Buckeye Swimming

Come on out to City Barbeque and support BKYS!  Simply show the attached flier and enjoy your meal!  BKYS gets 25% of all sales! Please share with family, friends and co workers!  Please also post to your social media!  Several Scarlet Families are heading over following their practice ending at 6:30 PM.  Come on over and join us!

With Regional Champs only 5 weeks away, we are very close to the end of our 2017-18 season.  The best way to realize your time and effort at practice this winter is by heading to a meet to find out how much faster your are! All swimmers in all groups should be signing up for meets at this point as follows: Senior: Auburn Junior (in HS): Auburn Junior (in MS): Regional's and/or JO's Scarlet: Regional's and/or JO's SILVER (age 9-14) Regional's (all swimmers are eligible) SILVER (age 8-un): Mini Meet INTRO (age 9-10): Regional's INTRO (age 8-under): Mini Meet The following events are now available on Active: Regional's, Auburn and the Elite Showcase Mini Meet sign ups are expected within the next week. Regional meet reminder: Friday events are in the morning (during school).  While we believe school comes before swimming, there are a lot of teachers that will make special recognition of swimmers that are headed to this meet on this day.  This reco...

Here are the results from our Swim A Thon Fundraiser: Fundraiser grossed $3,044.80 and profited approximately almost $2,400.00. USA Swimming 5% - $170.24 including 18.00 fee for non returned USA swim-a-thon packets Prizes - $475.oo Top Team Fundraiser - Richard Mazur - Fundraised $410 - Won $100 in apparel or future swim fees Senior Group Top Fundraiser - Richard Mazur - Won $50.00 gift card of his selection Junior Group Top Fundraiser - No swimmer reached $200 limit Scarlet Group Top Fundraiser - Brody Van Frayen - Fundraised $226.80. Won $50.00 gift card of his selection Silver Group Top Fundraiser - No swimmer reached $200 limit Group with Highest Fundraising Average - Scarlet along w/ Richard Mazur Each swimmer that participated in the Buckeye 200 will receive a raffle ticket for every $25 amount fundraised towards additional prizes to be drawn on February 22, 2018 at the regional champs pasta party. Raffle prizes yet to be determined: 2 Tickets...

Please come out and support BKYS at City BBQ on Thursday, February 1, 2018.  The team will receive 25% of all proceeds with the attached coupon.  Be sure to help advertise by posting to your social media and printing out coupons for family, friends and coworkers! Let's enjoy some delicious food and raise some money for the team!  See you all there on Thursday! CITY BBQ PDF Fundraising with City Barbeque! Thank you for choosing to fundraise with City Barbeque! Here are a few ground rules to remind you of how our program works: •     City Barbeque holds fundraising events for non-profit organizations only. We’ll need your group’s current tax ID number in order to schedule your event. •     For you to receive credit for a sale, a guest must turn in a copy of your group’s flyer or show the cashier your online fundraiser barcode from his or her mobile device when making a purchase. •     You may not pass out or distri...

Unified Aquatics is looking for anyone that can officiate, announce or just like to help out as a timer, bullpen organizer or help with the computer table please let me know.  Their goal is to run a very fast and efficient meet for all teams on Sunday.

Auburn Classic, Auburn University, March 2-4 The format is Prelim/Finals for 11 and overs with top 16 11-12, top 16 13-14 and top 24 seniors swimming in finals.  All 10 and under events are timed finals swum in the morning.  There are no qualifying time standards for this meet. Senior Team Travel: Senior group swimmers have the opportunity to travel with Coach Lew to this meet.  The seniors have been traveling to this meet for several years and have enjoyed many successes.  Lew will touch base with the eligible swimmers regarding this meet. Age Group Travel:  Swimmers not in high school and age 9-14 may travel to and compete at this meet in one of two ways. (1) arrange travel on own, Lew will coach the swimmers in attendance (should the meet grow enough to warrant an afternoon session for younger swimmers, Laurie will attend). (2) Travel with Coach Laurie.  In this arrangement, Coach Laurie will fly with your swimmers and transport them to the meet. S...

