Jr Warriors Weekly Update!
Hello Junior Warriors Families…
What a week! Thanks to everyone for their flexibility as we deal with the Wayland pool being closed. As I write this, I am happy to report that the town began to refill the pool today. Once filled, it will take several days to heat. With any luck, the pool will be reopened this weekend. I will keep you updated.
We had a great meet with Thoreau last weekend bringing our record to 3-0. The kids swam fast and many of the older kids swam up an age group to make up for our missing high school swimmers. Thanks to all the parents for their help at the meet.
News for this week…
· Swimmers of the Week – This week’s swimmers of the week are Sammy and Alex Karle. This brother/sister team continues to amaze the coaches at their willingness and flexibility to swim whatever event we need them to swim at meets. This past weekend, both swam up in 15/18 events so that we were able to score points in those events. In other meets they always swim whatever event they are entered in with a smile on their face…even if it isn’t their favorite event. Sammy and Alex are true team players. Congratulations to them both!
· Practice This Week – We have secured some pool space for our Tues/Thurs practices this week. Here is the schedule:
Tuesday (Location: Atkinson Pool, 40 Fairbank Rd, Sudbury – 4 lanes)
–5:00-5:30 – 6&unders
–5:15-6:00 – 7/8s
–6:00-7:00 – 9/10s
**No practice 6th/7th/8th grade
Thursday (Location: Bosse Sports, 141 Boston Post Rd, Sudbury - 4 lanes)
–7:00-7:45 – 6th/7th grade
–7.45-8:30 – 8th grade
**No practice 6&unders, 7/8s and 9/10s
(FYI…no shower facilities are available at Bosse so please come with your suits on and ready to wear them home as well.)
· Next Meet – Our next meet is Saturday against Suburban. With any luck, the meet will be at the Wayland pool. However, we do have a backup location (Babson College) just in case our own pool is not open by then. If we do swim in Wayland, the schedule is:
– Arrival Time – 12:40 pm
– Warm Up – 1:00 pm
– Meet Starts – 1:30 pm
(NOTE: If we end up needing to swim at Babson, the meet will not begin until a few hours later in the afternoon.) I will have a meet sign up sheet at both the Tuesday and Thursday practice locations this week. If your kids will not be at practice, please let me know via email whether they will be attending the meet.
· Focus of the Week – Our focus this week continues to be freestyle. We will be working on good form, good turns and breath control. We will also be talking about swimming straight in races (i.e., on top of the black line). Ask your swimmers about it!
That is the news for this week! Again, thank you for your patience!
Jeanne