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thathopelessromantic · 6 years

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The Things We Don’t Understand

Fandom: Homestuck Pairing: John Egbert x Dave Strider Raiting: T+ Note: AU, In honor of 4/13, I don’t have time to write anything new until the end of the semester but I haven’t posted all of my hs on my tumblr yet so here you go

Your name is Dave Strider and there are very few things in this world that you don’t understand. Unfortunately for you, one of those things happens to be your very best friend-John Egbert. Like you, John is an enigma. Unlike you, who seems to baffle everyone you interact with save for John and your siblings, the only person who seems baffled by John is well…you.

Otherwise known as, in which the title and summary both make this story sound way more serious that it actually is or ever was supposed to be.

AO3: (x)

--> Your name is Dave Strider and there are very few things in this world that you don’t understand. Unfortunately for you, one of those things happens to be your very best friend-John Egbert. Like you, John is an enigma. Unlike you, who seems to baffle everyone you interact with save for John and your siblings, the only person who seems baffled by John is well…you.

It wasn’t as if you completely lacked any type of understanding of your best bro. It’s just that after all these years of friendship there were some aspects of John Egdork that you still could not fully comprehend.

You understand John’s likes and interests. You don’t quite know why they’re John’s interests but you know them and have come to appreciate the part of John they represent. You know that at least 70% of the time, John has poor character judgement and tries to befriend all sorts of whack-jobs. You know what John likes about and values of himself and even more what he doesn’t-though some of his insecurities still seem absolutely nuts to you.

But you can’t seem to understand the boundless amounts of energy the kid seems to have. Or how he almost never allows the smile to falter from his lips. It is frustratingly bizarre how blue his eyes are when you literally wear shades 98% of the time you are with him regardless of conditions or locations and all colors should have been muted by your tinted glasses.

And for the love of God, you could not figure out how someone whose entire life consisted of sitting in front of a gaming system, pranking people, and playing the piano could possess the choicest ass you had ever seen either side of Mississippi but he did. You had a pretty slammin’ hot bod yourself, not to be too vain, but you worked for yours dammit. Strifing took a lot of effort. John though-it was like the fucking Puberty Fairy came and gifted him with perfect…everything and then just got the hell out of dodge.

--> Your name is John Egbert and by this point it is no secret that your best bro has been “subtly” checking you out for the past few weeks. The only question was why. You tried bringing it up with Dave himself but he quickly dismissed it as your imagination and changed the subject.

Part of you was frustrated (sexually mostly) by Dave’s weird actions. Another part was a tiny bit thrilled. Most of your friends and schoolmates were familiar with your constant mantra of “not a homosexual” when you were thirteen. Then the past summer you had to go with some estranged great-uncle you had never heard of before, per your dad’s insistence, to help him out around his place. When you came back for the start of the new school year you were surprised to find Dave in the beginnings of something with a mutual friend you could have sworn was interested in someone else when you left. Strangely you found yourself deeply irritated by their new closeness and after many late-night, long-lasting “feeling jams” (as Dave called them) with one of your good friends Rose, the two of you came to one simple conclusion. You had some very deep homosexual-or at the very least bisexual-feelings towards your best bro and you had been jealous as hell.

You were less jealous now as you and Dave slowly fell back into your old routine and Karkat seemed less and less actually romantically interested in Dave. But recently Dave’s been acting really weird and though you usually can’t see his eyes behind his shades you can feel them on you a lot more than they ever were before.

You’re determined to figure out what’s going on but it’s become pretty obvious you’re going to have to do it all on your own. Dave of course acts like there is nothing going on and the only other one who might have any idea what’s going on is Rose. And you know better than to ask her for help with this kind of stuff.

--> Your name is Dave Strider and unfortunately, you’re at school. It’s your lunch hour which is slightly less painful that the rest of the school day but you still don’t want to be here. When you enter the lunch room you’re not surprised to see John already at the usual table alone. Though his back is to you and you tend to walk rather quietly, it’s like he has a sensor or something and can feel your presence. When you’re about half-way to the table John turns around and meets your eye. His eyes are still an unsettling bright shade of blue and when he sees that it’s you he smiles like you just made his day. You’re a Strider and Strider hearts don’t flutter especially at dorky buck-toothed smiles, but they just might skip a beat or two when caught off guard.

“Hey Dave!” John greets you like you hadn’t just seen each other two class periods ago but you can’t ever seem to be even a little bothered by his unbridled enthusiasm.

“Sup?” You give your usual greeting and slide onto the seat next to him.

“How was history?” John asks. It’s one of the few classes the two of you don’t share. You give a noncommittal shrug. You slept through most of it and John knows that but he always asks anyways. Before John can ask you anything else the table starts to fill with your other friends and John turns to greet them. Part of you wants to grab John and make him turn his attention back to you but you resign from doing something quite so embarrassing and sit there in silence, nodding hello to those who greet you as they sit down. John scoots his chair closer to you to make more room for whoever is sitting on the other side of him and you tense. The two of you are in completely different chairs but you can feel John’s entire thigh flush against your own and before you can even think about moving away from him before you do something stupid Terezi shoves a chair between you and Karkat, who’s arrival you’re not sure how you missed, leaving you absolutely nowhere to go. When you look up Rose is watching you and smiling like this was all part of her evil plan and everything is going just swimmingly. Sometimes you really hate your twin. When John finishes his greetings and whatever brief conversation he was having with Jade, he turns back around to look at you.

“Dave, are you cold?” John asks like he cannot believe how someone could be cold in the middle of April. Well it’s not your fault you’re originally from Texas and this damn school thinks it’s a good idea to blast the AC from the beginning of March to the end of the school year regardless of the temperature outside. Honestly you can feel your body heating up under John’s scrutiny and from how close he is to you but you’re not surprised that he’s asking with his leg pressed against yours. That boy is like a goddamn space heater.

“It’s fucking freezing in here, Egbert, of course I’m cold.” You complain, shifting in your seat. Somehow you manage to press your leg even closer to his and you try not to let your surprise show through on your face. John gives you a once over, taking in your skinny jeans and sweat shirt. He’s already changed out his jeans and sweaters for shorts and t-shirts and it’s not even to the sixties yet. You so don’t get this kid.

--> Your name is John Egbert and you might just be being a little bit mean now.

You hadn’t intended to spend your last three classes of the day purposely trying to get a rise out of Dave but that’s how it was turning out. You were blaming the behavior on what happened at lunch. You and Dave were best bros, there were lots of times when there was some totally platonic, full-on physical contact and yet you had never noticed him tense up like he did today at lunch. Normally Dave was totally cool and collected but for some reason today he got very easily flustered. He even stuttered a few times which he only ever did when he was super embarrassed or nervous. Honestly you found it kind of adorable but considering Dave would probably want to kick your ass if he heard that you never said anything about it.

But now it’s last hour, math class, and though Dave is in the seat in front of you, you can tell he’s embarrassed. First of all he’s blushing. All the way to the tips of his ears, which really is the only reason you can tell. He’s also tense, sitting a little more forward in his seat than he normally would. And lastly he still hasn’t responded to your note. The two of you had been passing notes for the better half of the class you last passed one to him nearly ten minutes ago and still haven’t received a response.

You were a little worried you had taken it too far. You knew Dave wasn’t entirely heterosexual, though he had never claimed a specific sexuality, but he didn’t know you were anything but just that. You didn’t want him to think you were just making fun of him. Good-natured teasing was one thing but it was just wrong if you actually hurt or bothered Dave. You also thought that maybe you were reading things wrong. Just because you wanted Dave to be interested in you didn’t mean he actually was and you’d rather pine from afar than screw up your friendship with your best bro.

The little paper square you and Dave had been passing notes on hits you square on the nose. Dave must have thrown in back while you were lost in thought. Trying not to be too obvious about it you unfold the paper a little too eagerly. The two of you had been discussing you hanging out at Dave’s over the weekend. It wasn’t an odd conversation; most weekends were spent together at your place or his. Discussing it seemed more like a formality than anything. You quickly scanned over the page, filled with sloppy blue and red chicken scratch to make sure Dave hadn’t gone back to an earlier point in the conversation and made a new comment. He did that sometimes. He also sometimes started drawing right over his words so that you had to convince him to rewrite whatever he was trying to say somewhere else so you could actually read it. And started random raps along the margins of the page. Everything seemed to be as it was when you sent the note so you finally look down to the bottom of the page where you really want to read. Your last message sticks out in oddly dark letters.

awesome! it’s a date! :)

Dave’s bright red, slightly-neater response is under it. You almost don’t want to look but your desire to read it is stronger.

you bet your ass it is gonna be the best damn date ever ill rock your fucking socks off egbert

You smiled, folding the paper back up and sliding it into your pocket. What were you thinking? This was Dave you were talking about. How could you be worried?

-->Your name is Dave Strider and you’re fairly certain strifing with your brother while avoiding his fucking puppets, Rose’s way too personal questions, and Roxy’s overly-affectionate behavior when she’s intoxicated all together is less taxing than having an extremely attractive, bizarrely happy, painfully straight best friend.

The school bell rang ten minutes ago. It’s Friday. You’re done with school for the week. Your best friend is coming over to spend the weekend with you. You should be excited. Instead you’re…nervous? You try to tell yourself Striders don’t get nervous but you’re really starting to think you are.

John’s walking a few feet ahead of you, chatting with Jade and Rose. He’s not concerned. He’s used to you dragging behind. You kind of think you should pick up the pace and walk with them so that you’re not in the prime position to be starting at his ass but you can’t bring yourself to move any faster. It’s John’s idea of warm outside so he’s in baggy khaki shorts instead of the tight jeans he wore all winter so there shouldn’t even be something remotely interesting about his backside but it’s like the image of John’s toned derriere in that dark denim is seared into your brain and you just can’t help but stare at it now. You consider the fact that you may need psychological help if your obsession with your best bro’s rear-end continues much longer. But you dismiss the thought a moment later. You know what your problem is and going to a professional-or Rose-would just be a waste of everyone’s time because you would all come to the same conclusion you had reached months ago when he came back from his great-uncle’s place tanned and toned and tall and gorgeous.

You have it bad for your best bro and it’s just getting worse as time passes. It doesn’t help that John hasn’t dated anyone, or even really shown interest in anyone, since he broke up with his freaky girlfriend Vriska in sophomore year and he recently has been way more…physical with you. But you have a bad feeling that even if neither of those things were true, you would still be just as far gone.

