Practice Changes

Parents/Swimmers - We have been notified of a few changes we will need to make to our previous winter schedule due to REC Center staffing issues. Please read the following schedule. I apologize for the late notice on the changes being made this week and the effect it may have on your previously planned schedule.

PM Practices Monday - Wednesday

PM practices will be for Masters and Seniors 5:30-6:30 pm. All other groups will not have pmpractices.

Monday AM

Masters and Seniors - 6:00-7:15(30) am

Age Group 3 and 4 - 7:30 - 9:00 am

Tuesday AM

Masters and Seniors - 6:00-7:15(30) am

Age Group 3 and 4 - 7:15 - 8:45 am

Age Group 2 - 7:30 - 8:15 am

Age Group 1 White and Navy - 8:15 - 9:00 am

Wednesday AM

Masters and Seniors 6:00-7:15(30) am

Age Group 3 and 4 - 7:15 - 8:45 am

Age Group 2 - 7:30 - 8:15 am

Age Group 1 White and Navy - 8:15 - 9:00 am

Thursday AM

Masters and Seniors 7:00 - 9:00 am

Coach Jason

RICE Aquatics

Practice Change

All PM practices are canceled for December 18th. Please check our website for updates on next weeks practice schedule.

Coach Jason

Age Group 1 - Practice Update

Parents - All Age Group 1's will not have practice this Friday. We have coaches gone for college meets and coverage will be low.

All Age Group 1's can attend practice today. Next weeks schedule will also be changed as well.

Monday- No Age Group 1 practice

Tuesday- All Age Group 1's can attend normal practice time.

Wednesday - All Age Group 1's can attend normal practice time.

See you at the pool,

Coach Jason

Swimmers Thoughts

A few thoughts from Dec 24th practice!

THE FIRST 50 YARDS

Denial: The water isn’t as cold as yesterday!

Anger: If I violently spin my arms as fast as I can, it won’t be as cold as yesterday!

Bargaining: Maybe the jets are pumping warm water. I’ll go check.

Depression: If I lay motionless, maybe I’ll get out of practice.

Acceptance: It’s just as cold.


YOUR COACH'S GOOD MOOD

Denial: He’s going to give us an easy practice! He’s happy!

Anger: He’s happier when we’re sadder. Another hard practice today. He’s a masochist. I hate him.

Bargaining: What if I go a best time off the blocks? Right now? Best time ever? Can we get out?

Depression: If I lay motionless, he won’t be happy anymore.

Acceptance: He’s just naturally happy. The jerk.


30 x 1000's FREESTYLE

Denial: Ha! What a joker! Such a sense of humor my coach has!

Anger: (Expletive.)

Bargaining: Please, someone, please, let there be a blizzard, an earthquake, a UFO (unidentified floating object). Anything. Please.

Depression: What’s wrong with me? Why did I choose this sport?

Acceptance: Vendt did it.


CHRISTMAS EVE MORNING PRACTICE

Denial: Toughness comes with sacrifice. This will make me better.

Anger: Seriously? Christmas morning? Is there any justice in the world? Aren’t there laws against this? Is this a felony?

Bargaining: $500. I’ll pay you. Let me go home.

Depression: “How was your Christmas?” “I threw up. How was yours?”

Acceptance: I’ll just TP my coach’s house tomorrow.

Fun Article for old timers

This article is from Swimnetwork.com and Mike Gustafson

When I was 11, I wanted Swedish goggles. Looking back, I wasn’t prepared for the heavily-discounted $3.50 cheek-bone-altering I’d endure - a back-alley operation to modify my face to perfectly conform to a piece of plastic. As a young, impressionable swimmer, Swedish goggles represented the good things in life. Speed. Manhood. Masculinity. Power. The slightly older (post-prepubescent-but-not-quite-there-yet?) kids on my club team wore them, with the exception of one guy who wore a big mask-like thing, but he was odd and strange and aloof. Even at 11, I knew not to follow in the footsteps of The Masked Kid.

I bought Swedes.

