GENERAL INFORMATION

Head Coach :Maggie Slezak                        973-586-0848

Assistant Coaches : Christine Harrigan & Kevin Growney

Coaches e-mail Address: wmlswimteam@yahoo.com

TEAM WEBSITE : www.eteamz.com/wmlreddevils

White Meadow Lake swim team respresentative to Hub Lakes :

Cynthia Donnelly (627-6717)

Practices:  After school practices will begin the week of June 11^th.  Regular daytime practice groups will be assigned & posted by June 22nd .  This practice schedule will begin June 25^th.  Anyone who does not have really short hair is expected to wear a bathing cap to practice every day.

Meets: Our first meet will be Monday, June 25th. A schedule will be given out the first week of practice. During July, meets are Monday & Wednesday nights.  Swimmers are expected to arrive at the meet at least 10 minutes before warm-ups.  We would like to increase team spirit this year by having everyone wear either team attire or at least team colors (Red & Black or Red & White) to meets.

NOTE:  First year swimmers will not swim in a meet until coaches feel that they are ready.

All swimmers are expected to be available to swim Hub Lakes Championships on August 4^th & 5^th.

Swim Team Suits: We will have the same team suit as last year.  Team suits are preferred but are NOT mandatory (especially for new & younger swimmers).  Suits are available at California Beach Hut in Denville.  If you are unable to get a team suit, you should try to wear a red or black suit

Absences/Vacations: We realize that it is summer & people go away for vacations, weekends, etc.  We want everyone to have fun, however please let us know ahead of time.  Please write a note and send it with your child if you know of such absences in advance and indicate if he/she will be missing practices, meets, or both. 

2007 PRACTICE SCHEDULE

Tues June 12, Thurs June 14	11/over	4:00-5:00
	10/under	5:00-5:30
Sat. June 16th	10/under	12:30-1:15
	11/over	1:15-2:15
Fri, June 22nd		Bring a Friend
Mon, June 25	11/over	12:00-1:00
	10/under	1:00-1:45
		MEET @6:15
Tues, June 27		Daytime practice begin

2007 MEET SCHEDULE

Date	Day	Where	Opponent	Warm-up	Meet start
6/25	Mon	Mountain	Mountain	6:15	6:45
7/2	Mon	Home	PARTIE	6:15	6:45
7/5	Mon	Erskine	Erskine	6:30	7:00
7/9	Mon	Home	Rock Ridge	6:15	6:45
7/11	Wed	Home	Smoke Rise	6:30	7:00
7/16	Mon	Home	Indian	6:15	6:45
7/18	Wed	Home	West Milford	6:30	7:00
7/23	Mon	Home	Cedar	6:15	6:45
7/25	Wed	Home	Lake Valhalla	6:30	7:00
7/30	Mon	Rock Ridge	Rock Ridge	6:15	6:45
8/1	Wed	Green Pond	Green Pond	6:30	7:00
8/4	Sat	Home	Hubs Trials	TBA
8/5	Sun	Home	Hubs Finals	TBA
8/8	Wed	Lincoln Park	Lincoln Park	6:30	7:00
8/11	Sat	Mountain	"A" Championships	TBA

ALL SWIMMERS should be at the meet at least 10 minutes before the start of warm-ups unless they have told a coach otherwise.  If a swimmer is unable to attend a meet, a note should be given to a coach before the day of the meet (unless it is because of unexpected circumstances, sicknesss, etc).

The weekend of August 4^th  & 5^th  is HUB LAKES CHAMPI O NSHIPS .  This is our biggest team event of the summer & all swimmers should plan on attending.  (If you know in advance that you cannot attend due to a prior commitment, a coach needs to be informed as early in the season as possible but please try to make every possible effort to attend this meet).

INVITATIONALS

Invitationals are Saturday meets that are completely optional.  Anyone may participate and swimmers may choose what events they want to swim.  Heats of an event are arranged by seed time so you are swimming with people that are around your speed in your heat.  Unlike dual meets, there are awards given to the top swimmers in each event.  There is an entry fee per event for these meets which is due prior to the invitational day.  The due date & meet information are posted on the swim team board prior to the meet. 

Date	Day	Where	What
7/14	Sat	Packanncak	"Odd Age" Meet
			7/u, 8/9, 10/11, 12/13, 14/15,
			16/17, 18-25, 26-35, etc
			Parents are welcome to swim!
7/21	Sat	Pequannock	"Age Group" Invitational
			single age categories
			you only compete against
			people your age (7, 8, 9, etc)
7/28	Sat	Highlan d Park	"B" Championships
			Anyone who does not have 2 "A"
			Championship qualifying times
			may swim in their age group.