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12/20- NO PRACTICE for 9-10 and 11-12 age groups. There is a High School meet. 12/21- Regular practice schedule 12/24 & 12/25- NO PRACTICE 12/26-12/28- Regular practice schedule 12/31 & 1/1- NO PRACTICE 1/2- Regular practice resumes
December 04, 2007 9-10 Age Group -NO PRACTICE on Thursday, December 6th. There is a Boys High School swim meet at the pool that night. 11-Up- PRACTICE on Thursday, December 6th will begin after the High School meet. Be at the pool around 7:30 so that we can start right after the meet. Practice will be finished around 9:00. November 27, 2007 The YMCA pool is closed for a few days because of maintenance issues. While the YMCA pool is closed the 8 and under swimmers will practice at the high school pool at the following time: MWF swimmers from 5:30 to 6:30 pm and TTh swimmers from 5:30 to 6:30 pm. Please talk to Ellen if you have questions. November 19, 2007 The YMCA pool is experiencing filtration problems therefore there will be NO Monday (11/19) or Tuesday (11/20) practices for the 8 and under swimmers. November 15, 2007 Friday practice time for the 13 and UP swimmers has changed. NO PRACTICE - Wednesday, November 21st HAPPY THANKSGIVING!There will be a practice on Saturday November 24th at 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. for interested swimmers. November 14, 2007 Walnut Creek Swim Meet Information (11-17-07)2007 - 2008 Swim Team Schedule
Y State Qualifying Times 2007 - 2008 Season
October 31, 2007 Happy Halloween!Muscatine Swim Club Practice Times Click below for the practice times for next week. Practice Times - 2007-2008 Please remember that this will be the first week of practice and practice times are subject to change. We will be evaluating numbers especially on Wednesday night. There is a possibility that the 11 & 12's and the 13 & up's practice times will need to be separated on Wednesday night, but at least for the first week of practice these two age groups will be together on Wednesday. We might also combine the Friday practices for 11 & 12's and 13 & up's once the basketball games start on Friday nights. Also because of age group numbers there is an opportunity for a limited number of 12 year olds to swim with the 13 & up's. Please let me know if there is any interest as these requests will be handled by the board and coaches. Please look over the practice times and try to have your swimmers dressed and on the pool deck by their designated times. Thank-you, Kevin Halstead October 14, 2007 Mandatory swim meeting Monday 6:30pm October 15, 2007 at MHS Commons area.October 12, 2007
June 12, 2007 Summer Swim Practice Times and locations Beginner and Intermediate: M - F at 1:00pm - 3:00pm at Carver Pool, High School Advanced Swimmers: M - F at 6:45am - 8:45am and/or Monday - 4:00pm - 5:30pm Tuesday - 4:00pm - 5:15pm Wed - 4:00pm - 6:00pm Thur - 4:00pm - 5:15pm Fri - 4:00pm - 6:00pm Carver Pool, High School April 23, 2007 The summer season is upon us - Practice starts today! We will meet at the YMCA at 4:00 pm until 5:30 pm. We will start of with an introductory meeting in the Parlor (unless we get moved!). The coaches would like to discuss a few things about the season and begin the process of goal setting. The club has also invested in some new instructional DVD’s and will begin by going over some new drills and stroke work. Time permitting, we will then get dressed and hit the pool. If your swimmer is unable to attend the afternoon sessions for any reason, please contact one of the coaches to get an alternative workout emailed to you. We look forward to an awesome season! – Bob Calegan (Cell – 563-288-3491) YMCA (563-263-9996) April 17, 2007 April 03, 2007 New Pictures in the Gallery - LOOK TODAY >> Muscatine Swim Club Gallery March 28, 2007 March 14, 2007 Monday, Tuesday and Thursday nights: 5:30 - 6:45 Wednesday and Friday nights: 4:00 - 5:00 No practice this Thursday due to the swim banquet. March 13, 2007 ALL AGE GROUPS PRACTICE AT THE SAME TIME!! Practice 3/13/07-3/16/07 Banquet on Thursday- No practice Practice 3/26/07-3/30/07 Friday- No organized practice. Swim a little on your own if you have the chance, just to stay loose. March 08, 2007 The swim club banquet will be on Thursday March 15th. We will have open swim from 4:30-5:30, with pizza following Money will be collected that evening. March 07, 2007 Due to there being no school on Friday 3/9/07, practice will be from 2:00-2:30 for swimmers 9-Up. This will allow swimmers and coaches to leave earlier for Marshalltown. March 05, 2007 The swim banquet is being rescheduled and we will post a new date later. March 02, 2007 News Flash: The 2007 State Swim Meet will be shifted to March 10th and 11th. Just spoke to AmericInn in Marshalltown. They still have rooms available for Friday, March 9th if anyone is still looking. The number is 641-752-4844. The Meskwaki Hotel just called and they have about 70 rooms available on Friday, March 9. The number is 800-728-4263. Practice tonight 3/2/07 10 & Under- 4:15-5:15 11 & Up- 5:15-6:15 Practice Week of 3/5/07-3/9/07 Mon., Tues., Thurs. 