splash notes

Congratulations Swimmers!

Great meet yesterday! We had about 70% of our team, roughly 117 of our 167 swimmers, so good showing! Keep in mind Newton is a HUGE team, they brought over 190 swimmers and that was not their full team – hard to believe! We had a number of swimmers who swam their first meet yesterday. We are very proud of you, the meets can be a bit overwhelming for young swimmers and even if they just swam one event, that was a huge accomplishment! The team had 78 best time swims and 30 swims that were within under one second of a best time for a total of 51% best or near best times – AWESOME JOB! The links below will lead you to the team website and the full results.

Thank you once again to ALL parents who volunteered to help run a very SMOOTH meet. We can not do it without you and want you to know that each and everyone of you is an important part of our team!

There is NO meet next weekend, which means we have TWO practices – yeah! More time to work on skills and endurance – the coaching staff loves that! Please note schedules for workouts, the week of MLK holiday we do offer two additional practice opportunities for everyone.

See you at the pool!

Coach Kim

Tip of the Day

Something I will try to have in every email is one tip for our swimmers. Today’s tip focuses on good sportsmanship.
After you complete a race, it is a good practice to STAY IN the water until ALL swimmers in your race have touched the wall. An added good sportsmanship tip is to tell the swimmer(s) in the lane next to you “Good Race”: or “Nice Job”.  

Thank you to all who supported the Jake N Joe’s Fundraiser Thursday night. We appreciate your participation and know this program will continue to grow.

Many of you have asked for the balance of the swim schedule. I need to confirm a couple of dates with Dedham and Westwood for the balance of the season, but have dates for you through the balance of the month and the first week of December listed below. I will have the remainder of the season firmed up prior to the end of this coming week along with the electronic version of the parent handbook.

We have had a large number of fins being left or misplaced. PLEASE WRITE YOUR CHILD’S NAME ON THE FINS. This helps us if they are left behind. I will have extra SHARPIE MARKERS at the check-in table today. If your fins are not marked, please take care of it this weekend.

Further, if you have lost a pair – there are two binds on the far side of the pool. There is a chance that your child’s fins are in one of those binds. Please take a look, if they are marked with WST – they do not belong to our program. Just keep that in mind.

Pool Addresses– BLUE HILLS & Vanderbilt

800 Randolph Street, Canton, MA

45 Vanderbilt Ave., Norwood, MA

Upcoming Workouts

Sat., 11/12                 Blue Hills – Sarah Wilson Lifeguard

12 – 12:30                  Little Ray – Practice Time 1 – Coach Kim Miller

                                        Blue/Gold – Practice Time I – Coach Christine Chang

12:30 – 1                      Little Ray – Practice Time 2 – Coach Kim Miller

                                        Blue/Gold – Practice Time 2 – Coach Christine Chang

1:00 – 2:00                 Gold II/Pre-Junior – Coach Christine Chang

                                        Junior/Senior – Coach Kim Miller

Sun., 11/13               Blue Hills – Bobby Leon Lifeguard

1 – 1:45                        Little Ray – Practice Time 1 – Coach Kim Miller

                                        Blue/Gold – Practice Time I – Coach Christine Chang

1:45 – 2:30                 Little Ray – Practice Time 2 – Coach Kim Miller

                                        Blue/Gold – Practice Time 2 – Coach Christine Chang

2:30 – 3:30                 Gold II/Pre-Junior – Coach Christine Chang

                                        Junior/Senior – Coach Kim Miller

Tuesday, 11/15        Vanderbilt

3:15 – 4:10                 Senior and Junior Swimmers Only – Coach Kim

4:10 – 5:00                 Pre-Junior and Gold II Only – Coach Kim

Sat., 11/19                 Blue Hills – – Sarah Wilson Lifeguard

12 – 12:30                  Little Ray – Practice Time 1 – Coach Kim Miller

                                        Blue/Gold – Practice Time I – Coach Christine Chang

12:30 – 1                      Little Ray – Practice Time 2 – Coach Kim Miller

                                        Blue/Gold – Practice Time 2 – Coach Christine Chang

1:00 – 2:00                 Gold II/Pre-Junior – Coach Christine Chang

                                        Junior/Senior – Coach Kim Miller

Sun., 11/20               Blue Hills – – Bobby Leon Lifeguard

1 – 1:45                        Little Ray – Practice Time 1 – Coach Colleen Cormier

                                        Blue/Gold – Practice Time I – Coach Christine Chang

1:45 – 2:30                 Little Ray – Practice Time 2 – Coach Colleen Cormier

                                        Blue/Gold – Practice Time 2 – Coach Christine Chang

2:30 – 3:30                 Gold II/Pre-Junior – Coach Christine Chang

                                        Junior/Senior – Coach Colleen Cormier

Tuesday, 11/22        NO WORKOUT

Sat., 11/26                 NO WORKOUT – BLUE HILLS CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY

Sun., 11/27               NO WORKOUT – BLUE HILLS CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY

Tuesday, 11/29        Vanderbilt

3:15 – 4:10                 Senior and Junior Swimmers Only – Coach Colleen

4:10 – 5:00                 Pre-Junior and Gold II Only – Coach Colleen

Sat., 12/3                   Blue Hills – Patricia Lee Lifeguard

12 – 12:30                  Little Ray – Practice Time 1 – Coach Kim Miller

                                        Blue– Practice Time I – Coach Colleen Cormier

                                        Gold – Practice Time I – Coach Christine Chang

12:30 – 1                      Little Ray – Practice Time 2 – Coach Kim Miller

                                        Blue– Practice Time 2– Coach Colleen Cormier

                                        Gold – Practice Time 2 – Coach Christine Chang

1:00 – 2:00                 Gold II– Coach Christine Chang

                                        Pre-Junior – Coach Colleen Cormier

                                        Junior – Coach Andrew Patterson

                                        Senior – Coach Kim Miller

Sun., 12/4                  Swim Meet V Westboro and Westwood in Milford 8:30 Warm-up/9AM Start

Lifeguard Schedules

Saturday, November 12                      Sarah Wilson – 12 – 2PM

Sunday, November 13                         Bobby Leon – 1 – 3:30PM

Saturday, November 19                      Sarah Wilson – 12 – 2PM

Sunday, November 20                         Bobby Leon – 1 – 3:30PM

Saturday, December 3                        Patricia Lee – 12 – 2PM

Swim Meet Commitment Form

Attached is the swim meet commitment which includes a column for you to fill-in parent volunteer time. These are due by no later than November 19.

If you have any questions regarding any information within this email, please feel free to contact me via email.

See you soon!

Kimberly Miller

Head Coach

Norwood Aquatics Club