Titan Swimming.

I'm not sure if any of you even know about this blog but it has been in existence for a few years now. I have updated the schedule and the team records and added a post about the current team points situation.  There are a bunch of other things on here that are old and need to be updated but I don't want to do that if nobody checks this page.  If we want to keep this updated, we need your support by commenting and adding any photos that you may have from team activities.  Please leave your comments below as to what you think about using this blog.

Kyle

Here are the updated points for the season.

BOYS	Herriman Bonneville	Freemont Davis	Ogden	Overall Points		GIRLS	Herriman Bonneville	Freemont Davis	Ogden	Overall Points
Payson	31	25	14	70		Daidre	19.5	24.5	16	60
Ruben	28	19	15	62		Madison	15.5	18.5	16	50
Cazden	24	0	12	36		Aubrey	12.5	14	16	42.5
Caden	17	7	7	31		Jenny	15	7	12	34
Jake	19	0	11	30		Courtney	8.5	10.5	13	32
Dakota	15	7	6	28		Tylee	13	10.5	0	23.5
Riley	7	3	6	16		Bryana	8	6	6	20
Travis	0	9	6.5	15.5		Kaitlynn	5	4	9	18
Mason	5	8	1.5	14.5		Dione	3	5	5	13
Todd	6	0	1.5	7.5		Victoria	2.5	5.5	4	12
Stephen	1	1	6.5	8.5		Jaquelle	1.5	0	5	6.5
Justin	0	1	4.5	5.5		Monique	0.5	0	6	6.5
Quinn	0	1	8.5	9.5		Holland	1.5	0.5	4	6
Ian	0	0	3.5	3.5		Jenna	0	0	3	3
Robbie	0	0	0.5	0.5		Ally	0	0	3	3
						Amanda	0	0.5	2	2.5
						Megan	0	0	2	2
						Brooke	1.5	0.5	0	2
						Clara	0	0	1.5	1.5
						Natalie	0	0	0.5	0.5
						Bailey	0	0	0.5	0.5
						Savanna	0	0	0.5	0.5

Holiday Make Up Practices/Lap Swimming

Over the Christmas break, there will be six days that lap swimming will be available.  If you have missed practices and would like to make some of those days up, for each one of the following days attended, it will make up for one missed practice. There wont be many more make up days, so this is your best opportunity.

As I said before, due to the high school rules, we cannot have organized practices over this break. Therefore, we are not allowed to swim during the break for free.  Each visit costs $3 per person or you may go in on a 15 punch pass with a friend or two.  For three people, the punch pass would break down to $2.75 per visit.  I don't really understand the rule and I don't like the rule but will follow the rule. Also, since we cannot have organized practices, the coaches will not be there to coach.  There will be a coach there, however, to mark the names of those in attendance.  The coach will also have a workout prepared for the swimmers to follow on their own.

During the times listed the Clearfield City Aquatic Team will be holding workouts and its possible that there will be other lap swimmers so we will be sharing the pool. This is not an ideal situation but any swimming you can do over the break will help.  With only a few days off for Thanksgiving, our swimmers came back a little out of shape.  If you take all 10 days off, it will be almost like starting over and will take at least two weeks to get back to where you were when you left.  So, with that said, get in the water as much as you can over the break.

Here are the dates:
Monday 12/23  10 AM-12PM
Tuesday 12/24  10 AM-12PM

Thursday 12/26 11AM-12PM
Friday 12/27  10AM-12PM

Monday 12/30 10AM-12PM
Tuesday 12/31 10AM-12PM

Regular practice resumes on 1/2 after school.

I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a happy new year.

www.utswimcoach.com
www.goswim.tv


The first link will take you to a site that keeps track of all the high school swimmers in the state.  Find Syracuse in the 5A column and if you click on the meets link, you can find the meet results for Syracuse meets for the last few years.  For the moment, when you click on the swimmers link you will see our swimmers best times from last year.  Once our meets begin this season, this is where you will be able to find what your current best times are.  You can also find the full results for the state championship meets last year  Use this tool to see where you are, where you have been and where you need to be (talking about your times here).