10 & Under- 4:15-5:15 11 & Up- 5:15-6:15 Wed.- 9-10- 4:15-5:15 11 & Up- 5:15-6:15 Fri.- Anyone still in town- 4:00-4:30 March 01, 2007 The Gov’s office has requested that the YMCA State Swimming Championships this weekend be cancelled. As soon as I know anything else as to possible rescheduling I will let you know. Go shovel out that snow. What can I tell you at this point other than to pass the word. February 28, 2007 Dear YMCA Aquatic Directors and Swim Coaches, I’m sure many of you are aware that the Marshalltown area experienced a large amount of damage from the weekend ice storm. According to one Alliant Energy official damage to the power poles/lines is the worst he has seen in his 35-year history with the company. Most of Marshalltown has electricity restored including the Community Y, but there are still pockets of Marshalltown and many people in the surrounding communities without power. This situation is expected to continue through this weekend’s YMCA State Swim Meet. There are many people without power staying in our local hotels along with hundreds of utility workers that have been brought in from around the country. The situation is very serious. PLEASE FORWARD THIS REQUEST TO ALL YMCA SWIM TEAM PARENTS: If you have questions about this request please feel free to contact me. Thank you.
February 27, 2007 End of the Year Swim Banquet << Click Me February 26, 2007 Practice 2/26/07-3/2/07 Mon., Wed., Thurs. - 10 & Under: 4:15-5:15 / 11 & Up: 5:15-6:15 Tues. - *Middle School Meet*- Practice 9 & Up: 6:30-7:30, No 8 & Under practice Fri.- Anyone still in town- 4:00-4:45 February 23, 2007 Girls State Meet Saturday, March 3 Warm up time: 8:45 - 9:00 Lanes 1 & 2 Boys State Meet Sunday, March 4 Warm up time: 8:30 - 8:45 Lanes 1 - 3 We are required by state rules to provide certified timers AND stroke and turn judges for the state meet. WE NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS: SATURDAY: 2 Certified Timers for events 1 - 51. SUNDAY: 2 Certified Timers for events 2 - 104. If 4 people volunteer, we can break the meet into half and half. 1 stroke/turn judge for events 2 - 104. ***Please remember that the state meet is generally a shorter meet lasting between 4 - 5 hours. If you are willing to volunteer, please contact Bob Calegan or sign up at the high school. February 15, 2007 2007 Iowa State Meet Entries and Rankings << Click Me for Details February 14, 2007 All, On Monday (Feb 12) a follow-up meeting was held to continue discussing the possibility of swimming throughout the summer months and to regain a USA Swimming certification as a team. Registering our club with USA Swimming will allow our club to participate in both YMCA and USA sanctioned swimming meets. Although there were some great questions brought up, the ISI USA Club Development representative (Kathie Eizenga) was unable to attend due to weather. She has agreed to try again to come down on Tuesday (Feb 20) at 6:30 pm in the HS Cafeteria. In the mean time, the YMCA has agreed to work with the club and has agreed to allow the use of the YMCA pool on a limited basis (Thank you Jocelyn Paxton for you help in getting this done!!!). We have also been in contact with the Wilton pool (Thank you Sue Greenwald for making the contact there!!!) and can get limited pool time there as well. We are now going to focus on working with the City of Muscatine and the HS to try and get pool time for this summer as well. We plan to have an update for next Tuesdays meeting. I would like to thank everyone for his or her questions and for those that have volunteered to be on the development committees. Your hard work and dedication are greatly appreciated. February 13, 2007 **No school ~ NO PRACTICE Beginning Tuesday, February 13, practices are for state & regional qualifiers only.