The three of them reach your beat-up pick-up truck and stop to wait for you. John digs out his car keys from his pocket and turns them over to Jade who would drive his car home. They were next door neighbors and John always gave her rides to school. She always drove his car home when John stays at your place unless it’s a big shindig with the whole group. Rose usually drove your truck home when you went to John’s. You finally catch up with them and all say your goodbyes. Your truck only has a single bench seat in the cab so you, John, and Rose all throw your bags in the bed of the truck and squeeze yourselves into the cab, Rose in the middle of you and John because she’s the smallest. Part of you almost wishes Rose wasn’t with you. The other part of you is glad Rose is there to keep you from doing something stupid before the weekend even starts.

The drive from the school to the house where you and your three siblings live isn’t too long. Upon arrival Rose immediately retreats into her bedroom, requesting not to be disturbed, and you and John claim the couch. If Roxy and Dirk are home, there isn’t a sign of them.

You and John waste no time starting what will most likely be a weekend-long “gaming extravaganza” (John’s dad coined the term back when the two of you were freshman and for some unexplainable reason it stuck) and for the most part you could ignore your usually painfully obvious crush on your best friend. Even with John’s entire side pressing intimately against your own so that you’re not only stealing some of his over abundant body heat but you can also feel every little vibration when he speaks or laughs you can pretend for a while you’re not seriously lusting over the big dweeb.

It has to be close to seven o’clock when Dirk appears, seemingly out of nowhere, to stand in front of the television, blocking specifically your view, and asks if the two of you want pizza for dinner. Normally you’re suspicious of Dirk offering up food like that without any prompting but since he tends to be slightly more behaved whenever guests are over (though with how often John is over you sometimes wonder if he really counts as a guest anymore) you both give him an affirmative and he sticks around just long enough for you to lose the current round and call in the order.

Grumbling about the loss, you pause the game as John gets up to go to the bathroom. As soon as you hear the bathroom door shut Dirk reappears in the living room.

“How’s it goin’, little bro?” He asks casually, leaning against the door frame. Immediately your eyes fly to him. You know that voice. It’s his I-know-something-you-don’t-want-me-to voice.

“Whatever Rose told you is probably bullshit.” You both know your lie is about as lame as they come but for some reason that doesn’t stop you from saying it.

“He is pretty cute.” Dirk continues, as if you had just gushed to him all the details of your sorry little crush. “Shame he isn’t wearing those nice jeans anymore. Those dark wash ones with the ripped knee, I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a pair of pants cup an ass quite as nicely as those ones did save for those shorts his cousin wears.” Jake English, the only “cousin” Dirk could be talking about wasn’t really John’s cousin. He was Jade’s. But considering John and Jade were practically raised like siblings it made sense that John counted him as family. You hoped Dirk was planning to stop there but of course, probably just to torment you some more, he keeps talking. You look around the room, trying to ignore your brother. For once one of his damn creepy plush dolls isn’t hanging around. Unfortunately for you since if there had been one you would have promptly used it to smother yourself so that you no longer had to listen to your brother compliment your crush’s finer assets.

Suddenly you notice water running and realize John is almost done in the bathroom. Dirk is still rambling about his something-or-another. Your reaction? Throw the nearest thing at Dirk. It’s an empty cup and even if he hadn’t moved when you threw it, it wouldn’t have reached him but it got you the desired effect of him leaving so that didn’t matter at the moment.

John returns a moment later and smiles at you, reclaiming his seat at your side. Wordless the two of you start up the game once again. You only get through one round when the doorbell rings. You pause the game. From your position on the couch, or more accurately on the floor in front of the couch, you can only see half of your brother’s back and a small portion of the front door.

“Pizza delivery to the Strider-Lalonde Residence.” You and John can’t see the speaker but there’s no mistaking the accented voice hidden from view. The pizza delivery guy is Jake English. No wonder your brother was so willing to order you pizza. It isn’t really a secret to anyone that Dirk has a thing for Jake. Well you weren’t so sure if Jake had caught on quite yet but you at least knew your brother was as hopeless crushing on Jake as you were on John.

You and John exchange looks. One way or another, you were most definitely going to use this against Dirk.

Once Dirk keeps Jake way over the normal amount of time it would take for a simple pizza delivery, he drops off the larger of the two pizza boxes to you and John and stalks out of the room. Not wasting time with formalities or other needless things like plates the two of you dig in. You both get through about two and half pieces before disaster strikes.

You’re absorbed in the act of devouring your third slice of pizza when John swears next to you. You turn your head to see what happened. Somehow he had managed to drop his pizza into his lap, smearing sauce and grease all across the front of his shorts.

Your first reaction is to think nothing of it. Then John stands up, dropping the half-eaten slice onto the box and you can feel yourself stop breathing. You’re not quite sure if John realizes what he’s doing but there’s a hunk of half chewed dough and cheese stuck in your throat, effectively stopping any type of noise or warning from escaping as John unbuttons his shorts and wiggles out of them. In the middle of the living room. Right in front of you.

You are currently eye level with bright blue boxer-brief covered junk of your best friend and you honestly think your brain is starting to shut down.

“I’m going to go put some soap on this before it stains.” John announces like this is the most normal thing in the world and walks out of the room.

-->Your name is John Egbert and OOPS.

You are currently in the Strider-Lalonde residence laundry room trying not to panic. You don’t know what you were thinking, just stripping in the middle of the living room like that other than that you weren’t thinking. There was most definitely such a thing as “too comfortable” with someone or somewhere. Sure this wasn’t the first time Dave had seen you in your underwear but who just strips in the middle of their best friend’s living room? And you hadn’t even thought about your positions. Maybe if you hadn’t glanced down at Dave while you were in the living room it wouldn’t have occurred to you but you did and now you can’t seem to get the image of your best bro’s flushed face level with your crotch out of your mind.

You want to crawl in a hole and hide until, hopefully, Dave forgets the entire incident. Or drown yourself in the rinse cycle of the washing machine. Both sound like entirely reasonable options.

The door to the basement opens and you turn, horrified, to find Dirk climbing up the stairs. The older Strider takes one look at you, puts the pizza box he was carrying on the edge of the trash can, and promptly turns around and walks back downstairs. You feel your cheeks grow even hotter. Wonderful. Now exactly half of the household has seen you without pants on.

Grumbling and cursing to yourself for your own stupidity you start searching for stain remover.

Not a full minute passes before you hear a surprised, distinctly feminine “Oh.” from the doorway. You turn, but you’re pretty sure you already know who’s there.

Sure enough, Rose is standing, half in the hallway half in the laundry room, with a laundry basket cradled against her hip. Well shit. Might as well call Roxy down to the laundry room just to make sure she’s not feeling left out.

“This is an interesting new look for you John.” Rose finally breaks the silence, stepping fully into the room and giving you a small, knowing smile as if she’s already figured out exactly what happened.

Instead of acknowledging her comment you look back at the cluttered shelf above the washer and dryer with a small noise of complaint. “Do you have any stain remover?”

Taking pity on you, Rose puts down her basket and pushes around some bottles until she finds a dark blue one that proclaims ‘STAIN REMOVER’ in big white letters. You lamely offer to help but Rose brushes your offer off and very efficiently preps your shorts to be washed.

“I can put them in the next white load.” Rose says simply, laying them out over the top of the dryer and returning to her basket to bring it closer to the washer. “They’ll be clean and wearable before you leave tomorrow.”

“Thank you Rose you’re a life saver.” You sort of want to hug Rose but decide against it. It’s already a little weird hugging Rose; you don’t need to make things any more awkward trying to hug her without pants on.

You fidget around the laundry room a little longer, mostly because you’re a little scared to go back to the living room, but Rose eventually kicks you out with the threat that if you stay any longer she’s going to make you sort through the laundry to find her and Roxy’s “delicates.” Rose is great and admittedly you had a bit of a crush on Roxy when you were growing up but you really do not need to know either girl that intimately.

Before returning to the living room you stop in Dave’s room. The fourth drawer in his dresser is filled with your clothing, for impromptu sleepovers such as this one. You pull on a pair of pajama pants and go back downstairs.

Dave hasn’t touched the pizza since you left. The game the two of you had been playing before is still open to the paused menu screen. Dave doesn’t appear to have moved, even slightly, from the positon he was in when you fled the living room earlier. Nervously you run your hands through your hair a few times and adjust your glasses. When you move to return to your seat besides Dave you try to act as if everything is perfectly normal.

“Sorry about that.” You open, dropping back onto the floor and crossing your legs. “Didn’t want it to stain…new shorts and all that…”

At first it doesn’t seem like Dave even heard you then suddenly he nods, almost like snapping back to his senses and acknowledging you all at once.

“Right. Dadbert would’ve gotten mad. Wouldn’t want that.” Dave gives you a quick, signature, Strider smirk and just like that, things are back to normal.

-->Your name is Dave Strider and you’re still not sure how you managed to act normal after John’s little strip-show in the living room. Somehow though, you did it, and the two of you returned to your gaming until around one-thirty in the morning when Dirk showed up and shooed you out of the living room, insisting he had “shit it do.”

It didn’t really occur to either of you just how tired you were until you had to trudge up a flight of stairs to your bedroom. You hardly remembered to shut your door behind you as the two of you shuffled inside the dark room and flopped onto your bed. For a while you both just laid there in the quiet darkness. You were almost starting to fall asleep when you heard John start mumbling something about brushing his teeth and trying to sit up. Turning you head to face him you throw an arm over John, effectively stopping him in his tracks and he lies against the bed beside you once again.

“Break the rules once in a while, Egbert.” You mutter, your words partially muffled by the blankets beneath you. “Be all gross and stinky with me for a night and just forget about that.”

Its dark in your room without any lights and your shades still on but you can still see John’s nose wrinkle at the suggestion. But you don’t move your arm from around his waist and John never makes a move to try and leave after that.

You’re starting to fall asleep again when John reaches over and plucks your glasses from your face. Your eyes blink open in surprise, forced to adjust to the change in light all over again. John’s own glasses are still on his face, crooked from being pressed against your mattress and he looks ridiculous with his crooked glasses and messy hair and dreamy smile but he also looks unbelievably adorable in your bed and you kind of really want to kiss him.

“What are you doing Egbert?” You croak instead, reaching up one hand to rub sleepily at your eye. John keeps watching you with his dorky smile and bright eyes.

“Your eyes are pretty Dave. It’s nice to be able to see them once in a while.”

