These teams practice and compete through the last week in July.
Swim team usually practices Mon-Fri from 7:30 - 10:30 am.
Dive team usually practices Mon-Fri from 8:30-10:00 am.
Check with the coaches for more specifics concerning practices and competitions.
Swim Team - Don Lutomski: dlutom@charter.net
Dive Team - Barry Hartley: sonofsailr@charter.net or shadescliff@att.net
There is an additional fee to join the swim and/or dive team.
For those who have not registered yet, attached is the registration form and waiver form. Please complete a registration form for each swimmer. Each family has to complete the waiver form, please list all the swimmers on the waiver form. These forms can be brought to the first practice you attend. Also attached is the meet schedule. We are in Division 2 this year, which means we will be swimming against teams our size. This is a good thing, meets won't last as long and we will be on an equal footing.
We will have 3 home meets. This is where we need parent help. We will need timers, clerk of course, runners, concessions, scorers, place judges and officials. It takes a good bit of support to run a meet. Please consider volunteering to help in one of these areas.
Practices will begin for S (Shades) and C (Cliff) groups on Wed, Thursday and Friday of this week, May 19-21.
S Group: 5:00-5:45 pm, C Group: 5:45-6:30 pm.
The following week we will add Guppies to the mix. Practices for all groups will be Mon (May 24), Tue. (May 25) and Thursday (May 27).
Guppies will be at 4:30 -5:00
S Group will be 5:00 – 5:45
C Group will be 5:45 – 6:30.
Morning practices will begin Tuesday, June 1.
C Group 7:30-9
S Group 9-10:00
Guppies 10:00-10:30
You can register at any of these practices.
**Which practice is right for you?
Guppies: are our younger swimmers, ages 4-8 (ish). We concentrate on learning all 4 competitive strokes, diving, starts and finishes. This group is ideal for younger or newer swimmers. We have very low distance/practice.
S group: Usually ages 7 (ish) to 11 (ish). We work on the 4 strokes, starts, finishes, flipturns and technique. We do a moderate level of distance, usually 1000-1500 meters/practice.
C Group: Our advanced swimmers, or 12 & older. Good grasp on all four strokes, technique and mechanics. We do a higher level of distance, beginning at 1500 meters/practice, ending at 3000 (ish) meters/practice.
Thank you for participating in the Shades Cliff Swim Team. This year should be a good and fun year.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Don