Entries missing!!!

ONLY the following entries 25 have been recorded.  If you swimmer's name is missing, please enter by noon on Wednesday.  If no entry is received by then, they might not be allowed to swim.

Bates, Amalie  (5)

Bates, Parker  (2)

Brownlee, Claire  (2)

Brownlee, Grace  (5)

Campbell, Haiyden  (6)

Dooley, Rowan  (5)

Guevara, Zoe  (2)

Jones, EllaJean  (3)

Kelso, Isabella  (2)

Klingner, Molly  (2)

Klingner, Reid  (5)

Lacey, Ella  (2)

Larsen, Nevaeh  (2)

Leslie, Sydney  (6)

McMahon, Elly  (3)

Montang (not attending) McMahon, Lucy  (8)

Motschenbacher, Rachel  (4)

Nunez, Josiah  (3)

Rudzek, Owen  (1)

Rudzek, Zoe  (2)

Russell, Antoinette  (6)

Smythe, Samantha  (4)

Starr, Jocelynne  (1)

Vore, Madeleine  (5)

Vore, Mason  (2)

Only 25 swimmers are registered for the meet!

Click here for meet attendance and selecting events.

Tuesday No Practice / Entries due tonight

Just a quick reminder. There will be no practice today. If you normally practice on Tuesdays, you are welcome to come to practice on Wednesday or Thursday without any prior notification this week.

Please remember to submit your swimmer's meet entries today by 8 p.m.. I will be submitting the entries by noon on Wednesday.

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Nov. 4 Meet entries / volunteers

I am excited for our first developmental meet at the Mt. Hood CC Aquatic Center (I will send the exact address later this week) from 2:00 to 5:00pm this Saturday!  I need you to let me know if your swimmer will be participating OR NOT (please click the link below).  Once you have indicated if your swimmer is coming or not, you can select their events for their meet, if there is something they want to swim.  If you would rather the coaching staff choose, please click the box to let me know they will be there and leave the event entry sections blank.  ALL ENTRIES MUST BE COMPLETED BY 8PM TUESDAY NIGHT!  If there is NO response, I assume your swimmer will not be participating!  My entries are due to CYO by noon on Wednesday, and it is nearly impossible to enter them in the meet after noon on Wednesday.

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Each swimmer can swim up to three individual events and one relay or two individual events and two relays.  The coaching staff will assign all relays. 

Here is a listing of all events.

The meet needs volunteers!  Please email Jennifer Vore at jennifer_vore@hotmail.com to volunteer.

Dryland / Suit Exchange / Practices next week

There are three tidbits of info I wanted to make sure I shared:

Dryland Practice
The first practice occurs on Friday of this week.  Practice will begin at 3:15 and remind the athletes that they will be excused from carpool.  They should not come in, until called from line during carpool.  They should wear clothes that allow movement and wear athletic shoes to the dryland practice.  Please plan to pick up your child in the auditorium or outside the double doors near the gym at 4:15.

Suit Exchange
If you have an old swimsuit which you would like to donate to the Swim Team, we will accept them and have an exchange during this Sunday night's practice.  Hannah Brownlee will be emailing you details later this week.  Be watching your emails for the details.

Practices next week
On Tuesday, Oct., 31, we will be cancelling practice.  Anyone who normally comes to the Tuesday practices can come to the Wednesday or Thursday practice without notifying me.  All other practices will occur without any modifications

Practices begin TODAY!

Please check the chart.  These are your responses to who is practicing on which day.  If you have not signed up yet, please do so ASAP by following the link below.  If your day is incorrectly shown, please update by following the link below.

Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Isabella Kelso	Eden Vixie	Rowan Dooley
Kinley deewall	Rachel Motschenbacer	Jocelynne Starr
Elyse deewall	Lucy McMahon	Haiyden Campbell
Haiyden Campbell	Elly Jo McMahon	Reid Klingner
Nevi Larsen	EllaJean jones	Samantha Smythe
Zoe Guevara	Ella Atienza	Madeleine Vore
Milo Larsen	Maxwell Montang	Mason Vore
Emily Shafer	Madelyn Montang	Ian Fruehauf
Julia Shafer		Ella Fruehauf
Ella lacey		Jocelynne Starr
Molly Klingner		Grace powers
		Amalie Bates
		Parker Bates

Practice Days form - USE THIS LINK TO SIGN UP OR EDIT!

Practices begin on Tuesday / HELP!

First of all...all practices begin on Tuesday.  There is NO Sunday night practice tonight.  Sunday practices will begin next week.

If you have not taken the time to indicate which day your swimmer will practice (Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday), please take the time right now.  I will be producing a list soon. 

Practice Days form

Also, I am in dire need of a volunteer coordinator!  This volunteer will send out emails and record who will be volunteering for the meets where our assistance is necessary.  Please email me ASAP if you can assist the team with this important position!

See you all at the pool this week!

Coach Kevin

Choose your practice day!

Please follow the link below to indicate your swimmer's name (one entry per swimmer), and which weekday you are planning to come for the season.  These practices occur at the Valley Catholic Pool which is just to the east of the Elementary School, behind the tennis courts. (see the previous blog post for exact location)

Everyone is encouraged to come on Sunday evening practices at the Beaverton Swim Center (12850 SW 3rd St., Beaverton) from 6:00-7:00pm.

I suggest that all swimmers swim on one weekday and on Sunday evenings.  
If this does not work for your family, please contact Coach Kevin for options.

Practice Day Sign-up

Swim Assessment TODAY / Valley Catholic Pool location

The swim assessment is still scheduled for today at 5:00pm at the Valley Catholic pool.  The pool is located to the east of the elementary school on their campus.  Please refer to the map and text below.

Since it can be hard to find where the pool is on the Valley Catholic campus, I have included this photo from Google Maps.  The pool is the red arrow.  You will want to park somewhere close to the tennis courts and walk to the pool.  If you are using a GPS, I typically just enter "Valley Catholic High School", and mine gets me there just fine.

Valley Catholic Pool location

Parent Meeting & other important items

This season will kick off with a Parent Meeting on Wed. Oct. 11 from 7-8PM in the WHCS Auditorium.  Please plan to come to hear all of the newest information for this year.  There will be several changes, so I hope one parent from each interested family can attend.  If you need to bring children, that is completely acceptable, but they should plan to sit with you.

Next, this season's practices will start on Tues. Oct. 24 starting at 5PM at the Valley Catholic pool in Beaverton.  Our practices this year will be on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, or Thursdays (choose one) from 5-6 for Polliwogs (K-3rd) and 5-6:30 for Cubs and Cadets (4th-8th).

If you are a new swimmer to WHCS, we will be having a skills check at the Valley Catholic pool on either 10/16 or 10/23 (I am waiting on confirmation from VC).  It will begin around 5:00, and should take less than 30 minutes.  We need to make sure that all swimmers can comfortably swim 25 yards.  They do not need to know the four competitive strokes, rather just be safe in one of them.

Here is our updated swim meet schedule for this year

Lastly, I am still in great need of more coaches.  If you can keep children safe in the water and you can be a positive role model, you are fit to coach for our team.  We will provide on the job training.  I ask that you commit to one day a week, Sunday practices (once they begin around Thanksgiving) and meets.  If you would like to volunteer to coach or ask more questions, please email Coach Kevin at swimteam@whcs.org.

If you are ready to register, click here.  When signing up there will be a question that asks if you are an exception.  If you attend WHCS click NO, then proceed to register (top right corner).  If you do not attend WHCS click YES, then follow the prompts.