You freeze because on one hand you think you must be imagining things but on the other you are really certain you heard those words come from John. Then suddenly lips are pressed against your own and your eyes are fluttering closed and you’re thinking, oh great you’ve really gone off the deep end now actually acting on your desire to kiss John but it’s not you who started the kiss. At least you’re pretty sure you’re not the one who started it. Even if it was you, the one in charge now seemed to be John. He was the one who was shifting your positions so that your back was pressed against the mattress while you were chest to chest with your best friend, kissing like a couple of teenagers who mostly had no idea what you were doing.

When John breaks the kiss for air he’s all but straddling you in this position. His glasses are even more skewed than they were before. You can tell he’s scared, not sure what your reaction to the kiss is going to be, but he’s trying to smile at you like this is all perfectly normal.

You want to say something to him, anything really, but you can’t seem to find your voice. Instead you pluck his glasses off his nose as well. John squints at you in the dark, not quite sure what to make of that reaction and also because your image is now blurry. John’s about as blind as a bat without his glasses. You’re not sure how long you lie there under John, studying him in the pale light coming through your window. His eyes are still so damn bright they’re practically glowing. You can tell your lack of response is starting to make John nervous and he starts shifting uncomfortably over you. He opens his mouth to say something, and that’s when you strike. Burying your hand in his hair you pull him closer, pressing your lips against his own and shoving your tongue in his mouth before he can say anything. Instead he just moans into your mouth and the sound sends shivers over your entire body.

There were still a lot of things about John you didn’t understand but lying in your bed with his body flush against your own, in that moment it was perfectly okay.

#homestuck #davejohn #johndave #these boys are fucking embarrassing #and so is this fic #but oh well #i got my first piece of fanart for this one #and i love it still #au #dave strider #john egbert #rose lalonde #dirk strider #writing #fic #4/13 #rita writes

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southbendswimclub · 3 years

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Weekly Announcements for Week of 7/11-7/17

Dear SBSC families,

Riley HS Practice Schedule Here is the practice schedule for this week. Practice Notes: Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:30 G1 Elite Monday 5:30-7:30 Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 5:30-7:30 Group 3 AM Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 6:30-9:00 Group 3 PM Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 5:00-6:30 New Prairie HS (only for NPUSC students) Group 1 Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00-7:30 Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wedensday, and Thursday 4:30-6:30 Group 3 Monday, Tuesday, Wedensday, and Thursday 4:30-6:30 No Friday AM Practice. Swimmers attending New Prairie practices will continue to enter the building through door N17. Everyone entering the building will be required to wear a mask. Parents will not be allowed on deck. Athletes are no longer required to fill out a waiver when attending NP practices. All swimmers should come dressed ready to practice. There may be limited use of the locker rooms after practice. If you have any questions regarding procedures for NPHS practices please email Coach Ashley at [email protected] RHS Group 2 swimmers should come to practice in dry-land clothes over their suits. They should also be wearing quality workout shoes as well. Flip flops or Crocs are not acceptable options. Swimmers are encouraged to bring a yoga mat if they have one. Swimmers attending practices at Riley please continue to fill out the on-line daily screening before arriving to Riley. You can find that link by clicking here. Last Practices of the Season Due to coach availability we our making some modifications to our last practices of the season. New Prairie The last practice being held at New Prairie will be Thursday July 22. NP swimmers can of course attend practice at Riley until the end of the season. Riley Group 1 and Group 2's last practice will be Thursday July 29. Group 3's last evening practice will be Monday July 26th. We will continue morning workouts into August. Exact finish date to be determined. There will be no charge for attending workouts in August. These will be open to all Group 2 and Group 3 swimmers that have previously attended morning workouts. Fall/Winter Season Our first day of practice for the fall will be the Tuesday after Labor Day, September 7. All families will be required to register again to participate in the fall. The fall/winter regisgtration will be open by August 7. Munster Invite There was an error in uploading the meet entry fees for this meet. It appears only the meet surchage was billed to the accounts. You will see an additional charges to your invoice prior to the end of the month. IA Summer Invite I will have our results in next week's email and will post to our website early this week. Senior State Pike High School Our entry is attached. I am able to make updates through tomorrow evening so if you notice a mistake please let me know immediateley. Here are the times for this weekend's meet: Thursday (1500 free) Warm-ups 4:00-5:00-our swimmers should be on deck by 3:45 Meet Starts 5:15 Friday/Saturday/Sunday-prelims men Warm-up 6:30-7:45-our swimmers should be on deck by 6:30 Meet Starts 8:00 Friday/Saturday/Sunday-prelims women Warm-ups 10:00-11:15-our swimmer should be on deck by 10:00 Meet Starts 11:30 Friday/Saturday/Sunday Finals Warm-ups 4:00-5:15 Meet Starts 5:30 Sunday (800 Free) Warm-ups 3:00-3:30-our swimmers should be on deck by 2:45 Meet Starts Team Backpacks There are still a few backpacks available. If your swimmer needs an everyday bag these would work very well. If you would like one for your swimmer send me an email and after an upcoming practice we will allow them to pick one out. Spring and Summer Meet Schedule/Dates of Meet/Location/Deadline to commit Below is our spring/summer meet schedule. The first date listed is the day(s) of the meet and second date is the deadline to commit. Swimmers wanting to compete will need to commit to those meets. The deadlines are based on deadlines that were set in previous years. They may change once the meet hosts posts the meet information. When committing to

multiple day meets if the option to select the days you want is not available, leave a message in the available notes section of the specific days you would like to attend. Meets marked with an * are meets that require swimmers to meet certain time standards. All pool locations can be found on our website under the "Pools" tab. NASA Off The Blocks Invite/May 8/Northridge High School/results CON Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Invite/May 28-30/Merrifield Pool/results ELK Invitational/June 11-13/Elkhart Aquatic Center/results MSC Summer Splash/ June 25-27/Munster High School/results IA Summer Spectacular/July 9-11/Elkhart Aquatic Center/results coming soon *IN Swimming Senior State Championship/July 16-18/IUPUI/entry sent *IN Swimming Age Group State Championships/July 23-25/IUPUI/tonight July 11 *USA Swimming Future's Championships/July 28-31/Huntsville, Alabama/July 18 *IN Swimming Summer Divisional Championships/July 30-August 1/Concord High School/tonight July 11 *Central Zone 14 & Under Championships/August 5-8/July 25 USA Swimming Guidelines-MAAPPUSAUSA Swimming issued a directive with regards to electronic communication and social media contact between coaches and athletes. Most of what is being implemented is common sense and falls in line with our club's policies. One new requirement we will need to adhere to is how your minor child communicates with me. For several years I have asked swimmers in Group 2 and Group 3 to text/email me if they would be missing practice. Moving forward, swimmers will be instructed to include a parent on all communication with me. If you are the parent of a Group 2 or Group 3 swimmer, and have never sent me a text before, please text me so I have your contact info in my phone. This way if I need to contact your swimmer about missing practice I can be sure to include you. My cell phone number is 574-276-6057.  I encourage all parents and swimmers to read the full policy. We are required to keep this policy on our website, here is the link. As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. -- John VanDriessche Head Coach South Bend Swim Club South Bend Riley High School (574)276-6057 www.southbendswimclub.com #SBSCForLife

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Weekly Announcements for Week of 6/20-6/26

Dear SBSC families,

Riley HS Practice Schedule Here is the practice schedule for this week. Practice Notes: Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:30 G1 Elite Monday 5:30-7:30 Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 5:30-7:30 Group 3 AM Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 6:30-9:00 Group 3 PM Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 5:00-6:30 New Prairie HS (only for NPUSC students) Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:30 CST Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 4:30-6:30 CST Group 3 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 4:30-6:30 CST No PM practice on Friday due to MSC Summer Splash Invite. Swimmers attending New Prairie practices will continue to enter the building through door N17. Everyone entering the building will be required to wear a mask. Parents will not be allowed on deck. Athletes are no longer required to fill out a waiver when attending NP practices. All swimmers should come dressed ready to practice. There may be limited use of the locker rooms after practice. If you have any questions regarding procedures for NPHS practices please email Coach Ashley at [email protected] RHS Group 2 swimmers should come to practice in dry-land clothes over their suits. They should also be wearing quality workout shoes as well. Flip flops or Crocs are not acceptable options. Swimmers are encouraged to bring a yoga mat if they have one. Swimmers attending practices at Riley please continue to fill out the on-line daily screening before arriving to Riley. You can find that link by clicking here. Munster Summer Splash Our entry is attached. You can also find your swimmer's entry by logging into your acccount on our website or by using the OnDeck app. There has been a change to the meet format the afternoon sesssions on Saturday and Sunday for the 11-12 year olds and the 10 and unders have been combined Here are the pertinent times for this weekend's meet. All times are local to Munster, CST. Friday 13 and over Warm-ups 1:00-our athletes should be on deck by 12:45 CST Meet Starts 2:00 CST 12 and under Warm-ups 4:30-our athletes should be on deck by 4:15 CST Meet Starts 5:15 CST Saturday and Sunday 13 and over Warm-ups 7:00-our athletes should be on deck by 6:45 CST Meet Starts 7:45 CST 12 and under Warm-ups 12:00-our athletes should be on deck by 11:45 CST Meet Starts 12:45 CST Elkhart Invite Very good weekend for our club. Lots of new best times. Here are links to our updated LCM qualifers page, all-time top 10, and our results. IHSAA Moratorium Week June 28-July 4 Each summer the IHSAA mandates the week that contains July 4th there is to be no contact between high school coaches and their athletes. This week we will not be offering practices at NPHS, but those athletes are more then welcome to attend practies at Riley. I will be at practice but I will not be on deck. I will be sequestered in the office and available to meet with any non-high school swimmer or any parent. All high school swimmers (or soon to be high school swimmers) are not be in the office for any reason. Swimmers are not to arrive prior to 6:20 AM or 4:50 PM. No swimmer will be let into the building until another coach arrives. If an athlete texts or emails me on or after June 28th they will not receive a reply. If there is communication that needs to happen it has to be initiated by the parents. I realize with the new MAAPP guidelines parents and swimmers have been including each other in their messages to me, I will not respond to any text that has a swimmer included. I know this may sound confusing so if you have any questions please let me know. Team Backpacks There are still several quality backpacks available. If your swimmer needs an everyday bag these would work very well. If you would like one for your swimmer send me an email and after an upcoming practice we will allow them to pick one out. Spring and Summer Meet Schedule/Dates of Meet/Location/Deadline to commit Below is our spring/summer meet schedule. The first date listed is the day(s) of the meet and second date is the deadline to commit. Swimmers

