Parents -  I would like to talk about a couple topics that pertain to RICE Aquatics moving forward.

1 - The use of the locker rooms, showers and etc will be off limits for swimmers pre, post or during practice times. All swimmers can use the two exterior bathrooms (bathrooms that do not lead into the locker room area) through out practice times.
2 - Swimmers should not be dropped off at the pool any earlier than 4:30 unless other wised authorized or accompanied by and adult.
3 -Swimmers should have their ride at practice no later than 5 minutes before their practice time lets out for their group.  Reminder parents must have their ID's on when coming into the building.

The coaching staff appreciates all of your help when making these adjustments. We are trying to tighten the gap of unsupervised time pre and post practices. These steps will be effective as of today.

Please pass these steps on to your swimmers,

Thanks for all you do,
Coach Jason

Open Water Swim

RICE Aquatics had a great Open Water Swim meet this past Saturday. There were over 220 age group swimmers entered in the meet with around 70 master swimmers. This is close to our biggest turn out for the meet combined. The weather was great and everyone had a great time in and out of the water. The coaching staff would like to thank everyone who came out to help run the meet.

Masters Practice for Friday

Practice for Masters is at normal times for both AM and PM practice on Friday.
Coach Jason

Friday Practice Schedule

With many schools out for the day and to help with the prep time for the Open Water meet we will be using the following schedule this Friday.

Group 3 and Above - 8:00 am - 9:30 am

Group 2 and 1 - 9:30 am - 10:30 am

Groups 2 and 1 will be doing a ton of drills and will have a little fun at the end of practice.

See you at the pool,

Coach Jason

New Circle in Procedures for Meets

ATTENTION: ATHLETES- MEET CIRCLE-IN CHANGES BEGIN WITH UH and AGS APRIL OPEN MEETS
You MUST now Circle-In for all of your events at least 45 minutes prior to the
start of each meet session.

All circle-ins and scratches will close 45 minutes before the start time of each
meet session.

Please talk to your coach if you have any questions about this change.

Practice Schedule

Group 1 will have the following practice changes for this week. 


Wednesday - The 6:15 pm class will swim combined with either of the first two classes. 4:45 or 5:30 pm.
Thursday - The 6:15 pm class will swim combined with either of the first two classes. 4:45 or 5:30 pm.

Friday - The 6:15 pm class will swim combined with either of the first two classes. 4:45 or 5:30 pm.

See you at the pool,

Coach Jason

Summer Returning Swimmer Registration

ummer 2011 Returning Swimmer Registration

The Rice Aquatics coaching staff would like to thank everyone who participated in the 2010/2011 shortcourse season and spring session. As a team we achieved new highs in swimmers on team, swimmer attendance at meets and swimmer achievements for the season. All of our swimmers Age Group 1 Navy to Senior 2 did a great job this year. This process is for Senior and Age Group swimmers. It is essential all swimmers choose a status prior to April 17th so RICE can anticipate our numbers and pool space for the Summer session. 

Committing to the Summer Session:

• Please log into the RICE website using your account email and password. 
• Once logged in find the event labeled "Age Group and Senior - Summer 2011: 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 billed the 1st of May for the Summer 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 17th of April.

Not continuing for the Summer Session:

• Please log into the RICE website using your account email and password. 
• Once Logged in find the event labeled "Age Group and Senior - Summer 2011: 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
• Any outstanding balances will need to be payed prior to the closing of your account in the system. If you are on ACH/ CC billing your account will be billed for any outstanding balances on May 1st.
   
• 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 billed the 1st of May for the Summer Session.  
• 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.

How does not swimming the Summer session affect my status for the Fall?

We will first have a re-registration for our swimmers that swim through the Summer session for the Fall 2011 session. After this we will have a returning swimmer week where all swimmers who swam this past year will be invited back to re-register with the team prior to our open registration. To this point we have not had to turn any returning swimmers away regardless of their stopping point with the team. However if there is an overflow of swimmers we will use the following criteria for registration. Swimmer who swam in the Summer session will get priority. We will then go to the swimmers that swam two (2) sessions from the Fall 2010 - Summer 2011 seasons. After this we will then fill with swimmers who only swam one session from the Fall 2010 - Summer 2011 seasons.

Am I able to pro-rate the Summer session if I have vacations planned or will be out of town. 

RICE Aquatics does not pro-rate sessions for swimmers. Swimmers are not discouraged from taking vacations during the session but the staff will not have make up practices or pro-rate the time missed by swimmers. Swimmers in Group 3 and above are strongly encouraged to talk to their coach about any possible time missed during the Longcourse seasons. 

What is the practice times for the Summer session?

We are still waiting on final approval of our schedule from the Rec Center but will follow something similar to this. Again this is tentative and times and days may change once school is out. We will have the official schedule posted no later than May 1st. 

April: All practices will remain the same

May:  Group 2: and above will remain the same

Group 1: We will no longer have our 6:15 - 7:00 pm class time. Swimmers in these classes will be moved to an earlier practice time. When re-registering please fill in the comment box which of these practice days would best suit your schedule. Depending on our numbers there may be more consolidation of Group 1's during the month of May.

June and July: Starting the week of June 6th. 

Group 1 Navy: Monday, Wednesday and Friday - 4:00 - 4:45 pm

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

Group 2: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday - 4:15 - 5:30 pm

Group 3: AM Practices: Monday and Wednesday 7:15 - 8:45 am ( TBA)

                PM Practices: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday ( 4:00 - 5:30 pm)

Group 4 Navy:

               AM Practices: Monday Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 7:15 - 8:45 am 

               PM Practices: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 

Group 4 White:

               AM Practices: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 6:00 - 8:45 am (We will practice for an hour and forty five minutes - actual time TBA)

               PM Practices: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 5:30 - 6:30 pm

     PM Practice: Tuesday 4:00 - 5:30 pm.

Senior 1:

               AM Practices: Monday, Tuesday,Thursday, Friday 7:15- 8:45 am 

               PM Practices: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 5:30 - 6:30 pm

Senior 2:

               AM Practices: Monday Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 6:00 - 8:00 am (We will practice for an hour and forty five minutes to two hours.)

               PM Practices: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 5:30 - 6:30 pm

     PM Practice: Tuesday 4:00 - 5:30 pm.

Again these times are all tentative. The PM practice times most likely will not change. We will be updating this as we get confirmation for the REC Center. Practices will begin to be combined for groups once their Championship meet has passed. For a complete list of meets please follow this link.

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.