February 12, 2007 Updated:
Remaining practice schedule for state and regional qualifiers will be posted later today or early tomorrow morning. Practice times will change. February 09, 2007 Updated: February 06, 2007 Updated: Below is information regarding the South East Iowa Sectional Swim meet in Burlington, IA on Saturday, February 10, 2007. All the information in the .pdf file is extremely important. If you have any questions, please let me know ASAP. Please ask parents and visitors to not use bills larger than $20 to pay for concession items at our sectional meet. There has recently been a string of counterfeit $50's and $100's in the area, while we know no swim parent or relative would spread them on purpose, there is no way for the concession folks to be able to tell the difference. February 01, 2007 Updated: State T-Shirt Order Form << Click me for the order FormExample Images:
   State Meet Information January 25, 2007 Updated: February 03, 2007 - Swim Meet Info: (Click Below) January 24, 2007 Updated: Order forms need to be turned in by Saturday. Forms will be at the high school or you can print one off. Sample: (Click for order form)
 January 18, 2007 Updated: Please see below for changes regarding the Iowa Hawkeyes Swim Meet vs Ohio State Also, Directions to Dubuque Y: *** These directions were given by the Aquatic Director at the Dubuque YMCA.
No Practice on Tuesday Jan. 23rd , There is a High School Boys home swim meet at 5:00. Practice for 11-12 age group ONLY on Thursday Feb. 1st from 3:45-4:45, There is a High School Boys home swim meet that night. REMINDER: January 17, 2007 Updated: January 16, 2007 High School Swim Meet this Thursday (1/18) and that there will only be practice for 13 and older swimmers from 3:45-4:45 January 08, 2007 Dubuque meet warm ups at 12:30. Meet starts at 1:00. Teams are Dubuque, Muscatine, Tipton & Wilton. I need entries by Monday, January 15th after practices. If there is no school tomorrow, then by Tuesday. Entries are to be to Dubuque on Wednesday. January 08, 2007 Updated: If anyone has digital pictures from any of the past swim meets please put on a disk and leave at the front desk of Stanley Consultants to the attention of Dave Moritz to post in the photo gallery of the website. Thank you!Dave Moritz ATTENTION SWIMMERS: Any 7th or 8th grade student interested in joining the Middle School Swim Team please sign up in the attendance office this week and pick up an information packet. The first practice will be Tuesday, January 30th. You need to have a physical and waiver on file in the office before you can participate. ATTENTION PARRENTS AND SWIMMERS: I (Bob Calegan) have recently been approached by a few coaches, swimmers and parents about the possibility of reintroducing the USA side to the Muscatine Swim Club. For those of you that are not familiar with this program, it began as an AAU system that evolved into USS and now USA (the national website is www.usaswimming.org and the Local Swimming Committee’s website is http://www.lornet.com/IowaSwim/). Although it is very similar to YMCA Swimming, there are still many differences. Many of the clubs can and do swim year-round and the competition overall is typically stronger. They are also recognized as the program that feeds the Olympic Swim Team and the program that most top swimmers will be recruited from for college. In no-way do we want to stop swimming the YMCA side, what we are trying to do as a club, is to give the opportunity for those swimmers that want to swim in a structured year-round program, the ability to do so. So - After making an announcement at our last home swim meet, a small group of parents and coaches met Monday, January 8, 2007 – 6:30 pm at the High School to discuss a few things about a potential re-start-up of the USA side of our swim club. In no-way was there an attempt to exclude anyone. Many great questions were brought up and discussed. We also understand that there will be a learning curve (that we as a group) will need to work through. Based on these things, it was decided that there is enough interest to start making initial contacts with the City, YMCA and possibly Geneva for pool usage/availability. We are also making contacts with both the National and Local USA organizations to get us re-registered as a recognized team. If you are at all interested in learning more about the USA program and about the Muscatine Swim Club in general, we are going to start holding monthly parent meetings at the High-School cafeteria on the 2nd Monday of each month at 6:30 pm. The next meeting will be scheduled for February 12, 2007. The University of Iowa Hawkeyes Swim Teams will be in action at the Field house in Iowa City on Friday, January 19th against Western Illinois University at 5:00 pm. There is a swim meet that on the 20th in Dubuque, but they are also in action Saturday, January 20th at 11:00 am against Ohio State with both boys and girls for those that are not going to Dubuque. The meets are free and it will give the swim club swimmers a chance to see what they can strive for. Also James Dragon from Muscatine swims for the Hawkeyes and it would be great to get a group together and give him some local support. Talk to each other and let's see if we can get some cars to go up and support the Hawkeyes! They will also recognize the Swim Club if we call ahead and ask them to! Mark your calendars now . . .
