17April2012
Posted by admin under: Announcements.
The High School/Middle School Spring Session started Monday April 16 and will continue through May 11. This session is for high school swimmers and any middle school swimmer (5th through 8th grade) who wants to practice with the high school team. Maria Musialczyk will be coaching again this summer and will be working with High School coach Rob Damuth to create a sprint oriented program to get swimmers ready for next season.
Practices for the Spring Session are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday from 4:30 – 6pm. The cost for the Spring Session is $50. Registration forms can be found under the link above and will also be available on the pool deck. Please make checks payable to NCST.
The High School/Middle School Summer Session starts on May 14 and will continue until July 19. Practice times will change to 3-5pm through June 8. Starting June 11 practices will change to 2-4pm. The cost for the Summer Session is $100, which can be added to the spring session and paid all at once if desired.
Please direct coaching questions to Coach Rob Damuth (damuthr@gmail.com) and administrative questions to Sarah Shook (ncst.swim@gmail.com).
16April2012
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The Age Group Summer Season is for any swimmer over age 5 who can swim the length of the pool without assistance. Swimmers up to age 18 can swim in the Age Group practices, but any swimmer (5th grade on up) who wants to practice with the high school team can elect to participate in the High School/Middle School practices (see announcement above).
The cost for the Age Group Summer Session is $110 for the first swimmer and $100 for each additional swimmer in the same family. Practices will be in the evenings and split by ability. Contact Sarah Shook at ncst.swim@gmail.com or (248) 709-7192 with any questions.
Signups:
Tuesday, May 1: 7 to 8 pm
Saturday, May 5: 10am to noon
Saturday, May 12: 10 am to noon
Season Dates:
Monday, May 14: New swimmer evaluation
Tuesday, May 15: Practices start (check website for times)
July 2 to 6: No practice, week of 4th of July
Monday, July 16: Last day of practice
Meets
June 21: NCST v. Grand Rapids Gators @ Northview (4:00 pm warm-up, 5:00 pm start)
June 28: NCST v. Wayland @ Wayland High School (4:00 pm warm-up, 5:00 pm start)
July 12: NCST v. Hudsonville @ Northview (4:00 pm warm-up, 5:00 pm start)
July 17: A Meet 13 & Over @ Zeeland (late afternoon start – subject to change)
July 18: A Meet 12 & Under @ Calvin (morning start – subject to change)
July 19: B Meet @ Hamilton (late afternoon start – subject to change)
Invitationals – TBD based on interest
June 16: East Kentwood
June 29: Zeeland
12February2012
Posted by admin under: Announcements.
Please consider becoming a parent volunteer on the NCST Administrative Team. Mike and Ginger Rohwer are stepping down and we need a group of parents to step into the organization to keep it running.
We need team leaders for the following six areas:
- Business Team (Registration Fees, Auxiliary Revenue, Meet Concessions, Team Store, Building Donors)
- Swim Meet Team (Home Meet Operations, Away Meet Operations, Swimmer Awards)
- Community Relations Team (Swimmer Recruitment, Volunteer Recruitment, Non-Swim Events)
- Communications Team (Parent Communications, NVPS Liaison, Admin Team Facilitation, NCST Calendar)
- IT Team (Swim Meet Technologies, Data Systems, Team / Meet Manager)
- Finance Team (Accounting Functions & Reporting, Liability Insurance, Regulatory Compliance)
Click on the following link to view a power point presentation with more information:
NCST Administrative Team Information
For even more information, please contact Mike or Ginger Rohwer (contact info on website).
12February2012
Posted by admin under: Announcements.
The End-of-Season Party is Monday, February 13th from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm in the high school cafeteria (enter down by the gym, go straight down and turn left).
We will be handing out NCST medals to all swimmers in addition to any medals and ribbons earned in the conference meets. We will also have ice cream sundaes!
See you there!
If you aren’t able to make it to the party, please contact Ginger (see contact info on website) to schedule a time to come pick up your swimmer’s items.
12February2012
Posted by admin under: Announcements.
Our swimmers did a great job at the A and B Meets! Here are a couple things to note:
1) Ribbons and Medals are awarded by WMSL — We do not process these in any way other than distributing them to the swimmers. The WMSL awards the following:
B Meet – Medals for “B” individual events places 1-6; ribbons for “B” individual events places 7-12. Ribbons for “C” individual events places 1-12. Relays are awarded ribbons for places 1-3.
A Meet - Medals for “A” individual events places 1-6; ribbons for “A” individual events places 7-12. Medals for “A” relays places 1-3; ribbons for “A” relays places 4-6.
Please note that this is different than the preliminary meets in which each swimmer receives a ribbon for every event, i.e., swimmers only have WMSL ribbons/medals depending on if they placed in the top 12.
2) Best Time Ribbons – According to the WMSL Winter meeting, the league was supposed to issue best time ribbons at the meets — but they were not included in our bag of ribbons. Mike is checking in to this. Assuming this is not going to happen, we have printed off the best time labels from the meets and will be using our orange NCST generic ribbons, i.e., they won’t say West Michigan Swim League, but they still provide the swimmers the award that they deserve.
Attached is the “Improved Times” report for the Championship Meets.
3) All unclaimed ribbons that were left in the buckets will be placed in the swimmers packets that we hand out at the End of the Season Celebration.
4) For the A and B meets, attached are results reports for NCST swimmers by name and by event. Also attached are the official meet results reports that list all swimmers in the meet for the B meet and the A10&U session. At this time, we have not received a copy of the results for the 11-14 A session. We have the results files for our team, but not the report.
31January2012
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1) Finishes
Relays
1st – 7
2nd – 2
3rd – 5
Individual Events
1st – 20
2nd – 18
3rd – 18
4th – 16
5th – 5
FYI: The places listed are those that count for scoring.
