COACHES CORNER:

Congratulations to the Northampton Cudas on their WIN Saturday May 14 against the Windrose Stingrays!  The final score was 869 to 588! WAY TO GO CUDAS! The swimmers looked great, many best times, and numerous winning races! The 13-14 girls medley relay (Riley Johnson, Olivia LeBlanc, Zoe Uehlinger, and Genevieve Manning) broke the 2015 Cuda record! Thank you to all of our hard working Assistant Coaches, Volunteers, and Junior Coaches that help make this team GREAT!

Let’s get to practice to prepare and focus on our next meet against IMPERIAL OAKS at HOME- Saturday May 21st!  This will be a tough meet, everyone be ready for a good match up Saturday against the Seals!

SWIM MEETS:  All swimmers must declare whether or not they will swim in our first dual meet against IMPERIAL OAKS at HOME by Tuesday, May 17.  We 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.

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

· 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.

 

We are looking forward to hosting our first dual meet!  All swimmers will need to be at the pool, checked in and ready to swim by 7:00 am.  We have first warm-up at 7:15 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!  

 

Important Information:

Meet entries:Coach Laura will review the meet entries for Saturday May 21. 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.

 

Cudas of the Week 05/09/16 to 05/14/16:

6 and Under Girl: Rebecca Christman, 6 & Under Boy: Maddox Lane

7-8 Girl: Grace Cannon, 7-8 Boy: Von Wilkerson

9-10 Girl: Abby Ewing, 9-10 Boy: Will LeBlanc

11-12 Girl: Brianna Lenard, 11-12 Boy: Jonathan Drescher

13-14 Girl: Louisa Ellison, 13-14 Boy: Hunter Irwin

15-18 Girl: Madison Cahal, 15-18 Boy: Dillon Mead

 

Junior Coach of the Week:  Annie LeBlanc & Grayson Bender

 

SWIM CLINICS: There is still room in our last Cuda clinic of the season. Please reserve your spot today!

Sunday May 22- 10:00-11:00 a.m. Barracuda Racing- technique work on all 4 strokes and turns, and racing skills

Clinic fees: $10 per clinic or $15 if you register for April 23 & May 22 (**). Payment is due at the first clinic. Payable by cash or check to the Northampton Cudas. No refunds will be given.

To register: E-mail [email protected]

Way to go CUDAS!

 

3rd ANNUAL SPRINT SIZZLER INVITATIONAL MEET                                                Co-Hosted by Northampton CUDAS!

JUNE 5-6, 2016- Klein Oak High School Pool

This invitational meet is optional. Your swimmer’s participation is encouraged by the Cudas as an additional opportunity to receive qualifying times for the end of season invitational meets. 

This Invitational Meet requires Qualifying times for all 12 & Under events. 

BONUS EVENTS - Swimmers that qualify for at least 2 events will be allowed to swim all additional events provided they have a legal time swum at a time trial or a sanctioned NWAL meet, the exceptions are the 50 Free and 100 IM for 10 & Under and the 100 Free and 100 IM for 11-12 year olds, you must have a Qualifying time to enter these events.

There are no qualifying times for 13 & Over events; all swimmers may compete in all events.

The Freestyle, Backstroke, Individual Medley events and the Freestyle Relays will be on Sunday afternoon, June 5, 2016.

The Butterfly, Breaststroke events and the Medley Relays will be held on Monday evening, June 6, 2016.

Every family that signs up to swim will be required to volunteer during the meet, this is an additional volunteer opportunity it does not count toward your required 8 volunteer credits.

There is a $5 fee per individual event your swimmer enters that will be payable by cash or check to the Northampton Cudas.

Please contact Kristi Davis – [email protected] – if you have any questions regarding eligibility.