Monroe County YMCA-HTC Center Seadogs Swim Team

2010-08-16T19:43:00.000-07:00

Please visit our NEW WEBSITE at http://htcy.swim-team.us.

Registration begins August 17, 2010.

After today, this blog site will no longer be updated, check our website for current information!

Area Meet Results!

2010-03-21T20:12:00.000-07:00

Area Meet Results are posted at http://www.dcst.org/SubTabGeneric.jsp?team=isdcst&_stabid_=21400

Congrats to our 8 and under boys who were 5th overall in the Illinois/Missouri Area!!
Out of 50 teams, our boys were 22nd overall, and girls were 33rd. WOW!!! Out of 19 swimmers who qualified, 17 attended and 15 came home with at least one top 16 finish! What a great end to a great season! Andrew and I are so proud of the swimmers for our BEST SEASON YET!

Some outstanding top 8 swims this weekend:
Carter Nelson- 3rd place in 25 Fly, 4th place in 50 Free and 5th place in 25 Free
Aidan Knox- 2nd place in 25 Breaststroke
Maggie Parks- 7th place in 25 Free
8 and under boys Medley Relay- 4th place- Caleb Bahr, Aidan Knox, Carter Nelson and Eddie Heinen.

If you would like to pick up your child's medal, you may do so after 11a.m. Monday, March 22.

More info to come this week on an end of the season banquet!
I hope everyone arrived home safely and look forward to seeing you soon!

Signing off,
Coach Jenny

Go Seadogs!!

2010-03-06T03:58:00.000-08:00

Good luck today! All the swimmers have worked so hard this season! Andrew, Chris and I are very excited to see how the kids do today and tomorrow! See you at 7:45, West Pool lanes 7 and 8!

2010-03-03T05:39:00.001-08:00

Remember also that the top 16 finishers in each event on Saturday comes back to swim in the FINALS on Sunday!!!

2010-03-03T05:24:00.000-08:00

The new warm up schedule has been posted.
Our WHOLE team will warm up at 7:45 a.m. instead of splitting the 8 and unders apart from the rest of the team http://www.teamunify.com/mvsjcay/__doc__/Warm_Ups_Saturday.pdf. We will be in lanes 7 and 8 in the East pool.

Sunday we will warm up at 7:45 a.m. in lanes 7 and 8 in the West Pool http://www.teamunify.com/mvsjcay/__doc__/Warm_Ups_Sunday.pdf

The psych sheets are now posted! Looking pretty exciting for the Seadogs!!!!
9-10 and 11-12: https://www.teamunify.com/mvsjcay/__doc__/eastpoolpsychsheet.pdf
8 and under, 13-14 and 15 over: https://www.teamunify.com/mvsjcay/__doc__/westpoolpsychsheet.pdf

Heat sheets will be posted tomorrow morning for Saturday. Don't forget to print off a copy of it as they will NOT be selling them this weekend.

See you at practice tonight!

District Meet Information

2010-03-02T08:34:00.000-08:00

Meet Packet: http://www.teamunify.com/mvsjcay/__doc__/2010DistrictPacket.pdf

Google Map of pool location: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Hitt+St+%26+E+Rollins+St,+Columbia,+MO+65201&om=1

Timer Assignments- we need to provide 2 timers on Saturday, please let me know if you would like to time first or second shift.

Warm ups:
Saturday: 9 and over- 7:45-8:15a.m., Lanes 7 and 8, East pool. 8 and unders- 8:15-8:35a.m. Lane 5, West Pool http://www.teamunify.com/mvsjcay/__doc__/WarmUpsSaturday.pdf

Sunday: 9 and over- 7:45-8:15a.m., Lanes 7 and 8, Diving Well. 8 and unders- 8:15-8:35 a.m. Lane 5, East Pool http://www.teamunify.com/mvsjcay/__doc__/WarmupsSunday.pdf

Saturday Heat Sheets: http://www.teamunify.com/TabGeneric.jsp?_tabid_=20533&team=mvsjcay Click on "Heat Sheets". They will NOT be selling heat sheets on Saturday, but they will on Sunday. I will be able to print and bring a few with me in case you forget to print yours!

February 26- Change/Mark your Calendar!

2010-02-08T16:26:00.001-08:00

We will have the intersquad meet originally scheduled for 2/27 on FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26 during practice in order to not interfere with the youth basketball league on Saturday.

WARM UPS will be at 4:30 p.m., Meet will start no later than 5 p.m. Following the meet we will have a team potluck! All swimmers will sit on the pool deck to cheer on their team mates during the meet. We will need 19 timers, 2 people to organize the kids in their events, 1 runner, 1 computer person. Please let me know what you would like to volunteer for! We will swim the events combined in gender and age group where possible so the swimmers will have as much competition as possible.
What to bring to the potluck:
Families with last names starting with:
A-D: Appetizer
E-G: Salad Dish
H-M: Pasta Dish
N-S: Dessert
T-Z: Bread
The YMCA will provide drinks!