wanting to compete will need to commit to those meets. The deadlines are based on deadlines that were set in previous years. They may change once the meet hosts posts the meet information. When committing to multiple day meets if the option to select the days you want is not available, leave a message in the available notes section of the specific days you would like to attend. Meets marked with an * are meets that require swimmers to meet certain time standards. All pool locations can be found on our website under the "Pools" tab. NASA Off The Blocks Invite/May 8/Northridge High School/results CON Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Invite/May 28-30/Merrifield Pool/results ELK Invitational/June 11-13/Elkhart Aquatic Center/results MSC Summer Splash/ June 25-27/Munster High School/entry sent IA Summer Spectacular/July 9-11/Elkhart Aquatic Center/entry sent *IN Swimming Senior State Championship/July 16-18/IUPUI/June 27 *IN Swimming Age Group State Championships/July 23-25/IUPUI/July 11 *USA Swimming Future's Championships/July 28-31/Huntsville, Alabama/July 18 *IN Swimming Summer Divisional Championships/July 30-August 1/Concord High School/July 11 *Central Zone 14 & Under Championships/August 5-8/July 25 USA Swimming Guidelines-MAAPPUSAUSA Swimming issued a directive with regards to electronic communication and social media contact between coaches and athletes. Most of what is being implemented is common sense and falls in line with our club's policies. One new requirement we will need to adhere to is how your minor child communicates with me. For several years I have asked swimmers in Group 2 and Group 3 to text/email me if they would be missing practice. Moving forward, swimmers will be instructed to include a parent on all communication with me. If you are the parent of a Group 2 or Group 3 swimmer, and have never sent me a text before, please text me so I have your contact info in my phone. This way if I need to contact your swimmer about missing practice I can be sure to include you. My cell phone number is 574-276-6057.  I encourage all parents and swimmers to read the full policy. We are required to keep this policy on our website, here is the link. As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. -- John VanDriessche Head Coach South Bend Swim Club South Bend Riley High School (574)276-6057 www.southbendswimclub.com #SBSCForLife

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Weekly Announcements for Week of 3/7-3/13

Dear SBSC families,  Practice ScheduleHere is the practice schedule for this week .Washington HSGroup 1 Tuesday and Wednesday 6:15-7:30G1 Elite Monday 5:30-7:00Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 5:30-7:00Group 3 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 4:15-5:45 New Prairie HS (only for NPUSC students)Group 1 Monday and Tuesday 5:30-6:45 CSTGroup 2-NO PRACTICE SCHEDULEDGroup 3 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 5:30-7:00 CST Practice Notes: No practice on Friday for Group 3 swimmers due to the Senior State Championships. Swimmers attending New Prairie practices will continue to enter the building through door N17. Everyone entering the building will be required to wear a mask. Parents will not be allowed on deck. Each athlete will need to fill out the attached form and hand deliver to the coach when entering the high school. All swimmers should come dressed ready to practice. There may be limited use of the locker rooms after practice. If you have any questions regarding procedures for NPHS practices please email Coach Ashley at [email protected] RHS Group 2 swimmers should come to practice in dryland clothes over their suits. They should also be wearing quality workout shoes as well. Flip flops or Crocs are not acceptable options. Swimmers are encouraged to bring a yoga mat if they have one. DivisonalsA very good first two days for SBSC. Several Age Group, Senior State, and Speedo Sectional cuts, numerous event winners, and dozens of swims in our All-Time Top 10. I will update all the pertinent pages early this week. Time Trial Munster High School Monday 3-8-21Munster Swim Club is hosting a time trial for swimmers who are near state cuts. We will have a coach available to attend. If your swimmer is very close to a state would like to attend email me by noon tomorrow. If I have not heard by anyone at that time we will not be sending a coach. Parents will be allowed in the building but they will not be allowed in the spectator area. Families will be responsible for all fees when signing up. These will be cash only transactions. Sign-ups are 4:15 CSTPool Opens 4:30 CSTMeet Starts 5:30 CST The cost is $9 per swimmer + $5 for every event. The meet letter is attached here and includes information for parking, entrance into the building, and MSC Covid guidelines. Please bring cash. Senior State Elkhart Aquatic Center March 12-14Our entry is attached. If you notice any errors or if your swimmer made new cuts this weekend, please email me no later then 3:00 PM tomorrow ( Monday, 3-8). I will be updating our entry with any new cuts from the weekend but if you email me it helps eliminate any mistakes. As mentioned before, the last thing I want is to have a swimmer not be able to compete in a championship meet they qualified for because of an administrative error. I will be sending our updated entry sometime tomorrow evening after the time trial (if we have swimmers competing) or when I return home from practice. The meet letter is attached. Please be familiar with all of the protocols they are asking. Here are the pertinent times for this weekend's meet.Friday events 1-12Session 1 (girls) warm-ups 9:30-10:45 meet starts 11:00 AMSession 2 (boys) warm-ups 3:30-4:45 meet starts 5:00 PM Saturday-events 13-26Session 3 (girls)warm-ups 9:15-10:45 meet starts 11:00 AMSession 4 (boys) warm-ups 3:15-4:45 meet starts 5:00 PM Sunday-events 27-30Session 5 (girls) warm-ups 9:15-10:45, meet starts 11:00 AMSession 6 (boys) warm-ups 3:45-5:15, meet starts 5:30 PM Practice RemindersParents please make sure your athletes are arriving to practice in their practice gear (suits and/or dryland clothes). We want to limit the activity in the locker room. The locker rooms should just be for restroom breaks and changing after practice if necessary. When dropping your swimmer off for practice please make sure they leave your vehicle wearing a mask. We have a very limited supply of disposable masks and we hope to use those when the one's they have break or are no longer viable. Finally make sure to fill out our daily screening every time they attend practice. Here is that link. Last Day of Winter SeasonThe last day of practice at NP for Group 1 and Group 3 will be Thursday March 18, this is of course dependent upon the middle school swim schedule. The last day of practice for RHS Group 1 and Group 2 will be Thursday March 18th. The last day for Group 3 will be Wednesday March 24th. Spring/Summer Season 21If you won't be attending our spring and summer session please email me no later then March 18th to avoid being charged for any spring/summer fees. If you fail to alert me you want to stop participating and you are billed you will either be charged a $25 administrative fee or all fees charged will be credited to your swim club account to be used when you return in the fall. Our first practices will be the week of April 11th. If you are currently registered you do not need to do anything. When you registered in the fall you were signing up for an entire year. If you have family or friends who would like to join the club the spring/summer registration is open. Remember this is not for swimmers currently registered with the club during the fall and winter of 20/21. We are still operating under the premise of having size limits at NP. We only have a small handful of spots available at that location so if you know of anyone who is interested I would let them know ASAP. At this time we have not set our schedule for the summer times at NP. We are waiting for some direction from the administration to what they will allow us to do. But, if we are anything like we were before we will have practices in the late afternoon, early evening. Practices for the spring in South Bend will hopefully return to Riley. We still have not been given a date as to when the pool will be repaired. If not, we will almost certainly be practicing at Washington High School. Riley will be going through some major upgrades this summer starting on June 1st. A new air handling unit is being installed, the locker rooms are being gutted and the lockers will be replaced with more "pool environment" quality lockers and benches, and new carpeting will be installed for the seating gallery. This construction is scheduled to last the summer and the pool, I've been told, will be ready for us to return the first of September (fingers crossed!). During the summer months we will be at Washington High School. But, we enjoyed last summer being outside so much we will again be trying to have some of our workouts outdoors again. Stay tuned! LifeguardingThe best time to lifeguard is now! We need your help!! PEASE sign-up in any available spot. USA Swimming Guidelines-MAAPPUSAUSA Swimming issued a directive with regards to electronic communication and social media contact between coaches and athletes. Most of what is being implemented is common sense and falls in line with our club's policies. One new requirement we will need to adhere to is how your minor child communicates with me. For several years I have asked swimmers in Group 2 and Group 3 to text/email me if they would be missing practice. Moving forward, swimmers will be instructed to include a parent on all communication with me.  If you are the parent of a Group 2 or Group 3 swimmer, and have never sent me a text before, please text me so I have your contact info in my phone. This way if I need to contact your swimmer about missing practice I can be sure to include you. My cell phone number is 574-276-6057.  I encourage all parents and swimmers to read the full policy. We are required to keep this policy on our website, here is the link. As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. -- John VanDriessche Head Coach South Bend Swim Club South Bend Riley High School (574)276-6057 www.southbendswimclub.com#SBSCForLife

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Weekly Announcements for Week of 2/28-3/6

