Boosters Meeting

There will be a meeting for the OLHS swim/dive team on Wednesday, May 22 at 7pm at OLHS in the commons.  This meeting is for any students who will be attending OLHS in the 2013-2014 school year and who are interested in swimming or diving, as well as any returning members from last season's team.  The meeting will be less than 45 minutes long.  The meeting will provide information regarding the 2013-2014 swim season, including schedule and new events/expectations in the upcoming year!  The meeting will also briefly cover the swim boosters board and committees.  Prospective team members should bring a parent with them.   Please bring contact information including cell phone and email address for both athlete and parent since the majority of communications throughout the preseason and season take place electronically.

Athletic Trainer Summer Camp

OSU will hold a summer camp for high school students interested in Athletic Training as a career.
Camp Flyer (PDF)

Fleet Feet Discount

Please note - this discount is available to all Liberty Athletes

Re-enroll/Enroll in Kroger Community Rewards

To All,

As most of you are aware, LAB has been aggressive this past year in getting Student-Athletes’ Parents to participate in the Kroger Community Rewards Program and point their Kroger Plus Cards towards Liberty Athletic Boosters. Kroger gives 4 million dollars per year towards registered organizations and the money is allocated based on the percentage spend of each registered organization. Each year in April, Kroger requires all individual participants of each registered organization to Re-Enroll.

I have attached the instructions on how to Enroll and how to Re-Enroll. LAB is getting approximately $500 per quarter through the Kroger Community Rewards Program!

Sincerely,
Stephen G. Mullins,

  Kroger Community Rewards Program:  Reenroll

• Go to www.Kroger.com and Sign In

• Go to Account Settings under My Account

• Click Edit under Community Rewards

• Type in 81014 in #1 then search

• Click the button by Liberty Athletic Boosters in #2

• Click Save and you are Re-enrolled

Kroger Community Rewards Program - Enroll

• Register online at www.krogercommunityrewards.com

• Be sure to have your Kroger Plus Card handy

• Click on Sign In (even if you are not enrolled)

• Click Get started. Sign up today

• Enter your email address and create a password

• Select your Kroger store using your zip code and agree to Terms and Conditions

• Click on Yes, you have a Kroger card

• You will then get a message to check your email in-box.  Click the link in the email to confirm.

• Now click Log In to Your Account and use your email address and password

• Click on Community Rewards then on Edit Community Rewards Information and enter your Kroger Plus Card Number

• Update or confirm your information 

• Enter 81014 or Liberty Athletic Boosters then click to confirm

• To verify you are enrolled correctly, you will see your organization’s name on the right side of your information page

• You must swipe your Kroger Plus Card or use your phone number related to the account when shopping for each purchase to count

• Each year in the month of April you will need to re-enroll in the program for the period of May 1-April 30.

High School Sport Physicals

Saturday May 18th       COST $10.00

OhioHealth Delaware Medical Campus
801 OhioHealth Blvd
Delaware, OH  43015

9:00 am -12:45 pm with the suggested arrival times below:

Liberty HS, Hyatts MS and Liberty MS -------->          9:00a-10:00a

banquet reminder

Today (March 7) is the due date for banquet replies.  So far we've heard from about 1/2 of the athletes.  I'm sure Cheryl's mailbox will be jammed with replies today.  But, if you haven't responded yet you should email Cheryl your intentions so she can order the right amount of food.  Her email address is cheryl.newton@osumc.edu. Please let me know if you have any questions.

John Hiltner

Banquet Info

Invitations are in the mail!  Mine arrived today.  A quick note to clarify the information.  Checks should be made payable to: LAB and mailed to Cheryl Newton at the address on the card.  We need the responses by March 7 so we know how much food to order. 

Thanks,

John

Club attendance needed

If you have not turned in your final club attendance sheet, please take a moment to scan it and email to coach@libertyswim.com

Save The Date-End of Season Banquet!

Can you believe the season is already over?  The end of season banquet is scheduled for March 11 from 6pm to 8pm in the high school commons.  Please make a note on your calendar and watch for an invitation in the mail shortly. 