Snow Day!

2010-02-08T16:25:00.000-08:00

Just a reminder that if COLUMBIA school calls off we will not have practice.

Area Meet Packet Now Available!

2010-01-27T10:00:00.000-08:00

http://www.ilmoymcaswimming.org/2010AreaMeet/2010%20Area%20Packet.pdf

District Meet Packet Now Available!

2010-01-26T07:45:00.000-08:00

https://www.teamunify.com/mvsjcay/__doc__/2010DistrictPacket.FinalCopy.pdf

Here is a link to the District Meet packet. For this meet the coaches will choose the swimmers events. In the past the YMCA has covered the entry fees for the meet, however this year they are charging a $12 per swimmer surcharge. If each swimmer could cover the $12 surcharge, the YMCA will pay the individual fees. This comes out of our fundraising account.

Remember, Area times must be achieved at the District Meet, and all swimmers must have been on the team prior to Nov. 30 and have swam at 3 meets to participate in the District and Area Meets.

No practice 1/8/10

2010-01-08T09:46:00.000-08:00

Due to the weather, there will be no practice tonight!
See you Sunday!

St. Charles Meet UPDATE

2009-12-14T07:59:00.000-08:00

St. Charles has moved warm up times to 1 p.m. They are hosting us and Kirkwood Webster, so it shouldn't be too long (I'm guessing around 4 hours). Be sure to check out all that St. Charles has to offer- http://www.historicstcharles.com/visitors.aspx. This time of year they have a skating rink down on the riverfront and lots of holiday activities on Main Street.

Party Lite Fundraiser

2009-12-14T07:54:00.000-08:00

The Party Lite candles have been shipped! I just received mine via UPS a few minutes ago! Everyone should have theirs very soon!

This weekend's practice

2009-11-25T08:03:00.000-08:00

I will be in Dallas, TX for Thanksgiving weekend... Tonight's practice will be led by Hilltopper's Salle Plunkett (THANKS SALLE!).
There will be NO PRACTICE on Friday.
We will have practice on Sunday, however I will not be there. (I reminded the kids to take it easy on Andrew!) :)

I hope everyone has a safe and happy Thanksgiving. See you all on Tuesday!

CRCY Christmas Classic Dec. 11-13

2009-11-20T07:04:00.000-08:00

Entry forms are in your mailboxes for the Christmas Classic in Centralia.
Information on the meet can be found at http://www.teamunify.com/oscrc/__doc__/2009ChristmasClassic_1_.pdf

Please have events and entry fees turned in by 11/29!

Saturday's Meet

2009-11-19T07:50:00.001-08:00

Warm ups are at 2 p.m. on Saturday! Please arrive 15-20 minutes early. Events and directions are in your mailboxes!
See you at practice tomorrow!

Merchandise orders- Due Dec. 1!

2009-11-19T07:48:00.001-08:00

If anyone is interested in ordering Seadogs "gear" (t-shirts, sweatshirts, etc.) please have orders turned in to me by Dec. 1! What a great idea for Christmas! Order forms are in your mail boxes!

West County Swim Meet- Nov. 21

2009-11-11T11:45:00.000-08:00

Today is the deadline to sign up for the West County swim meet. There are no entry fees for this meet, and Andrew and I will be choosing the events they will be swimming. Warm up time has been changed to 2 p.m. Please sign up for class number 34704 by stopping by the Y or calling the front desk at 281-9622 (or online!).

Have a great day!

Results from Great Gobbler Meet

2009-11-09T09:05:00.001-08:00

I am SO proud of how well the kids swam this weekend! I have a really nice bag full of medals and ribbons to give to the kids at practice tomorrow!
Results will be posted on the bulletin board and I will have their times converted back to "Yard" times.
Don't forget- No practice Friday, Nov. 13 and Team Pictures are on Sunday, Nov. 15.
The next swim meet is Nov. 21 at the West County YMCA, sign up by Wednesday, Nov. 11!!!

Online Registration for Swim Meets

2009-11-05T08:29:00.000-08:00

Here is a link to register online for swim meets.
http://memberlink.ymcaswil.org/RegOnline/RegOnline.jsp

When you arrive at this link, make sure you select Monroe County HTC Center for branch, Aquatics for Department, and Current for session. This pulls up all of Fall II classes, if you skip to page 8 and scroll down you will find the swim meets.

Thanks!

Pictures

2009-11-03T12:27:00.000-08:00

If anyone has pictures from this season so far please email them to me at jeggleston@ymcaswil.org! I have sent information to the newspaper and they would like some photos to include with an article! I would also like to have some on file to have ready for a slide show for our end of the season banquet.
Thanks!

National Meet Results!!!!!

