Buckeye Swimming

We have two changes for this weekend.  Please mark you calendars: Silver CSC and MC, Friday 12/30 Due to coach availability practice has been moved to Columbus North from 11-noon Senior, Junior, HS Saturday 12/31 Due to the holiday the pool is opening later. Practice will be 8-10 am No Practice January 1 Monday, January 2 is still on a slightly altered schedule Regular schedule resumes Tuesday, January 3 Thank you and have a safe an fun holiday weekend!

 “Thank you” to all of our Buckeye families for supporting the Booster Club’s winter apparel sale!! We will be placing another sweatshirt order next week.   If you missed the sale and would like to order a hooded sweatshirt, please see Mary Owens, Salatha Evers, or Laurie Sallows at practice.  You may also contact Mary Owens via email 3owens@gmail.com    Cost is $25, please make your check payable to Buckeye Swim Club Boosters.   Orders are due by next Tuesday 1/2/17 Items Available For Immediate Purchase  We will have samples at practices; let us know if you are interested in particular sizes so we can have them with us. Mary Owens – 3owens@gmail.com , Salatha Evers Salatha.evers@gmail.com or Laurie Sallows Lesallows@columbus.rr.com Speedo Dry-fit Polo Shirts - $35.00 We have 14 charcoal grey shirts ranging in size from x-tra small to XXL. These are a new item and were not sold during the apparel sale.    They are going ...

Fundraising Fee Update At registration for the current swim season, all team members were notified of a mandatory fundraising requirement by the Buckeye Swim Club to the Buckeye Swim Booster Club.  Below are the two options for fulfilling this requirement:   No Fundraising Option – You can pay the appropriate $200, $300, or $400 fee per swimmer directly to the Buckeye Swim Club Boosters if you do not want participate in booster club fundraisers.  Payment can be made anytime by check to the “Buckeye Swim Club Boosters, Inc.”, but no later than Thursday, January 12, 2017.   Fundraising Option – The booster club will offer various fundraising opportunities to swim club families throughout the season.  All monies raised over the cost of the fundraiser will be credited towards each swimmers required fundraising requirement.  If a swimmers full fundraiser requirement is not met, families will be required to make payment for the difference.  If you ar...

On December 18 we braved the Columbus ice and headed to Cincinnati for an awesome IMX meet at the Mason Community Center.  We were extremely pleased with our swimmers fantastic performances  with just about everyone trying longer events for the first time.  Kudos to Katie, Nanami, Savannah, Jonathon, Andrew, Sebby, Thaine, Abby, Nathan, Ashley & Kaitlyn!  In the end we'd like to give extra recognition to two swimmers. First Andrew Huang, age 8,  had remarkable performances in the 200 free (best by 13), 200 back (obtaining an 11-12 JO cut) and 400 IM.  His 200 back was negative split (second half faster than first), showing an incredible maturity for a youngster. And he nearly beat his best 100 back time on that last 100! Next, a huge shout out goes to Abigail Ng , age 13, who has really stepped up her training this year and it showed in a big way.  She dropped over 32 seconds in her three events starting her day with a very impressive 400 IM. ...

We sent invoices earlier today to several families that have unpaid meet fees on their account. Most of those invoices should have included and explanation and did not.  Here is what everyone needs to know about meet fees. Meet fees are billed through your Active account to the card you have on file about a week before each meet.  If your card does not work or you do not have a payment method set up then those fees will never get paid unless you do something.  You can view these fees online as early as 3-5 days before a meet at your active portal.  You then have several options that should occur BEFORE the meet. First, you can simply click on the invoice number and pay the bill though Active.  This will include an additional charge of 4.95%.  Two, you could write a check to Buckeye Swim Club for the meet fee amount and hand it in to any coach at practice.  Three, you can pay the invoice through quickbooks, this includes a $2 admin fee per meet. Ple...

Kaitlyn has been placed on the Ohio All Star team to compete in Indianapolis next weekend  against four other state all star teams.  To make this team she had to be one of the fastest four swimmers in her event from both the Ohio and Lake Erie LSC. Congratulations Kaitlyn!

