Hilton Area Swim Team (HAST)

There will be a mandatory parent meeting held by the coaches Wednesday December 13th after swim practice. The meeting will be held in the classroom next to the pool. Please bring any questions you may have with you.

If you have not paid your $53 USA swimming registration fee please do so by December 8th. If HAST does not receive your funds by December 8th your swimmers may not be reregistered in time to swim in any meet after December 31st. Please make checks payable to HAST in the amount of $53. Please send checks to the PO Box if you are unable to get to the pool. P.O. Box 174 Hilton, New York 14468

Hi All, If any of your swimmers swam in the Greece Meet, Please check your files for ribbons, trophies and medals. There are a bunch!! Thanks Tammy
Hilton Area Swim Team (HAST)

Just a reminder, all the entries for the Webster meet on December 11th are due November 29th. Please email entries to dlajuett@hiltonswimteam.org.

The SEAS GSB meet is Sunday December 17th. Please email entries to me by Thursday December 7th. Please send entries to dlajuett@hiltonswimteam.org.

The dual meet against PACK will be held at Pittsford Mendon High School on Sat. Dec 16th. Warm ups will begin at 12:30pm. Please sign up for the meet at the pool.

Coach John

Hi Team,

HAST currently has eight swimmers on the Niagara District Top Ten list. The list is made up of the the top ten fastest times swam for each age group by event. This list is part of the process for making the Niagara District Zone Team that is chosen in March.

There are over 70 teams that make up the Niagara District.

Congratulations to: Natalie LaCourt, Mary Spengeman, David Nolin, Adam Wilson, Jami Barber, Morgan Burns, Sean O'Neill, and Cory Zorsch.

Look for these swimmers events and places to be put on the bulletin board outside of the pool by the entrance. You can also go the Niagara web site and click on 'top ten' on the left hand side.

Coach John

Hi team,

Senior meet #3 will be held at Rush-Henrietta High School on Dec.9th. Warm up will be at 3:30 with the meet starting around 4:00. A sign up sheet will be posted at the pool along with the meet format. Each swimmer may swim up to three events. You need to sign up your swimmer this week in order for us to get the entries in, remember that senior meets are for 13&over swimmers.

The Webster pentathalon will be held on Dec. 10th. Please e-mail your entries to Denise at dlajuett@hiltonswimteam.org by this Wednesday 11/29.

Dual meet #2 will be held on Dec.16. We will be swimming against PACK (Pittsford). They will be hosting the meet. I have not received a start time from them yet, but will get that information out as soon as I hear from them. There will be a sign up sheet posted at the pool this week. Please sign your swimmer up so we can start to make a line-up for the meet.

See you at the pool,

Coach John

Please email entries by Tuesday night.

Check here to see the eligibility report:
http://hiltonswimteam.org/Star_Eligibility_Report.pdf

Coach Darwin will book a block of rooms for this meet.

- PL

The STAR Team Invitational is December 7-10. Please see Coach Snow to confirm eligibility to swim in this meet. I must have all entries by Friday November 24th. Please email the entries to dlajuett@hiltonswimteam.org.

For those who have not picked up their coffee order, please pick your order up Monday at the beginning of practice. Diane will be at the pool at 5:30. If you have any questions contact Diane at 392-6150. To everyone that participated, thanks again for your support.

Here's a list of all the swimmers that are eligible to swim in the silver IMX meet on December 1-3. http://www.hiltonswimteam.org/silver_times.pdf

All enteries are due by Monday November 20th. I have extended the entries one day.

Hilton Area Swim Team (HAST)

Hi there!! The coffee is here and will be sorted at practice on Wed. November 15. Please give us time to finish sorting before you come to pick it up. Lets say 6:00 to start asking!!! We know that you are excited to get it!!! Thanks to all who participated and to Diane for heading up the fundraiser. We sold a whopping 1626 bags for a total profit of $650.40. Great Job to all! Tammy

I left out a silver time made on day 1 by David Nolin in the 50 free.

Another great day for the HAST swimmers! More best times were made by almost every swimmer again, some just missing 'silver' cut times.

Emily Ennis hit her third silver time of the weekend today in the 100 free. WAY TO GO EMILY!!!

I will post all of the meet results outside of the pool later this week. The new IMX meets are
awarded differently now. The kids still score points for the team by place, but are only awarded ribbons for best times. No 1st-12th ribbons are awarded. If the swimmer competes in all of the IMX events, they qualify for a (gold, silver , or bronze) bag tag, based on their percentage of dropped time. Our clubs improvement standings (dropped time) from the Bronze meet, will be posted on the Niagara site in a day or two.

After gold championships in March, the Niagara District will calculate all of the IMX swims from all of the IMX District Meets. The team with the highest most improvement points will be awarded a custom 'IMX Team Champion' banner from the Niagara District. This banner will travel yearly with the team champion with their 'champion achievement' added to the banner.