January 05, 2007 Updated: December 30, 2006 Practice for January 2nd will be 9-10 year olds at 10:00 - 11:00, and 11 and up from 11:00 - 12:00. On Thursday, January 4th, there will be a boys high school swim meet at the high school. Please take your kids to the high school swim meets to see how well the high school teams perform and support the Muskies. December 22, 2006 Updated: Only ONE practice Today, Dec. 22nd, at the High School from 5:30-6:30 p.m. This is for all swimmers 9 & up. December 19, 2006 Updated: NO Practice 12/19 due to High School Swim Meet NO Practice 12/25-12/26 NO Practice 1/1 Holiday Practice Times 12/27-12/29 and 1/2 9-10 10:00-11:00 11-Up 11:00-12:00 December 15, 2006 Updated: December 12, 2006 The pool is open tonight after 5 and swimmers may sign up for Saturdays meet tonight BUT tonight is the deadline. Deadline extended due to no practice last night. December 11, 2006 Update: NO PRACTICE TONIGHT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL POOL, MONDAY DECEMBER 11TH. 8 AND UNDERS WILL PRACTICE NORMAL TIME AT THE YMCA. December 07, 2006 Updated: November 27, 2006 As a result of lower attendance on Wednesday and Friday evenings we will be switching to the following practice schedule. This will also allow swimmers to get home earlier the night before a meet. We hope and plan on this being the final practice schedule! Thanks for your cooperation and understanding! EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 27TH New Practice Schedule 9-10 M-F 5:15-6:30 (Same as before) 11-12 M-F 6:15-7:30 (Same as before) 13-UP MTT 7:15-8:30, WF 6:15-7:30 (With 11-12 group) November 16, 2006 There will be no practice on November 22nd, 23rd, and 24th. New members please read the following files to know what to expect for the swim season.
Must read for new parents.
November 07, 2006 2006-2007 State Qualifying Times are in, please see the Entries page for information:
Click >>Entries << Click November 06, 2006
Please remember that this is the first week of practice and practice times are subject to change. We will be evaluating numbers and be striving to have no more than 36 children in the pool at one time. An additional practice time of 7:15 - 8:30 may be added for older swimmers. This is for every swimmers benefit. New practice times if needed will be announced at practices and posted on the bulletin board with effective date by November 10. October 09, 2006 Registration deadline is SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15 not Thursday, October 15. The phone number for the Y is 263-9996. October 03, 2006 New parent meeting on October 19 at 6:30 PM at the YMCA September 07, 2006 Swim Officials clinic... On Sunday, November 5, 2006 the Burlington Area Community YMCA-YWCA will be hosting a Swim Officials clinic from 12:00 noon - 4:00 p.m. Dee Norton from Marshalltown will be the trainer. I will let you know more information as it comes available. I am hoping this will be able to be a Level 1 and Level 2 class. The price has yet to be determined.
September 06, 2006 Per Mar Fundraiser! August 30, 2006 IT IS BACK!
Help raise money for the Muscatine Swim Club by volunteering to take tickets at the HOME Iowa Hawkeye Football Games! July 05, 2006 Swim Clinic Update!
Please complete the form & mail with a check to the PO Box ~ EVEN if they have already contacted Becky or Joni. June 23, 2006 NEWS Update!
Next week's swim clinic has been cancelled due to low enrollment. I have contacted all persons that had registered. (Pfeiffer, McCormick, Ross and Jardim.) June 20, 2006 LATE BREAKING NEWS! LATE BREAKING NEWS! LATE BREAKING NEWS!