Thanks,

John Hiltner

Update address information

Parents,

At the beginning of the season we gathered as much contact information as possible from the preseason sign-in sheet and gear order forms.  We're now wrapping up the season and preparing for the end of season banquet.  We don't want to leave anybody out.  Please send me (John Hiltner) an email at: olhs.swim@gmail.com and include your name, your athlete's name, your email address, your physical address, and your phone number (if you are willing to share it).  We will use this information to send out banquet invitations, to build our contact list for next season, and to update our information in the team photo sharing website on shutterfly.  We are working on invitations now so please respond before the end of the week (February 22).

Thanks,

John Hiltner

Last Call For Pictures

Please post any remaining pictures you may have to the shutterfly website by friday, February 22.  Let John Hiltner know if you have any problems logging in or need a new invitation to the site.

District Schedule

Congratulations to our 16 girls and 11 boys participating in Districts this week-end!
We have participants in every event this year!

Boys Diving - Friday 2/15
Warm-up 1:00-2:00, Meet starts at 2:00

Boys & Girls Swimming, Girls Diving - Saturday, 2/16
Diving Warm-ups 1:00-2:00, Meet starts at 2:00
Swimming Warm-ups 1:00-2:30, Meet starts at 2:30
Team bus leaves the school at NOON

Divers: Please check with coach Jen regarding arrival times.  Divers may self transport to the meet.
Good Luck Patriots!

Participants (ranking in parentheses):

Girls
Olivia Ball Diving
Brittany Menninger Diving
Reilly Haas 50 FS (8), 100 FS (15)
Becky Brock 50 FS (27)
Ashley Newton 50 FS (30)
Cameron Hiltner 200 FS (6), 100 fly (6)
Leona Bently 200 FS (19), 500 FS (11)
Bailee Braun 500 FS (5), 200 IM (6)
SamE Dawson 500 FS (14), 200 IM (20)
Justine Kenny 500 FS (20), 100 back (7)
Maddy Miller 100 back (21)
Makenzie Karr 100 back (25)
Emma Hiltner 100 back (27)
Olivia Bently 100 br (2), 200 IM (10)
Maria Fenters 100 br (19)
Caroline Racke 100 fly (28), 200 IM (29)

200 MR (7), 200 FR (9), 400 FR (6)

Boys
Cameron Thatcher Diving
Alex Kowal Diving
Mitch Wagner Diving
Matt Lennon 50 FS (16), 100 FS (23)
Nick Tracewell 200 FS (17)
Jeremy Karr 500 FS (26)
Jack Saczawa 100 back (6), 100 fly (18)
Tom Dawson 100 br (6), 200 IM (9)
Joe McConaghy 100 br (22)
Matt Helton 100 fly (28)
Turner Schade Diving

200 FR (9), 400 FR(21), 200 MR (7)

District Parking Notes

Parking:   As usual the parking will be a challenge!   The parking is now privatized and there are some changes. 
***On Friday only the Lane Avenue and Tuttle Avenue garages will be open for tournament parking. ***You will pay for your parking as you exit the lot. 
***It is best to use a credit card.  I have been told that it takes less time to pay with a credit card vs. cash. 
***It costs $6 for the event. 
***On Saturday the Lane Avenue, Tuttle Avenue, and Neil Avenue garages are available for parking. ***Swimmers & Divers may be dropped-off in the traffic circle adjacent  to the McCorkle Aquatic  Pavilion and the Neil Avenue Garage.
 
***Notes from OSU: 
Friday Parking – Parking will be available at an hourly rate in the Tuttle Park Place Garage and the Lane Avenue Garage. Parking fees will be paid on the way OUT of the garage. Please be prepared to pay by credit card. Paying by credit card will allow transactions to occur more efficiently than cash transactions. There will likely be a line formed to exit, so please exercise patience when exiting the garage. Those who wish to avoid the possibility of experiencing a wait to exit the garage, or who would like to pay a flat rate, should park legally in an A, B, or C parking space in the Ohio Stadium lot (unrestricted spaces only) and pay the Pay-n-Display machine by credit card before parking. Parking cards should be displayed as directed.