The second link will take you to a site that includes plenty of articles about swimming but most importantly you can find all kinds of videos that will help you understand each stroke a little better.  There are underwater views so you can see what your body is supposed to be doing.  Take a look! You may learn something.

Kyle

Announcements

Titan Swimmers! To vote for the suit you want this year please look at the photo album 2013-2014 Suit Selection on the Facebook page. Please vote by "liking" the suit that you want to be our team suit this year. 1 like = 1 vote! Click Here to take you straight to the album.

Don't forget our first practice is coming up on Monday, October 7th! Be in the pool by 3:00 PM. You will need a suit, cap, and goggles. Come with a good attitude ready to swim!

If you haven't turned in your forms yet, please do so as soon as possible! Fee's will be discussed soon and you will have to pay that in the office.

If you have any questions please feel free to email, text, or call the coaches or captains!

Get hyped for the season to start! See you Monday!

Swim Meeting

Titans! This is a reminder that tomorrow, Wednesday September 25, 2013, we have a meeting at 6:00 PM in the fish bowl. Please come if you are interested in joining the team! Hope to see you there!

Swim Banquet

First off, EVERYONE on the team needs to fill out the form below (you could also pick a paper form up from Adam, Natalie, or myself if you're more comfortable with that):
FILL THIS OUT! ---> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1RSyzM2UH-a8ekz9jtRErEOhUJUGe88b6J081X7CvvAE/viewform

Is all this form is for is so that we can have a count of how many people are going to be at the Banquet. Here is the information about the banquet:
Date: February 19th
Time: 7:00 PM
Place: Golden Corral in Layton, UT
Everyone please be there, we will be handing out many awards and also your lettering information.

THIS IS YOUR HOMEWORK! This form and your payment(s) are DUE BY WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH!

Please turn all checks into the office and tell them to put the check into Officer Nielson's box. 

State; Swim Banquet

Congratulations to one of out captains, Natalie P! She gets the oppurtunity to go to state and this is something that is quite an accomplishment and that deserves some recognition. She has worked very hard to get there. Also, at regionals, Madison B. was awarded a medal for placing 6th overall in the region on the 100 backstroke! Amazing job Titans!

I'm asking for all of the team for one day to go to state, and support your teammate and captain. The more support we have the better. There will be a lot of people there from rival schools, and we don't want them to "outspirit" us do we? NO! So if you can go, we'll be down there on Friday, February 8th for fun, and support. State is being held at BYU.

Next on our agenda is the Swim Banquet. As many of you know, I (Alyssa) have been taking crap-loads of pictures throughout the season at our meets and activities. These are being made towards the swim banquet movie. And if you don't know what the swim banquet is, here is what it is. At the swim banquet, we reflect back on the previous season. We eat food, and chill with our friends for one last time. We also give out the letters (so you can go and get your lettersmen jackets.), and other various awards. Awards given out in the past have included the most improved swimmer award, and the best team spirit award. This is something you don't want to miss out on. As soon as there is a date, I will let you know. All we know is that it will be sometime after state.

ALSO! I NNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD your pictures that you have taken this past season. I will take any and all that you have of the team or yourselves. If you have any, upload them here.

Another note, if you haven't been recieving our text messages but would like to, please fill out this form and we will get you added to our list of people to text. Here's the link.

An Update

First and foremost I'd like to announce that due to winter storm Gandalf, practice has been cancelled today! That was pretty much the whole reason in writing today.

I'd also like to take the time to thank everyone who came to the Christmas Party. It was a great success, and I don't know about you guys, but I had a TON of fun. For those who missed, you guys missed out on an epic party. From Gingerbread house making, to the white elephant, to the whipped cream game! And for those that stayed after, the Princess Bride. I really hope that you all enjoyed it as much as I did.

In the works currently is the swim team banquet video. At the end of the year we have a "party" called the swim banquet. The date has yet to be decided upon, but it's way fun. If you took any pictures of you and your swim team friends, please send them to this link: https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0BwY6BeQcFLDkbVdQTmcyMGM1Ylk/edit

Thanks for all your hard work titans! It's paying off!
And... ENJOY YOUR DAY OFF! :D

Christmas Party

Long time no post right? Now that I have something to post to the blog here's a new and updated post:

On Friday, December 21st (that's this Friday) we will not be having practice because we are having the Christmas Party instead! If you are interested in going, it will be at Alyssa's house (that's me) and we will start as soon at around 3 (just because that's when practice starts.). If you want to come a little earlier, that's cool too! I would love to hang with my swim team peeps.

