Coach Corner May 28, 2017:

CUDAS PRACTICE SCHEDULE:  May 29 – June 2

*denotes change from regular afternoon practice schedule

May 29- June 1 practice schedule:

*Monday May 29- Memorial Day- NO practice!

Tuesday May 30 and Wednesday May 31- regular afternoon workout

*Thursday June 1 - last day of school schedule –

• 4:00-4:30- ages 9-10
• 4:30-5:00 pm- ages 8 & under
• 5:00-5:45- ages 11 & over

*Friday June 2: AM practice only

• Ages 11-18 - 8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
• Ages 7-8- 9:00-9:45 a.m.
• Ages 6 & Under - 9:45-10:15 a.m.
• Ages 9-10 - 10:15-11:00 a.m.

CUDAS SWIM MEETS and RECOGNITION:

Congratulations to the Northampton Cudas on their success at the Northpointe Shockwaves Meet! The CUDAS WON- 820 to 670….Way to GO CUDAS!

 The swimmers look great and are getting ready to race against CUDAS AWAY at Windrose @ - Saturday June 3!   Thank you to all of our hard working Assistant Coaches, Volunteers, and Junior Coaches that help make this team GREAT!

WINDROSE MEET INFO will be sent later in the week!

WINDROSE Meet entry deadline: TUESDAY MAY 30 at midnight!

How to enter your child:  All swimmers must declare whether or not they will swim in our 4th dual meet against WINDROSE by Tuesday, May 30.  

We will need your swimmer at the meet! You MUST declare COMMITTED or NOT ATTENDING. Go ahead and declare for all of the dual meets!

Log onto your account at http://northamptoncudas.swim-team.us/

· Under the ‘Swim Meets’ tab, select ‘Cuda Meets’.

· If you ARE attending the meet, click on the box that looks like a swimmer.

· In the Grey strip – Choose the ‘Select Swimmer’ drop down box and click on your swimmer's name

· Once a swimmer is selected, click on ‘Add Entry’ on the right side of the page.

· A list of all eligible events for your swimmer will appear, click on all of the events to add them for your swimmer. 

*Maximum of 3 events only

*Your swimmer must have a time in the event entered

*Coaches have discretion to change an event for a swimmer

· Click 'SAVE' to save the declaration.

· Repeat for each of your swimmers attending the meet.

· If you ARE NOT attending the meet, click on the box labeled ‘RSVP’

· Next to the word ‘Attendance’ choose the ‘No’ box.

· Click 'SAVE' to save the declaration.

 

 Meet entries: Coach Laura will review the meet entries for Saturday June 3. She might adjust your swimmer’s events to create the best scoring line up for the team.

Relay Information: Relays are being finalized for the meet this Saturday.  We can only enter 3 relay teams (12 swimmers) male and female in each age group.  Relays are picked by time only and if the swimmer can legally do the stroke.  At time trials every swimmer got a time in every stroke.  However, that doesn’t mean they swam the stroke legally.  We are working on getting all Cudas legal in all 4 strokes.  Please understand that we need to pick the best choices for the relays so we can go for the win and have some fun.  The relays will possibly change every meet as every swimmer improves meet to meet.  We have a large team and I do my best to accommodate everyone, make it fun, recognize and guide every swimmer, and play by the rules.

If you are planning to show up to the meet late or need to leave early at any future meets, please let me know for relay purposes by Tuesday night.  If you are on relay teams A, B, or C in each age group you are expected to be at the meet and stay throughout. Thank you for your cooperation.

 

Cuda of the Week Award: You will start to see the Cuda black and lime green swim caps.  The black caps will be worn by the "Junior Coach of the Week", and the lime green are the "Cuda of the Week". These special caps/awards are selected by the coaches weekly for their hard work, great attitude, team spirit, meet and practice performances.

We will give caps out to all the swimmers below next week at practice. 

 Cuda of the Week 05/22/17 – 05/27/17:

6 and Under Girl: Jillian Lenard, 6 & Under Boy: Keaton Goodnight

7-8 Girl: Ellie Toth, 7-8 Boy: Zack Ruysenaars

9-10 Girl: Julie Drescher, 9-10 Boy: Gray Harris

11-12 Girl: Jillian Kimball, 11-12 Boy: Jack Burns

13-14 Girl: Taryn Kooyers, 13-14 Boy: Jack Uehlinger

15-18 Girl: Sierra Schoech, 15-18 Boy: Josh Davis

Junior Coach of the Week: Jordan Lenard & Trace Andrews

 

Way to go CUDAS!

Coach Laura