2) Overall Points
Northview – 295
TK/Middleview – 246
Grand Haven – 97
GRNSA – 27
Ludington – 20
3) Improved Times
51 swimmers had improved times across 70 events (many had improved times in more than one event!!!). See the Improved Times files below to see who.
4) The Meet
WOW! 3 hours and 45 minutes for 104 races. Going into the meet I was predicting 1:30pm as a end time with a stretch goal of 1:15pm. We smashed that goal. I think there are several factors for this, including…
- Flyover starts – obviously this moved pretty quickly — in fact, it was hard to keep up as unfortunately the timing system and Meet Manager software don’t always talk well so I have to manually key in the results. A big thanks to Dan and Tim who did great as starters, Joy as the announcer, Dan and Mark who were the scorer’s spotters I keyed in results, and all the timers who executed the instructions given to them right before the meet on how to line the swimmers up.
- Marshals – again kudos! This is role is the gateway to a smooth meet and this was done with perfection.
- Timers — Great plunging! Okay, this sounds weird, but we had almost universal backup times which means we only had to ask for stopwatch times about 6 times (except for one lane during a 25Y event which had an equipment problem). This cuts out delays. Even on the times we had to get the stopwatch times, this was done after the next race started because the timers record times on every race.
- Swimmers and Coaches – excellent job jetting to the marshaling area and swimming fast!
All this resulting a blazing 27.7 races per hour (compared with the first meet of 25+ races per hour and a two year average of about 24.3 races per hour).
I also want to give a shout out to Dan, Joy, Don and Mark who got the meet started on time. You would not have known it, but there were a ton of changes and we didn’t have the final Meet Program printed until about 8:40. I was finishing up other start of the meet reports through the first few heats and this team got the meet off to a great start.
23January2012
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It looks like things went well for NCST! Here’s are the highlights…
1) Finishes
Relays
1st – 9
2nd – 7
3rd – 3
Individual Events
1st – 26
2nd – 24
3rd – 15
4th – 18
5th – 7
FYI: The places listed are those that count for scoring.
2) Improved Times [the really important stat]
55 swimmers had improved times across 4 events (many had improved times in more than one event!!!) See the attached Improved Times report to see who.
3) Ribbons — They are ready and waiting in the folders.
In addition to the Improved Times Report, you will also find…
1) Overall Meet Results (all teams; this includes split times when available)
2) NCST Meet Results listed by name (this does not include relays)
3) NCST Meet Results listed by event
Also, don’t forget to check out the Stats Online to get more info including A-Time qualification.
22January2012
Posted by admin under: Announcements.
The online sign up form is now available for the NCST Division 4 Swim Meet this Saturday (1/28/12). This is a Saturday morning home meet (8:00am warmup; 9:00am start) and will be held at the Northview High School pool.
Please click on the link below to complete the sign up form for indicating your swimmer(s) intent to attend the meet. In addition to knowing who is coming, it is also very helpful to know who is definitely not coming — especially when it comes to planing relay teams. You may use this same form to indicate that your swimmer will not be attending.
Swimmers must be signed up before 6pm on Wednesday, January 25, 2012.
Remember, when you fill out the form, you must click on the “Submit” button at the end of the form. Once you indicate that you have no more swimmers to sign-up, you should see a comment page. At the bottom of this page is the “Submit” button. If everything goes correctly you will see the following confirmation:
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NCST Div 4 Meet @ Northview (1/28/2012) – Swimmer Sign Up Form
Thanks! You have successfully entered your swimmer(s) status for the next meet.
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16January2012
Posted by admin under: Announcements.
Another great meet for NCST! Here’s are the highlights…
1) Finishes
Relays
1st – 8
2nd – 7
3rd – 2
Individual Events
1st – 23
2nd – 21
3rd – 13
4th – 13
5th – 7
FYI: The places listed are those that count for scoring.
2) Overall Points
Northview – 305
TK/Middleview – 211
Grand Haven – 145
Ludington – 24
Great job! This week TK had 4 more swimmers than Northview.
3) Improved Times [the really important stat]
43 swimmers had improved times across 60 events (many had improved times in more than one event!!!) See the attached Improved Times report to see who.
Also, don’t forget to check out the Stats Online to get more info including A-Time qualification.
Grand Haven Quad Away Meet_results by event_January 14
Grand Haven Quad Away Meet_results by name_January 14
Grand Haven Quad Away Meet_results with splits_January 14
NCST_Improved Times_January 14
8January2012
Posted by admin under: Announcements.
Our swimmers did a great job at the meet this past Saturday! Thanks to all the volunteers who helped to make the meet possible!
Here are the highlights…
1) Finishes
Relays
1st – 8
2nd – 2
3rd – 7
Individual Events
1st – 19
2nd – 16
3rd – 15
4th – 13
5th – 33
FYI: The places listed are those that count for scoring.
2) Overall Points
Northview – 296
TK/Middleview – 213
Grand Haven – 106
GRNSA – 88
Ludington – 18
As a point of comparison, TK and Northview had almost exactly the same number of swimmers.
3) Improved Times
41 swimmers had improved times across 68 events (many had improved times in more than one event!!! See the attached Improved Times report to see who.
4) The Meet
Despite the increase in total swimmers, we were able to maintain our normal pace of 24+ races per hour. As a point of comparison, anything over 20 races per hour is considered very good. Thanks at ton to the marshals, timers, our starter, announcer and others who kept us on pace! Also thanks to the swimmers who did great both at swimming, but also on the sidelines.
Click on the links below for meet results:
Ncst Division 4 Meet January 7 Meet Results by Event
Ncst Division 4 Meet January 7 Meet Results by Name
Ncst Division 4 Meet January 7 Meet Results Splits
NCST Improved Times January 7