Another note, Clearfield Falcons are invited too! If you guys are reading this (which I doubt you are) I would love for you all to come! I gave your team flyers, and I posted a picture of it to your Facebook page that was entitled "Clearfield High Falcons' swim team."

The Christmas party will be a pot luck and we will be having a White Elephant, so please come with food and a gift. And of course yourselves. Again just to recap:
What? Christmas Party
When? Friday, Dec 21st
Time? In place of practice
Where? Alyssa's house.

To see the flyer, please visit and LIKE your team's Facebook Page. Here's a link to Syracuse's Page:
https://www.facebook.com/SyracuseTitanSwim

College Recruitment Night

I apologize for this being on a rather short notice, but there is a college recruitment night going on at the high school tonight. If you are interested in going, it will be in the auditorium at 7PM. Below is a flyer and video with the information on it:

Link to the flyer HERE: Link

Meets this week

Hey Swimmers!
We have 2 meets this week! You heard it right, 2 meets! We have a meet on Tuesday (against Weber, @ Weber) and one on Saturday. The one on Saturday is super important, because it's Districts! District is the second most important meet (third if you count state) so we all need to try our hardest and give 110% effort in practice (even though you should be doing that anyways.). Don't worry so much about the meet against Weber, but do with the District meet because it is a meet against the ENTIRE district (us, Clearfield, Layton, Northridge, Woods Cross, Bountiful, Davis) so it will be important. The meet against Weber will be starting at 3, and Districts will be starting at 8AM. The bus will probably leave the school at 6 or 6:30, but that isn't an official time, so I will post to the Facebook wall with the official time.

An Update

Hey all you fab swimmers!

Just a little update this time pertaining to some upcoming events.

First off, we will have a team meeting tomorrow and we will talk about some IMPORTANT stuff. Let me emphasize IMPORTANT! If you don't go, you may not know what you have to accomplish in order to letter. So please come, because you will also be getting a list of all the meets. If you don't swim, still come. If you don't want to just sit there, come at 4:00 and then we will be pretty much done with practice.

On the subject of meets, all the meet dates have been added to the calendar tab. It's up on top of this blog, and will provide you with a complete list of all the meets.

That's all for now, we will post again tomorrow with all the information you need.

Thanks Titans!

Boonanza

The Boonanza was a great success! for those that showed up :( hopefully we will make allot of money and have some good times!

Nate (Coach)

Fundraisers

Hey Swimmers!
You haven't yet been informed of this, but I shall inform you before you actually go to practices. You have a fundraiser! And what exactly is this fundraiser you ask? Selling potatoes! You are getting the forms today, and if you need more, you can obtain them with the link posted at the bottom of this post.

We will have two different kinds of potatoes, red and gold, and they will be sold in 50 LBS bags. Each bag will cost $15, and they must be paid for up front. Each of you will need to sell a minimum of 6 bags. You WILL NOT be able to keep ANY of the money that you obtain from selling the potatoes. All money that is earned will be used for SWIM TEAM. Not for you, but for the team. Checks should be made payable to Syracuse High School.

The potatoes will be delievered sometime in the first week of November.

Also, if you missed practice yesterday, you need to contact Coach Nate ASAP. We ordered our suits, and so you need to contact him so we can get that all ordered for you.

Keep up all the great work! Swim your heart out!

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BwY6BeQcFLDkXzBZaS1iMFFYZEk   ---> To print out more forms

Forms and Parent Meeting Update

Thus far, we've had a lot of ups and downs. But I do have some good news now! I think we may have finally got all the bumps worked out of our complicated struggle.

First off, the Parent Meeting will be this coming Wednesday at 6:30 in the auditorium of the school. Both parents and Students are encouraged to come. We will be informing the parents of all that's going to be happening this season, and about all the ways they can contact the coaches. We are also hoping to have some more information on car pooling since I know that for those of you that can't drive, that's a big issue. I hope to put your worries to rest, and hopefully give you a list of people willing to give you rides.

