January 27th-February 2nd, 2019
Weekly Schedule (1/27-2/2):
Monday Cancelled
Tuesday 9:30-11am Kris Distance FR
Wednesday 9:30-11am Dianne
7-8:30pm Melissa
Thursday 9:30-11am Kris Technique
Friday 8:45-9:30am MAC Lite-Kris
9:30-11am Dianne Race Pace
Saturday 7:30-9:30am Maria
Noteworthy: Tomorrow’s, Monday January 28, practices will be cancelled due to the impending winter weather.
A big thanks to Coach Jim for getting to the bottom of and fixing the issues with the Weekly e-mails! This week our website will adapt some much needed behind the scenes changes in order to fix the issues and add safety to our website.
MAC Lite will be added to our current schedule on Monday nights from 7-7:45pm and on Friday mornings from 8:45-9:30am. MAC Lite will work on the stroke mechanics of all four competitive strokes and aim to slowly integrate swimmers into the 1-1/2 hour MAC practices.
Our MAC to Mesa challenge is off to a fantastic start! To date MAC has logged 376 miles and we have reached Bloomington, IL! Please continue to record your mileage for each practice with the coach on deck. Coaches will total each person’s mileage for the week and log the results on our banner.
Good news for Remind and Verizon users, Verizon has decided not to charge fees to Verizon users for Remind texts.
Upcoming Events:
February 3 Super Bowl Meet at Brighton HS
March 2 South Lyon EAST Winter Meet
March 16 Milford Meltdown
April 12-14 MI Masters State Meet Waterford Mott HS-MAC Hosts
Event Details/Results:
MAC to Mesa: Our goal will be to swim approximately 1,985 miles, together, as a team. Each week, after practice, swimmers will record your total distance for the workout rounded to the nearest ¼ mile. We will have 16 weeks to swim that distance, from the week of January 7th-April 25th!
State Meet: MAC is hosting State Meet 2019 on April 12-14 at Waterford Mott High School.
From the Coaches:
Kris: Distance Tuesday last week great job on 10 x 100 – some of you for the first time ever! We’re back to our regular workout for the next couple of weeks working on pacing and building yardage as we get ready for state meet.
Drill Thursday we will try again to work on balance for freestyle and backstroke!
Jim:
Melissa:
Maria:
Dianne: Hopefully we can get in the water this week and work on racing the 100 Fly! I’ll see you at the pool!
On a Personal Note: Congrats to all who completed the Brute Challenge on Saturday: Mashur, Elizabeth Schmaltz, Steve Jones, Kim Yarima, Nat Evans, Matt Aman, Hang Shi, Jason Mallory, and Coaches Jim, Maria, and Melissa!
Also, Congratulations to Gary Stevenson for completing the Brute Lite!
Communication: If you have questions for any of the coaches don’t hesitate to ask! Here’s a quick list of emails to make that a bit easier!
- Password for the Weekly Communication section of the website is: macswimmers
Dianne: h2oranger@hotmail.com
Kris: macswimgoblue@gmail.com
Jim: jimjtg@icloud.com
Maria: carpelacusnatavi@gmail.com
Melissa: jrichardson90@comcast.net
Facebook: MAC Swimmers – Unofficial team communications
Remind: www.remind.com
Go to: www.remind.com
1. Click Sign Up. You will be prompted for a phone number or email address. If you enter a phone number you will get a 4 digit code texted to you for verification. If you entered an email address, you will not get the 4 digit code.
2. You will be asked to enter: First, Last Name and a Password.
3. The next page will ask who you are: Teacher, Student, Parent, or Administrator. Select “Student”.
3. The next prompt is for a class code @_________. Enter: macsw06
4. Click Join. That’s it!