The Muscatine Swim Club will be offering 4 swim clinics this summer. The clinics will focus on stroke techniques, starts, turns and finishes. Clinic size will be limited to 24 participants to insure each swimmer receives sufficient instruction. Cost is $35.00 per clinic. The first clinic will be offered June 26 - 29(Monday - Thursday) at the YMCA Pool from 2:00 - 4:00. If you are interested in signing up, please contact Joni Jackson at 264-0884 or thejacksons@machlink.com OR Becky Wichers at 264-2744 or beckyjoel@machlink.com. Please remember the clinic is limited to 24 participants based on a first come, first serve basis. We are currently waiting on final confirmation for the following clinics:
April 07, 2006 Last night was the Swim Banquet for the Muscatine Swim Club at the Muscatine High School. A good time was had by all. This summer's swim program will be posted on this site when more details are known. Also attached below is the roster of names for those who purchased a team photo from this year. The top group of names is the older youths and the second group is for the 9 and 10 year olds. Last but not least thank you to all of those who have contributed photos through the year for the photo gallery. There are close to 200 new pictures posted as of today for your viewing enjoyment from the 2006 Sectional, State, and Regional Meets! March 30, 2006 Congratulations to the swimmers who attended the Midwest Regionals in Minneapolis. There were many medalist at the competition. See attached results file. The "Annual Family End-of-the-Year Swim Banquet" will be held in the High School cafeteria on Thursday April 6th beginning at 6:00 p.m. Chicken strips and/or sloppy joes will be provided from Hy-Vee as our main dish. We are asking that each family bring a side dish to pass. Plastic table service, plates, and pop will be provided. The food line will begin at 6:00 and once everyone has gone through the line once our program will begin. Donations are being accepted for our coaches. If you are interested please see a board member on or before April 6th. See EVERYONE there!
March 22, 2006 Swim BanquetDue to many conflicts, the swim banquet will be held Thursday, April 6. More information will be coming...... March 2, 2006 Practice ScheduleFri., March 3rd. - 3:45 - 4:30 only. Realize some people may already be on their way to state. Mon., March 6th - No Practice Starting Tuesday, March 7th through Regionals - 1 practice only M - F, 5:30 - 6:30 February 22, 2006 END OF THE YEAR SWIM CLUB PIZZA & SWIM PARTY!!!!Saturday, February 25th @ Carver Pool. We will swim from 4:00-6:00 p.m. Pizza will be served @ 6:00 All Swimmers and their families are invited to join in the fun! We are asking that each family bring a liter of pop to share with all. Cups will be provided. Please RSVP to Becky Wichers at beckyjoel@machlink.com. February 18, 2006 OPTIONAL PRACTICE FOR STATE QUALIFIERS ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18 AT 10:00 AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.This was a busy week so we are offering a practice on Saturday for those who want to come. Practice on Monday, February 20 at normal times. Practice on Tuesday, February 21 for state qualifiers only at 6:30. There is a middle school meet at 4:30. Monday is the last day to sign up for regionals. Please let Cortney or Dave know if you are interested or if you have questions. February 13, 2006 Congratulations to all of the state qualifiers for the State Meet to be held March 4th and 5th in Marshalltown. If you have qualified then you need to make sure you have the following in place by the dates posted.