Saturday Parking – Parking will be available at an hourly rate in the Neil Avenue Garage. Parking fees will be paid on the way OUT of the garage. Please be prepared to pay by credit card. Paying by credit card will allow transactions to occur more efficiently than cash transactions. There will likely be a line formed to exit, so please exercise patience when exiting the garage. Those who wish to avoid the possibility of experiencing a wait to exit the garage, or who would like to pay a flat rate, should park legally in an A, B, or C parking space in the Ohio Stadium lot (unrestricted spaces only) and pay the Pay-n-Display machine by credit card before parking. Parking cards should be displayed as directed.

Pasta Party!

DAWSON PASTA PARTY
Feb 15, 2013 (Fri), 5:00pm to 8:00pm

DAWSONS
8515 Bakircay Lane, Powell, Ohio 43065 

[Map]Notes:-Directions from Powell Y:
-Take a right on Liberty Road (South)
-Turn Rt on Rutherford (West)
-Take Rutherford past Sawmill and continue-Approximately 1/2 mile to Bakircay Lane (South), which is 2nd street on left (Woods Seldom Seen)
-Turn left on Bakircay Lane... 8515 will be on the left side (4th house).

Sectional Schedule

Our Sectional Meet is being held at the Union County (Marysville) YMCA 

1150 Charles Lane, Marysville OH 43040

Girls Schedule

7:45 am - Bus departs from school

8:30-10:30: warm-ups

10:30-1:30 Meet

2:15 - Bus returns to the school

Boys Schedule

2:15 - Bus departs from school

3-5: Boys warm-up

5-7:30 Meet

8:15 -Bus returns to the school

The fastest 30 swimmers & relays from the Central, East & Southeast Sectional meets will advance to Districts.  Relays can & likely will be changed at Districts   Swimming a relay at sectionals does not guarantee an individual a spot at Districts.

District qualifiers will be available by approximately 3:00 on Sunday. Unofficial results of qualifiers are posted at swimmeet.com and www.ohsaa.org 

Pasta Party

Hosler's will be hosting the pasta party this Friday. Our address is 8865 Filiz Lane 

Directions from Powell Y: 

Take A right on Liberty Road

Turn Rt on Seldom Seen

Take Seldom Seen past Sawmill and continue 

Approximately 1 1/2 miles to Filiz Lane. 

Turn right  on Filiz Lane... 8865 will be on the right about 1/2 mile down. 

Parents-We have created a separate photo album for each swimmer on the shutterfly team website.  The albums are named by their graduation year, first name, and last initial.  For example, Emma Hiltner graduates in 2016 (hopefully), her album is 2016 Emma H.  We have placed a single picture in each album as a place holder because we couldn't create the albums without any pictures. 

Please feel free to copy pictures from the meet and other event folders into your athlete's album.  Our goal is to help you accumulate pictures over their career.  There are currently no separate folders for the seniors.  We can add those if there is demand for it but with the season almost over it may be kind of difficult for you to build up the album.  Shutterfly says that albums will remain on our shared website until we delete them.  Please let me know if you have any questions or need to know how to get added to the shutterfly site: olhs.swim@gmail.com

John H.

OCC Swimming Championship Schedule

O.C.C. SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
CENTRAL DIVISION
January 26, 2013
C. David Howell Natatorium (Worthington)
300 West Granville Rd., Worthington, Ohio

Our bus will leave the school at 6:45 am on Saturday
Girls warm-up is at 7:30
Boys warm-up is at 8:15
The Meet starts at 9 am

Swim Psych Sheet

Pasta party this week, January 25, at the Guzzo's.  The party will start within 1/2 hour of the end of practice, so around 6pm. 

Address: 4800 Aberdeen Ave Dublin, Ohio 43016, located in Campden Lakes subdivision. 

