DOWLING CATHOLIC RIPTIDE SWIM CLUB TEAM HANDBOOK
TEAM PARTICIPATION:
To be part of the Riptide Swim Club, each swimmer must have a basic understanding of the competitive swimming strokes, starts and turns. Use the following guidelines to help you determine your swimmers eligibility:
8 & U: Must be able to swim 25 yards (one length of the pool) using two of the following 4 strokes: Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke, or Butterfly
9-10: Must be able to swim 50 yards (two lengths of the pool) using at least two,
Preferably three, of the following strokes: Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke, or Butterfly.
11 & Up: Must be able to swim 100 yards of at least one stroke and 50 yards of two others of the following 4 strokes: Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke, or Butterfly.
TEAM FEES:
1st Swimmer $200.00
2nd, 3rd, Swimmers $175.00
RIPTIDE REFUND POLICY:
Request for refunds of registration fees will be honored at 50% during first two weeks and 25% the second two week and 0% after the first month. Please note there will be no refunds for swimming suit, t-shirt, swim cap and swimming merchandise.
ADDITIONAL FEES:
Team Swimming Suit
Team Swimming Cap
Team T-Shirt
All swimmers are required to have a Riptide team suit, swim cap and T-shirt to participate on the team. Swimmers are expected to wear their team equipment to all meets.
Additional team apparel and equipment for the season will be available for purchase. Please find the order form for all of this information.
PRACTICE TIMES:
Swimming Clinic:
Monday, Sept 29, Thursday, Oct 2, Monday, Oct 6, and Wednesday Oct 8.
Clinic times will be 6:45 – 7:45 each night.
Normal season swimming practices:
Monday and Thursday Evenings:
5:30- 6:15 8 and under
5:30 – 6:30 Swimmers age 9 - 10
6:15 – 7:45 Swimmers age 11 and over
Tuesday (Beginning Jan. 6th)
5:30 – 6:30 Swimmers 11 and over and selected younger swimmers
Saturday Mornings:
10:30 – 11:30 Swimmers age 10 and under
11:30 – 12:30 Swimmers age 11 and over
We will also include selected Sunday’s for extra stroke, start and turn work. This time will be used for refinement only and open to all age groups. We will set the dates before the season starts. Times will run from 12:00 – 1:15.
Coaches will be working hard to help all swimmers to do their best at every practice. Please help the coaches perform their job in the most efficient way possible by saving any questions you may have until after practice. We also request that parents that would like to observe practice to please sit in the balcony not on the pool deck.
PARENT VOLUNTEERS:
To ensure the success of our swimmers, the club relies on parent volunteers for various tasks. Parents are expected to help run the home swim meets and other tasks throughout the season. Parents must sign up to help at the home meets. Each family is expected to help at one or more home meets in one of the volunteer positions listed below. Volunteer sheets will be available at an orientation meeting before the season begins. If you do not sign up, the volunteer coordinators will call you and assign you with a duty of volunteer position. New volunteers will be paired with experienced volunteers to learn their duties. Volunteers will be able to watch their children swim in their events. You will receive a reminder call before each home meet reminding you of your volunteer position. If you are unable to work assigned task, it is your responsibility to find your own replacement. It is also your responsibility to initial the volunteer check in sheet just inside the pool door at home meets to indicate that you have worked your volunteer shift. Volunteer positions include: Timers, timing computer, results, clerk of course, swimmer line up, set up, take down, event markers, ribbons and awards.
PARENT BOARD:
In order for the team to be successful, we will be soliciting applications for a number of positions on the Board of Directors. We will contact last year’s board and see how many new members we will need. If you are interested in a board position please see one of the coaches. Positions include: Secretary, Public Relations, Volunteer Coordinator, Ribbons and Awards, and At-Large. The board will have 7 – 10 members.
MEET INFORMATION:
We will publish the meet schedule as soon as we have it. Our conference meeting is usually in September for the winter season and in April for the summer season.
Meet sign up:
Cards need to be filled out on the following days:
Monday meets - cards need to be filled out by the Thursday before.
Thursday meets – cards need to be filled out by the Saturday before.
Saturday meets – cards need to be filled out by the Monday before.
Cards will be located on the pool deck, please fill the cards out completely and place them in the box provided. PHONE CALLS AND E-MAILS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR MEET SIGN UP. Swimmers are allowed to swim in a total of four events but only three individual events. They could swim 2 individual and two relays or 3 individual and one relay. It’s the responsibility of the swimmers and parents to sign the entry card and turn it in.
Relays:
The coaches will do relays from the cards submitted. If your cards are not submitted on time your swimmer may not be in a relay. In our regular meets relays may not always be our best swimmers in one relay. We will switch kids around so they can try other strokes and get to know their teammates better. At the conference meet we will put together the best possible relays.
Meet Times and Specifics:
Swimmers need to be at the meet site by 5:20 P.M. For the most part meets will begin at 6:00 P.M. Saturday meets are TBA but will usually be in the morning check the schedule for these times. If your swimmer is not in a relay we will try to place them in a relay at the meet if we have enough swimmers. Please do not show up at the meet minutes before it is to begin.
Individual meet numbers need to be placed on the swimmers hands before they get to the meet. A sharpie should be used to do this. Please remember what events they signed up for and use the event sheet to get the correct numbers. The coaches do not have time to do this at the meets.
Swimmers will be expected to sit with the team and not with parents in the spectator area. This makes it easier for coaches to find the swimmers and it also helps when cheering for our fellow teammates. We can always use parental help with supervision of the swimmers.
