Tuesday, October 26, 2010

TRAC Meet Posted

Another meet has been added to the schedule.  Information on the TRAC Holly Daze Splash on December 4-5 has been posted on the meet page.  This meet is in Fort Wayne at the Helen P. Brown Natatorium.  Entries are due Nov. 11, and no entries will be accepted after this date. 

Sunday, October 24, 2010

THANKS for supporting the Jay Fall Invitational

Congratulations to all the swimmers who participated in the First Annual Jay Fall Invitational swim meet on Saturday.  We appreciate the teams that came to the invitational :  CARD, FWA, PRO, DAC, Richmond, and Oak Hill. A HUGE thanks to Cardinal Swim Club for their guidance and help with volunteers and officials as we prepared for this event.  Also, we could not have put on this event without the many parent volunteers.  THANKS!

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

IMX Meet Information

JAY will be attending the USA Swimming IMX Challenge meet at the IUPUI Natatorium in Indianapolis on the weekend of November 20-21.  This is a qualification-only meet.  Swimmers must have a total of 1800 points in their required events.  For more information on the USA IMX program and the required events follow this link    http://www.usaswimming.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=1720&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en-US   Please note that you need to use the IM X TREME (IMX) events, not the IM READY (IMR) events.

Meet information is at http://www.inswimming.org/MEETINFO/Winter2011/bbscimx1011.pdf  If you think your swimmer qualifies, or could possibly qualify in the upcoming meets, contact one of the coaches.

Change in Practice Schedule for 10-26

New practice times for Tuesday, October 26 - White and Blue Teams will follow the regularly scheduled practice times (White 6:00-6:45, Blue 6:00-7:30) and Red Team will come at 6:45-7:30.  This change is for that night only.

Reminders for JAY Fall Invitational

HELP WANTED! - We still need workers for the afternoon session of our meet on Saturday.  Please sign up to help. 

Each session of our meet, morning and afternoon, should last approximately two hours.

Donations for concession and hospitality may be brought to the pool on Thursday (during practice) or Friday 4:00-5:00 p.m.

Thank you all in advance for volunteering to make our first ever USA Swim Meet a success!

Monday, October 11, 2010

Coaching Position Open

Jay County Winter Swim Club is currently taking applications for a coaching position in the age group USA Swimming program.  Interested candidates should send a resume to Christian Bader at 4711 W 200 S, Portland, IN  47371, or e-mail to baderswimming@yahoo.com.   This is an excellent opportunity to become involved with a rapidly growing and competive swim program.

Saturday, October 9, 2010

News Items Regarding the Jay Fall Invitational Meet

See the Jay Fall Invitational Page for info on concessions donations. The more donations we get, the more money we can make.

If you have not signed up to work the meet yet, the sign-up is on the desk at the pool.

Also, if you have not signed up for the Jay County meet, please contact Marcie at mvormohr@hotmail.com to let her know what your child will be swimming.