PASS Meet #1 Results
Congratulations to our 94 PASS meet swimmers who went out to compete at PASS Meet #1 last Sunday. It was amazing to see what skills our swimmers have learned, and the improvement in their stamina and speed.
The meet, which ran at Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre from 1-4pm was a great opportunity for our Competitive Development groups to practice racing in a competitive environment. The coaching staff always encourages every CompDev swimmer to come out and participate.
When doing our first group of move ups from Bronze to Silver, Silver to Gold and Gold to LMR10/12/14 or Youth, we are looking at the following items:
- Group Composition of both the group a swimmer is leaving, and the group they are moving into. The group numbers, and the skill set of both athlete and group. This is a major factor on whether SKSC does a move up. If there is no room in a group, then swimmers cannot move.
- Attendance at practice and dedication to craft – if a swimmer is not attending practices in their current group, SKSC staff members will not move a swimmer into a new group. That spot will be given to someone who is choosing to be there.
- Attendance at Swim Meets – if a swimmer isn’t showing interest in racing, they will not be placed in a competitive group.
- Coachability and Behaviour – does an athlete make changes quickly, and does their behaviour lift the group up.
- Swimmers’ Skills – do they have the required swimming/racing/training skills in order to be successful at their next level.
- Swim times – do they have their 200 IM, 100 IM or 50 fr/bk in order to move. This is the last criteria we look at for a swimmer. Many parents think that it is the first and only thing the SKSC coaching staff look at. If a swimmer has none of the other things, we don’t care how fast a swimmer is.
Our first move ups will be done for December 27th. There will be no moveups done before that time unless we feel it is necessary for group composition.
That being said!!!! Congratulations to our new LMR qualifiers (under 4:00.00) this weekend: Gianna G, Anya Z, HIna K, Serena B, Katie R, Elon H, Wonbin S, Liang C
Congratulations to our new Silver swimmers who were under 2:15.00 in the 100 IM:
Victoria P, Celia Z, Meera M, Alena P, Jennifer Y, Broooklyn U, Alice W, Hannah Z, Binaisha V, Emma C, Sophia F, Ailey B, Ashneer H, Jaibir K, Austin H, Jihu Y, Senen W, Yen W, Michael P, Chen W, Jiadong G, Havey H, Tobias T, Mantaj D, Gavin H, Carter P.
We are looking forward to seeing everyone come out for our Friday, October 30th Relay Night, as well as the next PASS Meet on November 29th at SSLC.
Gold swimmers will also have the opportunity to compete at the Hyack hosted Brad Reid Memorial Invitational Novice Meet on November 14th weekend. We will be providing more information in the coming days.
Congratulations again to all of our swimmers and all of their hard work.