First time I put them on? PAIN. Like Mr. T staring at you and knocking his gloves against your gloves, ice in his eyes, coldly stating: “PAIN.” Pain and confusion: “Wait. Are these goggles? How do these work? You just press them to your face?” Yes indeed, unfortunate little kid. You press them to your face until they gouge Grand Canyonesque grooves deep within your eye sockets. (The plastic package forgot to mention that small detail - “For ideal fit, redistribute your cheek bones!”)

You know the scene in Kill Bill when Uma Thurman trains inside a coffin to practice “one-inch-punches” and slams her fist against the top of the coffin until her knuckles deteriorate into a bloody mess of Bone Goo? Slightly worse than wearing Swedish goggles.

I had to sand my goggles down just so they wouldn’t cut up my face. Did anyone else do this? At big meets, without a file or sandpaper, I’d take them and rub them on the pavement to get the inside contours smooth. “What a great discount!” I’d say, sanding down my goggles. “And I look really cool!”

The kids these days have options. I see them wear big rubbery puff goggles. And I watch them happily tickle-n-slap up and down the pool, big smiles, perfect bone structure, and it makes me sick. Where’s the dedication to faster swimming? Where’s the Rocky-style “I’ll do anything to get faster - even if it means weeks of bone readjustment.” These days, kids have zany “eye-friendly” models like “Socket Rockets.” These offer similar drag-reducing results versus conventional goggles (read: goggles your mom would wear - no offense, Dara Torres) minus the hard-plastic bone-altering consequences. Please. What does that teach you? The 1.618 ratio?

Walk around any crowded shopping mall, store, or urban area. It’s easy to pick out the Swimmers Who Wore Swedes. We stand out. We’re the ones with the faint hint of “goggle mark” around our eyes. We’re the ones with the strange raccoon eyes whenever even the slightest bit of UV Rays hit our face. We’re the ones spending $600 on swimsuits with all the money we’ve saved on goggles. In high school, I had my “lucky reds” that lasted four years. That’s roughly $.0002 per practice (I retired them only due to respect).

Maybe it’s all a conspiracy. Maybe Swedish people want all Americans to restructure our cheek bones and don uneven facial tans. Maybe they’re waiting for the opportune moment to level to us that it was all a hoax, that the hours of painful torture endured under the guise of “faster swimming” actually caused severe brain trauma and we only have a few weeks left. I don’t care. At the bottom of my swim bag rests a pair of blue Swedes - my “Big Blues.” It cost a bagel sandwich. Had them since 2004. They’re as much a piece of me as anything, and that’s fitting, since they had to be, to fit.

Still, despite the pain, anguish, and hardships, there is love. Most professional swimmers love their Swedish goggles, probably because most professional swimmers are like me - broke and broken-in. You don’t see this kind of love in other sports. You don’t see Jeter playing baseball with a $5 mit. You don’t see Tiger Woods playing golf with $15 clubs - well, actually you don't see Tiger Woods playing golf these days, but that's neither here nor there. Swedish goggles have the formula. The painful, hard-plastic, this-works-for-you-or-you’ll-make-it-work-eventually formula.

And now, years later, I’ve found one last scary revelation: I don’t even need straps. Fifteen years of Swedish goggle facial vice clamps have allowed for a perfect fit. So what if my one eye now hangs mysteriously lower than the other?

So go ahead Swedes. Begin your uprising. But before you do, I have one modest suggestion for a follow-up invention: “The Swedish Jammer.” Plastic. Indestructible. Five bucks. Just no bleeding this time - the consequences would probably outweigh the benefits.

Seniors Holiday Training

Senior 1 and 2- Reminder that a break from school doesn't mean a break from the pool. Senior 1 and 2 will have a normal practice schedule through Wednesday night of next week. Thursday AM will be 7:00 - 9:00 am at RICE. Practice the 28th - 31st will be held at the UT Med Center pool. If you are heading out of town and need work outs please talk to me at practice.

Between the cold mornings and evenings of the winter and the hot humid days of summer and fall the pool deck is not the most comfortable place to spend time. As many of you know next to our coaches office we have a conference room for the swimming team. It is heated and cooled to very comfortable temperatures. At the moment it is four concrete walls, tile floor and several chairs and tables. Our goal is to furnish this room into a comfortable lounge.