2009-11-02T18:11:00.001-08:00

Hi everyone!
The national meet results are posted!
Here’s how our kids did: http://www.ymcacompetitiveswim.org/YMCAVirtualMeetReports.asp?A=LB&T=1746
Here’s the top 24 in each event: http://www.ymcacompetitiveswim.org/YMCAVirtualMeetReports.asp?A=M4
Here are the Relay Results (top 24): http://www.ymcacompetitiveswim.org/YMCAVirtualMeetReports.asp?A=M4

A BIG CONGRATULATIONS to our 10 and under Girls Medley Relay who placed 6th (Brooke Mason; Whitney Edwards; Remy Heinen; Emma Baedke) 10 and under Boys Free Relay who placed 12th (Aeden Stanley; Connor Flack; Nick Bahr; Liam Knox)

Way to go’s to Carter Nelson who placed 33rd in the 10 and under 50 Free and 65th in the 50 Backstroke. Liam Knox placed 38th in the 50 free and 71st in the 100 IM. Hayden Erpenbach placed 65th and Nick Bahr placed 96th in the 10 and under 50 Butterfly. Amy Rzepczynski placed 74th in the 13-14 100 Breaststroke. WOW! 5 swimmers in the top 100!

209 Teams participated- and the Seadogs tied for 72nd place! Overall 10,994 athletes competed! They are still finalizing the results so this is all preliminary- but still very impressive!!! A big THANK YOU again to all of our volunteers and parents for making our part of the National Invitational meet possible!!

National Meet results posted!

2009-11-02T16:23:00.001-08:00

The national meet results are posted!!
Check them out at: http://www.ymcacompetitiveswim.org/YMCAVirtualMeetReports.asp

They only posted the top 24 in each event, but if you click on Reports by Team and select Monroe County YMCA you can select your swimmer and find out how they did!

I can't wait to go through and see how we did!!

Warm up times for Great Gobbler Games

2009-11-02T16:16:00.000-08:00

Hi all!
Hope you all had a great Halloween and are getting over the sugar highs!
Warmups on Saturday, Nov. 7 are at 11:30 a.m. (We are in lane 3)
Sunday, Nov. 8 at 8:30 a.m. (Lane 1)

We need to provide 2 timers on Saturday and 1 timer on Sunday. Please let me know if you can help out!

Plan to arrive 20 minutes prior to warm ups to get situated and ready to go!

Thanks,
Coach Jenny

T-30

2009-10-29T08:43:00.000-07:00

Last night at practice the kids swam a T-30. The point of this was to see how far they can swim freestyle in 30 minutes. With these results, we will be able to customize sprint work outs based on what each childs average time per 100 yards was. We will do this once every 4-6 weeks and we will track the progress of each swimmer. Andrew, Ryan and I were very impressed with how well the kids did- and that most of them were able to keep track of their yardage!

Welcome Assistant Coach Ryan Sexton

2009-10-28T11:32:00.001-07:00

Please join me in welcoming Ryan Sexton to our coaching staff! Ryan swam and played water polo for Lindbergh High School and graduated in 2009. Ryan also swam for FAST and Sunset Hills and hopes to be coaching for Sunset Hills this summer. Ryan has been working as a fitness attendant at the Monroe County YMCA for the last few months. You may have seen Ryan on deck last night at practice!

Great Gobbler Games 2009 Meet Entries

2009-10-28T10:37:00.000-07:00

Meet entries are in the mailboxes! Entry fees will be billed to each family due to the unique set up of the meet. The St. Charles YMCA pool is a METER pool and entry times have been converted to meter times (so don't be alarmed when you see a slower time). After the meet all times will be converted back to yard times.

Fundraising- Candle Orders

2009-10-28T09:10:00.000-07:00

Please turn any Party Lite orders in to me by Friday. Your order will be shipped directly to you to distribute. Checks can be made out to the YMCA.
Thank you to Crystal Schultz for helping us get started with this fundraiser!

Apparel Order

2009-10-28T09:03:00.000-07:00

The Seadogs Apparel Order has arrived!
If you missed out on the first order that's ok- additional orders will be accepted through December 1st and will be in on time for your Holiday Gift Giving!

Virtual Meet Info

2009-10-28T09:01:00.000-07:00

The National Virtual Meet results will be posted on www.ymcaswimminganddiving.org. I have been checking daily, but have not seen the results posted yet!

Welcome!

2009-10-28T08:02:00.000-07:00

Hello!
Welcome to the Seadogs Swim Team Blog! I've never blogged before, but I thought this would be a great way to keep in touch with all the parents and swimmers. As I learn to do this, I will be posting updates, calendars, upcoming dates, etc.! I am hoping this will continue to strengthen our communication and maybe lessen the amount of emails you get from me in your inbox!
Be sure to check this blog at least a couple times a week to keep informed about Swim Team!
(I think I can even post files, pictures and videos... I'm not the most computer savvy person so this will be a learning experience)!
Have a great day and see you at practice!

Coach Jenny