Wednesday, August 3, 2011

States Schedule Information

Please note: We will make sure relays are announced as early into each session as possible, but we will not post them prior to the meet. I know that can be challenging, but we feel that it is the best way to ensure the swimmers are not disappointed and are in the correct relays. If your swimmer is in a session, he or she should plan to stay for the duration of the session or until we have given the swimmer permission to leave. Relays are at the end of Saturday Morning (10 and Unders; Session 1), Saturday Afternoon (11 and Overs; Session 3), Sunday Morning (10 and Unders; Session 4) and Sunday Afternoon (11 and Overs; Session 6). Thank you for your understanding and cooperation as we try to give each of your children an opportunity to compete.

Schedule for States:

Saturday Morning, 10 and Unders (Session 1)
Arrive by:8:20
Warm-ups:8:40-9:00; Lanes 8 and 9
Meet Starts: 9:00

Saturday Lunch, 500 Freestylers (Session 2)
Open Warm-Ups: 11:15-11:40
Session Starts: 11:40

Saturday Afternoon, 11 and Overs (Session 3)
Arrive by: 12:55
Warm-ups: 1:10-1:30; Lanes 4 and 5
Session Starts: 1:30

Sunday Morning, 10 and Unders (Session 4)
Arrive by: 7:45
Warm-ups: 8:00-8:20; Lanes 8 and 9
Session Starts: 9:00

Sunday Lunch, 200 Freestylers (Session 5)
Open Warm-ups: 11:05-11:30
Session Starts: 11:30

Sunday Afternoon, 11 and Overs (Session 6)
Arrive by: 12:15
Warm-Ups: 12:30-12:50; Lanes 4 and 5
Session Starts: 1:30

Good luck, WST!!!!

Friday, July 29, 2011

Leagues Times and Tents

White's Pool, Rutland
10 and Unders
Arrive by 7:15am
Warm-ups: 7:45-8:00am
Meet Start: 8:45am

11 and Overs
Arrive by: 12:15pm
Warm-ups: 12:45-1:00pm
Meet Start: 1:05pm

The coaches are bringing two pop-up tents, and we would appreciate any additional pop-up tents families can round up for the day.

Happy Friday, Swimmers!

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Rainy Weather...

Bear with us as we wait out the storm.

The meet has not been cancelled. We are going to do our best to get through at least half the meet today! Keep checking for updates.

Warm ups delayed until 4:15 pm currently.

Friday, July 15, 2011

Week of July 25th

Manchester v Woodstock @ Woodstock
When: Swimmers arrive by 3:45pm
Woodstock Warm-ups: 4:00-4:25pm
Manchester Warm-ups: 4:25-4:55pm
Timer's Meeting and Official's Meetings: 4:45pm on deck
Meet Start: 5:00pm (or once we have all our volunteer spaces filled)

Southern Vermont Swim League Championship Meet
Saturday, July 30th
White's Pool, Rutland

10 and Under (Session 1): Warmups sometime around 7:30am (more details to follow)
Session is projected to finish by 11am.
11 and Over Swimmers (Session 2): Afternoon warmups starting sometime around 11:30am (more details to follow)

Remember, all swimmers are invited and encouraged to attend this meet. Please make sure your swimmer is signed up for this meet by Tuesday July 27th by 5pm if you haven't already done so. We will not be able to guarantee any additions to the meet after that point. Thanks!


Looking forward...
Team Potluck Picnic and Awards Ceremony is on Tuesday, August 2nd
Together we will swim, share a meal and honor the WST achievements of the 2011 season.

When: Tuesday, August 2nd from 5pm - 7pm
Where: Woodstock Pool
Who: All swimmers and their supporters
The picnic is a potluck, so please bring a food contribution to share with the team.
If your last name begins with A-H, please bring a main dish.
If your last name begins with I-Z, please bring a dessert or appetizer.
Soft drinks and water will be provided.
All swimmers and families (grown-ups included!) are encouraged to wear bathing suits, as there will be an opportunity for swimming, relays and games.

Week of July 18th

Tuesday, July 19th
Don't forget, NO afternoon practices on Tuesday, July 19th due to the Killington meet. There will be 8am practice for 11 and Overs. Swimmers 10 and under may attend if they have prior approval from a coach.

Woodstock v Killington, July 19th
Johnson Recreation Center Pool
Arrive by: 3:45pm
Meet start by: 5:00pm
This is a 4-lane, 25-yard pool.
Please be aware, there is a splash pool at the facility. I do not know if it will be open during the meet, but the WST coaches do ask that swim team members refrain from using the splash pool until they are finished with all of their events. It's hard to keep track of our swimmers when they are not with the team, and we want to save all that energy for the races!

Woodstock v Manchester, July 26th
Woodstock Pool
Arrive by: 3:45pm
Warm-ups: 4:00-4:30pm
Officials and Timers meetings: 4:45pm
Meet Start: 5pm
This is our last home meet and our last dual meet of the season!

