Prior Announcements
Fall League Meeting
Just a reminder about the fall league meeting on September 13 starting at 10 AM (a light snack will be available) at the Ohio University Inn (map). This is a meeting where we address proposed rule changes, so each team needs to be represented by the Executive Director or their designee with a signed Proxy. Remember, teams pay a fee for not attending the meeting.
We discuss the assignments for Winter Champs. Please review the roles document and come prepared to select a section or two where your team can provide the needed support.
Swimposium
The annual Swim Clinic hosted by the Great Lakes Zone, USA Swimming and Kast-A-Way is upcoming on October 3 to 5 near Columbus. There are great sessions presented, and previous years had under-representation from SEOWV. All of the training needed to be a certified coach is available in one weekend! Late fees apply after 9/20.
Winter 2008-2009 Schedule
The first draft of the 2008-2009 Winter schedule is available. Where your team has a yellow background, some piece of information doesn't match with the other team's information. If your team can confirm a different piece of information to resolve the disconnect, please send a note to Jon Reidler. There are three teams who have not submitted their schedules, so some entries are yellow solely because of missing information.
Winter Champs (3/8)
2008 Winter Champs is complete. The Team Manager and Acrobat results are on the Winter Champs page.
Congratulations to all of the swimmers for their performance. There were 12 potential records submitted to the League Secretary for verification from Champs!
Real Time
Results/Psyche Sheets for 2008 Winter Champs
A special thank you to all of the volunteers that make the 2008 Winter Champs so special. With a number of teams unable to make the trip, there were numerous individuals that stepped up and helped cover the necessary positions. Timers were in particular need. There were roles assigned to teams who couldn’t make the trip – but were willingly covered by generous volunteers. It’s the vast array of wonderful swim parents that make Champs a success! THANK YOU ALL!
SEOWV Next League Meeting
For the Winter teams -- this is the scheduling meeting for fall. If you are hosting an invitational, please bring the dates so the teams are aware as they schedule their dual meets.
For the Summer teams -- signups for the Summer Champs roles will be at this meeting. For those that haven't completed a summer schedule, we'll take some time to address schedules that don't match 100% and try to find slots for teams to compete.
Summer Swimming (3/19)
Summer swimming planning is underway. Teams, please provide your schedule to Jon. Updates posted on the link on the left. Remember, Jon needs the date, competition start time, host team and visiting team(s). This information needs to match across the various teams to avoid any issues with scheduling. Please check the schedule to see if your team has any yellow rows -- indicating the information is unmatched or incomplete.
Winter Champs (2/4/08)
The meet packet has a revision to the long relay events to make then 13 & over events (page 5 is the only change). The Friday session is targeted to 13 & over swimmers, and the relay age revision made sense to the league officers. The updated event list is also available. Please review your team role contribution toward Champs and the role descriptions for information and suggestions. Entries are due on February 29.
Coaches Certifications SECOND CALL (12/27)
Along with the cutoff of the registration for Zones (next item), your coaches certifications must be current through 3/16 and copies to Jon Reidler (fax: 614-751-1333) by January 14 to get your deck pass for Zones (Jon forwards to Zones on January 15). After that date, you must submit copies of your certifications to Jon for Champs and to Toby for Zones. Late fees are already in effect for SEOWV Champs, and the "free registration" cutoff for Zones is with Jon's submission on January 15.
Training (10/1/07)
Officials clinics available on October 7 and 8. Principles of YMCA Swimming and Diving available at the Mid-States Swimposium and on November 5. Remember to turn in your Coaches training certifications by December 1.
Register for Zones NOW! (12/17)
Registration for the Great Lakes Zone Championship is FREE until January 14. Get your registration forms filled out, signed and sent in before the new year! Zones 2008 Page
Principles Class Added to Clinics Listing (12/17)
Remember, your coaches need to have Principles of YMCA Swimming and Diving. There is a class offered on January 20 in Toledo. Check out the Officials and Coaches Clinics.
Invitational Information (10/6)
Meet Packet and event lists are posted for many meets on the 2007-08 Major Event Schedule/Result page. Be sure to check for updates for the meets you plan to attend.
Time Standards and Records (9/22)
Check out the new League Records page for updates to the records and some missing record applications.
