September 2009 - Fall Welcome Event Who is Lander Swim Club? What are our goals?

1. WELCOME! Fall 2009 Welcome Event & Annual Meeting

2. Organizations Wyoming Swimming , Inc. www.wyomingswimming.org www.usaswimming.org www.landerswimclub.org

3. Who We Are Head Coach: Jennifer Schaff

4. Competitive Coaches Richard Cook and Lantien “L.T.” Chu

6. Judy Crawford

7. Deborah Ellis

8. Betsy Schimelpfenig

9. Cathy Robinson

10. Donna Mandel

11. Cyndi HargisBookkeeper: Norma Dufek

12. MISSION The mission of the Lander Swim Club (LSC) is to empower athletes of all ages to achieve their personal best and grow as people through excellence in swimming. How do we do that? Learn to Swim Stroke Development (White Group) Competitive Development (Red, Blue, & Green Groups) 2009 Registrations – 159 Wyoming is the largest LSC per capita in the nation.

13. Practice Structure

14. Our Swimming Family

15. 2010 Goals Learn-to-Swim Enjoy swimming! Comfortabilityin the Water Knowledge of Water Safety (IMPORTANT!) Independently swim 25 front crawl and/or 25 backstroke Graduate to White Group

16. 2010 Goals White Group Develop all 4 competitive strokes Continue Water Safety knowledge Participate in 1st swim meet(s) Continue to enjoy swimming as a lifelong activity Graduate to Competitive Development

17. 2010 Goals Red, Blue, & Green Groups 35 athletes qualify to attend Winter State Championships At least 4 athletes from each age group and gender Place better than 5th at Winter State Achieve personal goals: qualify for States, Age Group/Sr. Sectionals, Zones, etc.

18. Parents & Volunteers: An essential part of this team! Board members, officials, fundraising, team events, organizing/ordering apparel, timing- all makes our team the best! We need PHOTOS! Support and cheer your swimmers! Help them set and achieve goals. Be active in Swimming! Show your swimmers that you care about their sport.

19. Team Rules A shark’s home is our pool so take care of it! Take care of yourself- responsible for suits, goggles, etc. Take care of your teammates – respect, encouragement. Take care of your pool – equipment, clean up, locker room behavior, etc. 2. Be on time! Anyone who is 15 minutes or more late will not be able to swim. 3. Know and follow the Code of Conduct.

20. RULES continued… PARENTAL REQUESTS for DAILY PRACTICES: You must stay off the deck. Please speak to coaches before or after practices, not during. Pick up your athletes promptly, help supervise locker rooms. RULES for IMPROVEMENT Show up Do your best so your teammates can do their best. Do things correctly

21. Upcoming Events Save the Date OCTOBER 24-25 26th Annual Spook Splash

22. Save the Date NOVEMBER 7th Fitter & Faster Tour (Casper) Ben Wildman-Tobriner Gold medalist, 400 free relay 2008 Beijing Olympics Misty Hyman Gold medalist, 200 fly 2000 Sydney Olympics More information on how to register for this event soon to come.

23. NOVEMBER 14-15th Fall-in-the-Hole Meet Jackson, WY Save the Date Hopefully a combined meet – More information to come.

24. MARCH 5th – 7th, 2010 Wyoming Winter State Championships Gillette, WY Save the Date

25. THANK YOU! For questions, comments, or if you just want to help: EMAIL: lsc@wyoming.com Contact information: Jennifer Hudson Schaff 332-5074