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!