USA Swim Meets Handout

Parents - Please follow this link for the PDF version of the handouts from our rescent parent meeting. If this is your first USA swim meet please read through the PDF prior to the meet. We will have many veteran parents at the meet to help if needed. If you are unable to open this link/pdf we will have physical handouts available in the expandable in the lounge area.

See you at the pool,

Coach Jason

Signing Up for Swim Meets

Parents and Swimmers - I wanted to send out a quick email regarding signing your swimmers up for swim meets. Prior to getting into the details a quick reminder that we will have a "New to USA Swim Meets" Parent Meeting on Wednesday, September 28th from 5:00 - 6:00 pm. This is a must attend for any parents with swimmers new to USA swimming. We have this meeting once a year so even if your swimmer wont be attending the first meet you will want to attend for future meets.

Many of you may have already received emails regarding the upcoming meets that have been posted on our website. As we get info on the meets and add them to our site an automatic email goes out by group for the meet. Because it is sent by group and not age you may recieve an email for a meet that your swimmer can not attend. Please disregard emails that do not apply to your swimmers age or current time standards. In this email there will be basic info for the meet. Start and Finish Date, Registration Deadline, Click able link to "attend this event", the event link for more information and a basic description of the meet.

To begin comtting your swimmer to this event click on the "attend this event" link. This will brring you to the event sign up page. You should see your swimmers name listed on this page. By click their name a new page appears with a drop down box and a comment box. You can eitehr select "Yes, please sign up ____ for this event" or "No, please do not sign ______ up for this event". Select which applies to your swimmer. It does make the registratoin process easier for the coaching staff if you select to "do not commit" instead of not selecting an option. You can also leave a comment in the comment box such as " we can swim on Saturday an Sunday" or "we can swim on Saturday but have to leave no later than 2:00 pm". Any additional information you leave will help the coaching staff when choosing entries. If you log in and commit your swimmer with a good lead time to the event it will allow the coaching staff to discuss entries with your swimmer. When no information is left the coaching staff will assume your child is swimming in every session of the meet.

Once you select to "commit them to the event" a new page will appear with event options for the meet. (If the meet file is not yet available this option will not appear.)  You can then select events from the ones available. These are used as suggestions from the swimmers when the coaches begin the entry process. The coaching staff will have select the events that your swimmer will swim in the meet. These may or may not be the ones suggested through the sign up process. If your swimmers events have been accepeted they will have a check mark next to them. If they have been rejected there will be a stop sign next to them. Any event with out a check mark should be viewed as not yet approved. 

More information will be covered in a litte more detail at the parent meeting as well as the actualy pre meet, day of and post meet process. 

See you at the pool,

Coach Jason

Practice Changes for the week of 9/12/2011:

Friday 16th: The Recreation Center will have an early closure due to staff meetings.

Group 1 Navy: No Practice

Group 1 White: Regular Practice

Group 2: No Practice

Group 3: Regular Practice

Group 4 Navy and Senior 1: No Practice

Group 4 White and Senior 2: 4:45 - 6:00 pm.

Masters: No Practice. Masters Social at Ragin Cajun. Check your email and the facebook page. 

Masters Social

Rice Masters swimmers will gather Friday, September 16 after evening workout at “The Original” Ragin’ Cajun, 4302 Richmond (inside the loop, just west of the railroad tracks) for a bite to eat and some conversation.

Mark your calendar, and plan to be there!

Thanks!

Al

Group 2 Parent Meeting

Parents - We will have our Group 2 Parent Meeting on Tuesday September 6th from 5:00 - 6:00 pm. Each swimmer should have a parent representative at the meeting. The meeting will be held in the "wet classroom" (where the registration papers were turned in during evaluations) at the pool. Hand outs will be available at the meeting. Please make every attempt to attend.  See you at the pool, Jason Wedlick RICE Aquatics Head Coach www.riceaquatics.com http://rice-aquatics.blogspot.com

Group 1 Parent Meeting

Parents - We will have our Group 1 Parent Meeting on Thursday September 8th from 5:00 - 6:00 pm. Each swimmer should have a parent representative at the meeting. The meeting will be held in the "wet classroom" (where the registration papers were turned in during evaluations) at the pool. Hand outs will be available at the meeting. Please make every attempt to attend.  See you at the pool, Jason Wedlick RICE Aquatics Head Coach www.riceaquatics.com http://rice-aquatics.blogspot.com

Reminders

Parents - Just a few reminders.

• Recreation Center Usage - The Rec Center and Recreation Pool (Small One) is only for use by Rec Center members. If you are interested in gaining membership you can talk to the front operations desk on your way to the pool. (There is a wait list for community memberships).
• Drop Off/ Pick Up - There is no permanent parking or stopping (flashers included) on the inner loop in front of the recreation center. Drivers must pull all the way down toward the pool. If you child is not ready you must then continue to loop around the innner loop. If you are wanting to walk your child out of the pool or wait for them at the curb you must park either in the hourly pay parking or purchase a parking pass. I have attached information below on attaining a parkign pass. RUPD will be monitoring the area in front of the Recreation center and issuing tickets. This is the main area for the RICE Bus system to stop and pick up, the bus can not be blocked along the street. Anyone can ride the bus labelled " inner loop" to get to the West Lot 3 faster.
• Parking for RICE Aquatics 
  Parking on the Rice campus is at a premium.  You can pay as you go in the central parking garage across the street from the recreation center for $2 per 35 minutes or at the north visitor lot at entrance 20 off Rice Blvd. or at the west lot #1 in front of the Alice Pratt Brown Building.  Parking at these spots is $1 per 35 minutes. 
  A better option is to buy an early bird/evening bird parking permit for $65 per semester or $115 for a year.  Parking permits are available in the central garage offices across the street from the recreation center.  Your name goes to the parking services as well and you may also present your Rice ID.  There is a $25 proxy card purchase at the time of registration for a parking pass. Click here for a map of campus parking. Cash or Check only.

See you at the pool
Coach Jason