Since parents and swimmers will be able to take advantage of this space we are asking members of the club to make a tax deductible donation to Rice University H2O Owls fund (the swim team sports interest account). You could write a check, put it in an envelope labeled H2O Fund and turn it in to a coach or go to the Rice Athletics website at http://riceowls.cstv.com/owlclub/index.html. Our goal is to design and furnish this room before classes begin in January. We will need your help to make this happen. Any questions can be directed to Seth Huston ( shuston@rice.edu)

Thanks for your Support,

Seth Huston and the RICE Aquatics Coaching Staff

Masters Schedule

The Rice Aquatics Masters Christmas Holiday schedule has some changes from the regular schedule. Please acquaint yourselves with the changes and the actions you need to take if you want to swim on certain dates.

The Rice University recreation center will be open through December 24^th. It does not reopen till January 4^th. Here is our schedule as follows:

-Through December 23^rd we are on the normal schedule unless otherwise notified.

-December 24 we will practice 7-9am at Rice.

-December 28-31 we will have 8-9am practices at the UTHSC recreation center. You must respond to shuston@rice.edu by Wednesday, December 16^th, if you plan to attend any of the post Christmas/pre New Year practices. The UTHSC recreation center will not be allowing access with key tags. You must be on our holiday roster. If you are not on the roster and you show up they will charge you a $5 guest fee.

-January 4^th we resume our normal schedule.

RICE Aquatics Coaching Staff

RICE making the news.

Courtesy of FOX 26 News

Rice U. Swimmers Hit Pool in Snow

Updated: Friday, 04 Dec 2009, 6:49 PM CST
Published : Friday, 04 Dec 2009, 6:49 PM CST

HOUSTON - You've heard of singing in the rain, right? Well, what about swimming in the snow?

Probably not, but that was certainly the case Friday at the Rice University outdoor swimming facility on the school's campus.

The Owls have a meet Saturday in College Station against Texas A & M and the coach and his athletes were not about to allow the inclement weather disrupt their plans.

"It might be freezing out here on the pool deck, but that water is 81 degrees and it's not going to stop us from getting our swim in (Friday)," said Seth Huston, Rice's swim coach.

"We have a swim meet (Saturday) and we definitely don't want to take a day off a day prior to the meet. It's important to keep our training and stay in our rhythm."

However, one swimmer who knows a thing or two about cold weather, appeared caught off guard by having to practice Friday.

"The funny thing is is our Canadian, she's the one who called me and asked me if were canceling practice," Huston said. "I'm like you're from Canada. What are you worried about?

Rice's Canadian swimmer is Nicole Delaloye. She is from Calgary.

Rice does not have a men's swim team

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Parkas

If you ordered a parka stop by the pool to pick it up this week. They will be in the "lounge" adjacent to the pool area.

Seniors and Group 4- Looking for a good Holiday Gift?

Finis has a freestyle snorkel that we will begin to use during free and pull sets at practice. This is not mandatory for the groups but is a great tool to help with body alignment when swimming free.

Here is the link.

The Youth Norkel is up to 9 years.

The Junior seems to be up to 13-14.

The Free snorkel looks to be 14 and older.

Pool Temp.

Parents - As all of you know we are beginning to have some "winter" weather for Houston. The Rec Center has been working with what the baseline "air" temp can be with out affecting the regulated pool temp. They have been using the manufactures recommendation on the heater temp up to this point and will now begin apply real world adjustments to the heater temp. This week has been chilly and rainy already with more to come later in the week. With the rain last night the current pool temp is going to be a little chilly today. Please keep this in mind for tonights practice. I wanted to list a few things RICE Aquatics is initiating with the Rec Center to help regulate the temp. through out the day. These steps will start tonight and continue through the upcoming months. We will begin keeping the far end of the pool covered through out the day. This will mean less lap swim lanes but should not have an effect on our swim space and time. Once Masters Swimming is finished at 6:30-6:45 we will begin covering 6-8 lanes. After Senior 2 practice at 7:15 we will cover all but 4-6 lanes of the pool. When Group 4 finishes at 7:30 we will cover all lanes except 2-4 lanes of the pool. These lanes will be covered once the Rec Center closes each night. The covers will be pulled from our side as needed begining with Masters, Senior and College practice in the morning. We will need swimmer help to pull the covers in a timely manner so please be aware they may stay in the water 5 mins over what their usual practice time is if they fall within the timeframe of pulling tarps. I wanted to assure everyone that RICE Aquatics will not have practice if the pool temp is not acceptable for our groups. If you have a smaller swimmer and are looking for some holiday gift ideas here are a few: Thermal Suits. TYR, Speedo, and Finis make some variation of a thermal suit or thermal shirt. I have not used them but know teams that have. See you guys at the pool, Coach Jason