Dear SBSC families,  Practice Schedule Here is the practice schedule for this week.Riley HSGroup 1 Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00-7:15G1 Elite Monday 5:30-7:00 Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 5:30-7:00Group 3 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 4:15-6:00 New Prairie HS (only for NPUSC students)Group 1 Thursday 5:30-6:45 CST Group 2-NO PRACTICE SCHEDULEDGroup 3 Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday 5:30-7:00 CST Practice Notes: NP middle school swimming is starting practice this week so we will not be scheduling any NP Group 2 practices for the remainder of the season. (See below for further explanation). Due to coach availability we can only offer one Group 1 practice this week. NP Group 1 swimmers are welcome to attend Riley one day this week to make up for the missed workout. We may also offer a 3rd Group 1 practice later in the month. This is dependent upon the middle school swim team's meet schedule. Group 2 and Group 3 practices at Riley will be following new time schedules for the remainder of the season as well. No practice at Riley on Friday due to the Divisional Championships. No practice at NP on Tuesday due to NPHS hosting a sectional basketball game and those teams using the pool locker rooms. Swimmers attending New Prairie practices will continue to enter the building through door N17. Everyone entering the building will be required to wear a mask. Parents will not be allowed on deck. Each athlete will need to fill out the attached form and hand deliver to the coach when entering the high school. All swimmers should come dressed ready to practice. There may be limited use of the locker rooms after practice. If you have any questions regarding procedures for NPHS practices please email Coach Ashley at [email protected] RHS Group 2 swimmers should come to practice in dryland clothes over their suits. They should also be wearing quality workout shoes as well. Flip flops or Crocs are not acceptable options. Swimmers are encouraged to bring a yoga mat if they have one. CON Last Chance Invite If your swimmer has made a first time Divisional cut this weekend and would like to attend the meet please email me no later then this evening. If they were already entered in Divisionals and made state cuts in entered events, or earned any new cuts please email me as well. By you emailing me it serves as a safety net for any possible mistakes. The last thing any of us want is to miss the chance to race at a championship meet. Divisonals Crown Point High School March 5th-7thAll athletes, coaches, officials, and volunteers will be required to fill out 3 different on-line waivers for the meet. The first two are due by tomorrow. The third one is to be done daily and is due no earlier then 1 hour before arriving to CPHS High School. You will find a form attached here with QR codes that will take you to the waivers. Please take care of this immediately. If you are interested in apparel for the meet here is the link. Please check your swimmers events. Make sure they are entered in no more then 3 events per day, the correct age group, their entry times reflect their current best time, and please look for any other possible mistake. I will be sending our final entry at the conclusion of practice tomorrow evening. Any changes/corrections need to be emailed to me by 6:00 PM EST. Our updated list of relays is attached here as well. If your athlete was previously listed and there is no longer a relay it is because other swimmers on our first draft chose not to attend the meet. The selection of swimmers for the 15 and over boys relays will be decided at the meet. As of this morning here are the pertinent times for this weekend's meet. All times are local to Crown Point, IN. Crown Point is on CST. Times are subject to change based on the final entry numbers they will receive tomorrow. Our swimmers should be on deck ready to swim at the start time of their warm-up session. I will be the coach on deck the entire meet so if you are running late or will be unable to make it please text me at 574-276-6057. Session 1 Friday (Events #1-#16)Warm-ups 3:30-4:45 PM CSTMeet starts 5:00 PM CST Session 2 Saturday 13 & OverWarm-ups 6:45-7:45 AM CSTMeet Starts 8:00 AM CST Session 3 Saturday 10 & UnderWarm-ups 11:30-12:15 PM CSTMeet Starts 12:30 PM CST Session 4 Saturday 11-12Warm-ups 3:00-4:00 PM CSTMeet Starts 4:15 PM CST Session 5 Sunday 13 & OverWarm-ups 6:45-7:45 AM CSTMeet Starts 8:00 AM CST Session 6 Sunday 10 & UnderWarm-ups 11:30-12:15 PM CSTMeet Starts 12:30 PM CST Session 7 Sunday 11-12Warm-ups 3:00-4:00 PM CSTMeet Starts 4:15 PM CST Practice RemindersParents please make sure your athletes are arriving to practice in their practice gear (suits and/or dryland clothes). We want to limit the activity in the locker room. The locker rooms should just be for restroom breaks and changing after practice if necessary. When dropping your swimmer off for practice please make sure they leave your vehicle wearing a mask. We have a very limited supply of disposable masks and we hope to use those when the one's they have break or are no longer viable. Finally make sure to fill out our daily screening every time they attend practice. Here is that link. New Prairie Group 2As mentioned above, due to middle school swimming Group 2 will not have practices at New Prairie for the month of March. All NP Group 2 swimmers have been moved off the billing cycle and will not be charged training fees for March. There is always the possibility mistakes are made. I do not anticipate any errant charges, but if any appear on your card just let me know and I can either refund your card or credit your swim club account. If your athlete is swimming in any club meets you will see the meet entry fees. Last Day of Winter/Start of Spring and SummerThe last day of practice at NP for Group 1 and Group 3 will be Thursday March 18, this is of course dependent upon the middle school swim schedule. The last day of practice for RHS Group 1 and Group 2 will be Thursday March 18th. The last day for Group 3 will be Wednesday March 24th. LifeguardingThe best time to lifeguard is now! We need your help!! PEASE sign-up in any available spot. USA Swimming Guidelines-MAAPPUSA USA Swimming issued a directive with regards to electronic communication and social media contact between coaches and athletes. Most of what is being implemented is common sense and falls in line with our club's policies. One new requirement we will need to adhere to is how your minor child communicates with me. For several years I have asked swimmers in Group 2 and Group 3 to text/email me if they would be missing practice. Moving forward, swimmers will be instructed to include a parent on all communication with me.  If you are the parent of a Group 2 or Group 3 swimmer, and have never sent me a text before, please text me so I have your contact info in my phone. This way if I need to contact your swimmer about missing practice I can be sure to include you. My cell phone number is 574-276-6057.  I encourage all parents and swimmers to read the full policy. We are required to keep this policy on our website, here is the link. As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. -- John VanDriessche Head Coach South Bend Swim Club South Bend Riley High School (574)276-6057 www.southbendswimclub.com #SBSCForLife

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Weekly Announcements for Week of 2/21-2/27

Dear SBSC families,

 Practice Schedule Here is the practice schedule for this week. Riley HS Group 1 Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00-7:15 G1 Elite Monday 5:30-7:30 Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 5:30-7:30 Group 3 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 4:30-6:15

New Prairie HS (only for NPUSC students) Group 1 Monday and Tuesday 5:30-6:45 CST Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 5:30-7:00 CST

Practice Notes: No practice at Riley on Friday due to the CON Last Chance Meet.

Swimmers attending New Prairie practices will continue to enter the building through door N17. Everyone entering the building will be required to wear a mask. Parents will not be allowed on deck. Each athlete will need to fill out the attached form and hand deliver to the coach when entering the high school. All swimmers should come dressed ready to practice. There may be limited use of the locker rooms after practice. If you have any questions regarding procedures for NPHS practices please email Coach Ashley at [email protected]

RHS Group 2 swimmers should come to practice in dryland clothes over their suits. They should also be wearing quality workout shoes as well. Flip flops or Crocs are not acceptable options. Swimmers are encouraged to bring a yoga mat if they have one.

CON Last Chance Invite Concord High School 2/26-28 Our entry has been sent and is attached here. Coach Carol will be the primary coach on deck on Friday and Saturday if you are running late or will be unable to make it please text her at 574-292-0553. I will be the coach on deck on Sunday. If there are any issues for Sunday please text me at 574-276-6057. Here are the pertinent times for this weekend's meet.

Friday evening Session 1 (11-12s) Warm-ups 4:00 – 4:40 pm. (Doors open at 3:30 pm)-our athletes should be on deck by 3:45 Meet starts at 4:45 pm Session completed by 5:45

Friday evening Session 2 (13 & over) Warm-ups 5:45-6:45 pm-our athletes should be on deck (or waiting to be let on deck) by 5:30 Meet starts at 6:50 pm Session completed by 8:15 pm

Saturday & Sunday AM session (11-12s) (Doors open at 7:00 am) Warm-ups 7:30 – 8:30 am -our athletes should be on deck by 7:15 Meet starts at 8:30 am. Session completed by 10:15 am

Saturday & Sunday Lunch session (10 & unders) Warm-ups 10:30 – 11:15 am-our athletes should be on deck (or waiting to be let on deck) by 10:15 Meet Starts 11:30 pm Session completed by 1:45 pm

Saturday & Sunday PM session (Open) Warmups 2:00 – 3:20 pm-our athlete should be on deck (or waiting to be let on deck) by 2:15 Meet starts 3:30 pm Session completed by 6:30 pm

Concord is allowing limited spectators during the Saturday and Sunday AM and Lunch Sessions. NO SPECTATORS ON FRIDAY OR ANY OF THE 13 AND OVER SESSIONS.

NCISC Winter Championships- Here are the updated pages from last weekend's meet. All Time Top 10, Current Qualifiers for Divisionals/State, and our results.

Divisonals Crown Point High School March 5th-7th This meet is open for all swimmers who have qualified. (Click on the link above to see if your swimmer has qualified). I will be sending our preliminary entry sometime later today. I have until Thursday to make any changes. So, if there are event changes, time updates, no longer want to swim, etc. please let me know.

Also, we received notification from the meet host there may be changes to the format of the meet. The POTENTIAL format changes will be that the 14 & Under/Open session be split by gender creating an additional session. The 14 & U/Open Women will swim first followed by the 14 & U/Open Men. This additional session of the 14 & U/Open Men will result in the 10 & Under and 11-12 sessions being moved to later times in the day. Final sessions times will be communicated as soon as possible.

These changes will only be implemented if the entry numbers of the 14 & U/Open sessions exceed the facility capacity restrictions.

Practice Reminders Parents please make sure your athletes are arriving to practice in their practice gear (suits and/or dryland clothes). We want to limit the activity in the locker room. The locker rooms should just be for restroom breaks and changing after practice if necessary. When dropping your swimmer off for practice please make sure they leave your vehicle wearing a mask. We have a very limited supply of disposable masks and we hope to use those when the one's they have break or are no longer viable. Finally make sure to fill out our daily screening every time they attend practice. Here is that link.

Lifeguarding The best time to lifeguard is now! We need your help!! PEASE sign-up in any available spot.

USA Swimming Guidelines-MAAPPUSA USA Swimming issued a directive with regards to electronic communication and social media contact between coaches and athletes. Most of what is being implemented is common sense and falls in line with our club's policies. One new requirement we will need to adhere to is how your minor child communicates with me. For several years I have asked swimmers in Group 2 and Group 3 to text/email me if they would be missing practice. Moving forward, swimmers will be instructed to include a parent on all communication with me. 

If you are the parent of a Group 2 or Group 3 swimmer, and have never sent me a text before, please text me so I have your contact info in my phone. This way if I need to contact your swimmer about missing practice I can be sure to include you. My cell phone number is 574-276-6057.  I encourage all parents and swimmers to read the full policy. We are required to keep this policy on our website, here is the link.

