Notes for CAMP #6 Aug 23 - Sept 5 Tomorrow (Monday) afternoon practices cancelled. The Kroc center is battling trying to accomodate us and a high summer demand for swim lanes. I got an e-mail this morning that they overbooked and would not be giving us our workout space for Monday. I was told this is a one-time cancellation of our normal pool time. End of Summer break. Normally we take a couple of weeks off in August. Since things have been very different under Covid restrictions, we will just...

Starting tomorrow our mid-day groups DEF and GHI will be moving to early evening practices. All practices (for groups D through I) will be at the Kroc center! We will be staging outside the west gate from now on.... (the one near the tower / coffee shop). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Group DEF will swim from 5:45 - 7:00 PM Monday through Friday Staging times: Group D 5:35; Group E 5:38; Group F 5:41 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Group GHI will swim from 4:45 - 5:35 on Mon Tues Thur Fri (no Wed practice) Staging times:...

Notes for CAMP #5 Aug 10 - 22 The biggest change so far this summer will come with week #2 of this session. Groups DEF (1:15 min groups) and GHI (50 min groups) will be moving to late afternoon / evening beginning on the 17th. I will send out reminders later in the week. Other than that, this week schedule should remain the same as the last 2 for all swimmers. Here are the scheduling times / pools and staging times for the next two weeks Anyone who has not...

We have finished 3 weeks of practice time trials. Here are the results from week 3: Sorted by age Overall (no age sort)

Just a quick note..... There was uncertainty as to our being able to keep this week's practice times into next week.....answer: we will. Next week's practices will remain at the same time as this week. Also - Here are the results of the practice time trials from last week: Overall (all ages (13-Over) included Results sorted by age

Notes for CAMP #4 July 27 - Aug 8 A Few more changes........a couple of swimmers out and about 9 more in. We have added another full group to accommodate these changes. be aware there is no Wed practice for groups G, H and I, so now you have M & F at Kroc and T-Th at Helix. As mentioned in yesterday's news, we hope to have some PM pool time back at the Kroc beginning on Aug 3rd. We don't expect final approval for that until Tuesday the 28th....

I am working on the logistics of "Camp 4" beginning on July 27th. Here is a current list of swimmers who I believe will be swimming between July 27-Aug 8th. (you can search by pressing ctrl f and searching for part or all of your swimmer's name. Please check the list....if your swimmer is listed but will not be swimming in the next two weeks, or is not listed and intends to swim in the next two weeks, please let me know immediately so I can make adjustments prior to...

This past week the lsc (local swim comittee) started a program to allowteams to time trial during practices and post their reults onlie for comparison.Its an informal way to see where you are in relation to other SI swimmers right now. The times are unofficial. But it gives the current training a little more feeling of purpose. . . Currently this is for 13&O's but we may be adding a listing and events for 12&U's soon. Keep in mind that, at Helix pool we are going from a pust(slower) instead...

Notes for CAMP #3 July 13-25 We found it necessary to do some rearranging with our camp groups we had 4 new senior level swimmers join, which moves some that were attending mornings to the mid day time frame. We also had some new returnees who were gone for session 2. We have added another full group to accommodate these changes. With all of the changes we have come up with groupings that the coaching staff feels is most beneficial to the swimmers. However this does swing some people into...

Summer session 2 begins tomorrow! Safety protocols remain in place. If you did not participate in the previous session, please sign the release form Here and send it to Dave@castswim.com or bring on your first practice. 2 major changes beginning next week (camp session #2): 1) Most of previous level 45 (and some from level 3) is now group ABC and will be practicing early mornings at Helix HS. 2) The mid day sessions for everyone else will continue at kroc on MWF (with some time adjustments). with some later...