Direction from the Y: Go south on Liberty Rd., turn right onto Seldom Seen Rd., turn left on Sawmill Parkway, turn right onto N. Hampton (next to Mt. Carmel Urgent Care), N. Hampton goes through the new section of Wedgewood subdivision and dead ends into Aberdeen Ave. (to the right) and Campden Lakes Blvd. (to the left) - turn right onto Aberdeen Ave and look for 4800 on the right, about ten houses down (house is stone and stucco with a side porch).

Phone: 614 718-0881

Are you an Impact Player?

The swimmers have heard this question quite frequently this year.  The coaching staff is working hard with the swimmers to help them understand how they can make a positive impact on the team.  Within these talks we speak about scoring more points at Districts and which events at Sectionals can help us achieve that. We have a very competitive team for spots this year and the kids are competing daily to earn spots in the line up. The coaches are all very proud of how most of our swimmers have risen to the challenges we & their teammates have placed in front of them.  Many of our kids are proving over and over that they want to make an impact on this team.

2012 District Results:

Girls 7th place, 128 points.
Boys 20th place, 20 points.

The swimmers have also received their power points tables, team attendance rankings (ranked by hours in the water) and a chart of times that have made it on to Districts, scored points at Districts, got on the podium at Districts and qualified on to States in the past year.

Parents, please help us finish this season strong by encouraging your student athletes to stay on top of homework, get plenty of rest and drink lots of water to stay hydrated.  Thanks!

Meets this week-end

Friday v. Dublin Jerome
At Dublin Recreation Center
Warm-ups are at 4:00, meet starts at 5:00
Bus leaves at 3:25
Everyone swims & dives

Saturday v. Upper Arlington
At Upper Arlington High School
Warm-ups are at 1:00, meet starts at 2:00
Bus leaves at 2:15
Everyone swims & dives, there will be 2 heats of most individual events.

Pasta Party!

This Thursday at the Haas House!

2575 Quail Crossing Dr

Starts right after swim practice ends at 8PM

Coming out of the YMCA take a right and head south for 1 mile.  Right after the speed limit drops to 35, Quail Meadows will be on your left.  White fencing surrounds the development.

Turn left into Quail Meadows, at the Stop sign make a left onto Quail Crossing.   We are on the right hand side of the street closer to the end of the street.

Look For It

We wanted to let you know about a brand new free website designed specifically to assist your high school swimmers with their college analysis and selection process. It consolidates information from hundreds of sources to provide an unmatched tool to evaluate swim performance and the potential to swim in college. We hope you will have your swimmers take a look at LookForIt (www.lookforit.com).

LookForIt compares a swimmer’s best times against the top times of virtually all of the Division I, II, III, NAIA and NJCAA colleges in the US with a swim team. You can read about the features if you go to the website and click on “I’m an Athlete”, but one of the most attractive features is a personalized dashboard that reports each college where the athlete might be the #1 (blue), #2 (red), #3 (silver), or close to the #3 swimmer (yellow) in an event at a college based on the comparison of the athlete’s time to each specific college’s times. 

Swimmers have a variety of selection criteria to narrow the colleges that appear on their dashboard (like selecting colleges by Division, by geography, etc). The athletes also have access to direct links into the swim and academic websites of virtually every college in the US simply by clicking on the college name or schoolhouse icon. If they enter the history of their times, they will also have access to graphs of their swim time improvement in each event along with an analysis of their times against a variety of time standards including age group standards, junior national/national cuts, and college Division A and B cuts.

In addition, swimmers can summarize all the results from a particular event on their dashboard to highlight by position and Division where their swim times would be competitive. For example, the swimmer can see at a glance those Division I, II, III, NAIA and NJCAA colleges where their 100 breast swim times would place them as the #1 swimmer, the #2 swimmer, the #3 swimmer, or close to the #3 swimmer. They can even enter a swim time goal to see how the list of colleges would change if their time were to improve.

This is just a small sample of the power that is now available to your swimmers. There are lots of other great features in LookForIt. Please have your swimmers try it out  – registration and access to these features are free. Just have them go to www.lookforit.com and click on “I’m an Athlete” to get started. You can also find us on Facebook – help us spread the word about LookForIt.

