Gators,

The season is officially under way. Yesterday afternoon we had a great first practice however, I noticed we were missing quite a few little gators. Lucky for you there is another opportunity today. The Sun is shining and the water is warm.

See you at practice
Coach Rich

Here We Go

So the pool is a little chilly (78 degrees) but we are going to give it a try. If you have little ones that don't like the cold please use you own judgment but, we hope to see you at Morse Park.

Coach Rich

Monday Practice

Sorry guys due to water temp practice is canceled. Please check back tomorrow.

Coach Rich

G-A-T-O-R-S   G-A-T-O-R-S
The king of the swamp is the Gators
The Gators are the king of the swamp
With just one bite the others run in fright
Cause the Gators win the fight

Many swimmers----ONE HEART
Many swimmers----ONE HEART

Hurray for the Green Mountain Gators
They're the best in the pool
With Just one bite the others run in fright
Cause the Gators always rule

GOOOOOO GATORS
GOOOOOO GATORS

GO, SWIM, WIN

Welcome to the 2013 GMST season. I hope you like the new fight song, I will make sure to teach it to all of you on Monday.

Please see the message below from the board
Coach Rich

Gator Nation,
The snow is gone and the summer swim season is fast approaching!

CoachesWe are happy to announce that our terrific Head Coach Rich Leeds is back for another season. We want to thank our alumni swimmers and coaches, Josh Petersen and Shelby Denney, for their many years of dedicated service to the team and wish them well as they move on with their lives and careers in health and education. We have been fortunate to hire Taylor Bleidt and Jaime Stevens who are very accomplished swimmers and coaches from great programs to carry our team forward (their bio’s will be posted in the SWAMP). In addition, we have two upper division swimmers, Brian Long and Ethan Schick, that will help them with the lower division practices. So, we will have four coaches working the 10-12 and 9 & under practices. We also plan to offer stroke clinics this year (more on that in a future update).

Registration
Registration forms can be found in the SWAMP. These can be mailed to the address listed on the form, brought to the final clinic on Sunday, or to the pool once we begin practices. There are 3 forms (registration, release of liability & medical history). Forms and fees must be received by Thursday May 30^th to compete in the first dual meet on June 1^st. Thursday June 6^th is the last day to register and pay for the summer swim season.
Practices
Because our pool is being renovated, the first week of after school practices will be held at the Morse Park pool at 8180 W. 20th Ave. (Green Mtn. Rec. and Carmody were not available). Go north on Kipling, east on 20^th to Carr and you are there. Practice times are as follows: 9 & unders 4:30-5:30 pm, 10-12 year olds 5:30-6:30 pm, and 13-18 year olds 6:30-8:00 pm. Since we have to pay for pool time, we encourage all Gators to attend as many practices as possible. We plan to return to our newly painted pool the following week. Future practice times will be posted in the SWAMP.
Meets
The first Intrasquad meet and parent meeting will be held Wednesday May 29^th. The goal of the intrasquad is to introduce new Gators to racing and to obtain entry times for the first meet on June 1st. The full meet schedule with warmup times will be posted in the SWAMP.

Suits
Suit fittings will take place at the Green Mtn. Rec Center this Sunday, May 19^th, between 4:30 and 7:00 pm. If your swimmer needs to try on a suit, please make sure they are dry! We should have the suits 2 weeks after the order is placed.We look forward to another great summer of conditioning, competition, and fun.
Go Gators!
Green Mountain Swim Team Board
Al Hofstra, Grace Long, Beth Schick, Carol Wilsey

No Swim Clinic Today

Because of the snow, the Green Mountain Recreation Center is closed, so no swim clinic tonight (Feb.24).

Swim Clinic 2/24

Hello Gators,

I hope everyone is doing well! We wanted to let you know that practice tonight is cancelled due to the snow. Maybe we can get a snow day tomorrow too!! Have a good night off!

Coach Shelby

Gators Make a Splash

Gators,

Great job this weekend! The coaches were very proud of all of you that swam this weekend. We believe that you swam fast and represented the team well. I have posted both the team scores and the meet results. I am happy to say that we finished 10th as a team. Which is really good considering there were more than 50 teams at the meet.

You can pick up your state awards (top 12 places) in each event and your team pictures at the pool in the office just as a life guard for help.

Remember to keep swimming this winter so that you will be ready to take down some records next summer.

Coach Rich

Back On

Gators,

We will try to move back to the normal practice times tomorrow. 13 and up 7:00-8:00am and 12 and under 8:00-9:00am. Wake up swims for all 400 swimmers will be at 8:30am.

Also the state psych sheet is posted under the links, be sure to check it out.

Coach Rich

STATE SWIMMERS!!!

Important! Practice is as follows tomorrow July 26th:

Upper division: 8:00-9:00 a.m.
Lower division 9:00-9:45 a.m.

Sorry for the short notice, please continue to check the blog as this schedule may change.  Thank you for your cooperation.  It was so great seeing you all at the banquet, and congratulations to all of our award winners!

Coach Shelby

Hello Gator Families!!

We are looking forward to seeing you all Wednesday night, July 25th, at 5:30PM at the swim club for our Annual/End -of-year Swim Team Banquet. The swim team is providing pizza and bread sticks. Each family is responsible for bringing a dish to share. Depending on the first letter of your last name, you will bring either a side dish, or a dessert - and please bring an appropriate serving utensil, if needed (we do not have any). For the past several years, we have been 'blessed' with rain and/or cool weather. Please prepare accordingly. The banquet can last until about 8:30pm. The coaches love to brag about their swimmers!

