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This Week
1/23 through 01/29
My apologies everyone for the late updates.
Practices
Practices are continuing throughout the week.
NAHS Boy's Varsity Basketball Game
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
The boys locker room will not be available. Please use the restrooms at the far end of the pool.
NAHS Girl's Varsity Basketball Game
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
The girls locker room will not be available. Please use the restrooms at the far end of the pool.
Upper Merion Aquatic Club Last Chance Meet
Saturday, January 28, 2012
You had to have registered with NAAC for this meet.
Download the flyer.
Warm-ups: 8 & U and 10 & U, 7:15 AM
Start: 8:30 AM
Warm-ups: 12 & U, 14 & U and Unlimited, 12:45 PM
Start: 2:00 PM
Upper Dublin Aquatic Club Last Chance Diving Invitational
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Download the flyer.
Announcements
Congratulations!
Congratulations to Katie Schaefer on her record swim at the Pennsbury Splash invitational. Katie's new NAAC record is for the 11/12, 50 Back, 30.32.
Meet Results
All meet results are now updated including the top time reports from the coaches. You can find them in the
Meet Information section.
Message from Coach Alex, Head Coach, Diving Team
I have been informed that I need to travel next week on business. I have arranged that we can dive with Upper Merion during their practice. Practice times next week are as follows:
Monday: 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Wednesday: 7:00 to 8:00 PM
Friday: I should be back in time for practice, but if I am not back, Upper Merion has time from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM. Please make sure that you can make practice, even though I will not be there.
Thanks.
Message from Coach Mike, Head Coach, Mini Team
Hope everyone enjoyed the weekend!
We had a very strong season and a lot of improvements this year. I wanted to thank you all for making the season so successful and for all the work you put in bringing your kids to practices and meets and a special thank you to those who volunteered in timing, being a deck parent, and anything else in support of NAAC.
I have a lot of updates as we close out the season, but if I missed anything, please let me know and I'll answer any questions.
Practices
We will be continuing to practice during our normal times. There are still a few meets (Invitationals) that several swimmers will be attending so if you have the time and your children are interested, we will continue to practice normally.
Invitationals
Division Champs are for the swimmers who do not make it to League Champs (Top 18 Times). These meets are optional but certainly encouraged if you are available. There will be ribbons and medals awarded depending on the result. You can start letting me know if your child will be going to Divisional Champs and what you would like them to swim. It is their choice as to what they would prefer to swim at Champs.
More details will be coming out as we get closer to the weekend.
Girls at Perkiomen Valley
Date: Sunday, February 5th, 2012
Warmups at 8:30 AM
Boys
This year, they will be on February 4 at Radnor.
I do not have a flyer for the Boys Division Championships, nor the time. My guess would be AM swim for the 8 and unders. I will reach out again when I have more concrete information.
Date: Saturday, February 4th, 2012
Reminder for the Aquafit Party on January 27th, 2012
This party is open to all 8 and unders regardless of permission slip or not. We are hoping everyone is able to attend and if you want to be part of the commercial, permission slips will be needed, but all are invited to the party. Also, have your kids start thinking about creative names for the Noodle Bars. We will have a contest to see who can come up with the most creative name and a prize
End-of-the-year Swim Banquet
Attached is the invitation to the 2011–2012 Awards Banquet. Reservations are required.
Please fill out the reservation portion:
Make check payable to NAAC and send payment and reservation form to:
Debbie D’Angelo 2804 Breckenridge Blvd. Trooper, PA 19403
Reservations deadline is February 3, 2012
Message from Coach Chris, Head Coach, Girls Team
For those of you that braved the weather, thank you for making the trip to Upper Moreland Middle school. We swam the meet with 28 swimmers from the 9 and up age groups. The meet was especially close and the team swam some great races. NAAC however came up short by 10 points.
Annie Calabro Swam up as 13 – 14 100 Breast
Caroline Alberti’s comeback in the 200 IM and 9 second drop in the 100 Free
Claire Jablonski’s exhibition 50 free to break 30 for the first time
Many others swam especially well with drops in time.
Those with 3 best times were:
Annie Alberti
Brianne Harrity
Claire Jablonski
And Jacey Mellon with 4 best time.
The meet this weekend is the Last chance meet which is an invitational that you must have signed up for to swim.
League Championship - Once I send the note out after the seed meeting, if your swimmers are not included on the League Champ roster, I need to know if your swimmer will be attending Division champs. If you want to select specific events for Champs you can send me your requests at that time.
Message from Coach Bruce, Head Coach, Boys Team
Boys,
Congratulations on another close win. It was definately a team
win and everyone made a contribution. There were some
real gutsy swims.
Dive Team Championships and Senior Lists
Please see the SAL website for important information about the upcoming Diving Championships and Senior lists
to date.
Final Boys Team Final Work Schedule
The final work schedule for the Boys Team is now posted. You can find it on the Parent Volunteer Opportunities page under Parent Information.
A Star is Born (or Perhaps Many Stars)!
Many of you may have noticed the new type of noodle the minis were using during practice. From Coach Mike, "They have helped us in teaching your kids in the water and have been a very effective tool to keep them streamline and work on body position. These noodles were developed and created by one of our swimmers relatives and she is getting ready to market them and fully develop a business plan to reach out to other teams, swimmers, fitness instructors, etc. She has asked our help in developing a commercial of our swim team using the noodles and being creative with them.
The plan would be to have some sort of "noodle"party on January 27th at NAHS around 7:00 PM. They would be filming the kids being creative and working together with the noodles. I think this will be a lot of fun for the kids and I'm sure they would be really excited!
If you would like your child to participate in the commercial, you MUST fill out the Release Form and bring it to the practice where we will be collecting it. If we do not receive a release form, your child will not be able to participate in the commercial."
This is for the Mini Team only. Please click here for additional information and click here to download the release form.
Swim Clinic
Extended Season
NAAC will be holding a swim clinic this year following the regular season. The clinic will be held Monday-Wednesday-Friday from 6:00-7:30PM and run February 13, 2012-March 23, 2012. It will cost $125.00 per swimmer.
To register
1. Put a check (made out to NAAC) into an envelope labeled “Extended Season - Swimmer Name(s)"
2. Bring that envelope to the pool and put it into the “Invitationals” mailbox (look for a small plastic box labeled “Invitationals”)
USA Swimming Meets
If you would like your swimmers to attend USS Swimming meets they can use the above time as their practice, but you need to SEPARATELY send in your registration for USS swimming membership for 2012. The registration must in by next week as the meets for January and February are already filling up. If you are interested in swimming USS please complete the below form and return to the Chris Loughlin with a check made out to NAAC for $60.00.
Download form here.
Chris Loughlin is plannnig on attending a few meets in January and February in hopes of swimmers making the Junior Olympics or Senior Champs in March. Qualifying times for JO’s from last year were as listed here. You can see the times are not easy to make, but are possible.
If you have any questions, please contact Chris Loughlin.
Invitationals
Please be sure to check Calendar and/or Invitational pages for upcoming Invitational meets. There are new Invitational procedures and a form. Please take a few minutes to review.
Locker Rooms and Practice Schedule during NAHS Home Games/Meets
Please check the NAHS Boys and Girls Varsity Basketball schedule. Locker rooms will not be available on those dates. Please use the restrooms at the far end of the pool. Also, please check the schedule for Boys/Girls Varsity Swimming. NAAC practice will not begin until the end of the swim meet, approximately 6:00 PM. No one will be allowed on the deck until the end of the meet. Please wait up in the balcony. You can download the sport schedules here. Reminders will also be posted in the This Week section.
For additional information: naacswim@gmail.com