We hope this can save your swimmers a lot of time in their college search process.  Please let us know what your swimmers think about LookForIt, and contact us if you have any suggestions to make the website even better.

LookForIt, LLC

www.lookforit.com

Championship Meet Line-ups

As a reminder to parents:

• We have 4 entries in each individual event (this is not enough for all of our girls to swim).
• We have one entry in each of the relay events.
• At sectionals, priority into events is given in the following order: ability to qualify on to States, ability to be an impact player (score at Districts), ability to qualify on to Districts, attendance record, effort at practice, consistency, and in some cases we will look at last years performance or taper record of a swimmer.
• Relays can be changed at any time.  Swimming a relay at sectionals does not guarantee a swim at Districts, swimming on a relay at Districts does not guarantee a swim at States.

In Ohio, swimmers must qualify on to Districts by being one of the fastest 30 swimmers in their event out of Sectionals from the Central, East & Southeast Districts.  Swimmers qualify on to States by being one of the fastest 24 in the state from the 4 District meets. The top 2 swimmers at each District qualify automatically.  16 swimmers are chose at large based on times.  Our District historically does well, getting 5-8 swimmers on to States in each event.

Technical Suit Order

If you would like to order a technical suit for your child, here's the info (this was sent home at practice today as well):

As a Nike Contract Team and Kastaway customers we are able to receive a discount from Kastaway and an additional discount from Nike.   The Booster Club will be taking all orders this year for championship suits, which will save you a little bit in taxes.  Orders are due by January 11.

The following suits are available to you:

Womens’ Flex LT Kneeskin $235

Women’s Swift EV3  Kneeskin $225

Women’s Swift II Kneeskin $135

Women’s Swift II Fast Back Tank $105

Men’s Flex LT Jammer $157

Men’s Hydra HD3 Jammer $132

Men’s Swift II Jammer $90

Men’s Swift II Brief $55

Name:                                                                        

E-Mail:                                                                                   

Phone:                                                                        

Suit Style:                                                                   

Size:                            

Please make checks payable to LAB

Championship Suit Purchase is OPTIONAL

NIKE FLEX LT WOMEN

SIZE	22	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	32	34
BUST	28	29.5	30.5	31.5	32.5	33.5	34.5	35.5	37.5	39.5
WAIST	22	22	22.5	23.5	24.5	25	25.5	26.5	28	29.5
HIP	30.5	32.5	33.5	34	34.5	35.5	36.5	37.5	39	40.5
TORSO	50	56.5	57.5	58	58.5	59.5	60.5	61.5	63.5	65

NIKE FLEX LT MEN

SIZE	22	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	32
CHEST	27-29	32-33.5	33.5-34.5	34.5-35.5	35.5-36.5	36.5-37.5	37.5-38.5	38.5-40	40-42
WAIST	23– 25	25– 26.5	26.5-27.5	27.5-28.5	28.5-29.5	29.5-30.5	30.5-31.5	31.5-33	33-35
HIP	27-29	32-33.5	33.5-34.5	34.5-35.5	35.5-36.5	36.5-37.5	37.5-38.5	38.5-40	40-42

Pasta Party!

LENNON PASTA PARTY TAKE 2

Jan 11, 2013 (Fri), 6:00pm to 9:00pm

LENNONS ENCORE

332 TREE HAVEN AVE, POWELL, OH 43065

• Coming from the Y.  Take Liberty Rd. to Powell Rd.
• Turn right onto Powell Rd.
• Take Powell Rd. to Sawmill Rd. (old Sawmill not the Parkway).
• Turn left onto Sawmill Rd. at the UDF
• Take Sawmill Rd. to Grandshire
• Turn Left onto Grandshire
• Take Grandshire to Tree Haven Ave which is the 5th street on the right.
• Turn right onto Tree Haven Ave and we are the first house on the left.

