Coaches Corner: June 7, 2016

The Cudas are 4-0 with a WIN over Woodlands Waves Saturday June 4! One more dual meet to go…Saturday June 11 against the Woodlands Hurricanes. Go Cudas!

We had many best times, top finishers, relay wins, and lots of team spirit. Way to GO CUDAS!

Thank you to all of our hard working Assistant Coaches, Volunteers, and Junior Coaches that help make this team GREAT!

 

Cuda of the Week 05/30/16 - 06/06/16:

6 and Under Girl: Ava Grace Marino, 6 & Under Boy: Lucas Martino

7-8 Girl: Kate LeBlanc, 7-8 Boy: Matthew Hanson

9-10 Girl: Madyson Chebret, 9-10 Boy: Nehemiah Huff

11-12 Girl: Kaylee Marino, 11-12 Boy: Gavin Gerwick

13-14 Girl: Siena Nicholson, 13-14 Boy: Corbin Cater

15-18 Girl: Mary Mike Brisbane, 15-18 Boy: Wally Baskett

Junior Coaches of the Week 05/30/16 - 06/06/16: 

Olivia LeBlanc & Zoe Uehlinger

 

**Get ready for Divisionals Saturday June 18- everyone needs to swim their BEST EVENTS and be ready to step up to the challenge!**

 

2016 Sprint Sizzler Recap:  Way to GO CUDAS on a 1st place finish at the Sprint Sizzler this past weekend. We had many good swims, FUN & FAST relays, and the BEST VOLUNTEERS IN TOWN!

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE that helped support this meet. We ran another large invitational, beat our timeline, received numerous compliments about how well run the meet was, and SO many volunteers that went above and beyond their ‘required’ shift. We would not be the team we are today without the support of our Parents, Cuda Board, Coaches, Swimmers, Junior Coaches, and our Northampton Team spirit. We truly are a BIG CUDA FAMILY!

Total Teams: 21

Total Swimmer Count: 799

Total Number of People in KO: 1,500 plus

Total number of entries:3,426

Total number of relays: 424…86 of these were Cudas!

Total number of Smiling Faces: unlimited

Total points scored by the Cudas: 1,140

 

Number of Cuda Records broken this weekend: 7

9-10 Boys 25 Free - Brody Johnson 13.34

9-10 Boys 50 Free - Brody Johnson 29.94

11-12 Girls 50 Back - Annie LeBlanc 30.61

11-12 Girls 50 Breast - Annie LeBlanc 32.65

13-14 Girls 50 Back - Lizzy Cooper 30.98

15-18 Boys 100 Free - Wally Baskett 49.61

15-18 Boys 50 Fly - Wally Baskett 24.10

 

Number of High Point Winners: 7

Annie LeBlanc- age 12, Lizzy Cooper- age 13, Olivia LeBlanc age 13, Brody Johnson age 10, Kate LeBlanc age 7, Sam LeBlanc age 8, Wally Baskett age 15-18

 

SATURDAY June 11:  We have a tough meet this week against the Woodlands Hurricanes, everyone will need to swim their best events! We need all available swimmers on deck.  The meet is a Home meet.  This is the last meet before Divisionals.  Both the Cudas and the Hurricanes are undefeated through the current season.  The Cudas lost by a few points to the Hurricanes last year at their pool in a shortened meet due to the weather.  We are ready for the rematch and to defend our home turf!         

Cuda Meet Declaration for home meet vs. The Woodlands Hurricanes

MEET ENTRIES: All swimmers must declare whether or not they will swim at our Home dual meet vs. The Woodlands Hurricanes by midnight TONIGHT on Tuesday, June 7th.  Please follow these steps to declare for the meet:

· 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.

All swimmers will need to arrive by 7:00 and check in no later than 7:15 a.m.  Our warm-ups are 7:15-7:45 a.m. The meet should end by 2:00 pm.  

Meet days are long and hot, but they can also be a lot of fun!  Be sure to sign up to volunteer, which makes the meet run more smoothly and it's also more fun!  

The Coaches will review the meet entries and might need to move swimmers events around to make sure we have all of our strokes covered and have the best scoring lineup against the Hurricanes. On Saturday, please make sure to check your events because there might be changes to your entries. 

Relays are being finalized for the meet this Saturday JUNE 11.   If you are planning to show up to the meet late or need to leave early at any future meets, please let Coach Laura know via e-mail 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.  If you leave you are letting your team down and might not be placed on future relays. Thank you for your cooperation.

 

SAVE THE DATES for CUDA MEETS:

Saturday June 11:  HOME meet vs. Woodlands Hurricanes- entry due date:  TUESDAY June 7.  Plan to attend! Sign your swimmer up today!

Sunday June 12: Pentathlon at Klein Collins

Saturday June 18: C-1 DIVISIONALS at Kingwood High School –

EVERYONE qualifies as long as you have an ‘official time’ in an event that you want to swim from a dual meet or invitational meet. Time trials times do not count towards ‘official times’.

Full team participation is recommended! Sign your swimmer up today! This is the CUDA CHAMPIONSHIP MEET, let’s go get our title back!

Entry due date: MONDAY JUNE 13

Saturday June 25 & Sunday June 26: All-Stars and Ponderosa Invitational

Entry due date: Saturday JUNE 18

 

**Cuda End of Season Awards Night: WEDNESDAY JUNE 29, 2016**

 

Invitational Meet Qualifiers

THIS SUNDAY is PENTATHLON – June 12, 2016 – location: Klein Collins High School - Good Luck to all Cuda swimmers participating.

We are also attending two end of season invitational meets:

All Star – June 25-26, 2016 – location: Klein High School

Ponderosa – June 25-26, 2016 – location: Klein Oak High School

For those who have already qualified, you may begin signing up on Swim-Team.us.  There is a current list of qualifiers for both meets on our home page.  We still have two weekends to qualify for the end of season Invitational Meets.  This week against the Hurricanes and next week at Divisionals.

For the Cuda swimmers who have qualified for an end of season invitational meet; participation is optional but encouraged.  Each meet requires extra fees for participation and our team may be asked to help out with timing duties.

If you have questions, please contact Kristi Davis – [email protected]

 

JUNE Schedule:

Morning: June 6-17 at Northcrest Pool

Ages                            Time               

6 & Under (M-F)          9:45-10:15

Ages 7-10(M-F)          10:15-11:00    

11-18(M-F)                  9:00-9:45       

• Coaches prefer swimmers attend the morning practice.

Evenings: June 7-16- (3 lanes available)

10 & under(M-TH)        5:00-5:45 p.m.  Northcrest Pool

11 & up (M-TH)             5:45- 6:30 p.m. Northcrest Pool

• No evening practice Friday June 10 and Friday June 17 (Spirit Parties)
• Limited Space. Only one practice a day per swimmer (if you swim in the morning, you don’t swim at the evening practice).

June 20-24 at Northcrest: morning practice for only All-Star/Ponderosa qualifiers

11 & over(M-F) 6 & under(M-F)	9:00-9:45 a.m. 9:45-10:15 a.m.	Northcrest Pool Northcrest Pool
7-10(M-F)	10:15-11:00 a.m.	Northcrest Pool

Awards:  Meet ribbons and Sprint Sizzler awards will be handed out at the check-in table at the meet this weekend.  You can also pick up your awards on Tuesdays during morning practices.