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What time is practice? |
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Be on deck for stetching and dryland at 5:00pm and in the water from 5:30pm to 7:00pm |
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| Q: |
What is the team uniform? |
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Boys - Navy blue and gold Speedo jammer (extends to knee) or racer ("speedo"). Girls - Navy blue and gold Speedo suit.
We also have Navy with gold trim warm-up suits*
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| Q: |
Will I have to pay for my suit? |
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Yes. The high school pays 1/2 the cost of your suit. Figure on spending $15 - $17.00 for a boy's suit, and ~ $24.00 for a girl's suit. |
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| Q: |
Do we have team dinners? When? |
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Yes, on Sunday nights at fellow team members houses.
(time and place will be announced) |
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| Q: |
How many meets do we have? |
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We schedule as many as 15 meets during the season. Most weeks in January and February we will have two meets a week. We try to re-schedule those meets which are "snowed-out". The priority on re-scheduling meets is first to "conference" (CCC North) meets. |
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| Q: |
Does the team just swim against boys during the season? |
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The team competes during the boys' season so mainly the competition is boys, but we try to schedule as many co-ed teams (like ours) as we can. We have two opportunities during the season when girls will compete only against other girls:
1) A scrimmage aginst Westminster early in the season.
2) The Splash Classic meet (composed of girls from around the state who compete on co-ed teams) at the end of the season. We are not shy about suggesting that our girls compete very well against many of the boys on other teams. |
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| Q: |
How is the team divided? |
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The swimmers are divided based on ability and stroke into lanes with 5-8 people each. Divers all dive from a single 1 meter board in the pool. |
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| Q: |
What makes swimming fun? |
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- Working as a team to achieve faster times and ripped dives; win meets
- Creating lasting friendships
- Team dinners and bus rides |
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| Q: |
Is swimming a good exercise? How? |
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Yes. Swimming works all muscles of your body, helping you to develop and tone your muscles. Furthermore, it builds endurance and burns lots of calories. |
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| Q: |
What do I need to bring to swim practice? |
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- Water bottle
- Towel
- Swimsuit
- Goggles
- Cap - for swimmers if hair is > 3"
- Lock (if you want to lock stuff in your locker.)
It has become customary for girls to wear two suits to practice and for boys to wear some kind of drag suit over their jammer or speedo
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