As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. -- John VanDriessche Head Coach South Bend Swim Club South Bend Riley High School (574)276-6057 www.southbendswimclub.com

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Weekly Announcements for Week of 1/31-2/6

Dear SBSC families,  Practice Schedule Here is the practice schedule for this week.Riley HSGroup 1 Monday and Wednesday 6:00-7:15G1 Elite Tuesday 5:30-7:30 Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 5:30-7:30 New Prairie HS (only for NPUSC students)Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 7:00-8:15 CST Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 7:00-8:30 CST Practice Notes: No practice at Riley on Thursday or Friday due to the Girls IHSAA Sectional meet. Swimming prelims are being held on Thursday and diving prelims/finals are being held on Friday. Swimmers attending New Prairie practices will continue to enter the building through door N17. Everyone entering the building will be required to wear a mask. Parents will not be allowed on deck. Each athlete will need to fill out the attached form and hand deliver to the coach when entering the high school. All swimmers should come dressed ready to practice. There may be limited use of the locker rooms after practice. If you have any questions regarding procedures for NPHS practices please email Coach Ashley at [email protected] Group 2 swimmers should come to practice in dryland clothes over their suits. They should also be wearing quality workout shoes as well. Flip flops or Crocs are not acceptable options. Swimmers are encouraged to bring a yoga mat if they have one. Munster InviteHere are our results from Friday's meet, our updated all-time Top 10, and our most current qualifiers page. We had some great swims on Friday night. We had 12 athletes compete, all swam 5 events, in just under 2.5 hours, and every single one of them had at least 2 best times! 9 of our swimmers had 4 or 5 best times!! Some highlights includes 26 of the 70 events we swam were under the Divisional time standard and 3 others, by Addy Szakaly, were under the STATE time standard! We also had several near misses for both Divisional and State cuts. Our swimmers are swimming FAST right now! Addy also now holds all three backstroke records for the 11-12 girls after lowering her own record in the 200 back and breaking a nearly 6 year old record in the 100 back previously held by Autumn Baumgartner. Our last two meets have been so much fun, not just for our athletes but our coaches as well. The SBSC swimmers are dropping time almost every time they hit the water. These young athletes have shown so much resiliency this season and I couldn't be more proud of them. NCISC Winter Championships-Goshen Middle School 2/13 --and-- CON Last Chance Invite Concord High School 2/26-28We are adding two meets to our schedule and they will have limited numbers. Goshen-3 sessions, 10&U, 11-12, and 13&O. They want to limit each session to 65 swimmers so please indicate as soon as possible if you plan on attending. Concord- This came directly from the CON meet chair: Friday PM - Session 1 - 11-12s (500 Free & 200 IM)Warmups @4, Meet start@445, Meet over by 6pm- Session 2 - 13 & overs (500 Free & 400 IM) Warmups @6, Meet Starts@645, Meet over by 8:15pmThis would be about 35/40 minutes of warmup with one shift.We can accommodate 80 swimmers on deck per session. If we have more than 80, we will use the spectator gallery to spread out more athletes and need to extend warm-up times with two shifts. Based on last year's meet, we think we would have less than 80 swimmers in each session. Saturday & Sunday AM - Session 3 & Session 6 - 11-12s- Warmups @7, Meet starts@810, Meet over by 10:15amThis timeline plans for 2 shifts of warmups at 30 min each. We would like to allow spectators for our younger athletes. We plan to have a clean deck and all athletes be in the activity center (gym across the hall). All athletes would be clerked. If we have 80 or less swimmers, we adjust this plan. Based on last year, we had 120-130 swimmers. Saturday & Sunday Lunch - Session 4 & 7 - 10 & unders- Warmups @10:45, Meet Starts@12pm, Meet over by 2pmThis timeline plans for 2 shifts of warmups at 30 min each. Based on last years meet, we had 160-190 swimmers in this age group. We cannot accommodate this many athletes. We will need to limit this session to no more than 150. We again plan to have a clean deck so we can have spectators. Athletes will be in the activity center across the hall. All swimmers clerked. If we have less than 80, we can adjust the plan. Saturday & Sunday Afternoon - Session 5 & 8 - Open- Warmups @2pm, Meet Starts@330pm, Meet over by 6:30pmThis timeline also plans for 2 shifts of warmups at 40 min each.We plan to have no spectators for this session. Athletes can spread out in the spectator gallery and on deck. Last year we had 160-180 swimmers in this age group. This group would not necessarily need to be clerked, but we would like to limit the number of athletes behind the blocks during the meet. We are discussing doing the time trial on Sunday evening. We plan to have relays first to help clear the deck faster but have discussed removing them should the timeline require it. For the 11-12 & 10 & under sessions, with athletes in the activity center, we may ask teams to provide a Marshall or two for there team to help get kids to the clerk as well as off deck after they race. Please make sure to indicate you would like to swim ASAP. High School Swimmers Returning To ClubIf you are the parent of high school swimmer please email me the date they plan to return to practice. My hope is the Monday following their last high school meet, but I know that is always not the case. The last three weeks in February may require us to find additional pool space based on the number of girls returning. In the past our G3 girls would practice with Group 2 until the boys high school season was completed. We know have 27 swimmers in Group 2 (plus 2 in G1 Elite) it would be a logistical nightmare to try to squeeze another dozen athletes in the same time frame at the same pool. Please email me as soon as you can! LifeguardingThe best time to lifeguard is now! We need your help!! PEASE sign-up in any available spot. USA Swimming Guidelines-MAAPPUSA USA Swimming issued a directive with regards to electronic communication and social media contact between coaches and athletes. Most of what is being implemented is common sense and falls in line with our club's policies. One new requirement we will need to adhere to is how your minor child communicates with me. For several years I have asked swimmers in Group 2 and Group 3 to text/email me if they would be missing practice. Moving forward, swimmers will be instructed to include a parent on all communication with me.  If you are the parent of a Group 2 or Group 3 swimmer, and have never sent me a text before, please text me so I have your contact info in my phone. This way if I need to contact your swimmer about missing practice I can be sure to include you. My cell phone number is 574-276-6057.  I encourage all parents and swimmers to read the full policy. We are required to keep this policy on our website, here is the link. As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. -- John VanDriessche Head Coach South Bend Swim Club South Bend Riley High School (574)276-6057 www.southbendswimclub.com #SBSCForLife

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southbendswimclub · 4 years

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Weekly Announcements for Week of 10/25-10/31

Dear SBSC families, Practice ScheduleHere is the practice schedule for this week.Riley HSGroup 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:00Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 5:30-7:30Group 3 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 4:30-6:00New Prairie HS (only for NPUSC students)Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:30-7:30 CSTGroup 2 & 3 Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 5:00-6:30 CSTPractice Notes: We are adding 30 minutes to the RHS Group 2 practices for dryland. We will be using the Train Heroic App. If your swimmer has a smart phone we would like them to bring it to practice. If they do, please have them download the app and create an account. The access code for our Group 2 swimmers is G22020. Swimmers should come to practice in dryland clothes over their suits. They should also be wearing quality workout shoes as well. Flip flops or Crocs are not acceptable options.No practice at NP on Wednesday due to a winter sports meeting for NPHS. Swimmers attending New Prairie practices will enter the building through door N17. Everyone entering the building will be required to wear a mask. Parents will not be allowed on deck. Each athlete will need to fill out the attached form and hand deliver to the coach when entering the high school. All swimmers should come dressed ready to practice. There may be limited use of the locker rooms after practice. If you have any questions regarding procedures for NPHS practices please email Coach Ashley at [email protected] to limits imposed by NPUSC for safety reasons no more then 24 swimmers will be allowed in the pool at any one time. This means we have to put limits on our roster groups. Group 1 is at capacity and all spots are filled, 1 more spot is available in Group 2, and all the spots in Group 3 are taken. If you would like to be added to the waiting list please send an email to me and Coach Ashley.Spirit Wear Order FormTrue to our recent history we have hit some road bumps with a vendor. We went with a different company this year due to the struggles with the vendor from last season. But, somethings never change. The process started in early September and has required multiple emails from me just to keep the ball rolling. I've been promised better service moving forward so we shall see. Page 1 is attached here and Page 2 here. Page 2 is the form you will need to return to the club. The due date listed is incorrect. All orders need to be returned to me no later then Tuesday November 24For our new families this is different then the T-shirt your swimmer will receive. That price was included in the spirit wear you paid for when registering. Typically these shirts would have been distributed a couple of weeks ago, but like I said we've hit some road bumps. I hope to get these out to everyone very soonPractice IncentivesI believe we have accomplished our goal of looking more like a team at practice by wearing only club caps. I also believe being part of team means having a little fun and allowing athletes a chance to express themselves. So moving forward practices on Friday will be considered "Fun Cap Friday". Athletes will be able to wear any cap they'd like to practice on those days.We will also be starting a monthly drawing to win club gear. When an athlete arrives to practice they will be allowed to fill out a small ticket to place in tumbler to be drawn at the end of the month. There will be one drawing but it will include both practice sites. The first prize up for grabs will be a new TYR team backpack. It will be embroidered with the club logo and the athletes name.Changes Coming to New Prairie PracticesAs you noticed we are adding time to the RHS Group 2 practices. Because of our limitations of space and numbers allowed we are unable to offer the dryland as a group at the school. But, the workouts are designed to be done with little or no equipment and can be done by athletes at home at anytime. Also because of the limits on the number of swimmers allowed in the pool at NPHS the boys and girls high school teams will need to have split practices. This unfortunately means our club practices will be pushed later into the evening. So our window of practices will be from 7:00-8:30 each evening there is not a high school meet. We are currently trying to figure out the staffing but we are searching for a solution. I realize there may be some families who feel finishing practice at 8:30 will be too late for their swimmers. We do have space at Riley for additional swimmers. But unlike previous seasons parents would need to contact me to confirm there is space on any particular day. Elkhart Invite November 7 & 8 Beacon Health and Fitness CenterHopefully everyone received information about our next meet, the Elkhart Invite hosted by Elkhart United. The deadline to commit to this meet is next Sunday, November 1. All high school swimmers are eligible to compete in this meet without obtaining a waiver. Once a meet letter is available I will post it to our website. The information I do have is the morning sessions will be for the 13 & over and the 8 & under swimmers. The afternoon sessions will be for swimmers ages 9-12. Until the entry file is received from Elkhart United you will be unable to select specific days/sessions for your swimmer. You will be able to commit with a "yes" response. If you do commit your swimmer please leave a note for the day or days you'd like your swimmer in the meet.If you know you will not be attending please decline committing to the meet.Lifeguarding For NovemberThe lifeguard sign-up for November is now available. Please remember all Group 3 athletes are required to volunteer 4 hours of their time during each season they are members of the club. If they are lifeguards they will be expected to guard practices. If they are not they will be expected to help assist coaches during Group 1 or Group 2 practices. This requirement is to be completed by the end of the winter season in March. If they received their lifeguarding certificate from the club they have an additional 10 hours of lifeguarding to complete by the end of the summer season of 2021.If your athlete has completed their volunteer hours please wait until October 31st to sign up for any additional hours. If your athlete has finished more then 4 hours your credit will be added to your account prior to November 1. Changes For This SeasonThese will be some changes will be implementing for the upcoming season.Masks: All swimmers, coaches, and lifeguards will be required to wear a mask when not in the water. Family Technology Fee: This fee was originally used to eliminate the need for credit card financing charges. Over time this has cost club a considerable amount of money. If you would like to avoid those finance charges you can always prepay with cash or check. Lifeguarding: We will be using a system we used a few years ago with the Riley High School team. Group 3 practices will be using our swimmers to guard practice. Each certified athlete will take a 20-25 minute turn in the chair and hopefully only once or twice a week. Volunteering Requirements: Each of our Group 3 athletes will be required to volunteer 4 hours each season. This is included in the Terms and Conditions document you digitally sign during registration. Those with lifeguarding will be expected to lifeguard. Those without will be expected to help the coaches during practice. Once a swimmer has fulfilled their volunteer requirement they can earn credit to the families swim club account to help pay for training and/or meet entry fees. Team Caps: At any given practice this summer we only had a few of our swimmers wearing any of our club gear. This includes caps, T-shirts, and backpacks. If we had a visitor come to practice there would have been zero chance of the visitor identifying our team correctly. We saw gear from multiple high school teams, college teams, and former club teams. I feel for us to become more of a team we need to look more like a team. Staring this fall the only caps that will be allowed during our practices will be SBSC caps. These can be our regular meet caps, Divisional caps or State Team caps. We will be getting some silicone caps for those who prefer that type. We do have some silicone caps with our old logo but a very limited supply. USA Swimming Guidelines-MAAPPUSA USA Swimming issued a directive with regards to electronic communication and social media contact between coaches and athletes. Most of what is being implemented is common sense and falls in line with our club's policies. One new requirement we will need to adhere to is how your minor child communicates with me. For several years I have asked swimmers in Group 2 and Group 3 to text/email me if they would be missing practice. Moving forward, swimmers will be instructed to include a parent on all communication with me. If you are the parent of a Group 2 or Group 3 swimmer, and have never sent me a text before, please text me so I have your contact info in my phone. This way if I need to contact your swimmer about missing practice I can be sure to include you. My cell phone number is 574-276-6057.  I encourage all parents and swimmers to read the full policy. We are required to keep this policy on our website, here is the link.As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.-- John VanDriesscheHead CoachSouth Bend Swim ClubSouth Bend Riley High School(574)276-6057www.southbendswimclub.com#SBSCForLife  Practice Schedule Here is the practice schedule for this week .