http://www.ymca-ywca.org/bluewave/documents/2006YMCASTATEMEETAPPARELORDEFORM.pdf February 10, 2006 Practice Schedule for the week after Sectionals.Monday, Feb.13th. - No Practice Tuesday, Feb.14th - 7:00, State Qualifiers Only Wed - Friday - Normal Practice Times February 3, 2006 Following is information for this Sunday's Sectional meet. Good Luck to all the Swimmers ! ! ! ! !YMCA 2006 SOUTH EAST SECTIONAL MEET INFORMATION Date of Meet: Sunday, February 12, 2006 Meet Start Time: 10:00 AM Location of Meet: Carver Pool at Muscatine High School 2705 Cedar Street Muscatine, Iowa Directions: From South Bypass 61 turn right on Cedar Street. Travel approximately 1 mile. Muscatine High School is on the left. Turn left into campus, swimming pool is located on the NW side of the school. Warm Ups: Muscatine - 8:15 AM – 8:35 AM Burlington / Wilton - 8:35 AM – 8:55 AM Ft.Madison / Keokuk - 8:55 AM – 9:15 AM * Team listed first will have lanes 1–3; team listed second will have lanes 4–6. Sprint Warm Ups: 9:15 AM – 9:35 AM Ages to 10 9:15 – 9:25 Ages 11 and up 9:25 – 9:35 Coaches/Scratch Meeting: 8:45 AM @ Clerk of Course Official’s and Timer’s Meeting: 9:15 AM @ Clerk of Course Non – denominational worship service: 9:30 AM in Cafeteria Team Lane Assignments for timers: Teams are responsible to provide 2 timers for their assigned lane for the day. Timers for the sectional meet must be YMCA certified officials. Burlington Lane 1 Ft. Madison Lane 2 Muscatine Lane 3 and 4 Keokuk Lane 5 Wilton Lane 6 Officials and Timers (1st Shift) Report to stations at 9:45 AM February 3, 2006 ! ! !Fairfield Directions ! ! !Here is a quick way to Fairfield if you are adventurous and willing to take a chance on not getting lost. Take Hwy 61 South out of Muscatine to Grandview. Take Hwy 92 West at Grandview to Washington. In Washington at the north end of town there is Hwy 1 to Brighton. Turn left and you are on the right road if you go past Wal-Mart in Washington. When you arrive in Brighton the road splits so go to the right at the gas station and you should be on Hwy 78. Only go about 2 to 3 miles and there will be a turn to the left on a county blacktop W21. Stay on W21 and it will take you directly into Fairfield. Upon entering Fairfield this road turns into Pleasant Plain Rd. and then it physically turns upon entering town to the west and is called Kirkwood. Here you can continue west on Kirkwood to W. 9th street and turn left or south and go to the Roosevelt Recreation and Aquatic Center that is 1/2 block south of Hwy 34 on W.9th Street. I have went this way in the past for work and it is quicker then going through Mt Pleasant etc. Hopefully there are no detours, but that is the way we are going. If you are not adventurous take Hwy 92 to Hwy 218. Then take Hwy 218 south to Hwy 34 and turn right, (west) to Fairfield. January 30, 2006 You are cordially invited to the Fairfield swim meet on Saturday, February 4, 2006. This will be a dual meet. The standard YMCA event list will be used and swimmers may swim up to 3 individual events and 2 relays. The 500 freestyle will probably be moved to the end of the meet. This helps facilitate better usage of the locker rooms and allows the score keepers to catch up from the relays. Where: Roosevelt Aquatics Directions: Highway 34 to the West 9th street light. Take 9th street ½ block south and the aquatics center will be on your right. Warm-ups: Scratch meeting at Meet: Begins at Locker rooms are off-limits during the swim meet. There are restrooms in the lobby that may be used. The shallow pool is off-limits during the meet. Looking forward to seeing all of you. Paul Matzen
January 27, 2006 Take I-80 West to the Tama/Toledo exit (Exit 191). Then go north through Tama and Toledo on Hwy 63 to Hwy 30. Turn left or west on Hwy 30. Go to Marshalltown and take the Hwy 14 exit to the north. You will go past the motels, mall, and restaurants heading north. There will be a Hy-Vee on the right (East) side of the Hwy. Go right past the turn into Hy-Vee and there is another immediate turn to the right before going over the bridge. Turn right and the road goes under the overpass and right to the YMCA. This is where the state meet is held also and is a a great place. Enjoy yourself in Marshalltown and Good Luck to all the swimmers.
