Swimming

Ashland High Swim Team

Clearance

If you did not participate in a Fall sport at Ashland High School, please stop by the Athletic office to be sure you are cleared to participate. No swimmer will be allowed in the pool without clearance - no exceptions.

Practice Times and Expectation

We swim at Daniel Meyer pool in Hunter Park in Ashland:

Monday, Wednesday and Friday: 3:30 - 5:00 PM

Tuesday and Thursday: 4:00 - 5:30 PM

Daniel Meyer is outdoors, but the locker rooms and water are heated. Swim caps and shower shoes are recommended for all swimmers to help stay warm.

I expect swimmers to get to the pool as soon as they can once class is finished to be in the water promptly. I will have practice wrapped up on time so swimmers can be out of the locker rooms promptly for pickup. We will not practice on Saturday or Sunday. We will, however, have a few meets that fall on weekends (see schedule for details).

I know there will be circumstances outside of the athlete's control that may keep them after school on some days. As with any planned or unplanned event that will keep the swimmer from participating, I would ask that you make your best effort to contact me as soon as possible. If they are meeting with a teacher, I would like a note. If they are ill or have a doctor's appointment that cannot be scheduled outside practice times, then I would like some sort of communication from parents.

Due to the shared nature of the pool, it is extremely important that swimmers respond when asked to begin or end the workout(s). I will do my best to build in social time, goal discussion time, meet discussion time, and general team building time. When we are at the pool, and the workout has been presented, it's time to swim.

To earn a varsity letter in swimming, swimmers must attend at least 4 practices per week, a majority of meets prior to Districts, and score points at the District meet (points are only scored in finals, on the second day of the meet).

Important Dates:

First day is 11/18
No practice Thanksgiving: 11/28 and 11/29
No practice 12/23 - 12/27
Daily Doubles 12/30 - 1/3 (8:00 - 9:30 AM and 3:00 - 4:30 PM)
5A Midwestern League Districts 2/14 & 2/15
5A State Championships 2/21 & 2/22

We plan to take all swimmers to away meets. Everyone should assume they are traveling with the team (JV swimmers included) unless they have not met the requirements to attend (see below).

Our Meets:

Note: to swim in meets, swimmers must be at a minimum of 4 practices per week, including the day before a meet.

Day	Date	Time	Opponent	Venue	City
FRI	Dec 6	3:30 PM	Springfield Relays	Willamalane Pool	Springfield
FRI	Dec 13	3:00 PM	@Churchill, Thurston, Crater	Echo Hollow Pool	Eugene
SAT	Dec 14	10:00 AM	@South Medford, Crater, Eagle Point	Rogue X	Medford
FRI	Jan 10	4:15 PM	@Cottage Grove, Churchill, Eagle Point	Warren H. Daugherty Aquatic Center	Cottage Grove
SAT	Jan 11	TBA	@Springfield, Crater, Eagle Point	Willamalane Pool	Springfield
SAT	January 18	1 0:00 AM	@North Medford	Rogue X	Medford
FRI	Jan 24	3:30 PM	@Thurston, North Eugene, Eagle Point	Willamalane Pool	Springfield
WED	Feb 5	2:30 PM	@North Medford, Phoenix	Rogue X	Medford
FRI	Feb 14	All Day	District Prelims	Willamalane Pool	Springfield
SAT	Feb 15	All Day	District Finals	Willamalane Pool	Springfield
FRI	Feb 21	All Day	State Prelims (requires qualification at Districts)	Tualatin Hills Aquatic Center	Beaverton
SAT	Feb 22	All Day	State Finals (requires qualification at State prelims)	Tualatin Hills Aquatic Center	Beaverton

Parent Volunteers:

Volunteer positions open this year:

I need someone to coordinate water and snacks (healthy choices they can eat before, during, or after) on meet days with other parents. Snacks for athletes at each meet are extremely helpful, especially on trips to Eugene when we need to leave early in the morning
We'll need a small group of parents to take on the end of year social/banquet.

Equipment:

All swimmers are to provide for themselves a practice suit and goggles. We will provide hand paddles, fins, kick boards, and pull buoys for the team to use. We are offering a team store again that each swimmer will be able to order from. There will be a required competition suit for both men and women to purchase (see below).

Team Suits

We are required to have team suits that look at least similar to each other for meets. We have a custom team suit design again this year! Order from our Ryte Sport store. It's always nice for us to have a unified look! Sweatshirts, shirts, and towels are also available from the Ryte Sport store. All suits listed on the store fulfil competition requirements.

If that is not feasible for you, you may order from our SwimOutlet store. Please note the guidelines below:

Although the suits shown come in various color options, please select the Red versions for each. You may choose any style suit you prefer for competition that is RED, one-piece, and does not have zippers, ties, or large printing/logos (all are illegal for competition--including mens' and womens' water polo suits). The one exception is school-specific printing (e.g. logo, school name, school nickname) that is built into the suit, not applied after construction (these types of suits are not available on SwimOutlet). Additionally, only one suit may be worn at a time during competition; plan accordingly.

Support Ashland Swimming by shopping at our store! A portion of all sales goes back to the team. Also, get FREE SHIPPING on orders over $49!

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Important Contact Information

Head Swim Coach
Todd Lantry
Cell: 541-842-0362
lantryt@gmail.com

Assistant Swim Coach
Pam Downs
downspf@gmail.com

Ashland High School Athletics
201 S. Mountain Ave
Ashland OR 97520
541.482.2377
Fax 541.482.8711

DAY OF SWIM MEET

EATING BEFORE EXERCISE 1

NUTRITION GUIDELINES FOR SWIMMERS

RECOVERY

SWIM-BIBLIOGRAPHY