Below is some information regarding the NYS YMCA State Championship Meet:

Dates:

March 12-14, 2010

University Of Buffalo, Amherst Campus

Attendance/Eligibility:

If you are receiving this email, your swimmer is eligible for the meet. If you do not plan to attend the meet, please reply to me as soon as possible.

Entries:

I will need your entries by Saturday, 2/27/10. Please send them via email with the subject line “State Championship Entries”. Swimmers may swim up to 3 individual events in which they have qualified. I will be providing suggestions and guidance for swimmers with more than 3 event possibilities. If you have not yet had a chance to speak to me regarding entries and have questions, please just shoot me an email. I will send out entries for your verification Sunday night.

Relays:

This has recently become the worst part of my job. At the state meet, we are only allowed to enter one relay per age/gender group. With all of our state qualifiers this season, we have some age/gender groups with as many as 8 or 9 qualifiers. I would like nothing more than to have all of our swimmers be able to compete in the relay events, but that simply is not a possibility. The only truly equitable way, and the method that is in the best interest of the team, to determine who swims is to place the fastest 4 swimmers in each relay. I will list 8 swimmers on our entries (4 as alternates), but will let everyone know my intentions with each relay by Saturday. I know we are going to have some disappointed swimmers… The 11 & Up relays are swam during finals on Saturday evening and prelims Sunday morning.

Meet Format:

10 & Under:

8 & under and 9-10 events will be held on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. They will be swam as timed finals, which means the meet is seeded based on entry times and that swimmers have one shot at their events. For a list of what events are on which days, you can refer to your State Champs Packets.

11 & Up:

11-12, 13-14 and 15-18 events are swam as preliminaries and finals. The prelims are held Friday night and Saturday and Sunday mornings. The fastest 16 swimmers from the morning prelims move on to the evening finals, the top 8 swim in the championship (“A”) final and the 9^th-16^th fastest from prelims swim in the consolation (“B”) final. Swimmers in the championship final can finish as high as 1^st and no lower than 8^th. Swimmers in the consolation final can finish no higher than 9^th or lower than 16^th.

Start Times/Meet Schedule:

Your packets contain a complete list of warm up times for each session.

Miscellaneous:

As with our NCL Championship, parents are not permitted on the pool deck at this meet.

Refer to your State Champs Packet for prices on admission to the meet, program prices, etc..

If you did not get a packet, they are available in the family folders on the pool deck.

I never know if I should use “swam” or “swum”, so excuse any grammatical errors in the above email…

I am excited to have such a large group attending the meet this year. I hope we can keep the momentum from our North Country League Championship meet rolling in Buffalo!
Please let me know if you have any questions,

Coach Dan

10/11- Last Day for Sunday Practices

10/18- Ocean Blue meet for USA swimmers

10/25- Trick or Treat meet for USA swimmers

11/4- Mock Meet Sign Up Deadline- New swimmers only

11/5- Home Meet Sign Up Deadline

11/6- Mock Meet at SSYMCA- 6pm Start

Hello all,

It’s hard to believe I am already sending this information out, where did the summer go? Anyway, here is some basic information regarding the 2009-2010 SSYMCA Barracudas program:

Returning swimmers must notify Coach Dan (via email) if they intend to return by Wednesday, 8/26^th. It would also be appreciated if those not returning let me know. If you already are sure of your intentions, it would be helpful to me to know as soon as possible.

New swimmers must attend evaluations. Evaluations will be Monday, 8/24, from 6-8pm and Thursday 8/27, from 5-7pm.

Practice groups will be announced Monday, 8/31.

Parent Information Meeting & Registration will be Tuesday, 9/1, from 6-8pm. We strongly encourage all parents to attend.

Prices will range from $300 to $530, the same range as last year, depending on group assignment. We will once again offer the bank draft option for payment.

First day of practice will be September 9^th!  

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Thanks,
Dan Tanski