Splash-n-Dash Week

 

Attendance standings through week six:

Girls

1 - Victoria S - 21/25 - 84.0%

2 - Megan M - 20/25 - 80.0%

3 - Kayla V - 5/9 - 55.6%

4T - Lucie F - 13/25 - 52.0%

4T - Cali M - 13/25 - 52.0%

4T - Kaydence S - 13/25 - 52.0%

Team - 85/134 - 63.4%

Boys

1T - Jomar B - 23/25 - 92.0%

1T - Ashton R - 23/25 - 92.0%

3 - Michael V - 18/25 - 72.0%

4 - De'Auvion M - 17/25 - 68.0%

5 - Sergio R - 13/25 - 52.0%

6 - Colby M - 7/16 - 43.8%

7 - Felix R - 3/9 - 33.3%

Team - 104/150 - 69.3%

Combined - 129/244 - 66.5%

 

Notes & Reminders

 

If you are having issues with equipment (paddles, snorkels, etc.) or other items (suit ties, goggles straps, dry-land clothes, etc.), let's get that taken care of BEFORE practice.  Try to give me or a teammate a heads up so we can help you out.  We have plenty of options - don't wait until we're starting a set to say something!

 

Taking care of business in the classroom helps you and your teammates.  Don't put off school work until it becomes an emergency and "forces" you to miss practices!  Be proactive - turn off your phone, pay attention in class, do assignments ahead of time, get help ahead of time, study for tests/quizzes, etc.  When you're not at practice, you're not improving...and you might not be traveling to the next meet...

We travel to Alief on the 5th for the Alief Fr/So Invitational.  Make sure you are taking care of business - attending practice & taking care of academics - so you can accompany us!

 

Planning our annual Splash-n-Dash for Thursday, the 3rd.

We'll have updated dry-land routines this this week.

 

This Week

 

Bus to pool daily Monday-Thursday for 8th period.  Have your dry-land clothes & suits!

Monday

8th Period - Stretch/Run/Swim/Underwater Video

After School - Swim until 5:00 p.m.

Halloween Special & Award Special Edition Blackcat Cap

Tuesday

8th Period - Stretch, Dry-Land Set-Up, Dry-Land "A" Day, Dry-Land Take-Down

After School - Swim until 5:00 p.m.

Wednesday

8th Period - Stretch, Dry-Land Set-Up, Dry-Land "B" Day, Dry-Land Take-Down/Alief Fr/So Invite Travel Info

After School - Swim until 5:00 p.m.

Thursday

8th Period - Splash-n-Dash/Round-Up Relays Entries

After School - Swim until 5:00 p.m.

Friday

8th Period - B228

Pep Rally

After School - Swim until 5:00 p.m.

 

Saturday

 

Alief Fr/So Invitational

 

Quote of the Week

 

If you have men who will only come if they know

there is a good road, I don't want them.  I want

men who will come if there is no road at all.

David Livingstone

LCISD Invite Timers

 

Lamar CISD is hosting a 5A and under invitational Saturday.  We're being asked to provide a couple of timers for the meet.

Since we got such great support from visiting parents at our relay invite last weekend, let's help them out!

Please click on the link below to sign up to time at the meet.

Instructions on how to check in at the meet, where to go, etc. are on the link page as well.

Thanks in advance!

Timer Sign-Up for LCISD 5A & Under Invite

Weekly Schedule & Notes

 

Attendance standings through week five:

Girls

1 - Victoria S - 18/21 - 85.7%

2 - Megan M - 17/21 - 81.0%

3 - Kayla V - 5/9 - 55.6%

4 - Cali M - 11/21 - 52.4%

5 - Kaydence S - 10/21 - 47.6%

6 - Lucie F - 9/21 - 42.9%

Team - 70/114 - 61.4%

Boys

1 - Ashton R - 20/21 - 95.2%

2 - Jomar B - 19/21 - 90.5%

3 - Michael V - 16/21 - 76.2%

4 - De'Auvion M - 15/21 - 71.4%

5 - Colby M - 7/16 - 43.8%

7 - Sergio R - 9/21 - 42.9%

6 - Felix R - 3/9 - 33.3%

Team - 89/130 - 68.5%

Combined - 129/244 - 65.2%

 