Swimmers with the last name beginning with letters A-L, please bring a dessert.
     
Swimmers with the last name beginning with letters M-Z, please bring a salad/side.

Portions should be able to serve at least 10 people.

League Wrap-up

Great Job All League Swimmers!!! It was a long hot weekend and you all swam great. The Coaches are pleased with our 4^th place finish we were well ahead of the 5^th place team. If you are interested you can check out the results under important links. (Team scores are on the very last page of the results.)

State Swimmers please check the state entries under important links if you would like to make any changes I need to know ASAP please call, text or email me.

There will not be practice tomorrow (Monday), enjoy your day off. We will resume practice on Tuesday. Upper division will swim from 7:00-8:00am and all other swimmers (8 and unders-12 year olds) will swim from 8:00-9:00am.

Enjoy the rest

Rich

Close, Close, Close

Gators,

Hope you are all ready to swim fast this weekend because the League Psyche sheet is out and there are a lot of very close swims. Check out the psyche sheet under important links. We will need everyone on their A game this weekend.

Remember tomorrow's ice cream/tie-dye party starts at 6:30pm be sure to bring something to tie-dye we will provide the dye and ice cream. Parents please make sure you come with your swimmers and supervise them.

Attention 400 swimmers you only have two practices left before league, you do not have practice Friday. If you would like to do a wake up swim (highly recommended) Friday please be at the pool at 8:30am. Then after the wake up swim I will take the 400 swimmers out to breakfast.

Coach Rich

Double Check

Hi Gators,

League entries are posted under "Important Links" and will be at the pool tomorrow. Please check and make sure that everything look right. The coaches spent a lot of time putting swimmers in the events we think the swimmers will do best in so please understand you might not be swimming exactly what you want but it is what is best for the team. If you notice a mistake or need to make a change please let me know ASAP.

The schedule for league has also been posted under "Next Meet" be sure to note that the 400's are on Friday. Saturday the meet starts with the medley relay and goes through Backstroke. Sunday starts with the Free relay and goes through the IM.

Coach Rich

Big Push

Alright Gators,

Tomorrow is our last dual meet of the season, be sure to get rest so you can swim fast. Remember if you do not have a league time your last practice was today.

Good Luck Gators
Coach Rich

Nice Job

Great job tonight gators. We had a lot of great swims and even some state and league qualifying times.

Remember if you have made league but are not going to be able to swim please send me an email letting me know by Sunday. My email is richcleeds@gmail.com

Coach Rich

It's on like Donkey Kong

Alright the Gator the coaches are ready are you? After discussing some relay strategy at the pool today I would say that the coaches are a 2 to 1 favorites to make a clean sweep of both the parent and upper division relays. If you all want to change those odds you better stay till the meet is over and cheer real hard.

Just a reminder warm-up starts at 5:30pm the meet starts at 6:00pm

See you there.
Coach Rich

P.S. Goal time for coaches
Guest Coach Back: :29.0
Coach Rich BR :32.0
Coach Josh Fly: 27.5
Coach Shelby Free. 31:3
"Oh I said it"

Last Chance Warm up

Here is the warm up schedule for Last Chance on Sunday

Warm up times/Lanes

7:00am-7:20
Lane 1: GM
Lane 2: GM
Lane 3: AK
Lane 4: AK
Lane 5: AK

7:20-7:40

Lane 1: Sprint
Lane 2: AAC
Lane 3: AAC
Lane 4: Golden
Lane 5: Golden

7:20-8:00

Lane 1: Sprint
Lane 2: Sprint
Lane 3: Open
Lane 4: Genesee
Lane 5: Genesee

Meet Start 8:00am

P.S. Upper division don't forget to about night practice

Coach Rich

Big Push

Gators,

We made it through the rain today and now we are ready for the week. Again be sure to check back often to stay informed.

Wednesday's intrasquad's warm up will start at 5:30pm the meet will start 6:00pm. Please make sure to sign up by Tuesday at practice. The snack bar at the pool will be serving food at the meet so be sure to come hungry. The following meal deals will be served till supplies last.

1) Hot Dog, bag of chips, and soda/juice for $3.25
2) Hamburger, bag of chips, and soda/juice for $5.00

All proceeds go to the Green Mountain Swim Club general fund

Saturday we will be swimming against Genesee Mountain Thunder in our last dual meet of the season. Please sign up by Wednesday at practice.

Sunday we are hosting the Last Chance meet at GMSC. Last Chance meet is for swimmers with B and League times to try and make League and State times. If you have B or League times and want to swim at the meet please sign up with the coaches at practice by Friday.

I think that is it, if you have any questions please ask one of the coaches.

Coach Rich

Rain Out

Gators due to rain and thunder and the cooler temperatures we are canceling 8- under practice. See you in the morning. Coach Shelby

Time for a little R&R

Hi all,

It was good to see you all again. This weekend we don't have a meet so I hope you all enjoy sleeping in and come back Monday ready to swim fast. We only have two meets left and last chance to get league times so make sure to be at all practices and meets. We started sign up for Wednesdays intrasquad today, if you want to swim please sign up by Tuesday. Monday we will start sign up for the Genesee meet please be sure to sign up for that meet by Wednesday.

Enjoy your rest
Coach Rish