LEAGUES and STATES

LEAGUES and STATES UPDATE
For those of you new to swim team, we are half-way through 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.org

Vermont 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.org

2) 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 (posted 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.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

A note from Kristine Corey re: Buffet After Meet

The Quechee Club is having a family buffet on the deck tonight and all Woodstock families are invited. It's a family friendly menu and is discounted for swim team families to $13 for adults and $10 for children (plus tax and gratuity) excluding drinks. Our chef wants a general headcount, but we would love to have as many of you as possible. Please send me a general confirmation of numbers of both children and adults if you are interested or you can also tell us when you arrive

The posted menu is
-salad bar
-baked cod
-beef stroganoff
-green bean almondine
-buttered egg noodles
-rice pilaf
-hamburgers, cheeseburgers, hot dogs
-chocolate cake
-key lime pie
-cookies, brownies & watermelon

Thanks so much and see you tonight.
Kristine

RSVP to kristine.corey@quecheeclub.com

Monday, July 11, 2011

No Afternoon Practices-July 12 or July 19

Don't forget, we do not have 12-2pm practices on July 12 or July 19.

10 and Under swimmers with prior approval from a coach or 11 and Over swimmers may attend the 8am practices on those days.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Update July 10

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 Pool
Times 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 UPDATE
For 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.org

Vermont 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.org

2) 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.

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Update 07/05

LAKE SWIM, Friday, July 8th
Woodward Reservoir
No 1-2pm practice. 11 and overs may attend 8am or 12pm practice.
Permission slips for the lake swim are available to swimmers 13 years and older. Swimmers must be 13 by August 31st to attend the swim. Coaches will hand out forms and we will also email a copy to families. We do still need chaperones, as we will not be able to host the event without two to three adult supporters depending on the number of swimmers signed up. Please let us know if you are able to drive and/or provide boat support (I have two kayaks available).


RUTLAND SPRINTS Invitational Meet
Rutland Sprints is Saturday, July 9th. You can register through Maddie, though we will not enter swimmers without having first received the $5 fee. Swimmers may also register the day of the meet at the Rutland Pool. Please contact Maddie with any questions or concerns.


QUECHEE MEET
Tuesday, July 12th:
We have emailed the list of preentered athletes for the Quechee meet on Tuesday, July 12th based on our yellow meet check-off lists. If your swimmer is not on the entry list and would like to compete, please let us know as soon as possible. Coaches will select events from those listed next to swimmer names. If swimmers have specific entry requests, they should let us know by Friday, July 8th. We will not be able to make any changes to the individual entries after 2pm on Monday. Quechee has a 5-lane pool and they did want to let everyone know that there will be no concessions available at the meet, so please be sure to pack food and drinks. This will be the first time Quechee has hosted WST, so please arrive a little early so you can find your way around!

Arrive by: 4:15
Warm-ups: 4:30
Timers/Officials Meeting: 4:45 (Please let me know if you can officiate the meet. We are required to have at least two stroke and turn officials at every meet. The more officials we have, the fewer hours you work!)
Meet Start: 5:00pm

RUTLAND RESULTS AND PERFORMANCE UPDATES:
Congratulations to all the swimmers who participated in the swim meet last night. We have emailed results and will post them on our bulletin board. While we did not win the meet this time, our 10 and Under boys squeaked by with a win with 61 points to Rutland's 53, and our 10 and Under girls were only 17 points behind Rutland.

FIRST-TIME COMPETITORS
We would like to recognize swimmers who, over the past three weeks, have competed for the first time. Congratulations to:

Charlie Amato
Noah Anderson
Allison Bradley
Chris Bradley
Elise Geschardt
Emma King
Jane Lackley
Matthew Mueller
Anya Olmstead
Ayden Schain
Alden Schomaker
Elliot Shoemaker
Hannah Smith

MOST IMPROVED
Already we have seen time improvements since the beginning of the season. Some outstanding time improvements include:

Mateo Bango- 25 Free
Jaedon Beardsley- 25 Free
Orion Beardsley- 25 Free and 25 Back
Mary Ann Bees- 25 Free
Campbell Boswell- 100 IM
Tobin Calder- 25 Free
Audrey Emery-25 Free and 25 Back (Audrey has dropped 14 seconds from 25 Free!)
Emily Fitts- 25 Free and 25 Back
Emily Haynes-25 Fly
Piper Jenne-50 Back
Molly Maxham-25 Free (Molly has dropped 15 seconds!)
Anya Olmstead-25 Free (Anya has dropped over 13 seconds!)
Hank Oney-50 Back
Sidney Pilot-25 Free (Sidney has dropped over 11 seconds!)
Will Vicar-50 Back

HIGH POINTS
Finally, congratulations to our high points winners for the Rutland meet:

Oliver Wilson (23.50)
Issy Hiller (21.75)
Miranda Holson (20)
Anna Ramsey (20)