Notes & Reminders

 

Taking care of business in the classroom helps you and your teammates.  Don't put off school work until it becomes an emergency and "forces" you to miss practices!  Be proactive - turn off your phone, pay attention in class, do assignments ahead of time, get help ahead of time, study for tests/quizzes, etc.  When you're not at practice, you're not improving...and you might not be traveling to the next meet...

We travel to Rosenberg on the 29th for the Lamar CISD 5A & Under Invitational.  Make sure you are taking care of business - attending practice & taking care of academics - so you can accompany us!

 

Planning our annual Splash-n-Dash for the first week of November.

 

This Week (maybe this will be more accurate than last week's)

Bus to pool daily for 8th period.  Have your dry-land clothes & suits!

Monday

8th Period - Stretch/Run/Swim

After School - Swim until 5:00 p.m.

Award Special Edition Blackcat Caps

Tuesday

8th Period - Stretch, Dry-Land Set-Up, Dry-Land "B" Day, Dry-Land Take-Down

After School - Swim until 5:00 p.m.

Wednesday

8th Period - Stretch/Run/LCISD Invite Travel Info/Issue Warm-ups, Alief Fr/So Invite Entries

After School - Swim until 5:00 p.m.

Thursday

8th Period - Stretch, Dry-Land Set-Up, Dry-Land "A" Day, Dry-Land Take-Down

After School - Swim until 5:00 p.m.

Friday

8th Period - Stretch/Run/Swim

After School - Swim until 5:00 p.m.

 

Saturday

 

LCISD 5A & Under Invitational

 

 

Quote of the Week

 

Do you want to be safe and good, or do

you want to take a chance and be great?

James William "Jimmy" Johnson

Relay Meet Helpers

 

Volunteers,

We'll need "All Hands on Deck" at tomorrow's Bay City Relay Invite!

We expect an eight-school meet which means we will have our hands full staffing our concession stand, handling timing duties, and scoring the meet.

Please help us out.

Athletes should report by 8:00 a.m. so we can remove tarps, set up chairs/scorer table, line out timer watches/clipboards/sheets, etc.

A few volunteers can help us out around 8:30 a.m. with concession/coaches' hospitality set-up.

If timers can report by 9:45 a.m., we'll get them situated so we can get the meet started on time at 10:00 a.m.

Since there's a parade in town, being a little on the early side might work out best!

If all goes as planned, we expect the meet to wrap up around noon.

Thanks in advance for all you do for our athletes - and coaches!

Swimcerely,

Button

Friday Changes

 

Friday

 

8th Period - B228

Pep Rally

After School - Swim until 5:00

Heater Update & Wednesday Changes

 

The pool heater has been down for a while.  We managed to survive practice yesterday, but last night's overnight low means we'll not swim today.

Progressive (Houston company contracted by City of Bay City for pool repairs) pulled the heater circulating pump on October 7.

They had told Mark it was expected to be back last week.

Yesterday they texted him that they were waiting on parts, then said it would need to be replaced and that they'd be here Thursday.

Wednesday

8th Period - Stretch, Dry-land Set-up, Dry-land "A" Day, Dry-land Tear-down, Run

After School Until 4:30 - Install Tarps

Tuesday Changes

 

Tuesday

8th Period - Dress out & report to Mrs. Button ASAP

After School - Swim until 5:00 p.m.