Parka Orders

I will be picking up the Parka orders early Thursday morning and should have them at practice Thursday night. The parkas will be placed in the swimmers lounge area for pick up on Thursday nights practice. I will have a few parent volunteers to help pass them out on Thursday night.

Thank you for your patience.

RICE First List

With the opening of the new outdoor pool we have had many first's this year. First 50 m practice in pool, first sub 50 practice, first practice while raining. If anyone has checked the weather for Friday we might have another first. Our first snow practice!!!

Post - Thanksgiving Day Practice

I wanted to thank all of the Masters and Age Groupers who came to practice today for a little "Turkey Burning". Hopefully we can grow this practice in the upcoming years.

Returning Swimmer Registration

Read below for info regarding the Spring 2010 Registration process.

Spring 2010 Returning Swimmer Registration

I would first like to thank all of the families that participated with RICE Aquatics during our Fall session. The team experienced great growth in numbers and families and new successes in and out of the pool this session. The coaching staff is excited about keeping the momentum going for the into the 2010 session. Listed below is the process to commit to the 2010 spring session. This process is for Senior, Age Group and Masters swimmers. It is essential all swimmers choose a status prior to Dec 7th. so RICE can anticipate our numbers and pool space for the spring session.

Committing to the Spring Session:

• Please log into the RICE website using your account email and password.

• Once Logged in find the event labeled "Spring 2010: Returning Swimmer Registration" and choose attend this event.

• Find your swimmers name listed and click on the link for their name.

• This will bring up a new page. Choose the drop down declaration menu and click Yes attend this event. You can also add any comments needed into the comment box.

• Click Save changes.

• If at any time before the deadline you need to adjust your commitment you can log back in the same way and make any changes or additional comments needed.
  

• All accounts will be invoiced the 21st of December and billed the 1st of January for the Spring Session. If you have ACH or Credit card billing and do not commit prior to the deadline and would like to swim you will have to pay by cash or check. All payments for accounts not using ACH or Credit Card billing need to be paid prior to the 1st of January

Not continuing for the Spring Session:

• Please log into the RICE website using your account email and password.

• Once Logged in find the event labeled "Spring 2010: Returning Swimmer Registration" and choose attend this event.

• Find your swimmers name listed and click on the link for their name.

• This will bring up a new page. Choose the drop down declaration menu and click No, thanks {swimmers name} will not attend this event. You can also add any comments needed into the comment box.

• Click Save changes.

• If at any time before the deadline you need to adjust your commitment you can log back in the same way and make any changes or additional comments needed.
  

• If you have ACH or Credit card billing and will not be swimming in the spring you must log in and select not to commit to the event. All accounts will be invoiced the 21st of December and billed the 1st of January for the Spring Session. All payments for accounts not using ACH or Credit Card billing need to be paid prior to the 1st of January.

As always if you have any questions please send me an email.

See you guys at the pool,

Coach Jason and the RICE Aquatics Coaching Staff.

Fall Champs Meet Sign Ups Online

Swimmers - The Fall Champs meet sign ups are now online. Please read through the description and meet invite. The Fall Champs meet for 8 and Unders @ UH allows a swimmer to enter with a NT and a time for up to 4 events. The 9-14 Fall Champs @ HCAP allows a NT up to the cut off times listed. These are championship meets so every swimmer should try to attend if possible. If you have any questions about events please email coach Jason.

Senior Meet at HCAP

Due to the length of both timelines on Saturday all swimmers must scratch down to 4 events on Saturday's sessions. This is 4 events for the entire day. If you are swimming more than 4 events please contact coach Jason about which events you should swim and which to scratch.

