Congratulations to the Northampton Cudas on their success at Time Trials!  The swimmers look great and are getting ready to race against WINDROSE- AWAY- Saturday May 14th!   Thank you to all of our hard working Assistant Coaches, Volunteers, and Junior Coaches that help make this team GREAT!

 

SWIM MEETS:  All swimmers must declare whether or not they will swim in our first dual meet against WINDROSEby Tuesday, May 10.  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.

· 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.

 

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

USA meets: The official start to the NWAL season is Thursday May 12. USA swimmers participating in NWAL meets ARE NOT allowed to participate in ANY USA swim meet until the end of June. If you do you will not be allowed to swim the rest of the NWAL season and future seasons. The NWAL rule states: A registered NWAL swimmer who participates in any USA meet during the NWAL season is ineligible for ANY further NWAL competition in the current and future season unless reinstated by the NWAL Board.

However, you can continue to practice only with your USA swim team (if applicable) during the NWAL season.

 

Meet entries:  Coach Laura will review the meet entries for Saturday May 14. 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.

Cuda of the Week 05/02/16 to 05/07/16:

6 and Under Girl: Allyson Marks, 6 & Under Boy: Gabriel Wilganowski

7-8 Girl: Jamie Little, 7-8 Boy: Calvin Johnston

9-10 Girl: Ana Cunningham, 9-10 Boy: Jonah Marquez

11-12 Girl: Athena Clark, 11-12 Boy: Dalton Henkes

13-14 Girl: Kaitlyn Goodell, 13-14 Boy: Colby Ward

15-18 Girl: Anna Barnett, 15-18 Boy: Micah Overland

 

Junior Coach of the Week:

Jessica Davis and Jeremy Laird

 

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!