Fall League Meeting (8/20/07)
The fall league meeting is fast approaching. The meeting is at the Ohio University Inn, starting at 10:00 AM. A light snack will be available.
This meeting primarily covers the proposed by-law changes and scheduling of roles for Winter Champs. Each Team is to be represented by their Executive Director or a person holding the signed Proxy of the Executive Director.
The rules committee met in mid-August, and drafted proposed changes to the league by-laws and rules. These will be discussed and voted on at the Fall meeting.
YMCA
Nationals and Junior Nationals
Congratulations to the following swimmers who placed
at the YMCA Long Course Swimming Championships this summer in College Park, MD:
Katherine Crain of HYCAT placed:
17th (1st alternate) Women's 400 Free 4:36.42
8th Women's 800 Free 9:25.75
8th Women's 1500 Free 17:54.67
Whitney Rhoades of HAYST placed:
8th Women's 50 Back :31.88
Travis Green of HYCAT placed:
3rd Men's 400 Free 4:08.51
2nd Men's 800 Free 8:30.22
3rd Men's 400 IM 4:41.37
1st Men's 1500 Free 16:22.88
Finally, Tim Phillips of MYAC placed 4th in the Men's 100 Butterfly at the 2007 USA-Swimming Junior Nationals with a time of :55.14. Tim's time qualifies for the 2008 US Olympic Trials in Omaha, NE; is 1st in the nation in the 15-16 age group for 2007, and places Tim on the United States Junior Team competing in Melbourne, Australia in January 2008 Congratulations to these swimmers and all who qualified and competed at Y Nationals this summer.
Meet Manager Training (9/10/06)
Have you wondered how meet scoring really works? Or how the times at the "big meets" always seem to come out right? Or have you had trouble dealing with the setup or entries for a meet? Are you interested in some training on working with Meet Manager and your electronic timing equipment? Drop a note to Jon Reidler for a class on October 1 starting at 1:00 at Gahanna YMCA. You need to bring a computer with Meet Manager installed to get the most out of this hands-on session of working on a prior meet. Please print the working meet documents (24 pages) and draft Meet Manager tips (10 pages) for this training.
Long Course Nationals (8/6)
Long Course Nationals are history. SEOWV took 65 individual entries and 8 relays. There were 34 time improvements compared to the swimmer seed times. In total, the league scored 168 points. Huntington was the winner within the league with 149 points. Finalists were:
Todd McGraw from Huntington with 1st Place in 200 IM, 100 Fly, 400 IM and 200 Fly -- with a new National Record of 2:04.25 in the 200 Fly. Todd set the only individual record at the meet this year.
Tim Phillips from Marietta with 4th in the 100 Fly, 5th in the 200 Free, 8th in the 100 Free and 9th in the 200 IM.
Travis Green from Huntington with 2nd in the 1500 Free, 5th in the 800 Free and 11th in the 400 Free.
Katherine Crain from Huntington with 15th in the 200 Fly.
Great job by the Southeast Ohio / West Virginia representatives to Nationals!
Summer Champs (7/17)
Champs results are now complete in both the real-time results area and as a PDF by day. There are a variety of looks at the awards on the 2006 League Summer Champs page.
Remember, your National entries must be submitted online by Wednesday, July 19!
Winter Schedule 2006-2007 (6/19/06)
Check your schedule submission against that submitted by your opponents. If the date, time or teams don't match, the row is in yellow. Some teams still have not presented their initial list, so that automatically creates some disconnected schedules. Resolve your disconnects and let Jon know about the changes for your team.
Rules Change in September (5/20)
Note that at the YMCA Nationals Meet, the Swimming and Diving Advisory Committee adopted USA Swimming technical rules starting on September 1. See the Officials and Coaches Clinics for brief notes and a link the YMCA Frequently Asked Questions.
League Meeting (5/20)
The minutes are posted.
2005 Spring League Meeting
(4/16/05)
Our spring league meeting is May 14, 2005, 10 AM in Cambridge. Directions
This meeting includes officer elections. Those interested in helping should contact Jon Reidler. We will also be planning for Summer Champs.
Winter Season Agenda
Summer Season Agenda