We finally made it--Meet Week is here! And what a week it is: we have three meets between now and Saturday afternoon! Yahoo! I will be going over lots of information with the team this afternoon, but I thought you might appreciate a little information about what to expect.
If you're new to high school swimming, please make sure you read my post explaining the differences between high school swimming and club swimming. You can click on the link on the right side of the page. As far as specifics about this week, here they are:
Tuesday, September 6th: Dual meet vs. Appleton East at 5:30. All swimmers need to get to Appleton East on their own. There are plenty of Kimberly and West drivers who can get your athlete over to the pool after school. If you'd like to bring your daughter over there yourself, that's great, too. All athletes need to be at the East pool by 4 pm to start our dynamic warm-up. The pool will be open for warm-ups at 4:30. The meet will start at 5:30. The JV and Varsity compete at the same time. The meet should be over by 7:30. Each girl needs to have her own ride set up for the way home. Swimmers need to wear their team suit and cap, and bring their parka. The order of events are as follows:
JV 200 Medley Relay
Varsity 200 Medley Relay
JV 200 Free
Varsity 200 Free
JV 200 IM
Varsity 200 IM
Exhibition JV 50 Free
JV 50 Free
Varsity 50 Free
**Break***
JV 100 Fly
Varsity 100 Fly
Exhibition 100 Free
JV 100 Free
Varsity 100 Free
JV 500 Free
Varsity 500 Free
JV 200 Free Relay
Varsity 200 Free Relay
JV 100 Backstroke
Varsity 100 Backstroke
JV 100 Breaststroke
Varsity 100 Breaststroke
JV 400 Free Relay
Varsity 400 Relay
AW-K will be in the even numbered lanes. Because our team is large, we might take over one of East's lanes, too, since their team is small. I will have heat sheets available to our athlete's families at the meet. Awards are not given at dual meets.
Friday, September 9th, 5:00 pm, Terror Relays. This is our one and only hosted invite. This is a varsity-only meet with limited entries. There are 11 schools participating in the Terror Relays. All participating athletes need to be at the pool right after school to make sure everything is set and start warm-ups. Pool warm-ups start at 3:30 pm. Diving starts at 5:00 pm. Once diving is finished, the team will move the pool from yards to meters, and everyone will get to warm up a bit more. The events for the Terror Relays are supposed to be fun. Check with your daughter to see which relays she will be swimming. All JV swimmers are asked to help out by timing or being a runner. Awards are given for 1st-8th place.
Saturday, September 10th, 9:00 am, Patriot Pentathlon, Appleton East. This is another varsity-only invite. All athletes need to be at Appleton East by 7:00 am. In-water warm-ups start at 7:30. At this meet, each athlete will swim a 50 of each stroke, plus a 100 IM. Awards will be given 1st-8th by each grade. Each swimmer needs to arrange their own rides to and from this meet. Athletes need to bring their own food for the day. The meet should be over between 1-2 pm.
One last reminder--AW-K athletes must sit by the team during the meet. They are not allowed to sit up in the bleachers.
I think that should do it. I can't wait to see everyone swim this week! As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
With AW-K pride,
Coach Vicki
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