Saturday Meet Schedule

This Saturday we compete against in the all Olentangy, all Hilliard meet.  The meet will run two heats of each event, allowing us two entries in each event rather than the typical 3 for a dual meet. In addition we will have unlimited entries int he 50 free & 100 free.

Our bus will leave at about 4:30 (specific leave time will be announced at practice on Friday) and the meet starts at 6 pm.  The meet will be held at the Hilliard (Ray Patch) YMCA.  There are no diving boards at the YMCA, thus no diving this week-end.  Wish our divers luck as they are heading to Canton for the Canton Invite on Saturday.

Missing Items

Parents/Swimmers please take a moment to look though your swim bags.  We have several items that have been found & several that have been lost.  This list is beginning to grow.  At meets we tend to pick up caps, goggles, towels and shorts.  It's amazing how many kids do not ever notice they have lost these things.  Missing are two boys team drag suits and one team suit - all three boys are hopeful they have found their way safely back to Powell in someones bag as both facilities have been checked thoroughly to no avail  -so please check for an extra drag suit &/or team suit in your bag!  The team suit is a size 26, one size 28 drag suit & one size 32 drag suit.

Swimmers of the Meet

We're a little behind on recognizing our swimmers of the meet.  Here's the run down from the past several weeks:
Dec. 15 v. Westerville North
Jason Boothman for supporting each and every teammate for every race!
Nicole Kenny who broke 30 in the 50 free for the first time

Jan. 4 v Dublin Coffman
Leona Bently & Jeremy Karr for their performances in the 500 free.  Both swam stellar races against adverse conditions, fighting injury and illness to excel in their races.

Jan 5 v DeSales
Maria Fenters for hitting a best time in both the 200 IM & 500 Free.  Maria had an outstanding meet.
Michael Kivett who broke 30 for the first time in the 50 free and had a great first ever 200 free!

Congrats Patriots!

Resume regular schedule

We are back to our regular practice schedule at the YMCA.

Meet Schedule Change

All swimmers and divers are required to warm-up with the team, including anyone benched due to absences.

We have a slight change to our schedule on Friday, please read:

Friday, 1/4 vs. Dublin Coffman 

Home Meet at OWU

Warm-ups have been moved up one hour to 4:00

The meet will start at 5:00 pm

Our senior night event will immediately follow the meet at Gateway Community Church. The church is on Sawmill Parkway directly across from Big Bear Farms. 8794 Big Bear Ave.

Saturday, 1/5 vs. DeSales
Home Meet at OWU
5:00 warm-up, 5:45 start

Pasta Party

Thursday, January 3^rd 2013

The Bently’s Home

8566 Rutherford Estates Drive – Powell

From the Y; south on Liberty, turn right

On Rutherford Rd. Cross over railroad tracks

First left; turn onto Rutherford Estates Drive. Tenth house on the right. (pond is on the left)

Brown stone and brick front, Aqua blue front door.

Ph#740-881-3827

Andrew Bobbitt Day at BW3

Andrew is working hard to wake up the left side of his body still and has relearned 4-10 words. He will be undergoing a 3rd brain surgery in the early part of January. He is in therapy 10 hours or more a day. He is truly inspirational with his enthusiastic and positive attitude toward beating this.

On Jan 3, this Thursday, BW3s in Powell, Dublin and Polaris are helping to host a fundraiser for Andrew. 10% of all proceeds at all 3 locations will go toward renovating the Bobbitt home to accomodate Andrew's transition home from the hospital later in January.

You do not have to have the attached flyer, just mention Andrew's name or say Team Bobbitt. You can however print out the flyer and pass it around!

Again it's :  Andrew Bobbitt Day!

               BW3s - Polaris, Powell and Dublin

               Thursday January 3, 2013

               All Day - 11 am - 11:55 pm!

Thanks so much! I will be at the Powell location most of the day. What a great way to bring in the new year, right!

Colleen 

Colleen Fitzgerald

Cheshire Elementary School

5th Grade

Club Practice Calendar due

Club swimmers -your December practice Calendar is due by Friday evenings meet.