2022 October Newsletter

James Bretscher

 

 

Hello Team!

 

It is crazy to think that we are already almost a month into the full swim season. It has been a lot of fun spending time with each athlete and getting to know them. I have already seen so many of the kids make great strides in their swimming! Growth is happening across all ages! I am so excited to see what is to come from this group! Please read the full email. Below are some important announcements. 

No Practice this Wednesday (October 12)

We will not have swim practice this Wednesday due to the Marshall Football Game. The Rec could not find lifeguards to staff the pool and there will not be parking available. 

Bobcat Swim Club Spooktacular Invite

Our first swim meet is almost upon us! We are encouraging our athletes from all groups to join us at Ohio University for the Bobcat Swim Club Spooktacular Invite. The swim meet will take place on Saturday & Sunday, If you can only make it one day that is okay, we would still love to have you! The meet warm-ups start at 9:30 am, The pool is about an hour and a half drive from Marshall’s Campus. You must be registered with USA Swimming to compete, registration deadline is this Wednesday (October 12th). Please speak with James Brestcher for any additional questions before or after practice. 

USA Swimming Registration

Please make sure your child is registered with USA Swimming, below is our team link to register and our team link for it. This needs to be completed by the end of October.

Register:  https://hub.usaswimming.org/landing?retUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fomr.usaswimming.org%2Fomr%2Fwelcome%2F3897EF72489943

Team Link: https://omr.usaswimming.org/omr/welcome/3897EF72489943

Arrive on time

We understand that you all probably have a lot on your plate and that sometimes people will arrive late to practice. With that said, when people arrive late to practice it impacts the warm-up of the rest of the group and forces the coach to have to make adjustments on the fly. Please try your best to arrive/drop off your athlete 10-15 minutes before practice. We want to be respectful of our athletes that do arrive on time and the coaches that are running the workouts. Thank you.

Equipment Update

T-Shirts & Caps are in the final stages of being ordered! We are also in talks about forming a partnership with some major swim brands, we have had conversations with multiple big-name companies and will announce our partners once the agreements are finalized. We are also in the final stages of working with a swim shop that will offer customized gear with Thundering Herd Aquatics Branding on it. More on all that soon! We appreciate everyone’s patience. Once our contracts are completed we will recommend what equipment to get. 

Highschool Season

High School swim season is right around the corner! We are excited to support our High School Swimmers! If you are a High School swimmer please speak with your coach about your plans and goals for the upcoming season. We want to support you in every way possible and ensure you get the best of both worlds when juggling High School & Club Swimming. 

Committee Meetings

We are excited to get these meetings off the ground finally! Our first Committee Meetings will start on the following dates/times, we will send out agendas for each meeting soon to the individuals on each committee. They will all take place on zoom. If you can not make it please let us know. 

New Email Address

We will begin to use the following email address for all correspondence. Feel free to continue to use Facebook and Instagram to contact us as well. We want to streamline all communications through this address that way nothing gets lost. Please do not email Bridget or James rather, use the following email address from here on out. 

[email protected]

Final Thoughts

There are so many big and exciting things happening! Thank you all for being involved and on board with the new changes. It has been a blast for us so far and we are excited to continue to build this program. Please spread the word about what we are doing. The more people we have a part of this program the more exciting things we can do and offer to our athletes. Feel free to reach out if there is anything you would like to connect about. 

 

Best Regards, James