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A Southern Piedmont Swim Conference Team
Our Conference Includes:
West Cabarrus YMCA (Blue Dolphins), Cabarrus Country Club, Concord Swim Club, Sheffield Manor, Salisbury Country Club, The Sports Center, Northwest Swim Club and the Monroe Swim Club.
Practice/Meet Requirements:
There are no specific requirements for practice; however, each swimmer's performance is, of course, a direct result of the practice put in. Swimmers must swim in at least half the regular season meets in order to qualify for and swim in the Conference Meet. You will be able to count our blue/white meet.
Volunteering Expectations:
Each family will be expected to volunteer at each meet (either 1st or 2nd half) their child swims in. You need little to no training to volunteer for most positions with the exception of: stroke judge, computer operator, starter and referee. Please see a committee member if you're interested in training for one of these positions.
NOTE*** SWIM TEAM MEMBERS MUST BE ABLE TO SWIM THE LENGTH OF THE
POOL USING THE FREESTYLE STROKE
Swimmers will swim in the age group determined by their age as of June 1st of the season. They will remain in that age group throughout the season. Swimmers must be 18 years of age or younger as of June 1st of the swim season.
Who do I contact if I have a question?
- Coach - Tina Varney
- Assistant Coaches - Lauren Aprile and C.J. Herron
- Manager - Chrissy Hayes
- Treasurer - Carrie Jenkins
- Volunteer Coordinators - Denette Thams
- Computer Operator - Brenda Thomas
- Website Manager - Kim Clark
- Equipment Manager - Scott Wauters
Coach Tina Varney
Tina was born and raised in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Tina has been a swimmer since 8 years old starting for the YMCA winter leagues and was privileged enough during this time to be part of a record-breaking relay team. She then headed to high school and swam in the district competition as well as lettering each year and finally being named captain her senior year. Tina attended Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania. While her personal swimming career came to an end, she continued to be active in the swimming community through coaching both an aquatic club and at the high school level. Since graduating, Tina has held almost every position in the swimming world in addition to coaching such as being a lifeguard, swim instructor, and meet official.
"After taking a hiatus to start a teaching career and obtain a masters degree, Tina is ready to dive back into swimming with both feet!" - Coach Tina
Assistant Coach Lauren Aprile
Lauren is 19 years old and a soon to be Sophomor at Appalachian State. Lauren has been swimming for 10 years for SwimMAC Carolina and swam 4 years for her high school team, lettering each year and going to states 2 years. Lauren was a lifeguard last summer at Skybrook pool and currently coaches in the JSL program, teaching young swimmers the fundamentals of swimming before the summer season rolls around.
"I look forward to meeting you!" - Coach Lauren
Assistant Coach C.J. Herron
C.J. is 18 years old and currently a senior at Jay M Robinson High School. C.J. plans on attending the University of North Carolina Wilmington in the fall. He swam for high school all four years and this year was one of the team captains. C.J. has also swam summer league for the past two summers. Currently C.J. works with children at Primrose School at Afton Village and has worked for the YMCA as a lifeguard. C.J. is a youth mentor for a 6 year old boy and has started to give him swim lessons.
"Thank you so much for this awesome opportunity." - Coach C.J.
Monday May 9th - Ice Cream Social: Drop In 6 - 8
May 10th Evening Practices Begin:
Sand Sharks (8 and under) 4:15 - 5:00pm
Reef Sharks (9 - 10) 5:15 - 6:15pm
Mako Sharks (11 - 18) 6:30 - 7:30pm
Blue and White Meet:
Blue White, June 7th (5:30)
June 10 - July 22nd Morning Practices Begin:
Sand Sharks (beginner) 8:30 - 9:30am
Reef Sharks (intermediate) 9:45 - 10:45am
Mako Sharks (advanced) 11:00 - 12:00am
Evening practices: *Mondays & Wednesdays 7 - 8pm
*Must let coaches know you will be attending ahead of time.