Group 3 Practice Change

Group 3 Swimmers/ Parents - I am currently ill and unable to attend practice tonight. To help with my absence we are combining Groups 3 and 4 today. Group 3 will swim with Group 4 during Group 4's practice time. 6:00-7:30 pm. Please notify anyone you may see prior to practice. I will have an update for Fridays schedule early Friday morning. If you receive this or read it after you have dropped your swimmer off for practice they will swim with Group 2 from 4:45 -5:30.

Coach Jason

SPA Meet

The timeline, warm ups, entries and job sign ups have been posted on our website (www.riceaquatics.com). Reminder that the Saturday session is a late start.

Parking Pass Information

Parents/Swimmers -

You can register beginning at noon today at parking services in the parking garage across the street from the new recreation center. There hours are 8-4:30pm. Parking services will have two registration days at the pool:

Wednesday, November 4^th, 4:30-6:00pm

Thursday, November 5^th, 4:30-6:00pm

Here is what you need to expedite the process. Print or write out on sheet of paper:

Name, address, phone number

Make, model, color, year and tag (list multiple cars if necessary)

Bring Check (no cash or credit) to Rice University

You will receive:

1 proxy card (good for as long as you purchase parking permits)

1 hang tag (for rearview mirror) You can use the proxy card and hang tag for any car you register.The permit purchase is non refundable or transferable. Parking will be available in West lot 3, not west lot 1.

Cost:

Any time pass for 1 semester is $115, 1 year is $230

Early bird/Night bird pass for 1 semester $65, 1 year $115

Proxy card $25 (it costs $25 to replace a proxy card as well if you lose it)

Handicapped Parking:

Purchase a parking pass and you may park in the garage near the pool.

Early bird/Night bird parking hours:

Weekdays: 5-7:30am, 4:30-10:30pm

Weekends 6:00am-10:30pm

See you at the pool,

The Rice Aquatics Coaching Staff

RICE Women's Swim Meet

Swimmers/ Parents - The RICE women's swim team will be hosting a tri-meet this weekend at the new outdoor pool. Start times are listed below. All RICE Aquatics swimmers and parents are encouraged to come out and cheer on the women's team. Bleachers will be available for seating and timers are always needed at the meets. Make sure to put on your RICE blue if attend the meet.

Friday, Nov 6

Incarnate Word
Rice Aquatic Center
4:00 PM

New Orleans
Rice Aquatic Center
4:00 PM

Saturday, Nov 7

Incarnate Word
Rice Aquatic Center
11:00 AM

New Orleans
Rice Aquatic Center
11:00 AM

Due to the meet we will use the following practice schedule.

Friday AM's:

Normal

Friday PM's:

Groups 1, 2, 3 and 4 will be canceled.

Senior 1,2 and Masters will swim 6:30-7:30 pm.

Saturday:

Group 4 should be at meet.

Senior 1, 2 and Masters will swim 8:00-9:30 am.

Sunday :

Masters weekend warriors 4:00-5:30 pm.

See you at the pool,

Coach Jason

Where is the new pool?

This map is also available on our website under the about link. The parking pass will give you access to the West Lot.

Parking Info

We received good news today, parking services has received the go ahead to issue early bird/night bird parking passes. Rice Aquatics will send them a roster of our members and you can register one of two ways:

1. The parking services office opens at 8am weekdays and will be ready for Rice Aquatics members by noon tomorrow. The office is located in the parking garage directly across the street from the pool.

2. It looks like they will be at the pool on Wednesday and Thursday this week for easy access registration. We are planning on 4:30-6:00pm. Directions registration will be posted on the website, www.riceaquatics.com tomorrow afternoon once we clear up exact times and steps in registering.The cost will be $115 for a year or $65 for a semester. There will be a $25 fee for the proxy card. I will check to see if you get this money back if you return the card. We will also find out how they are handling payment.

By the way today was great in the new pool.

See you at the pool,

RICE Aquatics Coaching Staff

Temporary Pass for Swimmers

Make sure to check your email for a copy of our temporary pass for the Rec Center.

New Pool Status

We begin at 6:00am on Monday, November 2

The long awaited opening of the competition pool is upon us. There will be a number of bugs to work out over the rest of the fall. Please be attentive to our announcements and instructions on how we operate. I anticipate making changes in the way we do things during the first few weeks as we realize what works and what doesn’t.

