Skyline wins Granite District Championship

The Girls and Boys Skyline Swim Team won the Granite School District Championship swim meet. Congratulations to all our swimmers! 

State Meet Information

State Meet information is now available. This document contains details about the meet sessions, parking, etc. For those of you familiar with USA Swimming, this is the equivalent of a meet sanction.

Practice schedule for Winter Break

Wednesday, Dec 28 7-9am

Thursday, Dec 29 7-9am

Friday, Dec 30 7-9am

Saturday, Dec 31, 7-9am

Monday Jan 2, 7-9am

GSD Championship Meet Information (from meet director)

Subject: GSD Championship Final Meet Information

Coaches-

Thank you for your timely entries for the Granite School District Championships to be hosted at Olympus High School (4055 South 2300 East,SLC UT).  We are all set for a great meet on Thursday, December 22nd.  We have 382 athletes scheduled to compete.  Please read the detailed information below so we can all work together to execute an awesome meet for our athletes.  

Here is the meet schedule:

Warm-up:

I have balanced each warm up session so that there are an equal 191 athletes per session.  

Session 1 warm-up will run from 12:00 until 12:40pm

Session 1	Warm up	Athlete Count
Lane 1	Taylorsville	45
Lane 2	Taylorsville
Lane 3	Cottonwood	34
Lane 4	Cottonwood
Lane 5	Olympus	54
Lane 6	Olympus
Lane 7	Skyline	58
Lane 8	Skyline
	Sum	191

Session 2 warm up will run from 12:40 until 1:20pm

Session 2	Warm up	Athlete Count
Lane 1	Cyprus	47
Lane 2	Cyprus
Lane 3	Granger	48
Lane 4	Granger
Lane 5	Kearns	45
Lane 6	Kearns
Lane 7	Hunter	32
Lane 8	Hunter/Skyline	19
	Sum	191

Dive and pace lanes will open as appropriate.  

Timers:  Each team is required to provide staffing for a timing lane for the duration of the meet.  Please have your timers report for a timers meeting at 1pm.  Lane assignments follow:

Lane 1	Lane 2	Lane 3	Lane 4	Lane 5	Lane 6	Lane 7	Lane 8
Cottonwood	Cyprus	Granger	Hunter	Kearns	Olympus	Skyline	Taylorsville

USA Swimming Observation: I have arranged for the meet to be observed by USA Swimming Officials.  If you would like any of your USA Swimmers that are currently registered observed, please send back the attached form for each swimmer with the $5/athlete observation fee.  Please send these forms back to me via email by Thursday morning at 9am.  I can collect money or checks made to "UTAH SWIMMING" at the meet.

Meet Schedule:  

The meet will  begin at 1:30pm.  I have attached the timeline.  There is a 20 minute break after the 50 Free.  There will be sandwiches and food for officials, coaches and timers.  The timeline shows us wrapping up our final event at 5:51pm

I have attached a copy of the preliminary meet program, psych sheet and timeline.  New entries are closed.  If there are any changes, please get them to me by 9am on Thursday. I know the nature of high school swimmers.  If we can keep the changes and scratches for the meet to a minimum after 9am, that is ideal.  I will plan to send a FINAL meet program out Thursday mid-morning.  I will have coaches packets available at check-in with meet programs printed for you.  The meet will also be published to Meet Mobile, search for "2016.12.22 GSD Champs".  Encourage your parents to use Meet Mobile or refer to programs on the wall.  There will be very limited paper copies for parents and spectators.   If you have any questions, let me know.  

Housekeeping Items:

We are bringing in bleachers (thanks Skyline!) for the athletes to be on deck.  Each team will have to be very tight on deck.  Please do not have athlete food on the pool deck.  Please stage all athlete food in The Commons in the main OHS building. Athletes are welcome to relax and eat in this area for the duration of the meet.  The access from The Commons to the pool is outside, please remind your athletes to dress appropriately.  

We would ask that you help make sure we can continue to hold meets at our facility by asking your team, parents and athletes to abide by the following rules.

·       No street shoes on deck.  Clean deck sandals are welcome, please have your athletes put their shoes in their bag and keep them with them.  

·       Only meet staff, coaches and athletes are welcome on deck.  We ask all spectators to not gather in the entry way but make their way to the observatory.  

·       Only water and Gatorade (or equivalent) will be allowed on deck. No soda or food of any kind.  No glass containers. 

·       We ask that all athletes shower before entering the water.

We look forward to some excellent individual and team performances.  Please don't hesitate to call me on my cell below.

Best,

Shawn Stringham

Meet Director

801-918-5021

Article from Deseret News about High School Swimming

Article from Deseret News about High School Swimming

This article quotes Coach Joe extensively, and discusses the top contenders in each classification.

Senior Blankets

Senior Blankets will be presented to the senior swimmers at our last home meet of the season, our Senior Meet, on Tuesday January 17. If you have a senior swimmer, please contact Karianne Prince regarding the purchase of a blanket.

Skyline beats Cyprus, Booster holiday gift to swimmers

The Skyline Girls swim team beat Cyprus 115-55. The Boys team beat Cyprus 121-49. The combined team score was 236-104. Go Eagles!

After the meet, the Booster Club gave each swimmer from Cyprus and Skyline a large decorated sugar cookie to celebrate the holiday season in lieu of a progressive dinner. The Booster Club wishes each Skyline swimmer and their family a happy and safe winter break.

Swimmers of the Week Dec 10

Swimmers of the Week for December 10 are Anna Safanova and Zachary Mallender.

Skyline beats Hillcrest

The Skyline Boys Swim Team defeated the Hillcrest Huskies 122-48. The Girls swim team beat Hillcrest 108-56. The combined score of the meet was Skyline 230 - Hillcrest 104. With this victory, the swim team has a record of 4-0 in dual meets this season, 3-0 in conference.

Swimmers of the week for Dec 3 were Truman Pugsley and Addy Weight.

Updated meet locations -- all dual meets will be @ Skyline!

Tuesday Dec 6  Hillcrest @ Skyline

Thursday Dec 8  Park City @ Skyline

Tuesday Dec 13  Cyprus @ Skyline 

Thursday Dec 22  Granite District Meet @ Olympus

Tuesday Jan 3 Corner Canyon @ Skyline

Fri/Sat Jan 6-7 Tri-Dent Invitational @ Washington Rec Center 

Tues Jan 10 Kearns @ Skyline

Tues Jan 17 Olympus @ Skyline (Senior Meet)

Tues Jan 24 JV Region 6 Meet @ Olympus

Sat Jan 28 Region 6 Meet @ University of Utah

Fri/Sat Feb 10-11 4A State Championship Meet @ BYU

We will need timers for these home meets. Please signup to time at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0b4dada622a6f58-timers or please email Stephanie Hall (stephanieshall@gmail.com). Remember each family is expected to time or officiate for at least one home meet. We can’t swim without you!