Regular Season Meets:
Tues. June 14th - LPS @ SAL - Volunteer Assignments - Heat Sheet - Results
Thurs. June 16th - CCC @ LPS - Volunteer Assignments - Heat Sheet - Results
Tues. June 21st - LPS @ NW - Volunteer Assignments - Heat Sheet - Results
No meets, week of June 27th
Thurs. July 7th - SMST @ LPS - Cancelled due to rain
Tues. July 12th - SPC @ LPS
Conference 8 & Under, Huntersville Equatic Center, July 22nd - Results
Conference 9 & 10, Huntersville Equatic Center, July 23rd am session - Results
Conference 11 & Up, Huntersville Equatic Center, July 23rd pm session - Results
*All make up (rain) dates for regularly scheduled meets will be the following Thursday.
***NEW THIS YEAR!!!***
Practice the morning of meets 9 - 10am. Swimmers will see the events they are in and take part in fun team building activities!
Banquet - Thursday, July 21st at Crossroads Church
The home team shall supply the Referee. The Referee should meet with all the meet officials before the meet to review placement and job responsibilities. The Referee shall assist the judges, when called upon, in rule interpretation, disputes and inquiries. The Referee and Swim Committee, upon conferring, may cancel or postpone a meet. The Referee is responsible for addressing any incidences of poor sportsmanship. At the Conference Meet, the Referee has added responsibilities (see Guidelines for the Southern Piedmont Swim Conference rules).
Each team should have a representative to field inquiries and concerns during the meet so as to not disturb the working officials; the liaison will have direct access to the referee. A the conference meet, the liaison from each team is responsible for periodically retrieving finished DQ slips (DQ slips already signed by the referee and entered into the Meet Manager system) and taking them back to team coaches.
The starter is responsible for discharging the electronic device which officially starts each event. Upon signal from the head-timer, the starter assumes full control of the swimmers. The starter begins each race with the sequence, "Swimmers to the blocks (or in the water or to starting deck position)", "Take you mark", and subsequent starting the electronic device. The starter shall also be responsible for the identification of all false starts.
There will be 2 across-the-board judges, one from each team to be stationed near the finish. Each shall judge the order of finish for all swimmers competing in the FINAL HEAT of each event. If the across-the-board judge is not able to confidently discern relative order of finish (i.e. due to a tie or very close race), then the across-the-board judge shall direct the scribe to circle the lane numbers for the races in question. Across-the-board judges are not used at the SPSC Conference Meet.
There will be 2 scribes, one from each team, to record the finish calls of the across-the-board judges. They should be stationed as close as possible to the judge of the opposite team. They are responsible for filling out the event#, heat, and finish results n the finish sheets. Any tie or uncertain call is to be noted by circlinig the lane numbers involved.
There should be 4 officials (2 from each team for each half) to observe and ensure that swimmers comply with rules relating to the style of swimming, turning and/or finishing. Officials positioned at the start end of the pool, are also responsible for relay take-offs, watching that no departing swimmer leaves the block before the incoming swimmer touches the wall. The official shall report infractions on DQ forms that designate the swimmer name, event, heat, lane and what infraction occurred. The official should also sign all completed DQ forms to allow any necessary clarification or follow-up by the referee. *must know rules before hand.
- Official 1: Positioned at Start End - jurisdiction will be lanes 1,2 and 3 to the middle of the pool - Start (dive, pullouts, finish) going out and coming back.
Official 2: Positioned at Start End - jurisdiction will be lanes 4, 5 and 6 to the middle of the pool - Start (dive, pullouts, finish) going out and coming back.
Official 3: Positioned at Turn End - jurisdiction will be Lanes 1, 2 and 3 from the middle of the pool, coming in, turn (touch), pullouts, and going out.
Official 4: Positioned at Turn End - jurisdiction will be Lanes 4, 5 and 6 from the middle of the pool, coming in, turn (touch), pullouts, and going out.
*** At the conference meet only, 4 relay confirmation judges will provide dual confirmation of legal takeoffs and exchanges of swimmmers participating in relay events. See SPSC guidelines for further details.
The head timer should be responsible for giving the ready signal to the starter indicating that all timers are ready for the next event. He/she should also keep 2 stop watches on each start as a back-up time as needed.
