UP THIS WEEK...Woodstock v Quechee, July 12
Where: Quechee Club
Arrive by: 4:15pm
Warm-ups: 4:30pm
Meet Start: 5:00pm
Stroke and Turn Officials: Courtney Brooks, Alita Wilson*, Karen Cox*, Karen Mueller
Parent Volunteer Coordinator: Julia Haynes
*=certified official
Reminders: There will be no concessions available. Please be sure to pack enough food and hydration for the duration of the meet. We will be unable to start the meet without sufficient timer and officials, so thank you in advance for arriving on time to the meet. Thank you, too, volunteers for all that you do for the team and for our swimmers. We do know your time is valuable, and we thank you for sharing some of it with WST.
UP NEXT WEEK...Woodstock v Killington, July 19
Where:
The Johnson Recreation Area PoolTimes are currently TBD though likely the meet will start at 5pm. Check blog for details later this week.
Stroke and Turn Officials: Please let us know if you plan on attending. We need a minimum of two officials per meet.
FINAL DUAL MEET...Woodstock v Manchester, July 26
Where: Woodstock pool
Times are currently TBD though likely will remain the same as our previous home meets. Please check blog for details closer to the meet date.
RESULTS ARE IN...Rutland Sprints, Saturday, July 9th
WOW. Fast and furious swimming on Saturday. With many of our swimmers posting personal bests, there were several stand-outs for this meet.
Robert Raymond competed in his first meet with WST...just days after joining the team!
Issy Hiller broke two meet records (25 Breast and 25 Back), and she now holds the meet record in the 25 Breast.
Charlie Amato cut 9 seconds off his 25 Back.
Piper Jenne took a solid 4.5 seconds off her 50 Breast.
Finn McFarland shaved 7 seconds off her 100 Free.
Congratulations to all the swimmers who competed in the meet.
LEAGUES and STATES UPDATEFor those of you new to swim team, we are nearing the half-way point of our season. Two of our more exciting meets are just down the pike, with our League Championships on Saturday, July 30th (rain date is on Sunday, July 31st) and the Vermont Swim Association State Championships on August 6th and 7th.
Southern Vermont Swim League Championships: Eligibility: All swimmers who have competed
two regular season meets and are official members of WST are eligible to swim in this meet. We encourage all our eligible WST swimmers to get involved. Swimmers can enter in up to four individual events and up to two relays.
Background: Hosted by the Southern Vermont Swim League (SVSL) at White's Pool in Rutland, Leagues is a chance for our team to compete against all the teams in our League. 10 and Under swimmers will compete in the morning session, typically arriving around 7:00am and competing until 12:30 or 1pm. 11 and Over swimmers will compete in the afternoon session, until about 6:30 or 7pm. This meet is also the final chance for swimmers to try to qualify for the Vermont Swim Association State Championship meet. More information to follow.
League website:
www.svslvt.orgVermont Swim Association State Championships:
Eligibility: Swimmers can become eligible in one of several ways. First, swimmers must have competed in two regular season meets
prior to the SVSL meet.
In addition to having met the minimum meet requirement, swimmers can qualify for the meet by:
1) posting a qualifying time in 2011 up to and including at the SVSL Championships. Qualifying times and meet information can be found at
www.vtswim.org2) swimming the fastest time in an event for which no other swimmer is entered. For example, if no one has qualified for the 200 Freestyle, but Swimmer A is the fastest 200 Freestyle swimmer, she could be entered into that event.
3) competing as a relay swimmer.
We will do our best to make sure that all swimmers who are available and eligible are considered in the entry process. The best way to make sure your swimmer is able to compete in this meet is to ensure coaches have a complete and accurate meet check-off list and to check the meet qualifying times (p0sted on the
VSA website and our team bulletin board). Also, please let a coach know if your swimmer is interested in participating at States even if he or she has not posted a qualifying time.
Background: Hosted by the Vermont Swim Association (VSA), this meet is held at the Upper Valley Aquatic Center in WRJ, Vermont. 10 and Under swimmers will compete in the morning sessions, 500 Free and 200 Free swimmers compete in the Lunch sessions, and 11 and Over swimmers in the afternoon sessions. Please see the
VSA website for more complete details. Woodstock Swim Team does have volunteer responsibilities for this meet as determined by the Meet Director. These will be communicated as we get closer to the meet date. Participant's families should expect to volunteer for a portion of the weekend.