Secondly, I just got done talking to Patches, and we do have all the forms set and ready to go. If you can, print off the forms, fill them out, and turn them in to Patches with a copy of your receipt for your fee. Remember, we have to have that done and in Patches's hands by the end of the school day, on October 15th. If the office people ask where to turn in the paperwork and fee receipt, tell them to stick it in Patches's box.

And just as a reminder, we've been having our Optional Practices, and we have a fantastic team this year. I think we will have an amazing team that will be hard to defeat. It's only the Optional Practices, but I know that we can expect a lot out of our team. If you want to go to those, they occur everyday after school (the announcements were all screwed up, ignore them.) at Clearfield Aquatic Center. We would love to have you come!

That's it for these updates, I will post an update of everything we talk about in the Parent Meeting when it comes, see you later, Titans!

A New Way to Contact Coaches; HROP; Parent Meeting

So we have a bit of news today. Some of it comes as a surprise, but these are good surprises... for the students anyways. This should be kept short. I'll start with a word from Patches.

I previously posted that there would be a parent meeting held on the 12th of October. For certain reasons, this meeting has been cancelled but we are trying to find another day to do that, since it is something that needs to be done.

Secondly, on our news item list, we have a word or two about the HROP (you remember what that stands for, right?) Practices. Coach Nate will be at the pool (Clearfield Aquatic Center) tomorrow right after school! We are unsure if we have to pay, so bring your $3 just in case. You never know what can happen. I'm super excited for them, and to meet all of you, and I hope you are too. If you can't make it (I understand, this is way short notice) then that's all right, just aim for Monday. We'll pretend that you made it these three days, but try to make it Monday. We shall pretend that that is when they "officially" start.

Lastly, I'm stoked about this part, I have a new way for you to contact coaches! This is a service brought to you by google and it is called Google Voice. Is what it is is a free program that allows you to call people, to text people, and when people call or text that number, it will also send your text or call to both coach's phones when you call or text. This means that it is easier for everyone to contact the coach(s) for whatever reason they need to contact them. If you can't text or don't have a phone, then we have an e-mail set up so you can get emails too. The phone number to text or call is below, as well as the email.
Email: syracusetitanswim@gmail.com
Phone: (801)784-8608

PS you can text, but it will just be me (Alyssa) who responds. I will get this information to both coach's and train them how to send out mass texts and then let you know when it's safe to call to talk to the coaches.

PSS I have yet to talk to Patches/Paperwork Coach due to the fact that we both never seem to have enough time to talk. As for the forms, what I have up there right now is all that you'll need. This could still change, so please keep checking back here.

The Swim Team Meeting Held Today (9/6)

So today, as I'm sure many of you know, we had a swim team meeting. Thanks to all of you who came! I felt that it was very productive, and I hope you did too. So here's a recap of everything we talked about if you missed and were curious.

First off, you need to give Coach Neilson the following: Your Phone Number, e-mail, grade, name, and birthday. The reason he needs all of this is so that you will be in our "Meet Manager." If you don't know what that is, don't worry about it. You can do that by texting him all of the info at 801-540-8688. He would rather you text, but calling is okay, but text is more highly preferred.

Next, we talked about the coaching system. As I previously posted, Patches, aka Coach Neilson, is the Paperwork coach. If you have any questions or concerns concerning grades and paperwork, talk to him. Otherwise, Coach Nate (the pool deck coach) can take care of most of it.

This leads us right into the next subject.... the grades. In swim team, we expect you to have high academic achievements. While we cannot kick you off the team is you are at a 3.0 or above, we would like you to be at that standard. We will, however kick you off if your GPA drops below a 2.0.


Because of the delay in the start date of our season we are putting together those Highly Recommended but Optional swim practices. We will be refining/learning strokes, bucket turns, starts, and working on getting our endurance up. The start date for those will be September 17th, but the time has yet to be decided upon. I will update you with further information. Please understand that there will be no coach on deck. This is all up to your captains and other senior swim members. Our coaches cannot be on deck, or form a structured practice, which is the definition of Moratorium.


