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Sunday, October 10, 2021

News & This Week's Schedule

2019 Blue/Gold Alumni (l to r): Bobby Button, Keith Hill, Neal Holden, Kory Ashcraft, Blake Holden, Andrew Medina

Alumni News

Blackcat Hall of Famer Keith Hill ('92) is the 2021 United States Masters Swimming 45-49 200 meter Butterfly National Champion! Hill held off the top seed to win the title yesterday by just .27!

Going into today's final session, Keith has earned medals each time he's hit the water. He and his teammates from New Albany, Ohio won the 200 medley relay and are in 4th place in team standings.

We're hoping Keith and many of our alumni can join us for this year's Blue/Gold/Alumni meet on Saturday, October 23rd (9:00 warm-up, 10:00 start) as we kick off the 2021-22 season.

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Junior High

We had a short athlete/parent meeting last week for our junior high program. Full practices officially begin on Monday, October 18th. We'll run some shorter practices this week, so pay close attention to the schedule below! Also, make sure athletes are "green" in RankOne, meaning all paperwork (physical, medical history, etc.) is up to date!

Note: Junior high athletes who are in a sport - remember that you are committed to that sport! Keep going to your practices and giving all you've got to your coaches and teammates! Swimming will be here after football, volleyball, cross country, etc. Take care of business and finish what you started!

If you know 7th & 8th graders who would like to swim/dive for the Panthers this year, but missed out on the meeting, please share our sportsYou code (below) with them so they'll be able to get in touch with us ASAP:

3HJZ-USQS

Grades

I'll be getting together with any athlete who didn't pass all classes in the first six week grading period.

Since the Blue/Gold/Alumni meet is an exhibition (scrimmage/practice), eligibility is not an issue for that date. However, anyone with a failing grade on their report card will not regain eligibility unless they're passing all classes at the next progress report date.

If we're striving for A's & B's in ALL classes, we should NEVER be worried about JUST passing, should we?

Want to be an Academic All-American someday? Start getting high A's NOW! Seniors can earn Academic A-A honors based on their first seven (7) semesters of high school work, so get busy on your school work so you can earn that special plaque. We've had three (3) in just the last four years!

Pumpkins

Please remember to ask Mrs. Button about the potentially pleasant pumpkin painting project.

This Week

Although students have the day off Monday, many are in town!

Friday, high school athletes agreed on a morning workout that should produce the best practice turnout. If weather puts a damper on that plan, I'll be at the pool in the afternoon with Mrs. Button for diving practice, so that will serve as a make-up for the swim practice if schedules permit.

Junior high athletes should feel free to join us for either time.

Monday

HS Swim: 7-8:30 a.m. (JH option)

HS Dive: 3:30-5 p.m. (HS Swim make-up, JH option)

Tuesday

HS Swim/Dive: 8th & after school until 4:30

Wednesday

HS Swim/Dive: 8th & after school until 4:30

JH Swim/Dive option: after school until 4:30

Thursday

HS: 8th to Gym

HS Swim/Dive option: after school until 4:30

Friday

HS: 8th to B228

HS Swim/Dive option: after school until 4:30

JH Swim/Dive option: after school until 4:30

Believe Me Now?

Great stuff from our buddy Eddie Reese:

Sunday, November 8, 2020

Racing Back-to-Back-to-Back

This week:

Monday

HS - 8th period Dry-land (B) & Swim/Dive after school until 5:00 p.m.

JH - Swim/Dive after school until 5:00 p.m.

Tuesday

HS - 8th period Dry-land (A) & Swim/Dive after school until 5:00 p.m.

Wednesday

HS - 8th period Dry-land (B) & Swim/Dive after school until 5:00 p.m.

JH - Swim/Dive after school until 5:00 p.m.

Thursday

HS - 8th period Dry-land (A) & Swim/Dive after school until 5:00 p.m.

Friday

Early Dismissal - Practice TBA

Saturday

HS Time Trials w/Wharton - Set-up/Warm-up 8:00, Start 9:00

JH Time Trials - Warm-up 10:30*, Start 11:00*

*Estimates! JH warm-up starts after HS clears facility.

Sunday, October 18, 2020

Unpacking

There's a lot to unpack here, so let's get started!

First, we've been going in a lot of different directions lately. Let's standardize the way we'll make our communications work going forward so we can all be on the same page.

The last item on your "Swimming/Diving: #TBW" handout says:

Be where you're supposed to be when you're supposed to be there doing what you're supposed to be doing!

I'd like to think we're all doing that, but I cannot be in multiple places at once to monitor y'all when you're unable to be with our group.

From here on out, if you need to miss things like a swim practice for physics tutorial, robotics meeting for a swim meet, swim practice for a soccer game, a band practice for a diving competition, etc.:

YOU need to communicate schedule conflicts to your teachers, sponsors, and/or coaches in advance,
YOU should politely ASK permission to alter schedules and/or attend the higher-level event (competitions over practices/meetings), and
YOU should politely ASK that the teacher, sponsor, and/or coach send notification on your whereabouts (written note, text, or email).

We have not been keeping Coach Williams informed. I should be letting him know when one of his players misses a basketball practice to work on his diving. That's got to change on our end, right?

On the other hand, J.D.P. brought me a written message from a teacher Friday that noted where he'd been and why he was late for practice. Bravo! That's the way it's supposed to be done!!

Let's make sure we work with all our school's teachers, sponsors, and coaches! We've got to make certain each knows how much we value their efforts and cooperation.

This Week

We are still in the "Make three (3) practices per week," early part of our training season, but are offering five (5) practice options for those who want more. We'll start the "Make five (5) practices per week," regular training season soon, but will offer a Saturday option for those who want still more.

Monday

8th Period - A Day Dryland