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

Senior 1,2 and Age Group 4 Saturday Practice

Reminder that Senior 1 and 2 as well as Age Group 4 will have Saturday morning practice. 9:30-11:00 am. Sleep in a bit then come to the pool for a great work out!

Signing Up your 10 and Under for Meets

I discussed at the parent meetings that all 10 and Unders had to be dive certified before entering a meet. I also talked about the coaching staff giving their approval on swimmers in the Age Group 1's prior to attending their first meet. In order to keep the meet sign up process as streamlined as possible we will follow these steps for signing swimmers up for meets.

1 - Once the event is posted sign up by "committing to event" on our website. In the comment box type the days you can attend and possible events.

2 - Once the event is deadline passes for online registration the coaching staff will review all entries into the online system.

3 - If your swimmer is not dive start certified or the coaching staff wants them to get more work in before their first meet we will remove them from the entries and email/call/contact you.

4 - All other entries will be posted once submitted.

Again we will have a swim meet meeting coming up soon to go over the process in depth. But until then there are meets to sign up for online. When in doubt send me an email and I can try to answer your questions. Remember the swim season is long and hopefully your child's swimming career is much longer! So we want a great positive first impression with the meets so we will make meet decisions on an individual swimmer basis. If your swimmer is not ready for the first meet this does not mean they are not working hard or doing well, just need a bit more time before they are ready.

See you at the pool next week,

Coach Jason

A note about using the Autry Pool until the Gibbs Pool is Ready

Pool users,

The new Barbara and David Gibbs Recreation and Wellness Center grand opening is Friday at
2pm. Please join us!

The old pool will continue to be open on Saturday, September 26th until the new
competition pool is complete. Please begin using the back entrance to the pool. We will no
longer be using the temporary metal building as an entrance. You can now follow the palm
tree lined path just past the Tudor Fieldhouse and towards Reckling Park. Follow the edge
of the building around to the left and arrive at the shallow end exterior pool door. You
will be asked to show your Rice ID to enter the pool area. The rest of the old Recreation
Center will be closed after Thursday. Please note that the old pool is closed on Friday as
we get ready for the grand opening of the new building.

Programs, classes, and swimming lessons will continue in the old pool until the new
competition pool opens.

See you at the grand opening,

Liz Harwood
Assistant Director for Aquatic Programs
Rice University