After a meet, whether at home or away, we expect all swimmers and parents to help clean up our area of all rappers and debris that accumulates during a swim meet.
We recommend that swimmers bring the following items to each meet: Team suit, towels, team cap, goggles, sweats or warm clothing, a water bottle and a healthy snack, if desired.
If your swimmer gets sick and can’t attend the meet we need to know by 12:00 noon on the day of the meet if it is a weekday meet. For Saturday meets we would like to know by 7:00 A.M. the day of the meet. You can let us know by calling DCHS at 222-1038 and leave a message or by e-mailing us at riptideswimclub@gmail.com.
Ribbons:
Ribbons are awarded to swimmers who compete in the meets. Ribbons will be handed out a soon as possible after the meets. We need a number of parents to help with the ribbons in order for them to be given out to the swimmers in a timely manner. Please don’t hesitate to volunteer to help with the ribbons.
Coaches Contacts:
Mindy Aronow swimtchr1225@msn.com
Kevin Hogan khogan77@gmail.com
Mark Crouch mcrouch@dowling.k12.pvt.ia.us
DCHS Pool Number 222-1038
Use the above e-mails if you want to contact one of the coaches directly or leave a message on the pool phone. All other e-mails should be directed to www.riptideswimclub@gmail.com .
MEET EVENT LIST AND NUMBERS
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# Event Name
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# Event Name
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1 Girls 500 Freestyle
2 Boys 500 Freestyle
3 Girls 8 and Under 100 Medley Relay
4 Boys 8 and Under 100 Medley Relay
5 Girls 9-10 200 Medley Relay
6 Boys 9-10 200 Medley Relay
7 Girls 11-12 200 Medley Relay
8 Boys 11-12 200 Medley Relay
9 Girls 13-14 200 Medley Relay
10 Boys 13-14 200 Medley Relay
11 Womens 15-18 200 Medley Relay
12 Mens 15-18 200 Medley Relay
13 Girls 8 and Under 25 Freestyle
14 Boys 8 and Under 25 Freestyle
15 Girls 9-10 50 Freestyle
16 Boys 9-10 50 Freestyle
17 Girls 11-12 50 Freestyle
18 Boys 11-12 50 Freestyle
19 Girls 13-14 50 Freestyle
20 Boys 13-14 50 Freestyle
21 Womens 15-18 50 Freestyle
22 Mens 15-18 50 Freestyle
23 Girls 8 and Under 100 IM
24 Boys 8 and Under 100 IM
25 Girls 9-10 100 IM
26 Boys 9-10 100 IM
27 Girls 11-12 100 IM
28 Boys 11-12 100 IM
29 Girls 13-14 200 IM
30 Boys 13-14 200 IM
31 Womens 15-18 200 IM
32 Mens 15-18 200 IM
33 Girls 8 and Under 25 Backstroke
34 Boys 8 and Under 25 Backstroke
35 Girls 9-10 50 Backstroke
36 Boys 9-10 50 Backstroke
37 Girls 11-12 50 Backstroke
38 Boys 11-12 50 Backstroke
39 Girls 13-14 100 Backstroke
40 Boys 13-14 100 Backstroke
41 Womens 15-18 100 Backstroke
42 Mens 15-18 100 Backstroke
43 Girls 12 & Under 200 Freestyle
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44 Boys 12 & Under 200 Freestyle
45 Girls 13 &Over 200 Freestyle
46 Boys 13 & Over 200 Freestyle
47 Girls 8 and Under 100 Freestyle Relay
48 Boys 8 and Under 100 Freestyle Relay
49 Girls 9-10 200 Freestyle Relay
50 Boys 9-10 200 Freestyle Relay
51 Girls 11-12 200 Freestyle Relay
52 Boys 11-12 200 Freestyle Relay
53 Girls 13-14 200 Freestyle Relay
54 Boys 13-14 200 Freestyle Relay
55 Womens 15-18 200 Freestyle Relay
56 Mens 15-18 200 Freestyle Relay
57 Girls 8 and Under 50 Freestyle
58 Boys 8 and Under 50 Freestyle
59 Girls 9-10 100 Freestyle
60 Boys 9-10 100 Freestyle
61 Girls 11-12 100 Freestyle
62 Boys 11-12 100 Freestyle
63 Girls 13-14 100 Freestyle
64 Boys 13-14 100 Freestyle
65 Womens 15-18 100 Freestyle
66 Mens 15-18 100 Freestyle
67 Girls 8 and Under 25 Butterfly
68 Boys 8 and Under 25 Butterfly
69 Girls 9-10 50 Butterfly
70 Boys 9-10 50 Butterfly
71 Girls 11-12 50 Butterfly
72 Boys 11-12 50 Butterfly
73 Girls 13-14 100 Butterfly
74 Boys 13-14 100 Butterfly
75 Womens 15-18 100 Butterfly
76 Mens 15-18 100 Butterfly
77 Girls 8 and Under 25 Breaststroke
78 Boys 8 and Under 25 Breaststroke
79 Girls 9-10 50 Breaststroke
80 Boys 9-10 50 Breaststroke
81 Girls 11-12 50 Breaststroke
82 Boys 11-12 50 Breaststroke
83 Girls 13-14 100 Breaststroke
84 Boys 13-14 100 Breaststroke
85 Womens 15-18 100 Breaststroke
86 Mens 15-18 100 Breaststroke
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