Bay City Relay Invite Week (updated)

 

Attendance standings through the fourth week of the regular practice schedule:

Girls

1T - Megan M - 14/16 - 87.5%

1T - Victoria S - 14/16 - 87.5%

3 - Cali M - 10/16 - 62.5%

4 - Kaydence S - 9/16 - 56.3%

5 - Kayla V - 5/9 - 55.6%

6 - Lucie F - 6/16 - 37.5%

Team - 58/89 - 65.2%

Boys

1 - Jomar B - 16/16 - 100%

2 - Ashton R - 15/16 - 93.8%

3 - De'Auvion M - 13/16 - 81.3%

4 - Michael V - 12/16 - 75.0%

5 - Colby M - 7/16 - 43.8%

6 - Felix R - 3/9 - 33.3%

7 - Sergio R - 5/16 - 31.3%

Team - 71/105 - 67.6%

Combined - 129/194 - 66.5%

 

Notes & Reminders

 

Our Bay City Relay Invitational is scheduled for Saturday.  We'll be asking for parent help in meet operations, coaches' hospitality, and concessions.

Community Pep Rally is tomorrow night!

We travel to Rosenberg on the 28th (diving) & 29th (swimming) for the Lamar CISD 5A & Under Invitational.  Make sure you are taking care of business - attending practice & taking care of academics - so you can accompany us!

Manvel HS is NOT hosting their Nov. 18 Turkey Bowl Invite this year, so that meet is OFF the schedule.

 

This Week

Monday

8th Period - Stretch, Dry-Land Set-Up, Dry-Land "B" Day, Dry-Land Take-Down

After School - Swim until 5:00 p.m.

 

BCISD Community Pep Rally (please report to high school gym no later than 5:45 p.m.)

Tuesday

8th Period - Stretch, Dry-Land Set-Up, Dry-Land "A" Day, Dry-Land Take-Down

After School - Swim until 5:00 p.m.

Wednesday

8th Period & After School - Swim until 5:00 p.m.

Thursday

8th Period - Stretch, Dry-Land Set-Up, Dry-Land "B" Day, Dry-Land Take-Down

After School - Swim until 5:00 p.m.

Friday

8th Period - Stretch, Dry-Land Set-Up, Dry-Land "A" Day, Dry-Land Take-Down

After School - Swim until 5:00 p.m.

 

Saturday

 

Bay City Relay Invitational

 

8:00 - Meet Set-up

9:00 - Meet Warm-up

10:00 - Meet Start

Quote of the Week

 

If you find a path with no obstacles,

it probably doesn't lead anywhere.

 

Frank A. Clark

Updates

 

 

Attendance standings through the third week of the regular practice schedule:

Girls

1T - Megan M - 11/13 - 84.6%

1T - Victoria S - 11/13 - 84.6%

3 - Cali M - 9/13 - 69.2%

4 - Kaydence S - 8/13 - 61.5%

5 - Kayla V - 5/9 - 55.6%

6 - Lucie F - 6/13 - 46.2%

Team - 50/74 - 67.6%

Boys

1 - Jomar B - 13/13 - 100%

2 - Ashton R - 12/13 - 92.3%

3 - De'Auvion M - 11/13 - 84.6%

4 - Michael V - 9/13 - 69.2%

5T - Colby M - 5/13 - 38.5%

5T - Sergio R - 5/13 - 38.5%

6 - Felix R - 3/9 - 33.3%

Team - 58/87 - 66.7%

Combined - 108/161 - 67.1%

Combined is still climbing...

 

Notes & Reminders

 

Thursday is cross country district championships and I have an out-of-town doctor appointment that afternoon, so neither coach will be available.  I plan to be back in time for club practice, so a 5:00-7:00 p.m. workout will be optional that day.

 

Mark says Progressive (company the City of Bay City contracts for pool maintenance) is working on the pool heater circulation pump and expects it back sometime this week.  We continue to be at the mercy of others - and the weather.  Covering the pool now would not allow us the daytime gains that offset the nighttime losses - unless we had a city crew to uncover the pool each morning...

