e-mail, twitter etc

FRESHMAN!!!! (and all others)

GET IN THE HABIT OF CHECKING YOUR E-MAILS ON A DAILY BASIS...ACTUALLY, A FEW TIMES A DAY.  

WE ALSO HAVE A TWITTER FEED FOR SWIMMING...
lcseaglesswim  @lcseaglesswim98

YOU ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL NOW...WE ARE NOT HOLDING YOUR HAND

Holiday Practice Schedule

Please see the dates below.  These are the days we will be having practice over Christmas break.  These are for pool sessions at HFFA at 7-8:30 a.m.  I have not decided if or what days we will lift.  A lot of that depends on you.  

Wed 12/21

Thurs 12/22

Tues 12/27

Wed 12/28

Thurs 12/29

Mon 1/02

Now for me to get on my soap box...

I am a little (no a lot) frustrated with the attendance at swim practice over Thanksgiving.  I had a grand total of four (4) in the water this past Friday.  This is unacceptable.  If I am going to give up time spent with my family then you need to show for practice OR I will cancel any more holiday practice going forward.  I am not going to sacrifice my personal time or my family time for kids that may or may not show up.  If you want to be average or less than that, then you might need to find a new coach because I am not wasting my time anymore with the lack of effort and attendance.  If the stress of early mornings or late evenings is too much for you, you might want to rethink your decision to swim.

Congratulations Lexie!

CONGRATULATIONS LEXIE BAKER

Congrats to Lexie on making her verbal commitment to attend and swim for the 

Florida State University Seminoles!

Practice/Meet Schedule Week Five 11/28-12/03

WEEK FIVE - 11/28-12/03/2016

DAY	LOCATION	TRANSPORTATION
Monday 11/28	HFFA 8:00-9:30 p.m. If you need a ride from LCS please be in the Gym Lobby no later than 6:50 pm.	Be at LCS by 6:50 pm Leave LCS @ 7:00 pm Leave HFFA @ 9:40 pm Return to LCS @ 10:00 pm
Tuesday 11/29	LCS Weight Room 3:15-4:15 p.m.	n/a
Wednesday 11/30	HFFA 8:00-9:30 p.m. If you need a ride from LCS please be in the Gym Lobby no later than 6:50 pm.	Be at LCS by 6:50 pm Leave LCS @ 7:00 pm Leave HFFA @ 9:40 pm Return to LCS @ 10:00 pm
Thursday 12/01	HFFA 7:30-8:30 p.m. If you need a ride from LCS please be in the Gym Lobby no later than 6:20 pm.	Be at LCS by 6:20 pm Leave LCS @ 6:30 pm Leave HFFA @ 8:50 pm Return to LCS @ 9:30 pm
Friday 12/02	LCS Weight Room 3:15-4:15 p.m.	n/a
Saturday 12/03	OFF	n/a

Practice/Meet Schedule Week Four 11/21-11/26

WEEK FOUR - 11/21-11/26

DAY	LOCATION	TRANSPORTATION
Monday 11/21	HFFA 8:00-9:30 p.m.	Be at LCS by 6:50 p.m. Leave LCS @ 7:00 p.m. Leave HFFA @ 9:40 p.m. Return to LCS @ 10:00 p.m.
Tuesday 11/22	LCS Weight Room 11:50 a.m.-12:50 p.m.	n/a
Wednesday 11/23	HFFA 8:00-9:30 a.m.	Be at LCS by 7:00 a.m. Leave LCS @ 7:05 a.m. Leave HFFA @ 9:50 a.m. Return to LCS @ 10:30 a.m.
Thursday 11/24	OFF - Thanksgiving	n/a
Friday 11/25	HFFA 8:00-9:30 a.m.	Be at LCS by 7:00 a.m. Leave LCS @ 7:05 a.m. Leave HFFA @ 9:50 a.m. Return to LCS @ 10:30 a.m
Saturday 11/26	OFF	n/a

2016 CAVALIER KICK OFF

2016 CAVALIER KICK OFF

Valdese Aquatic Center

312 Massel Ave. SE

Valdese, NC 28690

We are limited to TWO swimmers per event for this meet except for 50  and 100 Free where we can have UNLIMITED.  Please note that we were as fair as possible in getting everyone into an event and/or relay.  Remember that this is not our only swim meet.  This is a Varsity sport and we do try our best to be as competitive as possible in all meets but take into consideration swimmers that are trying to qualify in individual events for Regionals. Also, swimmers are allowed to a max of four events.  This can be two individual and two relays OR three relays and one individual.  These are NFHS rules and what we are governed by all season.