The next IMX District meet is the silver meet in Webster on Dec. 1st-3rd. Coach Snow and I will be inviting all 'silver cut' time swimmers this week. This meet is run in Championship format with pre-lims in the morning and finals in the evening. The meet will be run 10 lanes for both prelims and finals. Your silver swimmer can choose one bonus event for every silver event they have. This is a great way to make a cut in an event they are close in.

see you at the pool,

Coach John

Hi everyone,

I wanted to share with the team a few quick highlights from the first day of Bronze Districts. All of the swimmers did awesome.

Best times were done in almost every event event, the kids were really moving!! The biggest drops were made by Miranda DiMaria -18.30 sec. in the 100 bk, and Emily Ennis -14.62 in the 100 bk and -11.88 in the 100 IM.

Making their silver times today were, Rachel Schmidt 50 free, Julia Lajuett 100 fly and Emily Ennis with two in the 100bk and 100fly.

All of the swimmers hard work at practice is really showing. Great job everyone!! Tomorrow is day 2 of Bronze and I am sure will prove to be as exciting as today.

Coach John

The Webster G/S/B meet will be held at the Webster Aquatic Center on December 10th. Please email your swimmer entries to me no later than November 29th. Please email entries to dlajuett@hiltonswimteam.org.

The IMX Silver meet is December 1-3. The meet will be held at the Webster Aquatic center. Only swimmers with silver times are eligible to swim at this meet. Please see one of the coaches if you are unsure if your swimmer has silver times. Entries for this meet are due November 19th. Please email them to me at dlajuett@hiltonswimteam.org.

Just a reminder, there is no swim practice November 14th. Also,entries for the Greece meet are due Wednesday November 15th.

Please feel free to Call Joe Sharn at 594-3256 if you have questions about becoming an official.

The following is the schedule for swim officials clinics for this fall
for all levels (stroke & turn, starter, referee; new and recertifying).

1. Webster Aquatic Center (Webster Schroeder HS) on Wednesday Evening, September 27 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM. Directions / signs will be posted.
2. During the Bronze JOs at Brockport High School on Sunday morning, November 12 from 9:00 to 11:00 AM. Directions / signs will be posted.
3. Webster Aquatic Center (Webster Schroeder HS) on Wednesday Evening, December 13 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM. Directions / signs will be posted.

Existing Officials: Please check your certification expiration date and make sure you are ready for the upcoming season. You must recertify every 2 years. Please encourage people from your swim club to become a new official - we need new officials every year!! Every existing official should encourage at least one additional person to become a new official.

New Officials: To become a swim official, you need no swimming experience, but is a great way to learn more about the sport. The swimming knowledge you gain can be passed to your kids therefore improving their swimming also. The time commitment for officiating is no more than being a spectator in the stands except you have a better view of the swim meet. You only need to help officiate at least 4 meets per year – you will probably attend more meets than that. Officials are needed to ensure that the swim meet is conducted fairly for all swimmers
and one of the critical elements for running a swim meet.

Every year, new officials are needed in order for the club to conduct swim meets (dual meet & invitational). The kids of the existing officials are getting older therefore it getting more difficult to conduct dual meets, so your help & consideration is needed.

The following is needed to become a swim official:

1. Review technical rules (4 pages) - Link to Technical Rules
2. Attend officials clinic
3. Take on-line official’s test based upon those 4 pages (open book) - Link to On-Line Test
4. Obtain USA insurance card from team administrator / registrar
5. Work at 4 swim meets as a “shadow” to an existing official for “on the job”
   training

Please consider attending one of these clinics. If you have any questions or plan on attending, please contact me at 477-9523 (w) / 671-2078 (h) / E-Mail to john.rieth@kodak.com / rieth@frontiernet.net so that we have enough handouts for everyone. (Of course, if someone discovers at the last minute that he or she is able to attend, feel free to come--but it sure helps to have a ballpark number!).

Thank you. - Joe Sharn

There will be swim practice Wednesday November 22nd from 5:30 - 7:30. The calendar will be updated.

For anyone swimming in the IMX meet on Saturday November 11th, the meet location has been changed to Spencerport High School. All Sunday events are still at Brockport college.

http://www.hiltonswimteam.org/entries.htm

The cost for this meet is $5 deck fee, $4 per event. Please write a check payable to HAST for your childs events.

Hi everyone,

Friday Nov. 3rd is the last day to get your entries into Denise for the Bronze meet. I would like everyone that is eligible (bronze times) to attend.

Even though the meet is being run in the 'IMX' format, your swimmer does not have to compete in every IMX event for their age group. If your 9 or 10 year old doesn't feel ready for the 100 fly yet, you do not need to choose that event. (However they will be ready by the end of the season). The meet is also two days long, but that doesn't mean you need to swim both days. We save that for Gold Championships ( 4 days long).

This meet is a great opportunity for your swimmer! The best thing about going to a bronze meet is making a silver cut time.

Hope to see you there,

Coach John

Entires for the Greece Thanksgiving Invitational being held November 25 and 26 are due Wednesday November 15. Please email all entries by November 15 to dlajuett@hiltonswimteam.org. Please pull the meet entries from niagaraswim.org.

I have a new email address for all meet entries and questions. The new address is dlajuett@hiltonswimteam.org. Please no longer use patrick@lajuett.com. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Denise