Monona Swim and Dive
Lane Lines - Week 3
DIVE

Friday, 6/22
4:00 PM Warm-ups
5:00 PM Start
at Hill Farm
SWIM

Saturday, 6/23
7:00 AM Warm-ups (see details below)
8:00 AM Start
at Home vs Ridgewood
The Swim Scoop
MO will be hosting the very large Ridgewood team at our first HOME swim meet of the season on Saturday! We will also be taking our team photo after warm-ups - more details below.

Saturday warm-up details:

6:30-6:50 11 and ups (8 Lanes)
6:50-7:15 9-10's & Unified (4 Lanes)
7:15 - 7:30 8 and Unders (4 Lanes)
Picture 7:35-7:45 
Meet Start at 8

MO and Ridgewood are two of the largest teams in the league, and we have a hard stop of 12:30 PM to turn the pool over for public use. We need all hands on deck to make this meet run smoothly and maintain our reputation for running very efficient meets! GO MO!!

Any questions, 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!!
Dive Coach's Corner: Well Worthy
Monona has the BEST parents! Thank you to all of the volunteers who made our first home meet a splashing success! We ran a very efficient meet and having new and veteran parents step in for the set up, tear down, and running of the score table was top notch. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

This week we saw many divers achieve new dives and had a total of 37 divers compete in the meet on Friday night at home against Seminole. Shout out to  Kennadie Rossing, Benny Brezinski, Addie Wurth , and  Isabella Fair  who all legally performed an inward dive in competition for the first time. This is a challenging dive as it goes against everything your head is telling you not do! Just up and dive towards the board. These divers have been working on this dive all week, but had not successfully completed the dive until actually in the meet. Great job and keep up the good work.

We had 3 champions this week and several others who scored points and moved up in score and placement from last week. Our champions in their respective age groups were  Mason Mabie  for the 10&under boys,  Maya Forcier  for the 11-12 girls, and  Mati Mabie  in the 13-14 girls. Monona won the dual meet 71 to 35 against a small, but mighty Seminole team. Several Magician divers scored points for the team on the way to this victory including the 10 & under girls taking 2nd through 6th place ( Mikayla McQueency  2nd,  Mya Howe  3rd,  Grace Braund  4th,  Josette Rossing 5th, and  Allie Hrodey  6th). Our mighty 10 & under boys swept the event with Mason taking first followed by  Henry Brezinski  2nd,  Preston Rossing  3rd,  Landry Ganshert  4th,  Benny Brezinski  5th and  Grant Moureau  6th. In the 11-12 girls, Maya was followed by her teammates  Emilia Hopper  2nd,  Karsyn Nelson  3rd,  Sofia Clark  4th,  Kendyl Mabie  5th, and  Abby Bykowski  6th. The 11-12 boys had  Gavin Larson  2nd,  Tiesto Nuon  3rd, and  Chase Treml  5th. In the 13-14 girls, Mati was followed by  Katherine Roberts  2nd,  Laila Howe  3rd, and  Maddie Farwell  4th. The 13-14 boys had  Katoa Bogileka  2nd and the 15-18 boys finished 4th with  Steven Blew  and 6th from  Will Blew.

Fresh Fruit Friday  was a big hit last week thanks to the Howe Family providing tasty, sweet and healthy treats after practice. This week, Abby Bykowski's family will be providing our Friday fresh fruit as we prepare to take on Hill Farm Friday evening!
Sign your swimmer/diver up for the meet by Wednesday, 6/20!
Sign up to volunteer at Saturday's home meet today!

Don't forget to sign up to volunteer at MO's first home swim meet of the season! As noted above, we have a hard stop of 12:30 PM in order to turn the pool over to the public. We need you to make the meet run efficiently!

No worries if you are new to the swim world. We have plenty of veteran parents who are more than happy to help show you the ropes. We were all in your shoes at one point. We have many open slots - sign up today!
Swim and Dive Photos
S M I L E , it's Picture Time! !

SWIM:
Team picture will occur right after warm-ups (~7:35 AM) on Saturday, 6/23 . We will need to move quickly and efficiently to complete the picture and start the meet by 8:00 AM. Please have your swimmer ready for warm-ups early and head over to have the team picture taken following warm-ups.

DIVE:
Team picture will be taken at 7:30 AM on Friday, 7/6 .

INDIVIDUAL SWIM AND DIVE PICTURES:
Individual pictures for both swim and dive will be taken during MORNING practices Tuesday, 6/26 and EVENING practices Wednesday, 6/27 .

Please contact Julie Elfers at julieelfersphotography@yahoo.com with any questions.
Concessions Needs for Saturday's Home Meet
Concessions at home meets are an important fundraiser for our team. We ask that each swimmer contribute so we have items to sell.

Please bring items to concession stand on Saturday morning when you arrive for warm ups:

8&U: fruit (fresh fruit cups sell great. If you bring cut up melon, strawberries or grapes we have small compostable cups we can portion it into) or bananas.

9-10: donuts or large bakery muffins

11-12: water and ice

13-14: bagels and cream cheese

15-18: Soda or Gatorade and ice
Senior Recognition


Calling all Seniors!


Please check your emails and visit the All-City website to complete your profile.

Profiles and sizes must be received by June 24th in order for you to receive your gift of a quarter zip.
Social Events


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.

Sign-up soon! See you at the game!
Making It Magical at All-City Swim 2018
MO is set to make magic at the 2018 All-City Swim Meet, July 26-28th!! 
 
We have an opportunity to host the best All-City Swim Meet ever and can't imagine doing it without your help and support!! Our primary goal through planning and preparation continues to be to make it a magical experience for the kids. We need all hands on deck to make the event a success!


Volunteer Needs/Requirement:

Due to enormity of the event, we set the volunteer requirement to  at least 3 volunteer shifts per swim parent over the three-day event.  Thank you to those families that have already signed up to fulfill the requirements.  To those families that have not yet signed up, please do so as soon as possible. We will be checking our team roster to ensure all families are fulfilling volunteer shifts.

Follow the link below to sign-up:

Please ask if you have any questions about the various volunteer duties.


Sponsorship Needs :

We're making one last push for any contacts to companies you work at or know that would be willing to be a sponsor. Any amount is helpful. Our sponsorship team will do the leg work of getting in touch with the company contact. All you need to do is send us the company/contact information.

We are getting so close and have a few additional sponsors would be great! Please send sponsorship information to Rhonda Holler-Steenhagen at rhollersteenhagen@gmail.com. 


Website

Keep a close eye on our website over the next few weeks. We will be adding more and more information to keep you in the loop. Visit the website at https://swim.moallcity.com/ and share with all your friends and family!


Don't forget to check out our social media platforms for the big event!