Our 10-under swimmers were accepted into the UASC Triple Crown by the meet host.  Unfortunately, we (Coach Laurie) were slow getting our entries in and did not turn them exactly at the moment entries open.  There was a rush on entries and the meet was overbooked for 11-14 year olds. Thus our older swimmers were closed out and will not swim this meet.  We were accepted into a meet Saturday morning at Worthington.  Our 11-14 year olds will swim there! Please look for more specific meet information next week, including warmup times for both meets.

We are looking forward to a great winter break of swimming.  We have included the schedule below.  Scarlet swimmers please see the notes under the schedule.  All practices are at Columbus North Sports Club unless indicated otherwise. Day SR/JR/HS SR/JR/HS DRY SCARLET SILVER Thursday, 12/22 8-10 am 6:30-8:30 pm 10-11 am 4:30-6:30 pm 5:00-6:30 pm with Scarlet Friday, 12/23 8-10 am 10-11 am 10-noon 4:15-5:30 at MC Fitness  Saturday, 12/24 7-9 am No Dry Off OFF Sunday, 12/25 Off Off OFF  Monday, 12/26 4-6 pm 3-4 pm 6:30-8:30 pm 5:45-7 Tuesday, 12/27 8-10 am 4-6 pm 10-11 am 8-10* by invite 6-8 pm Off Weds, 12/28 8-10 am 4-6 pm 3-4 pm 8-10* by invite 6-8 pm 6:00-7:30 pm Thursday, 12/29 8-10 am 6-8 pm 10-11 am 8-10* by invite 4-6 pm 4:30-6:00 pm with Scarlet Friday, 12/30 8-10 am 10-11 am 10-noon 4:15-5:30 at MC Fitness  Saturday, 12/31 7-9 am 10-1...

Congratulations to all of our swimmers on a fantastic showing at the Bowling Green Holiday Invite.  We were very pleased with the swimmers preparation prior to the meet.  The swimmers were relaxed in the team area and shared a lot of smiles between races.  We had two swimmers set new team records at the meet. Andrew Huang captured the 25 free with a 14.01 and Kaitlyn Sallows shattered an 18 year old record in the 500 free with a 6:03.20! Our first swimmer of the meet is Savannah Cornelius! Savannah   swam best times in all of her events and dropped a whopping 10 seconds in the 50 breast!  She has worked hard not improving her technique which is really showing. Keep up the good work Savannah! Our next swimmer of the meet is Piper Lorentz! Piper also swam best times in all of her events dropping 5.5 seconds per 100.  Piper has come a long way since the beginning of the year and shows huge leaps forward every week.  Way to go Piper! Our last swimme...

We are looking forward to a great winter break of swimming.  We have included the schedule below.  Scarlet swimmers please see the notes under the schedule.  All practices are at Columbus North Sports Club unless indicated otherwise. Day SR/JR/HS SR/JR/HS DRY SCARLET SILVER Thursday, 12/22 8-10 am 6:30-8:30 pm 10-11 am 4:30-6:30 pm 5:00-6:30 pm with Scarlet Friday, 12/23 8-10 am 10-11 am 10-noon 4:15-5:30 at MC Fitness Saturday, 12/24 7-9 am No Dry Off OFF Sunday, 12/25 Off Off OFF Monday, 12/26 4-6 pm 3-4 pm 6:30-8:30 pm 5:45-7 Tuesday, 12/27 8-10 am 4-6 pm 10-11 am 8-10* by invite 6-8 pm Off Weds, 12/28 8-10 am 4-6 pm 3-4 pm 8-10* by invite 6-8 pm 6:00-7:30 pm Thursday, 12/29 8-10 am 6-8 pm 10-11 am 8-10* by ...

We will be taking orders for new Buckeye Apparel this week during practice at Columbus North. Mary Owens, Salatha Evers and Laurie Sallows will be at the pool on Tuesday & Wednesday from 6:30-8:30 and Thursday from 4:30-6:30. Please bring your check book and plan on placing order and turning it in at practice!  All orders will be due on Thursday, December 8th .  Due to the quick turn around in order to have items delivered before the holidays we will NOT be able to accept any late orders! Attached is an order form to print and bring with your order.