Here are a few important points:

Website Registration for each individual on the team with Rice Aquatics. Both the recreation center and the parking services have requested a team roster. If your name is not on the roster there is a chance that they will not admit you to the facility or allow you to purchase a parking permit. We will be turning over rosters on Monday.

Parking is available in several lots. The Rice Parking Services Office will implement the Early Bird/Night Bird parking system next week, at $65 per semester or $115 per year. They are going to have parking registration for your convenience available at the pool next week. I will announce those dates and times as soon as they give them to me. You will also be able to go to Parking Services in the parking garage across from the recreation center during normal business hours to register. Your name will need to appear on our Team Unify Web Site Roster to be eligible. The parking permit will allow you to park in the west lot, nearest the pool.

Recreation Center entrance for now will be through the main entrance. Soon you will be given a Rice Aquatics pass and possibly in the future they may use a key tag or ID card, but till then we will have a printable pass on our website (available over the weekend), www.riceaquatics.com and the recreation staff will be checking in entrants with the pass off our roster. You will have use of locker rooms and the competition pool. At this time there are no added benefits to your entrance into the recreation center. Please do not put our group’s access in jeopardy by utilizing other amenities within the recreation center.

Guests and Try Outs will need to contact me for a temporary pass to gain access to the recreation center.

Remember all of our practices will now be at the new recreation center on the Rice campus.

I will be posting a revised map location on our website under the about link and RICE pool. For now follow thislink. The Rec Center is located on the corner of Laboratory/loop Road and Alumni Drive.

Schedules for the new pool starting Monday.

Group 1:White: 4:45 - 5:30 @ RICE Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Navy: 4:45 - 5:30 @ RICE Tuesday, Thursday and Friday

Group 2:

4:45-5:30 @ RICE Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

Group 3:

4:45-6:00 @ RICE Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

Group 4:

6:00-7:30 @ RICE Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

Senior: 1

AM 6:00-7:15 @ RICE Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

PM 5:30- 6:30 @ RICE Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

Saturday AM TBA @ RICE

Senior: 2

AM 6:00-7:15 @ RICE Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

PM 5:30- 7:15 @ RICE Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

Saturday AM TBA @ RICE

Masters

PM Practices - Monday - Friday : 5:30-6:30 PM Rice University Pool (New Facility)

AM Practices - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday Mornings : 6:00-7:15 AM Rice University Pool (New Facility)

Saturday Morning - Saturday : TBA Rice University Pool (New Facility)

If you are a Senior swimmer and are not sure what group you fall in please send coach Jason an email or catch him at the pool this Friday and we will discuss placement.

The Coaching Staff wanted to thank everyone again for being patient with the construction and moving process. There will be many firsts with the new pool this year and we are glad to share them with all of our great families of swimmers.

See you at the old pool for now,

The Rice Aquatics Coaching Staff

Additional info will be emailed out through out the weekend. Please take the time to read each announcement.

Age Meet Sign Ups

Below is a video to help parents and swimmers sign up online for RICE Age Group Meets. We will have more videos up to help use the website more effectively. Also be on the look out for stroke specific videos with drills we use at RICE.

Untitled from Jason Wedlick on Vimeo.

Having trouble reading the text. Click on the arrows next to the vimeo sign.

RICE Howl-o-ween

My name is Ashten Ackerman and I am a swimmer at Rice University. I am currently in a class within the sport management major and we are hosting the first annual Rice Howl-o-ween Dogathon. This event as you can guess is on Halloween and is taking place from 12-3pm in front of Tudor Fieldhouse. A dogathon is a walk-a-thon except you get to bring your best friend! We are currently charging $25 to register a dog and a walker. Children will get in free!! There will be tons of things going on besides walking to entertain everyone, we are having sponsors come out with give-aways and vending, we will have a kids zone with a bounce house and games, along with athlete autographs, costume contests for people and dogs and much much more!!!

We would love to have you out at our event and if you can't make it or do not have a dog don't worry, you can always walk without a dog or you can donate towards the cause! This event is benefitting Rice Women's Athletics and local dog shelters.

If you have any further questions or would like to register please contact me before Wednesday October 28, 2009:

Ashten Ackerman
Rice University-Women's Swimming
Sport Management-Business
aaa4@rice.edu


Thank you and we look forward to seeing you and your pets at the event! GO OWLS!!

