Buckeye Bounce

Swimmers & Divers!  Join us this Friday from 11-12 for a little bit of team fun at Buckeye Bounce.  Cost is $10 per person, and yes Coach Karr will bounce too!

3967 Presidential Parkway, Powell, OH 43065

Waiver

Link to Electronic Waiver

Exam Week Schedule

Monday: 3:00-5:30

Tuesday: 3:00-4:30

Wednesday: 2:45-4:15

Thursday: 2:45-4:15

Friday: 3:00-5:30

As discussed with the swimmers, we would like to see them a MINIMUM of 2 of the 3 days (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday . We strongly believe in the value of getting in the water to swim as a means tor educe stress and clear the mind.  Exercise has been shown over and over to be a major benefit in mental alertness and stress reduction.  Practices these three days will be geared with this in mind.  Anyone that needs to come to part of the practice can.  Practices are 90 minutes each with a  recommended minimum participation of 30 minutes. Our swimmers seem to have a very good grasp of this concept.

Meet this Saturday 12/15

Our next meet is this Saturday at OWU vs. Westerville North.  All swimmers & divers need to be on deck ready to go at 3:45 pm.  The meet itself will begin at 5:00 pm.

You can GPS OWU with the following address: 150 S. Henry St, Delaware, 43015.  Access to parking is off of Harrison.  There is no bus provided to our meets at OWU.

The line up will be announced at practice on Friday  - everyone that has attended practice regularly will particiapte.

Exam week schedule

We are working on the practice schedule for next week with the hopes of getting the kids in and out of the pool slightly earlier each day.  During exams we ask that the kids attempt to get in at least 30-90 minutes of swimming each day.  The break in the day to swim is a great stress reducer in the midst of exams.  As soon as we know the schedule we will post changes to the calendar.

Swimmers of the Meet

Congratulations to our swimmers of the meet this past week-end.
Gahanna
Turner Schade and Justine Kenny. Turner broke the minute barrier in the 100 free for the first time capping off a great meet.  Justine led the relay with a quick 50 back and had a stellar 500 free on Friday night.

Ned Reeb 
Our swimmers of the meet at the Ned Reeb Invite were much harder to pick -we had a lot of GREAT swimming!  Congratulations to Cameron Hiltner and Cameron Thatcher.  Cameron Thatcher broke another team diving record, for 11 dives, on his way to a 2nd place finish in the 11 dive event.  Cameron Hiltner out together an amazing 40 minute triple, first anchoring our Medley Relay then in less than 10 minutes breaking 2:00 in the 200 freestyle.  She capped the triple off 30 minutes later with a best time in the 100 fly finishing in 1:01.36.  All swims were top 10 finishes!

Pasta Party Friday night at Hiltners

6-9 pm
2231 Ashbury Close
Powell

Directions from the Y:

Go south on Liberty through downtown and over the railroad tracks.
Turn left on Jewett Rd and go 1 mile to Ashbury Close (3rd street on the right)
Turn left in the fourth driveway, go up the driveway and park in the circle and in the grass.  There will be stakes at the edge of the yard like there were for the fall party. Please avoid parking on the street as it is a narrow road.

RAFFLE TICKET REMINDER

Only a dozen kids have turned in their raffle stubs so far!  If your kids are like mine, they are in a ziplock at the bottom of their swim bags.  Remind them to turn them in to Alex McCloskey  ASAP.  Jen McCloskey and I will both be at the Gahanna meet tonight if you have them.  You can also give them to me at the morning session tomorrow or to my wife Ann at the afternoon session tomorrow.  Remember, completed stubs with your athlete's name on a piece of paper in a ziplock baggie.  The drawing is next saturday at the meet (December 15).