Riley HS

Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:00 Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 5:30-7:30 Group 3 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 4:30-6:00 New Prairie HS (only for NPUSC students) Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:30-7:30 CST Group 2 & 3 Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 5:00-6:30 CST

Practice Notes: We are adding 30 minutes to the RHS Group 2 practices for dryland. We will be using the Train Heroic App. If your swimmer has a smart phone we would like them to bring it to practice. If they do, please have them download the app and create an account. The access code for our Group 2 swimmers is G22020. Swimmers should come to practice in dryland clothes over their suits. They should also be wearing quality workout shoes as well. Flip flops or Crocs are not acceptable options. No practice at NP on Wednesday due to a winter sports meeting for NPHS. Swimmers attending New Prairie practices will enter the building through door N17. Everyone entering the building will be required to wear a mask. Parents will not be allowed on deck.

Each athlete will need to fill out the attached form and hand deliver to the coach when entering the high school

. All swimmers should come dressed ready to practice. There may be limited use of the locker rooms after practice. If you have any questions regarding procedures for NPHS practices please email Coach Ashley at [email protected] Due to limits imposed by NPUSC for safety reasons no more then 24 swimmers will be allowed in the pool at any one time. This means we have to put limits on our roster groups. Group 1 is at capacity and all spots are filled, 1 more spot is available in Group 2, and all the spots in Group 3 are taken. If you would like to be added to the waiting list please send an email to me and Coach Ashley. Spirit Wear Order Form True to our recent history we have hit some road bumps with a vendor. We went with a different company this year due to the struggles with the vendor from last season. But, somethings never change. The process started in early September and has required multiple emails from me just to keep the ball rolling. I've been promised better service moving forward so we shall see.

Page 1 is attached here

and

Page 2 here

. Page 2 is the form you will need to return to the club. The due date listed is incorrect. All orders need to be returned to me no later then Tuesday November 24 For our new families this is different then the T-shirt your swimmer will receive. That price was included in the spirit wear fee you paid for when registering. Typically these shirts would have been distributed a couple of weeks ago, but like I said we've hit some road bumps. I hope to get these out to everyone very soon. Practice Incentives I believe we have accomplished our goal of looking more like a team at practice by wearing only club caps. I also believe being part of team means having a little fun and allowing athletes a chance to express themselves. So moving forward practices on Friday will be considered "Fun Cap Friday". Athletes will be able to wear any cap they'd like to practice on those days. We will also be starting a monthly drawing to win club gear. When an athlete arrives to practice they will be allowed to fill out a small ticket to place in tumbler to be drawn at the end of the month. There will be one drawing but it will include both practice sites. The first prize up for grabs will be a new

TYR team backpack.

It will be embroidered with the club logo and the athlete's name. Changes Coming to New Prairie Practices As you noticed we are adding time to the RHS Group 2 practices. Because of our limitations of space and numbers allowed we are unable to offer the dryland as a group at the school. But, the workouts are designed to be done with little or no equipment and can be done by athletes at home at anytime. Also because of the limits on the number of swimmers allowed in the pool at NPHS the boys and girls high school teams will need to have split practices. This unfortunately means our club practices will be pushed later into the evening. So our window of practices will be from 7:00-8:30 each evening there is not a high school meet. We are currently trying to figure out the staffing but we are searching for a solution. I realize there may be some families who feel finishing practice at 8:30 will be too late for their swimmers. We do have space at Riley for additional swimmers. But unlike previous seasons parents would need to contact me to confirm there is space on any particular day.

Elkhart Invite November 7 & 8 Beacon Health and Fitness Center

Hopefully everyone received information about our next meet, the Elkhart Invite hosted by Elkhart United. The deadline to commit to this meet is next Sunday, November 1. All high school swimmers are eligible to compete in this meet without obtaining a waiver. Once a meet letter is available I will post it to our website. The information I do have is the morning sessions will be for the 13 & over and the 8 & under swimmers. The afternoon sessions will be for swimmers ages 9-12. Until the entry file is received from Elkhart United you will be unable to select specific days/sessions for your swimmer. You will be able to commit with a "yes" response. If you do commit your swimmer please leave a note for the day or days you'd like your swimmer in the meet. If you know you will not be attending please decline committing to the meet. Lifeguarding For November The lifeguard sign-up for November is now available. Please remember all Group 3 athletes are required to volunteer 4 hours of their time during each season they are members of the club. If they are lifeguards they will be expected to guard practices. If they are not they will be expected to help assist coaches during Group 1 or Group 2 practices. This requirement is to be completed by the end of the winter season in March. If they received their lifeguarding certificate from the club they have an additional 10 hours of lifeguarding to complete by the end of the summer season of 2021. If your athlete has completed their volunteer hours please wait until October 31st to sign up for any additional hours. If your athlete has finished more then 4 hours your credit will be added to your account prior to November 1. Changes For This Season These will be some changes will be implementing for the upcoming season.

Masks: All swimmers, coaches, and lifeguards will be required to wear a mask when not in the water.

Family Technology Fee: This fee was originally used to eliminate the need for credit card financing charges. Over time this has cost club a considerable amount of money. If you would like to avoid those finance charges you can always prepay with cash or check.

Lifeguarding: We will be using a system we used a few years ago with the Riley High School team. Group 3 practices will be using our swimmers to guard practice. Each certified athlete will take a 20-25 minute turn in the chair and hopefully only once or twice a week.

Volunteering Requirements: Each of our Group 3 athletes will be required to volunteer 4 hours each season. This is included in the Terms and Conditions document you digitally sign during registration. Those with lifeguarding will be expected to lifeguard. Those without will be expected to help the coaches during practice. Once a swimmer has fulfilled their volunteer requirement they can earn credit to the families swim club account to help pay for training and/or meet entry fees.

Team Caps: At any given practice this summer we only had a few of our swimmers wearing any of our club gear. This includes caps, T-shirts, and backpacks. If we had a visitor come to practice there would have been zero chance of the visitor identifying our team correctly. We saw gear from multiple high school teams, college teams, and former club teams. I feel for us to become more of a team we need to look more like a team. Staring this fall the only caps that will be allowed during our practices will be SBSC caps (see above). These can be our regular meet caps, Divisional caps or State Team caps. We will be getting some silicone caps for those who prefer that type. We do have some silicone caps with our old logo but a very limited supply.

574-276-6057

.  I encourage all parents and swimmers to read the full policy. We are required to keep this policy on our website,

here is the link

. As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

John VanDriessche

Head Coach

South Bend Swim Club

South Bend Riley High School

(574)276-6057

www.southbendswimclub.com

#SBSCForLife

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southbendswimclub · 4 years

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Weekly Announcements for Week of 10/11-10/17

Dear SBSC families,

 Practice Schedule

Here is the practice schedule for this week.

Riley HS

Group 1 Monday and Wednesday 6:00-7:00Group 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 6:00-7:30Group 3 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 4:30-6:00

New Prairie HS (only for NPUSC students)Group 1 Monday and Tuesday 6:00-7:00 CSTGroup 2 Monday 4:30-6:00 CST, Tuesday 6:00-7:15 CST, Wednesday 4:30-6:00 CST, and Thursday 6:00-7:15 CSTGroup 3 Monday and Wednesday 4:30-6:00 CST

Practice Notes: Group 1 at Riley will be on Monday and Wednesday for the next 2 weeks. We will have limited space in the diving well due to the Adams HS divers practicing the same time we normally would. Once high school season starts on the 26th they will have different practice times.

There may be an issue for NP practice on Thursday. Coach Ashley was told there was a possibility we may not have access to the locker rooms. NPHS is hosting volleyball sectionals and they may need the pool locker room space for some of the teams. As soon as we know for sure we will pass that information along.

Group 1 practices at New Prairie, as in years past, will vary each week due to coach availability. But the schedule will follow similar format. Swimmers attending New Prairie practices will enter the building through door N17. Everyone entering the building will be required to wear a mask. Parents will not be allowed on deck. Each athlete will need to fill out the attached form and hand deliver to the coach when entering the high school. All swimmers should come dressed ready to practice. There may be limited use of the locker rooms after practice. If you have any questions regarding procedures for NPHS practices please email Coach Ashley at [email protected]

Due to limits imposed by NPUSC for safety reasons no more then 24 swimmers will be allowed in the pool at any one time. This means we have to put limits on our roster groups. Group 1 is at capacity and all spots are filled, 1 more spot is available in Group 2, and all the spots in Group 3 are taken. If you would like to be added to the waiting list please send an email to me and Coach Ashley.