Parent Meeting Dates: Everything you need to know about USA Swim Meets

Listed below are the upcoming dates and times for our Age Group parent meetings on USA swim meets. If your swimmer has not participated with RICE at a year round meet you must attend one of these meetings prior to their first meet.

10/14/09 5:30-6:30

10/19/09 4:45-5:30

10/22/09 4:45-5:30

Open Water Results

Click this link for Open Water Results for Age Group Swimmers.

Allowable Suits at USA Swim Meets

Age Group Swimmers/Parents/Masters Swimmers - Before you go out and buy that new heavily discounted Speedo LZR or Jaked swim suit. Please read the following: Reference List for Allowable Swimsuits Under USA Swimming Rule 102.9 (9/29/2009) The USA Swimming House of Delegates, consisting of 438 coach, official and athlete members, voted to implement new swimsuit requirements, beginning on October 1. While this earlier implementation date has created some challenges, it was put in place to both avoid interrupting our short course season and protect the integrity of our competitions in the summer of 2010. The new swimsuit requirements are very specific and technical in nature, but deal primarily with silhouette and material of the suits. FINA will be the ultimate judge of which materials will be acceptable. However, in an effort to provide clearer guidance to its membership, USA Swimming asked the major suit manufacturers, in good faith, to indicate which of their suits meet the specified criteria. The list of those suits is below. Please note, none of these suits should be considered “FINA approved” until FINA issues its list of 2010 suits.Once FINA publishes its list, some of the suits below may no longer be acceptable. Reference List for Allowable Swimsuits ARENA ARENA X-FLAT a) Woman full body short leg open back b) Woman Normal Suit (Classic) c) Man Jammer d) Man Brief ARENA POWERSKIN a) Woman full body short leg open b) Woman Normal Suit (Classic) c) Man Jammer ARENA POWERSKIN R-EVOLUTION a) Woman full body short leg open back b) Man Jammer AgonSwim.com The following styles from Agonswim.com in the fabrics Paper, Streamline, Lycra, MaxResist, PolyRidge, Speedline, Duramax, Knit Polyester, PBT and Mesh meet the requirements. Male styles Brief Brief Euro Jammer Splice Jammer Training suit Training suit euro Female styles Freeback Freeback Youth Knee Length Proback Proback Sprintback ThinStraps Thin Straps Youth ThinStraps 1X Thin Straps 2X U-Back BikiniBack Top BikiniBack Bottom BlueSeventy Will provide a list when it is available Diana Diana Submarine 201M pants-short men Diana Submarine 213W full-knee Women Diana Submarine 243W full-knee women Tyr Fusion Racer (Style#RFUS6) 2006 Male Fusion Jammer (Style#SFUS6) 2006 Male Fusion Aeroback (Style#AFUS6) 2006 Female Fusion Aeroback Short John (Style#ASFU5) 2006 Female Tracer Light Racer (Style#TLRA6) 2007 Male Tracer Light Aeroback (Style#TLAB6) 2007 Female Tracer Light Aeroback Short John (Style#TLSJ6A) 2007 Female Speedo Speedo believes the following championship suits meet the criteria listed by USA Swimming. Speedo Fastskin FS Pro Female Recordbreaker, Style #7190803 Female Kneeskin, Style #7190102 Male Jammer, Style #7050170 Speedo Fastskin FSII Female Recordbreaker, Adult Style #7190142, Youth Style #7190141 Male Jammer, Adult Style #7050154, Youth Style #7050153 Male Brief, Adult Style #7055001 Speedo Aquablade Female Recordbreaker, Adult Style #719040, Youth Style #719039 Male Jammer, Adult Style #705966, Youth Style #705965 Male Brief, Adult #705032, Youth Style #705031 Please note, this list is not all-inclusive. Until such time as FINA publishes its list, swimsuits meeting the below criteria, should also be considered acceptable. 1.Swimsuits for men may not extend above the navel or below the knee and for women may not cover the neck or extend past the shoulders or below the knee; 2.No zippers or other fastening devices are allowed except for a waist tie on a brief or jammer; and 3.Suits must be of textile material and must not be made of any rubberized type of material such as polyurethane or neoprene.