The following pdf file is the qualifying requirements for the Minneapolis Regional Meet to be held March 25th and 26th. If your son or daughter has made one of the times shown for an event in any of the meets this year, they have qualified for the regional meet in that event. Contact Courtney, Dave, or Muffy for more information if they would like to swim at Regionals. January 20, 2006 ! ! ! ! NEWS ! ! ! ! ! News Item #1 - Tomorrow's swim meet will be held no matter what the weather conditions. There are enough local kids that still need to get their 3 meets before Sectionals that it will be held. The snow is forecast to begin this afternoon and end late tonight with clearing skys over night and partly sunny tomorrow. News Item #2 - The photo gallery section of the website has received more photos from various parents. Please feel free to download pictures as you would like. Thanks to all parents for their sending in pictures. January 17, 2006 ! ! ! ! NEWS ! ! ! ! ! News Item # 1 - NEW First Year Parent Information, 4th Edition " So What is this Sectional Thing all about?" really this is for everybody but to help the new parents. Click Here >> News Item #2 - Third Reminder - Team and Individual Pictures will be at the High school on Thursday, January 19. The pictures will be taken by Superior Awards and Services from Muscatine. Forms are available at the table in the pool area. Individual pictures can be taken anytime between 4:15 and 6:15. Please have your swimmers bring their team suits for the pictures and then they can change into their practice suits after pictures. Team Picture times are as follows: 8 & Under 4:30 9 & 10 5:15 11& over 6:15 News Item # 3 - ** Update - the Photo Gallery has new Pictures from the Mega Meet. News Item # 4 - Hopefully last night all of the kids have signed up for Saturday's home meet with Cedar Rapids, Washington, Tipton, and Wilton. Also last night we needed to have all of the kids entries for the Sectional Meet turned in. The Sectional registration is posted on the bulletin board in the pool area of the high school. If you have not registered for either event then contact the coaches immediately. Remember you child needs to swim in a minimum of at least 3 regular meets per season to be able to swim the Sectional Meet and qualify for the State Meet in Marshalltown in March. News Item # 5 - Results have been posted for the Mega Meet in the results section of the website. News Item #6 - See the sectional shirt image shown in the News Items for January 12th. Click the link below the image to print out your own order form or there are order forms on the table in the pool area with cost and instructions for who is to receive the payments and order forms. News Item #7 - The swim team has ordered more of the "Quick" brand silicone swim caps. They have a new purple/gold cap and there will be approx. 40 of them available on a first come first serve basis for $5 per cap, cheap for silicone caps. They should be in by the end of the week. Other colors will also be available. News Item #8 - HELP NEEDED for this Saturday's Meet. Please sign up at the pool or on line. January 13, 2006 ! ! ! ! NEWS ! ! ! ! ! A couple of reminders:
We are short on volunteers for the Mega Meet tomorrow. This is our largest meet of the year - eight teams and approximately 350 swimmers. Please check the sign up sheets to see where you can help out! If you are not able to check the sign up sheets, please contact Tammy Wagner or you may reply to this email. We will help you find a perfect place to help out! REMEMBER - THIS IS A PARENT RUN, VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION! WE NEED YOUR PARTICIPATION!January 12, 2006 ! ! ! ! NEWS ! ! ! ! ! If you like looking at last years state meet results to see what people might swim at state this year. Here is the link. http://www.ymca-ywca.org/swimresults/MtownSwimming.html About half way down they have the last years girls and boys results. Concessions = If anyone wants to donate they need to make, wrap, and label their items with prices. We are recommending .50 and .75 items.  This will appear on the Tshirt.Sectional Shirt Order Form = Click Here January 09, 2006 ! ! ! ! NEWS ! ! ! ! ! News Item #1 - Practices will return to the High School Pool at normal times on Monday, January 9. Due to High School boy's varsity swimming home meets, practices on Tuesday(1/10) and Thursday(1/12) will be as follows: Tuesday, January 10th, 4 PM - 5 PM 11 & over only Thursday, January 12th, 4 PM - 5 PM 9 & 10 only * We will be sharing the pool with the varsity boys on Tuesday, so we request no extra swimmers attend. Please remember to check the club website at www.muscatineswimclub.com for the latest information. It is impossible for us to contact all 170 swimmers individually! News Item # 2 - Second Reminder - Team Pictures will be at the high school on Thursday, January 19. Individual pictures can be taken anytime between 4:15 and 6:15. Please have your swimmers bring their team suits for the pictures and then they can change into their practice suits. Team Picture times are as follows: 8 & Under 4:30 9 & 10 5:15 11& over 6:15 News Item # 3 - ** Update - the Photo Gallery has new Pictures from the Dubuque Swim Meet. News Item # 4 - Deadline to sign up the swimmers for Saturday's Mega Meet is MONDAY, JANUARY 9. ! ! ! ! ! SECTIONAL SIGN UP DEADLINE IS MONDAY, JANUARY 16. ! ! ! ! News Item # 5 - Results will be posted when they are received from Dubuque. January 05, 2006 ! ! ! ! VERY IMPORTANT ! ! ! ! ! We just found out the high school pool has been closed due to excessive bacteria. This is our backup plan: Friday: 9 & 10's practice @ Y from 6 - 7 11 & up practice @ Y from 7 - 8 VERY IMPORTANT !!!! ALL SWIMSUITS MUST BE WASHED PRIOR TO PRACTICE! |
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