Blue/Gold/Alumni Meet will be Saturday, October 15.  Tentative rosters are:

Blue

Sarah A

Matthew B

Lucie F*

Colby M

De’Auvion M

Chris P

Sergio R

Kaydence S

Faith V

Glory V

Michael V*

 

Gold

Kory A

Jomar B*

Cali M

Megan M*

Ashton R

Andrew R

Brooke R

Traci R

Ian R

Hannah S

Victoria S

Jordan W

 

*Captains

Our Bay City Relay Invitational is scheduled for the 22nd.

We travel to Rosenberg on the 28th (diving) & 29th (swimming) for the Lamar CISD 5A & Under Invitational.  Make sure you are taking care of business - attending practice & taking care of academics - so you can accompany us!

 

This Week

Tuesday

8th Period - Stretch, Dry-Land Set-Up, Dry-Land "B" Day, Dry-Land Take-Down

After School - Swim until 5:00 p.m., captains will work w/their teams for about a half hour

Wednesday

8th Period - Stretch, Dry-Land Set-Up, Dry-Land "A" Day, Dry-Land Take-Down

After School - Swim until 5:00 p.m., captains will work w/their teams for about a half hour

Thursday

8th Period - Meet in B228 for Pursley Pep Talk Assignments

After School - No after school practice (see note above)

Friday

8th Period - Stretch, Dry-Land Set-Up, Dry-Land "B" Day, Dry-Land Take-Down

After School - Swim until 5:00 p.m., captains will work w/their teams for about a half hour

 

Saturday

 

Blue/Gold/Alumni Meet (check w/captains for more info)

 

 

 

 

Quote of the Week

 

If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

 

Attendance, Notes, & The Week(s) Ahead

 Attendance

Here are the attendance standings through the second week of the regular practice schedule:

Girls

1T - Megan M - 8/9 - 88.9%

1T - Victoria S - 8/9 - 88.9%

3 - Cali M - 7/9 - 77.8%

4 - Kaydence S - 6/9 - 66.7%

5 - Kayla V - 5/9 - 55.6%

6 - Lucie F - 3/9 - 33.3%

Team - 37/54 - 68.5%

Boys

1T - Jomar B - 9/9 - 100%

1T - Ashton R - 9/9 - 100%

3 - De'Auvion M - 7/9 - 77.8%

4 - Michael V - 6/9 - 66.7%

5T - Colby M - 3/9 - 33.3%

5T - Felix R - 3/9 - 33.3%

5T - Sergio R - 3/9 - 33.3%

Team - 40/63 - 63.5%

Combined - 77/117 - 65.8%

An overall improvement over last week, but...

Notes & Reminders

This week we'll issue snorkels, paddles, anti-paddles, drag suits, and a surprise that's

All-New for the 2022-23 Season!

 

Will you be "Former Aggie Alia Atkinson World Record-like surprised?"  Probably not...

Blue/Gold/Alumni Meet will be Saturday, October 15.

Our Bay City Relay Invitational is scheduled for the 22nd.

We travel to Rosenberg on the 28th (diving) & 29th (swimming) for the Lamar CISD 5A & Under Invitational.

This Week

Monday*

8th Period - Meet in B228 to choose Blue/Gold squads & assign meet operations duties

After School - Swim until 5:00 p.m.

Tuesday

8th Period - Stretch, Dry-Land Set-Up, Dry-Land "B" Day, Dry-Land Take-Down

After School - Swim until 5:00 p.m., captains will work w/their teams for about a half hour

Wednesday

8th Period - Stretch, Dry-Land Set-Up, Dry-Land "A" Day, Dry-Land Take-Down

After School - Swim until 5:00 p.m., captains will work w/their teams for about a half hour

Thursday

8th Period - Meet in B228 for Pursley Pep Talk Assignments

After School - No after school practice due to faculty meeting

Friday*

8th Period - Meet in B228 for Pursley Pep Talk Assignments

Pep Rally

After School - Swim until 5:00 p.m.

*Bus riders take after school Route 6 Shuttle to BCJH

Quote of the Week

 

Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one

less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

Robert Lee Frost