Covid PrecautionsI was informed Friday evening one of our Group 3 athletes, who practices at Riley, was instructed to quarantine by their school. This athlete has not tested positive but was within 6 feet and longer than 15 minutes of someone who did test positive on October 6th. Our athlete did attend practice Monday-Thursday last week. Due to our social distancing practices and a previous conversation with Dr. Fox I believe our athletes are safe. I felt it was necessary to inform our members so you can make the best choice for your family about sending your athletes back to practice.

Team CapsAll athletes, if they have not already, will receive their new caps for this season at practice this week. They will be required to wear them at the meet this Saturday. If they are lost or damaged they will be given another and your accounts will be charged $5.

CON Dual Meet Saturday 10-17

The safety protocols for the meet can be found by clicking here. Parents please go over the protocols with your swimmers. The deadline to commit to this meet is this Wednesday, October 14. If you know you won't be attending please decline the attendance on the website or by using your OnDeck app. I will be sending email invites on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday to those who have yet to commit or decline. The cost of the meet will be $7 and athletes could swim up to 3 individual events and 2 relays.

Here are the pertinent times for this Saturday's meet

13 and overArrive at Concord in swimsuits by 8:45Enter the building 8:50Warm-ups 9:00-9:40Meet Starts 9:50Conclusion of session 11:00

12 and underArrive at Concord in swimsuits no earlier then 11:00Enter the building 11:10--if all 13 and over athletes have left the pool deckWarm-ups 11:15-12:00Meet Starts 12:10Conclusion of session 1:30

I will have the entries completed no later the Thursday afternoon. I will also be the coach on deck the entire meet so if you are running late on Saturday or will be unable to make it please text me as soon as you can. Remember there is no use of the locker rooms but restrooms will be available. As of now 1 parent per swimmer will be allowed to attend the meet.

Lifeguard Volunteering at Riley

Group 3 swimmers who need their volunteer hours are able to sign-up for some remaining spots in October.

Changes For This Season

These will be some changes will be implementing for the upcoming season.

Masks: All swimmers, coaches, and lifeguards will be required to wear a mask when not in the water.

Team Caps: At any given practice this summer we only had a few of our swimmers wearing any of our club gear. This includes caps, T-shirts, and backpacks. If we had a visitor come to practice there would have been zero chance of the visitor identifying our team correctly. We saw gear from multiple high school teams, college teams, and former club teams. I feel for us to become more of a team we need to look more like a team. Staring this fall the only caps that will be allowed during our practices will be SBSC caps. These can be our regular meet caps, Divisional caps or State Team caps. We will be getting some silicone caps for those who prefer that type. We do have some silicone caps with our old logo but a very limited supply.

USA Swimming Guidelines-MAAPPUSA

USA Swimming issued a directive with regards to electronic communication and social media contact between coaches and athletes. Most of what is being implemented is common sense and falls in line with our club's policies. One new requirement we will need to adhere to is how your minor child communicates with me. For several years I have asked swimmers in Group 2 and Group 3 to text/email me if they would be missing practice. Moving forward, swimmers will be instructed to include a parent on all communication with me. 

574-276-6057

.  I encourage all parents and swimmers to read the full policy. We are required to keep this policy on our website,

here is the link

As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

John VanDriessche

Head Coach

South Bend Swim Club

South Bend Riley High School

(574)276-6057

www.southbendswimclub.com

#SBSCForLife

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southbendswimclub · 3 years

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Weekly Announcements for Week of 5/29-6/5

Dear SBSC families,

Riley HS CON BW3 Blazin Invite-Sunday Update Today's meet will follow the same format as yesterday. 13 and over warm-ups 2:00-3:00 -- our athletes should be on deck by 1:45 12 and under warm-ups 3:00-3:35 -- our athletes should be on deck by 2:45 Meet starts at 3:45 Projected finish 8:00 If you will not be attending, and have not done so already, please let me know as soon as you can. Concord is offering a separate session for the 400 free with warm-ups starting at noon. Our swimmers will not be competing in this session. Based on yesterday's finish time that would make an 8+ hour day at the pool for those swimmers. Once it has been determined what our entry fees are I will go back and credit those accounts of the athletes that were not able to swim. I will post our results and update the pertinent pages on our website early this week. Practice Schedule Here is the practice schedule for this week. Practice Notes: Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:30 G1 Elite Friday 5:00-6:30 Group 2 Tuesday, Thursday 5:30-7:30 and Friday 5:00-6:30 Group 3 AM Tuesday 6:30-8:00, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 6:30-9:00 Group 3 PM Tuesday 4:15-6:30, Thursday, and Friday 5:00-6:30 New Prairie HS (only for NPUSC students) Group 1 Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:30 CST Group 2 Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 4:30-6:30 CST Group 3 Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 4:30-6:30 CST No practice on Monday due to Memorial Day. Swimmers attending New Prairie practices will continue to enter the building through door N17. Everyone entering the building will be required to wear a mask. Parents will not be allowed on deck. Each athlete will need to fill out the attached form and hand deliver to the coach when entering the high school. All swimmers should come dressed ready to practice. There may be limited use of the locker rooms after practice. If you have any questions regarding procedures for NPHS practices please email Coach Ashley at [email protected] RHS Group 2 swimmers should come to practice in dry-land clothes over their suits. They should also be wearing quality workout shoes as well. Flip flops or Crocs are not acceptable options. Swimmers are encouraged to bring a yoga mat if they have one. Swimmers attending practices at Riley please continue to fill out the on-line daily screening before arriving to Riley. You can find that link by clicking here. Summer Practice Hours This week we will be beginning our summer practice schedule. NP will remain the same. Group 1 will be extended until 7:30 and both Group 2 and Group 3 will have 2-hour long practices. Riley will also be starting summer hours beginning this week. Group 1 will be extended until 7:30. Group 2 and Group 3 will not have Wednesday evening practices. Group 3 will be switching to longer morning workouts beginning on Wednesday and shorter evening practices beginning on Thursday. We will also be allowing Group 2 swimmers to attend morning workouts. These workouts are to be in addition to the regularly scheduled Group 2 practice and not be used as a replacement. They will be allowed to attend the number of practices based on their age. If they are 11 they may attend 1, 12-2, 13-3 and 14-4. Families will be charged an additional $15 each month. Swimmers who do not currently have Divisional cuts will need my permission before attending these practices.

Miscellaneous We are still having multiple swimmers each night enter the building without a mask. Until the school administration says otherwise it is still a requirement for our athletes. Since I never felt right about suggesting we wouldn't allow swimmers to enter the building we will continue to provide masks for your swimmers. I also do not believe this is cost that should be absorbed by the club. Moving forward, if a swimmer needs a mask there will be a $1 charge placed on the family account. All swimmers are to be picked up no later than 15 minutes after practice ends. We will never hold your swimmer longer than the posted practice time so please show our coaches the same courtesy and pick your children up on time. At the time of registration, a document titled "Terms and Conditions" required a digital signature. As a reminder this is the section of the document that pertains to this issue.

If swimmers are not picked up within 15 minutes of the scheduled ending time of practice families are subject to fines of $5, $15, and $25. Fines will be based on, but not limited to, the length of time a coaching member must wait, number of occurrences, and or the lack of a courtesy message beforehand by the parents. After the third offense swimmers may be barred from participation unless or another responsible party stays for the entire practice.

Open Water State I apologize about the email you received this morning about this meet. SBSC will no longer be attending the Open Water State meet. We received information regarding this meet last week. After confirming the site, I came to the decision not to attend. The meet is being held in West Chester Ohio, just north of Cincinnati. With only 3 swimmers currently committed to the meet and the length of travel for a one-day middle of the week meet it is our best option to not attend.

Extended Meet Deadlines Munster Summer Splash (6/25-27): They are limiting the teams in this meet, and we have been one of the teams accepted. Because of this they are allowing teams to submit entries much later than normal. If you would like your swimmer to attend this meet, please commit them by Sunday June 13. IA Summer Spectacular (7/9-11): The meet information was sent out on Tuesday of last week. Our new deadline for this meet is this Saturday June 5. Spring and Summer Meet Schedule/Dates of Meet/Location/Deadline to commit Below is our spring/summer meet schedule. The first date listed is the day(s) of the meet and second date is the deadline to commit. Swimmers wanting to compete will need to commit to those meets. The deadlines are based on deadlines that were set in previous years. They may change once the meet hosts posts the meet information. When committing to multiple day meets if the option to select the days you want is not available, leave a message in the available notes section of the specific days you would like to attend. Meets marked with an * are meets that require swimmers to meet certain time standards. All pool locations can be found on our website under the "Pools" tab.

NASA Off The Blocks Invite/May 8/Northridge High School/results CON Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Invite/May 28-30/Merrifield Pool/results coming soon ELK Invitational/June 11-13/Elkhart Aquatic Center/entry sent MSC Summer Splash/ June 25-27/Munster High School/June 13 IA Summer Spectacular/July 9-11/Elkhart Aquatic Center/this Saturday June 5 *IN Swimming Senior State Championship/July 16-18/IUPUI/June 27 *IN Swimming Age Group State Championships/July 23-25/IUPUI/July 11 *USA Swimming Future's Championships/July 28-31/Huntsville, Alabama/July 18 *IN Swimming Summer Divisional Championships/July 30-August 1/Concord High School/July 11 *Central Zone 14 & Under Championships/August 5-8/July 25 USA Swimming Guidelines-MAAPPUSAUSA Swimming issued a directive with regards to electronic communication and social media contact between coaches and athletes. Most of what is being implemented is common sense and falls in line with our club's policies. One new requirement we will need to adhere to is how your minor child communicates with me. For several years I have asked swimmers in Group 2 and Group 3 to text/email me if they would be missing practice. Moving forward, swimmers will be instructed to include a parent on all communication with me. If you are the parent of a Group 2 or Group 3 swimmer, and have never sent me a text before, please text me so I have your contact info in my phone. This way if I need to contact your swimmer about missing practice, I can be sure to include you. My cell phone number is 574-276-6057.  I encourage all parents and swimmers to read the full policy. We are required to keep this policy on our website, here is the link. As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. -- John VanDriessche Head Coach South Bend Swim Club South Bend Riley High School (574)276-6057 www.southbendswimclub.com #SBSCForLife

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