There should be 3 timers assigned to each lane at the finish. Each timer should start his watch with the flash of the strobe. The watch should be stopped when the swimmer touches the wall. The timers should stand in a position which allows a clear view over the edge of th epool where the swimmer makes contact with the wall. All three timers report their times to the head lane timer to be recorded on the timer sheet.
Timer Sheets: The swimmer's first and last name should appear on the timer sheets. However, timers should verify each swimmer's name prior to recording times. Times are to be written in one/hundredths of a second.
Placement of timers: At home meets there will be 2 visiting timers and 1 home timer in the odd lanes and 2 home timers and 1 visiting timer in the even lanes.
Stopwatches: Each team is responsible for supplying it's own stopwatches at all meets, including the conference meet.
Touchpad Timing Systems: For meets using touchpads as the primary timing system, there should be 2 timers assigned to each lane at the finish. One timer operates a stopwatch and the touchpad plunger button, and the other timer operates one stopwatch and records times on the timer sheets.
There should be a minimum of 2 volunteers for each team. They are responsible for calling swimmers to the ready bench area, lining swimmers up in proper event, heat, and lane order, and escorting the swimmers to the blocks if needed. Ready bench volunteers should not combine heats or move any swimmer from one lane or heat to another. This is to prevent errors in timing, judging and scoring of swimmers. Swimmers ages 11 and older proceed directly to lanes for comptition without lining up on the ready bench. Each team may provide a lane manager at regular meets to assist these swimmers.
***At the conference meet 8 and under and 9-10 sessions only, 1 volunteer for every 2 lanes is stationed a the start end. The sole responsibility of the Name Checker is to make certain that swimmers starting on that end of the pool compete in the correct heat and lane as designated on the heat sheet.
There will be 1 runner from each team assigned to pick up DQ slips and timer sheets to be taken to the scorer's table. The runner from the teams persent at a meet shall be stationed one at each end of the pool. In addition, runners shall periodically pick up DQ slips from the scoring table, after the slips have been processed and take the slips to the respective coaches so the coaches are aware of the infractions recorded against their swimmers.
***At conference meet - see SPSC guidelines for explaination.
Each team should have 1 volunteer assigned to organize and assimilate all timing and judging infromation delivered to the scoring table. This process consists of the 4 functions describe below:
Designnate DQ's: The card clearer shall cearly designate on the timer sheet any swimmer that has been disqualified.
Determine Official Time: The card clearer shall determine official time and clearly circle it for the data entry clerk.
Determine Relative Order of Finish:
- a) For heats other than the final heat in an event, official placement will be dertermined by official time; the card clearer doesn not need to determine or designate realivev ofder of finish or offical placement. Continue to number 4 below.
b) For the final heat in an event, the card clearer shall consult both the across-the-board rulings and official times to determine realive order of finish. Once the card clearer has determined the order of finish for hte entire final heat, the order of finish (1st, 2nd, etc.)should be noted on the timer sheet.
There should be 1 data entry clerk for each team. The home team data entry clerk will enter results in the computer with the visiting team data entry cleak calling out the results. They will record the points to be awarded for each event. Should there be any discrepancies in order of finish, the referee will decide.
A person from the home team will be responsible for awarding a heat winner ribbon to the winning swimmer for all age groups in each heat other tahtn the final heat. This volunteer will also award participation ribbons to all swimmers competing in events 11A and 12A. Heat Winner ribbons are not distributed for relay events.
One person from each team will be responsible for the ribbons to be prepared and distributed to each team's coaches. This person shall affix the computer printed label to the appropriate ribbon and file in the proper family folder of their team.
One person from the home team will be designated to sell heat sheets. This person must arrive one half hour before the meet start time.
***For a more complete explanation of volunteer job descriptions view the Guidelines for the Southern Piedmont Swim Conference 2011 Season guide.
Registration:
For registration by mail, simply click on the shark to download the registration form and follow directions on form. *FREE swim cap for each early registration by mail.
If you are unable to be at registration, you can register by clickinging here (or on the the shark) to download the registration form and follow mailing directions. You can sign up for volunteer positions with Denette Thams once registration is received and confirmed.
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