jason Goodrich
Dominic Anderson  Marc Felton Dylan Jacob Jakey Skimel
Benjamin Swanson Ryan Skrzekut Tristan Gess Cale Sollars
Christopher Gunn Mason Friedrichs Stephen Greenwood Zachary Gillings
Nathan Gillings Luke Davis Joshua Goodrich Conor Sharpe
Nick Langan Connor Brauch Bradley Hall Elias Hutchinson
Michael Skimel Evan Neuroth Ben Hofstra Owen Bockenthien
David Neuroth Isaac Perez-Williams Daniel Alzamora Will Livingood
Kai Langan Ethan Ballard Carder Berridge Griffin Sollars
Patrick Davis Beck Nicholson Jacob Foust
Aaron Davis Jackson Voss Sean Matthews Spencer Coffey
Dylan Anderson  Jaimen Whittenburg Richard Tran Noah Slowey
Jonas Belcher Evan Morrison Quinn Meinert Owen Burg
Everett Tompkins William Klein Andrew Penn John Neuroth