Time Line for LCS Swimmers

3:00 pm Dismissed from School

3:00-3:30 pm Pack and load bus

3:30 pm Depart from LCS

3:30-4:25 pm Travel to Valdese Aquatic Center

4:25 pm Arrive at Valdese Aquatic Canter

4:25-4:35 pm Park, unload, set up in seating area

4:35-5:00 pm Change, settle in, stretch

5:00-5:30 pm General Warm-up (Lanes 1-10)

5:30-5:45 pm Lanes 1,2,9,10 Circle Swim / Lanes 3,4,5,6,7,8 Start specific lanes

5:45 pm clear pool - Coaches & Captains Meeting

6:00 pm Meet Start

6:00-9:00 pm Meet

9:00-9:20 pm Change, Load up

9:20 pm Depart Valdese Aquatic Center

9:20 - 10:50 pm Travel to LCS - Short stop for food (get it to go)

10:50 pm Arrive at LCS

DIRECTIONS FROM MEET HOST/DIRECTOR - EAST BURKE HIGH SCHOOL

1-  Seating inside the pool: There will be areas inside the pool marked for each team. Please adhere to these areas, as we are trying to accommodate a good number of swimmers while also keeping room for spectators. Please keep your areas clean as we are guests of the Valdese Recreation Department.

Only coaches will be allowed on the peninsula. Any swimmers may certainly come and speak to their coaches, but please ask them not to stay unless they are assisting you with something. Please try to help us keep the block area clear of anyone except swimmers about to swim, coaches, and volunteers.

2-  Timing/ Officials/ Volunteers: Please submit a couple of names of volunteers to me with your entries so I can go ahead and have timers squared away before we start and don't have to delay. If we all pitch in, there shouldn't be any shortage of workers. Any officials you have, please have them email me so we can be sure to get them paid. 

3-   Warm-ups: We will have general warm-ups in all 10 lanes from 5-5:30. At 5:30, lanes 1,2,9,10 will remain circle swim lanes, while 3-8 will be used for starts. The pool will close at 5:45 to allow for a timers meeting and a coaches and captain's meeting. During the meet, lane 9 will be closed and lane 10 will be available for warm-up and cool down.

4-  Timing System: We will be using push buttons for our timing system without the pads. If you want to record splits, please have someone to record them on deck. Timer sheets will be used for back-up times.

5-  Results/Scoring: We will be scoring the meet to 16 places, with double for each relay. Each team will be able to score two swimmers and one relay.

6-  Meet Mobile: The meet will be available on Meet Mobile and can be found by searching for "Valdese" in the meet search.

7-  Heat Sheets: We will email heat sheets prior to the beginning of the meet and provide 2 printed heat sheets per team once we are sure of all individual entries. 

8-  Concessions: The Concession stand will be open during the meet. They have a variety of items for great prices. Please encourage swimmers or parents to visit our concession stand

Practice/Meet Schedule Week Three 11/14-11/19

WEEK THREE - 11/14-11/19/2016

DAY	LOCATION	TRANSPORTATION
Monday 11/14	HFFA 8:00-9:30 p.m. If you need a ride from LCS please be in the Gym Lobby no later than 6:50 pm.	Be at LCS by 6:50 pm Leave LCS @ 7:00 pm Leave HFFA @ 9:40 pm Return to LCS @ 10:00 pm
Tuesday 11/15	LCS Weight Room 3:15-4:15 p.m.	n/a
Wednesday 11/16	MEET Cavalier Kick-Off @ Valdese Aquatic Center, Valdese Aquatic Center	Leave LCS @ 3:30 pm Warm-ups @ 5:00 pm Meet Start @ 6:00 pm Leave VAC @ 8:30 pm Stop for food on way home Return to LCS @ 10:30 pm
Thursday 11/17	HFFA 7:30-8:30 p.m. If you need a ride from LCS please be in the Gym Lobby no later than 6:20 pm.	Be at LCS by 6:20 pm Leave LCS @ 6:30 pm Leave HFFA @ 8:50 pm Return to LCS @ 9:30 pm
Friday 11/18	LCS Weight Room 3:15-4:15 p.m.	n/a
Saturday 11/19q	OFF	n/a

Meet added

We will be swimming vs E. Lincoln at the Stowe YMCA in Belmont on 12/20.  

More info to follow.

Thursday Practice End Times

FYI

Our Thursday practice time ends at 8:30 p.m. not 9:00 p.m.  I updated the weekly schedule to reflect this.

From Coach Fortkort about suits

Hello HS swimmers -

Just a reminder that the swim shop online ordering will close soon.  You need to order your suit ASAP and I'll pick them up next Tuesday for your meet on Wednesday.

**** I have a male jammer size 32 and two female suits - size 36 and 38 in my classroom if you'd like to buy those from me.

The link for ordering suits is:

http://carolinaswimshop.com/index.php/team-swim-supplies/?SID=ivi24dv2k2f4aso7qbnfhvfb65

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