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DIVE
Friday, 6/15
3:00 PM Warm-ups
5:00 PM Start
at Home vs Seminole
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SWIM
Saturday, 6/16
7:00 AM Warm-ups
8:00 AM Start
at Hawks Landing
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Dive Coach's Corner: Well Worthy
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Great First Meet last week, MO Magicians! It was so great to see divers attempt new dives and compete in their first meet like champions. And then for the veterans to step up and help out while I was judging made me so proud. We have a great group of divers and families and this is going to be a great summer!
While we ended up short in the final score, losing to Ridgewood 61-48, we had some real triumphs on the boards and some great performances. We had two divers win their competitions:
Steven Blew
in the boys 15-18 age group and
Mati Mabie
in the girls 13-14 age group. We also had several top 6 finishes contributing to team points. In the 10 & under age group,
Mya Howe
finished 2nd,
CiCi Howe
3
rd
, and
Josette Rossing
5
th
for the girls.On the boys’ side,
Mason Mabie
finished 4
th
and
Landry Ganshert
5
th
. For the 11-12 age group,
Kendyl Mabie
took 3
rd
,
Breleigh Ganshert
4
th
,
Abby Bykowski
5
th
, and
Emelia Hopper
6
th
for the girls and
Gavin Larson
took 2
nd
in the boys competition. For the 13-14 age group, following Mati’s lead,
Laila Howe
took 2
nd
and
Katherine Roberts
4
th
and
Katoa Bogileka
was 2
nd
and
Ben Willem
3
rd
. In the 15-18 age group,
Will Blew
took 4
th
place for the boys.
Other stand outs that need to be mentioned are
Grace Braund
for not only learning 4 new dives the day of the meet and being able to compete for the first time, but cheering on her teammates and being positive throughout the competition and facing her fears. We also saw
Grant Moureau
,
Henry Brezinski
and
Gavin Larson
compete in their first diving meet and handle themselves very well in this new and crazy sport.
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We saw some great swimming at our first meet! From beginner to veteran swimmers, everyone put forth awesome effort!
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When you sign up to participate in a meet, please add a NOTE that states whether or not you are able to participate in the relays; free, medley, or both!
At the meet, make sure to check in/out with your coaches upon arrival/before leaving. This helps your coaches put together the relays, which are the first/last events of the day. If you have signed up for the meet, please SHOW UP, unless you are legitimately ill or have a family emergency.
Kelly can be reached at (309)264-8378 or kchadesh@gmail.com
Be on time and participate in warm ups. Have fun, and SWIM FAST!!
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Sign your swimmer/diver up for the meet by Wednesday, 6/13!
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~suit
~goggles
~MO swim cap
~2 dry towels
~Sharpie
~sweatshirt/ sweatpants
~sleeping bags or blanket
~sunscreen/bug spray
~deck of cards/reading materials
~not recommended: electronics
~positive attitude!
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Take me out to the ball game!! Let's show our MO at the Mallards game on Thursday, June 28. Game starts at 7:05.
You can choose from game and hat OR game and all-you-can-eat ballpark food and drink.
Click here for all the game day information!! Go to MallardsBaseball.com to order your tickets now! Enter promo code MSDC HAT, MSDC SODA, or MSDC BEER.
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Making It Magical at All-City Swim 2018
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We've been working hard in preparation for MO's turn to host the All-City Swim Meet, July 26-28!
We want this to be the best All-City ever and need all hands on deck to make this event a success! All swim families are required to commit to volunteering at least 3 shifts per parent.
Thank you to those families who have already signed-up for the required shifts. We are making progress but still have many open slots. We appreciate everyone doing their part!!
Volunteer sign-up is available to the other pools in the league.
MO is offering gift certificates to the team's coaches that fill the volunteer slots first. Wouldn't it be AMAZING if Monona filled first?
Let's do this!
Sign-up here
!
Don't forget to check out our website and social media platforms for the big event!
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MO has made a commitment to Zero Waste for our home meets, social events, and All-City Swim meet. Those of you new to our club may be wondering what Zero Waste is all about.
Zero Waste is a target, goal, and ongoing process that involves continually examining the waste our club creates and changing our purchasing, use, and disposal habits. Most important, we prevent the creation of waste whenever possible. For any waste we cannot prevent, we recycle and compost as much as possible, so as little as possible is sent to our local landfill, with zero being our goal. We realize zero is a big goal, but we aim high, we invite all teams in the league to join us in this initiative!
Last year we
debuted our Zero Waste Station at our first home meet, where MO hosted an estimated 450 guests
.
At the end of meet, ZW volunteers reported
less
than ONE bag of trash/garbage/landfill
. All other waste was either recycled or composted. This accounted for all bins on the pool deck and in locker rooms. That was just the start of our initiative. Join us in our efforts again this year. Future newsletters will contain information about how we can all be part of the solution.
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