Our goal is to make sure that everyone on the team wants to come back next year. We want you to have fun, improve your swimming skills, and enjoy athletic competition in the spirit of good sportsmanship.
To get as much as possible out of this experience, it is important to understand how the team operates, what to expect from your teammates and your coaches, and whom to approach if you have questions and concerns. We have designed this page to give you this information. Please read it carefully and refer to it often throughout the season.
Registration fees are $40 for the first swimmer in a family, $35 for the second, $30 for the third, $25 for the fourth and $20 for the fifth. You are welcome to `TRY US OUT' for a few days as long as the team has a completed "Release of Liability" form.
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About the Team, Swim Meets, and More...
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The first rule is, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ASK! IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS, MAKE THEM KNOWN!
If you are a parent, speak to one of the parent coordinators. If you are a swimmer, talk to your coaches:
Head Coach: Sharon Garvey garveyfamily@comcast.net
Assistant Coaches: Kevin Mooney mcmoons1174@aol.com
Shannon Riley shanmarieriley@yahoo.com
The second rule is, PUT IT IN WRITING. Once the season starts, things go very quickly. It is easy for your coaches to forget something they are told after practice or in the middle of a meet. If you put it on paper, they have something they can refer to. The team has a system of Family Folders to facilitate communication. Just write a note and put it in the folder of one of the coaches or parent coordinators.
UNLESS YOU ARE TOLD OTHERWISE, ALL TEAM
ACTIVITIES ARE HELD AT WANEGARDEN POOL.
The season begins on Monday, June 1, 2009
with evening practices scheduled Monday through Friday as follows (no Wednesday practices starting June 24):
4:30pm - 5:15pm for Swimmers 8 & Under (includes 6&Unders)
4:30pm - 5:30pm for Swimmers 9 through 12
5:15pm - 6:30pm for Swimmers 13 and Up
Starting on Monday, June 22, morning practices will start:
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays (no Wednesday mornings)
9:15am - 10:30am for all Swimmers
Please try to arrive 5 minutes before practice to participate in any pre-practice activities and be fully prepared to practice.
PARENTS: Please do not discuss matters with the coaches during swim practice. If you need to talk with them, please do so after practice. Also, please do not talk to your children during practice. It is distracting to the coaches and the other swimmers.
Swimmers are assigned practice times based upon age AND skill. For example, some 12 year olds may be asked to practice at 5:30pm. Coaches will make final decisions on practice times once they have had the opportunity to evaluate the members of this year’s team.
Practice Policy
GENERALLY, YOU MUST PRACTICE AT LEAST ONCE LEADING UP TO A MEET TO SWIM IN THAT MEET.
If this requirement is a problem because of work, vacation, or family matters, please advise the coaches. Please note that this is a minimum requirement. If you are on the team, you should plan on practicing every day that you can. The more you practice, the more you will learn, the stronger you will become, and the better you will swim.
There are exceptions. If you miss practice or the previous meet without giving notice, you may not be scheduled for the following meet. We can’t always swim everyone in the Relay Carnival, give the size of our team and the number of slots available. Similarly, the Invitational is a special meet in which swimmers must earn the right to swim.
Line-ups for meets are always set a day or two in advance. Tell the coaches in writing as soon as you will know you will miss a meet. If you are scheduled to swim and do not show, the coaches may decide not to allow you to swim in the next meet. Last minute juggling of line-ups means that coaches cannot do their jobs properly. Even worse, team mates must sit and stare at open lanes when swimmers simply don’t show up for meets. Please accept your responsibility as a member of the team and keep the coaches informed of your plans.
The team will go to a local fast food restaurant after Saturday away meets for food and the awarding of ribbons. Participation is optional. Ask the coaches where we are going. Ribbons from Wednesday meets are usually distributed at practice on Thursdays or placed in the family folders.
The CVS Sundevils will participate in a number of special events during the swim season. Mini-meets are special meets limited to younger swimmers. Participation in all such events is optional and there may be a modest additional fee to cover expenses. PARENTS MUST NOTIFY COACHES OF THEIR INTENT TO SWIM IN THIS MEET. PLEASE EMAIL OR PUT A NOTE IN ONE OF THE COACH’S FOLDERS.
The final meet of the season, the Invitational, will be held at Churchill South on Saturday, July 25. In general, entries for this meet are limited to the 2 fastest swimmers on the team in each event.
There is some flexibility in terms of relays. The coaches may also exercise some discretion if the 2nd and 3rd fastest swimmers' times are close to each other, or if the 3rd swimmer in one age group is faster than the qualifier from an older age group.