We made a slight error in the entry deadline for the GCSTO Last Ditch.  We need all entry declarations completed by tonight!  We have resent all invitations and will finalize everyone's entries on Thursday. This meet opens its entries for teams on noon this Friday.  Reminder that we are only swimming Saturday and Sunday, please do not sign up for Friday events.

If you haven't added the app please do so.  We successfully used the app to end practice 15 minutes early yesterday! Hello members. Buckeye Swim Club now has their own Smartphone App. It'll keep you up-to-date with your favourite team's news, events, schedules and much more. To get the full features of your teams App you need to download Team App onto your smartphone. Download Team App here ( http://teamapp.com/app ). Its 100% FREE. Launch Team App. Then: 1. Sign-up to Team App. You'll be sent an email to confirm your registration. 2. Log in. Then search for Buckeye Swim Club and request access to group(s) that apply to you. If you don't have a smartphone, reply to this email so you can be added manually and you'll receive email notifications.

We are about halfway through our winter break training with just a few extra practices to go.  If you are in Columbus, please attend as many practices as you can as these can have a very positive impact at the end of the season.  This may be the first time for some of our swimmers to do doubles (two practices a day).  This is a great opportunity to practice new skills, fatigue the body, grow some strength and add some speed!  Encourage your swimmers to come in with a positive and hard working attitude towards every practice. 

Tomorrow is the last chance to declare for the Kelly German meet.  A large number of you have not sent a response.  As a result, we have resent the invitation to all families.  Your prompt response saves the coaches a LOT of time. Time that can be spent on how best to torture  help your swimmer become faster.  Please reply and make sure you save your response.  Thanks!  While in your portal, take a look at other upcoming meets and submit responses sot hat you do not miss future deadlines.

With cold and snow here, I would like to take a moment to address how we decide to cancel practices for inclement weather, and how that is communicated to you.  If we do need to cancel an evening practice due to weather related issues, we generally make that decision by 3:00.  This is then posted on our Facebook page, tweeted and then posted to the teamapp.  We do not generally email out last minute changes.  If you think there may be a weather related cancellation, please check the website before heading out the door. We utilize a lot of information to make these decisions: including the local weather forecast, school closing, the county level system (a level 2 in Delaware county generally warrants practice cancellation, any level in Franklin could as they rarely declare one) and the road sensors and cameras available on ohgo.com On a side note, our club is private, meaning we are not gov...

Fortunately, we have been accepted into the UASC Triple Crown! However, we have been very concerned with the lack of good meet opportunities locally.  After looking at the information for upcoming local meets, we feel we have a decent solution that will prepare our swimmers most effectively to succeed at Championships. Triple Crown - we will swim both days (relays have been eliminated from this meet). Kelly German January 19-20 (Friday and Saturday only) Scarlet 2 & Gold: 400 IM Friday; 100 free, 200 back and 200 fly Saturday. Scarlet 1: 200 free & 200 IM Friday; 100 free, 200 back or 100 br, 200 fly or 100 IM Saturday. Silver: Any events on Saturday Junior: Lew’s choice Friday and Saturday January 26-28 is the Indy meet for some of our swimmers, everyone else is eligible to attend the UAC Frosty Fun meet Sunday, 1/28 at CSG.  Last chance to qualify for Indy is at the Triple Crown. February 3-4 we will add the GCSTO Last Ditch Meet on Saturday and Sunday on...

We will offer adult fitness, masters and tri swim training beginning in January.  Practices will be offered Mondays & Thursdays 7:30-8:30 and Tuesdays from 4:30-5:30. Cost is $150 for unlimited practices Jan & Feb or $8 to drop in. Please email Lew if you are interested (ltimberman@gmail.com).  Please share with your tri athlete friends!  This will be coached by Lew.  First practice is Tuesday, January 2! Intro to Swim Team Group will be offered Sundays 3-3:45 and Thursdays from 6:45-7:30 with Coach Laurie.  First day of practice is January 4 and swimmers in this group will be able to attend meets this winter.  Cost is $250 for swimmers new to the group.  We will not practice on Sunday, January 28. Registration is now available at Active for both groups.  The system will only charge a processing fee for Masters and will charge $150 plus processing for Intro.  All other fees will be collected through our QuickBooks (Intuit) bi...

