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.

Pic of New Pool