GENERAL INFORMATION

Head Coach :Maggie Slezak                        973-586-0848

Assistant Coach : Kevin Growney

Coaches e-mail Address: wmlswimteam@yahoo.com

TEAM WEBSITE : www.eteamz.com/wmlreddevils

Practices:  After school practices will begin the week of June 8^th.  Regular daytime practice groups will begin June 25^th .  Anyone who does not have really short hair is expected to wear a bathing cap to practice every day.

Meets: A schedule will be given out the first week of practice. During July, meets are Monday & Wednesday nights.  Swimmers are expected to arrive at the meet at least 10 minutes before warm-ups.  We would like to increase team spirit this year by having everyone wear either team attire or at least team colors (Red & Black or Red & White) to meets.

NOTE:  First year swimmers will not swim in a meet until coaches feel that they are ready.

All swimmers are expected to be available to swim Hub Lakes Championships on August 4^th & 5^th.

Swim Team Suits: We will have the same team suit as last year.  Team suits are preferred but are NOT mandatory (especially for new & younger swimmers).  Suits are available at California Beach Hut in Denville.  If you are unable to get a team suit, you should try to wear a red or black suit

Absences/Vacations: We realize that it is summer & people go away for vacations, weekends, etc.  We want everyone to have fun, however please let us know ahead of time.  Please write a note and send it with your child if you know of such absences in advance and indicate if he/she will be missing practices, meets, or both. 

2010 MEET SCHEDULE

Date	Day	Where	Opponent	Warm-up	Meet start
6/28 Mon Rock Ridge Rock Ridge 6:15 6:45 6/30 Wed Home Erskine 6:30 7:00 7/5 Mon Home Indian 6:15 6:45 7/7 Wed Lincoln Park Lincoln Park 6:30 7:00 7/12 Mon Home PIRATE 6:15 6:45 7/14 Wed West Milford West Milford 6:30 7:00 7/19 Mon Mountain Mountain 6:15 6:45 7/21 Wed Home Lake Valhalla 6:30 7:00 7/26 Mon Cedar Cedar 6:15 6:45 7/28 Wed Pequannock Pequannock 6:30 7:00 7/31 Sat Home HUBS TRIALS TBA 8/1 Sun Home HUBS FINALS TBA 8/4 Wed Home Green Pond 6:30 7:00 8/7 Sat Wayne “A” Championships TBA

ALL SWIMMERS should be at the meet at least 10 minutes before the start of warm-ups unless they have told a coach otherwise.  If a swimmer is unable to attend a meet, a note should be given to a coach before the day of the meet (unless it is because of unexpected circumstances, sicknesss, etc).

The weekend of August 1^st  & 2^nd is HUB LAKES CHAMPI O NSHIPS .  This is our biggest team event of the summer & all swimmers should plan on attending.  (If you know in advance that you cannot attend due to a prior commitment, a coach needs to be informed as early in the season as possible but please try to make every possible effort to attend this meet).

INVITATIONALS

Invitationals are Saturday meets that are completely optional.  Anyone may participate and swimmers may choose what events they want to swim.  Heats of an event are arranged by seed time so you are swimming with people that are around your speed in your heat.  Unlike dual meets, there are awards given to the top swimmers in each event.  There is an entry fee per event for these meets which is due prior to the invitational day.  The due date & meet information are posted on the swim team board prior to the meet. 

Date	Day	Where	What
6/28	Sun	Rock Ridge	Rock Ridge Relays
7/11	Sat	Packancak	"Odd Age" Meet
			7/u, 8/9, 10/11, 12/13, 14/15,
			16/17, 18-25, 26-35, etc
			Parents are welcome to swim!
7/18	Sat	Pequannock	"Age Group" Invitational
			single age categories
			you only compete against
			people your age (7, 8, 9, etc)
7/18	Sat	Mountain Lakes	"12/u" Invitational
7/25	Sat	Highland Lakes	"B" Championships
			Anyone who does not have 2 "A"
			Championship qualifying times
			may swim in their age group.