The next thing we talked about is the Highly Recommended but Optional swim practices. The start date for those will be September 17th, and the time is still to be decided upon. If you want to do those, I need you to fill out this form: (link) and get that done by next Wednesday the 12th.

If you cannot go to the HROP (abbreviated version of the Highly Optional but Recommend Practices) practices for whatever reason. While the HROP practices are free, these options will cost you money. The first option is Masters Class. This is held on Tuesday and Thursday nights at 9:00 P.M. and is just lap swimming at Clearfield Aquatic Center. If you're new, there is a coach there that will help you out if you need it. The amount to get in is $3.00 if you're under 18, and $5.00 if you are 18 and up. The next three options are swim teams hosted by cities. The first is CCAT. It's $35 per month, and there is another payment of around $100, and that's paid per year. For more info. call 801-525-2644. Another option is Layton Surfers, and you can find all the information here. And lastly, you can join South Davis's team, Tsunami. For that team's info, click here.

So as for paperwork, the Athletic Code of Conduct HAS BEEN CHANGED! I will update the link on this site to get that all up to date. Also, you need to have your paperwork all DONE and TURNED IN by October 15th and they need to be in Patches's hand(s) by 2:30 that same day. The fee is different this year. I will post an update with that information for you, but make sure you tell the office lady to put it in the "Swim Team Account" and to put a reciept in Patches's box. This too, needs to be done by October 15th at 2:30. For more information, visit the forms page. Please remember that if you do not meet the above requirements or don't fill in the forms correctly, you can't swim. So get it done, and double check (even triple and quadruple check) EVERYTHING.

Here's a task every single one of you needs to do; CONVERT SOMEONE TO SWIMMING! If they are on Cross Country or another sport, tell them that our Coach is willing to work with them, and have them come to this website or like our Facebook page. I will put up a tab especially for you new to swimming.

Please know, too, that if you get in trouble with the law (drugs, drinking, whatever) in or out of season you are suspended from a meet, and upon the second offense, kicked off the team.

The last part to this post will be a parent and Freshman meeting that will be held on Wednesday the twelfth at 6:00 P.M. Please try to be there if you are a Freshman or a parent. Important things will be discussed.

I will update the forms and post more information there, so if you have a question, head over to the forms tab and check it out.

Any questions/comments/concerns I will do my best to answer and/or address. You can email me here.

The OFFICIAL Facebook Page

Some of you may have been a part of, or known about the Titan swimming group. I will no longer be updating things on that page. However, I did create a new Page and you can go and like it at the following link:
https://www.facebook.com/SyracuseTitanSwim

This (new) page I will keep updated, so I would like it. I really want to delete the group, so try to get it done as quick as you can! If you have a Facebook, post the link to you Facebook wall, then we can have more likes, and who doesn't want that?

I will soon work on getting a Twitter and Google+ Page set up. I think that information would then spread rapidly throughout the team.

Short post, right?

Our "Highly Recommended, but Optional Practices"

So, I'm sure you guys saw the post about how the season start date has been delayed, and so we want to do some practices before the season actually starts to be better prepared for the season. These preseason practices have been dubbed the name "Highly Recommended, but Optional Practices." We'll make it abbreviated to HROP. That's easier to type.

Anywho, HROP practices are still being discussed on when they should be held. It all depends on how many of you sign up, and how cooperative the pool is willing to be. If we can get enough people, I'm thinking they may let us do it right after school, but that's only if we get the entire team doing it.

The plan for the practices is pretty simple. We won't be doing a whole lot, but if you are new, I would HIGHLY suggest you come. We intend on working on our stroke, flip-turn and open-turns, and starts. Again, don't get too freaked out if you don't know what those terms mean, we will teach you everything. And since everyone is going to be working on something, it would be a perfect opportunity to get a jump-start on your learning.

All the above being said if you want to come, you can sign up at that meeting after school Thursday. I'll have sign up sheets ready for you. Please DO NOT sign up for them if you aren't going to show up. If you're signing up just to, I don't know, get good tabs with Coach, don't. It will get you horrible tabs. It will also mess with the time that we can go to the pool, and if we can get change. Only sign up if you WILL show up. (If you have to miss a few practices, don't worry about it. If you miss a ton, I'll spam your phone. :) )