Hello Everyone!! 

I hope you all had a great 3 day weekend! We have lots going on these next couple of weeks so be ready for some info in this email. :-) 

Swimmers will begin tapering this week (Thursday to be exact) and there are some things families can do to support them.

• Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate! Encourage your swimmer to have water with them all the time and please make sure they leave the house with a water bottle. 
• Sleep, sleep, sleep! Swimmers should go to bed 15-20 minutes earlier this week and then 30 minutes earlier next week. Sleep is the next best thing to training in determining performance. 
• Swimmers will feel sluggish, strange, they may feel some aches, and/or they may feel full of energy. All of this is normal! 
• No shaving until the night before. :-) 

I can literally feel their energy at practice and during the school day when I see them! I am so excited for them!

Looking at this week and next: 

• HERE is the schedule for the week. Please note the practice time changes this week.
• Wednesday, January 18th, 6:30-7:45 pm - Start to Finish night at LHS (basically 8th grade night). We will have a table with swim info and your swimmers should be hanging with me for at least a part of the time. :-) 
• Tuesday, January 24th, 6:00-8:30 pm - District Pasta Party! We need a host, please. You will have 32 swimmers hanging out and eating in your home. They will bring all the food/drinks you just have to be willing to have them invade your home for a little bit. Please sign up to host HERE. :-) 
• Thursday, January 26th - DISTRICT swim meet! HERE is the meet info sheet. Please sign up to work at the meet HERE. Things to note:
  • There will be an admission fee. RRISD will only accept payment via the RRISD portal. I will send that link in another email by itself. 
  • District shirts will be sold. They are a high quality black shirt with a white design. I have seen them and they look good!
  • Swimmers will have breakfast, snacks, and lunch taken care of. 
  • Meet starts officially at 10:30 am. I will have swimmer arrival time to LHS as well as warm up info at the end of the week. 
• Region Meet - Friday, February 3rd-Saturday, February 4th. All A relays will be going (as long as they aren't DQ'ed!!). Top 6 swimmers in each event qualify as well. Hotel Info: 
  • Holiday Inn Express - Bryan/College Station. 3041 Plaza Centre Ct, Bryan, TX 77802 • (979) 703-4774

That's all for now!! Please don't forget to sign up to help out with hosting and the District meet, and be on the lookout for Pasta Party food sign ups. Looking forward to these next few weeks! As always, thank you for sharing your swimmers with me!! :-) 

~Coach Weeks