Swimming & Diving

Welcome to the Falcon Ridge Middle School               
Girls and Boys Swim and Dive Team                   
February 28 – April 12, 2022                       
 

Coaches: Mrs. Urban and Mrs. Gartner

Welcome to swimming and diving at FRMS!  Middle school swimming and diving is a chance to compete against other schools in swim meets, enhance your swimming skills while having fun and meeting new people.  We encourage you to continue to swim at the high school level.  To ensure our season gets off to a “splashing” start, we would like you and your guardian(s) to take a few minutes to read the following information.
 

PRACTICES

February 28 – April 12th 3:15 – 4:40.  (no practice on Friday, March 18th or during Spring Break)

You must attend each practice in its entirety in order to participate in the meets.  The ONLY exception to this rule is a WRITTEN and SIGNED note from a guardian or teacher.

Beginning Monday, February 28th: Required for practice: swimsuit, goggles, towel.  We encourage students to purchase a black suit or jammers for swim meets.  Elsmore Aquatic near the corner of CR-42 and Johnny Cake Ridge Road has a good selection.  It is recommended that you bring a water bottle to practice as well.

Swim Club Participants:  We’re thrilled you want to belong to both teams and we know that some nights you are practicing twice.  We require that you attend our practices the day before a meet, as well as one other day of the week, but we will excuse you other nights to swim your club practices (as long as you bring a note as described above.)  Please inform the coaches if you are a club swimmer.

All participants will swim in each meet provided they have attended practices as noted above.

Participants who forgot swimsuits or other necessary equipment must be at practice and will be doing a dry land workout.  Exercise attire and tennis shoes will be required.

BASIC PRACTICE FORMAT

Quickly get to the locker room with all your swimming and take-home items.

Get changed and showered, lock your items in YOUR locker, put your cap on (if you wear one) and be out on deck by 3:25 p.m.

Take time to stretch

Be ready to swim at 3:30 p.m.

NO ONE can be in the pool until the coaches say it’s time.

We will be out of the pool by 4:40 p.m.

Shower, dress, and clean up after yourself and others.  Please be out of the locker room by 4:55 p.m.

Turn off all showers and pick up after yourself and others.

MEETS

Each student needs to check in with the coaches the morning of a meet. This check in tells the coaches that the student is in school that day and that he/she plans on swimming in the meet that night.  This is to make certain that swim meet line-ups are as accurate as possible (and complete) before arriving at the meet. Students who do not check in will not be scheduled in swimming events, presumably because they are ill.

Meets begin at 4:00 p.m. and are usually done around 5:30 p.m.

Guardians taking swimmers home directly from an away meet are REQUIRED to sign out with a coach.  A sign out sheet will be at every away meet. Thanks in advance for your cooperation in this matter.

Home Meets:  We need your help to set up and take down lane lines, tables and chairs for home meets.  Please stay to cheer on the last relays.  The meets end around 5:30 p.m.  If you have to leave early, we need a note from your parent or guardian.  Parent volunteers to run the clickers are appreciated.  Please contact Callie.Urban@district196.org  if you are interested in volunteering for home meets.

Away Meets:  Change into your swimsuits immediately after school in our locker rooms.  Meet in the student entrance area after changing to check in with a manager.  If you are not riding on the bus on the way home, you must have a parent/guardian sign you out.

A FEW OTHER ITEMS

Students are encouraged to use a locker and to keep track of their belongings.  (LOCK YOUR LOCKER!)  Students are also STRONGLY encouraged to either bring a lock or take all their belongings out onto the deck with them at away meets.

 

Meet Schedule