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     Coach Laura’s Corner: February 2010

    Champs Season is Here!!!!

    We are entering a very exciting (but sometimes confusing) time of the short course season....CHAMPS SEASON!! You may have some questions regarding meet entry procedure, and hopefully this email will answer some of your questions.

    Within our Lake Erie District, we offer four (4) different Championship Meets: 8-Under Champs, Bronze Champs, Silver Champs and Gold Champs.

    8-Under Championships: Sunday, February 21st at Youngstown State University (Beeghley Center Natatorium)
    8-Under Championships is an open meet (no time standards), and is designated for all swimmers under the age of 8. We encourage all of our 8-Under swimmers to sign up for this meet. It is a very well run, very fun meet and is a great celebration of our young swimmers in the Lake Erie District. The meet is hosted at Youngstown State University (good pool, adequate seating), and will be held on Sunday, February 21st. Again, there are no time standards for this meet, but you must have a legal time to swim an event. "NT" or "no times" will not be accepted, and therefore will not be entered.  (Please note, a swimmer can qualify for Silver or Gold Champs at this meet.) We will post an entry report on our website and on the bulletin board at the pool, to notify swimmers of their selected events, and relay possibilities.

    Bronze Championships: Sunday, February 28th at University of Akron (Ocasek Natatorium)
    Bronze Champs is a "slower than" time standard meet - which means times must be slower than the time listed on the meet information, we encourage all swimmers who qualify to swim this meet. Please commit your swimmer to this event, if you think they may have qualifying times. If your swimmer's time appears in red on our team website, when you click to commit for the event - then they do not qualify to swim that event at Bronze Champs. The qualifying standards are listed in the meet information file located on our website, and on the Lake Erie swimming website.  There is a "proof of time requirement" for all events, so "NT" will not be entered, no times will be made up. You must qualify for this meet in advance of our date of entry. Once entries are completed, we will post an entry report on our website and on the bulletin board at the pool, to notify swimmers of their selected events, and relay possibilities. **Please note, a swimmer can qualify for Silver and Gold Champs at this meet.  Silver Champ entries are due BEFORE Bronze Champs; if a swimmer should qualify for Silver Champs, it is the responsibility of the parent to sign their child up for Silver Champs, or to add an additional event. There will be a table available at Bronze Champs to do that. If a swimmer qualifies for Gold Champs, at Bronze Champs - the coaching staff will complete their meet entry.

    Silver Championships: Friday, March 5-Sunday, March 7 at University of Akron (Ocasek Natatorium)
    Silver Champs is a "faster than" and "slower than" time standard meet, which means your swimmer's entry time must fit inbetween the two time standards provided on the meet entry information. If your swimmer's time appears in red on our team website, when you click to commit for the event - then they do not qualify to swim that event at Silver Champs. We encourage all swimmers who qualify to swim this meet.  Please commit your swimmer to this event, if you think they may have qualifying times. The qualifying standards are listed in the meet information file located on our website, and on the Lake Erie swimming website.  There is a "proof of time requirement" for all events, so "NT" will not be entered, no will times be made up. A swimmer can qualify for Gold Champs, at Silver Champs. You must qualify for this meet in advance of our date of entry.  We will post an entry report on our website and on the bulletin board at the pool, to notify swimmers of their selected events, and relay possibilities.

    Gold Championships: Friday, March 12-Sunday, March 14 at Cleveland State University (Busbey Natatorium)
    Gold Champs is a time standard meet, we encourage all swimmers who qualify to swim this meet. This is the fastest championship meet offered in our District each short course season.  This year entries for this meet will be completed online, (BY THE COACHING STAFF) at USASWIMMING.ORG. Please commit your swimmer to this event, if you think they may have qualifying times. If your swimmer's time appears in red on our team website, when you click to commit for the event - then they do not qualify to swim that event at Gold Champs. The qualifying standards are listed in the meet information file located on our website, and on the Lake Erie swimming website.  There is a "proof of time requirement" for all events, so "NT" will not be entered, no times will be made up. You must qualify for this meet in advance of our date of entry. Entries will be completed the evening of Silver Champs (3/7/10) We will post an entry report on our website and on the bulletin board at the pool, to notify swimmers of their selected events, and relay possibilities.

    If you have any questions about Championship meets and procedures - please email Coach Laura.

     Let’s Go Lake Shore!!!!!!!

    Coach Laura

    Swimmer of the Month

    January 2010

    Pre-Competitive -

    Developmental -

    Junior -

    Senior -

    CONGRATULATIONS SWIMMERS!!!!!!!!! 

    ***To see past Swimmers-of-the-Week, please click here

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    Swimmer of the Meet

    Meet: Solon Stars TYR Snowflake Fest
    January 30th-31st, 2010
     
    Annie Cipriani dropped 19 seconds!
    Billy Pelger dropped 19 seconds!
     

    CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!! 

    ***To see past Swimmers-of-the-Meet, please click here

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    Teammate of the Month

    January 2010
     

    Thanks for helping to make Lake Shore a better team!!

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    Attendance Awards

    January 2010

    Pre-Competitive -

    Developmental -

    Junior -

    Senior -

    CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!