The best part of school breaks is the opportunity to swim a little more and get a little faster! Swim teams everywhere look forward to school breaks.  Please work with your teammates to help get to as many practices as possible.  This is also an opportunity for you to drop off your swimmer and run errands child free! :) The final schedule is below.  The only tentative practice is tomorrow morning (it is dependent on the morning lifeguard getting to the pool/home in time from college). We will text and Facebook this practice status later today.  Please do not come to practice if you are in school (we have had some questions about scheduling practice during school).  The only way we are able to fit all groups in at once is because over  half of our swimmers will still be in school.

A large number of families missed the UASC Triple Crown entry declaration deadline. Please email Laurie by end of the day on Wednesday if you want to be entered into this meet. You will need to go to our website or the Teamapp app to read the meet information in order to know dates, time of day and events offered. Your prompt attention is appreciated. You will receive an email reply from Laurie on Wednesday if you email your request early. If you wait until end of day Wednesday, please do not expect confirmation right away (office day is Wednesday). Reminder that your invites come from he following email address: noreply@awntx3.email.active.com  Emails from these kind of addresses will generally go to junk, clutter or the gmail promotions folder. Please make sure you have your email set to receive these in your priority inbox!  

Please share this with your friends that are interested in swimming! We will resume our intro to swim team group on January 4 and will offer the group through the end of our teams competitive season.  Practices will be held Thursdays 6:45-7:30 and Sundays from 3-3:45.  Last practice will be Thursday, March 1.  Current intro swimmers- if you would like to continue in our group, simply send me an email. We would like to add 6 swimmers to the group to bring our total to 12.  So, if you have friends interested, please let them know about us. Cost for the winter session is $175 for our returning swimmers (you will receive an invoice for this, please do not register at Active). Cost for new swimmers is a total of $250 ($150 to register at Active and another $100 invoiced to the family).  Please feel free to share cost information to your friends. Each swimmer in the group will be members of Buckeye Swim Club, with a USA Swimming membership.  This means the...

We will be taking orders during practice.  ALL orders are due on MONDAY, DECEMBER 11th!  Please note the VERY quick turn around.  I will have order forms at practice and leave some with each of the coaches.  I will also have them this weekend at the MAKOS Holiday Invitational. Any questions: lesallows@columbus.rr.com Please note, that the logo on the order form is for representational purposes only and may change.

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You now can interact with your Swim Portal in a dynamic mobile fashion! No matter the device our swim portal will format accordingly. There is no need for an app because we are the only organization in the market that offers you a truly enterprise level SaaS (cloud based) platform. Below are a few screen shots of the portal at www.swimportal.active.com .  Swim Portal Home Screen w/ Drop Down Box Navigation Slide out navigational tab (foreground) – My Wallet Payment Editing (background) Additional Merchandise Check Out Screen

BKYS HOLIDAY PARTY- Saturday, December 2nd What better way to celebrate the holidays than by eating pizza and watching some FAST swimming.  The USA Winter Nationals are being held right here in Columbus at Ohio State!  We will meet at Tommy's Pizza on Lane Ave at 3:30 PM.  The Booster Club will be paying for all SWIMMERS and coaches pizza and drinks.  Others are welcome to join at their own expense. We will then head over to McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion to watch Saturday Finals beginning at 5:00 PM.  Everyone will be responsible for purchasing their own ticket to Finals. Saturday Events include: 1650 Freestyle 200 Backstroke 100 Freestyle 200 Breaststroke 200 Butterfly 400 Freestyle Relay Below is a link to purchase tickets.  Be sure to purchase the single session ticket for Saturday Finals. https://www.usaswimming.org/utility/winter-nationals-tickets Please sign up on the Sign Up Genius link below and let us know how many people will be atte...