2020 – State Meet

1. Ann Ward has graciously offered to help out and has been working with a local caterer to bring in a great meal at The Hampton Inn on Saturday evening starting at 6:30pm. Please invite your friends and family to join us! We will have the room space available until about 10pm so if you are swimming in the 500 Free you can come a little later and still have time and food and maybe even get a hot shower in! The cost is $20/person. There is a gluten free option as well that you can select when you purchase your meal. We have set up a link on the MAC website which will not only count your RSVPs but also collect online payment. BYOB or beverages! Please RSVP by Monday, March 23.

Menu:
Fettuccine – plain
Gluten free noodles
Marinara Sauce
Alfredo Sauce
Grilled chicken strips
Italian meatballs
Ricotta and Romano cheeses
Steamed Gourmet veggies
Garden Salad w/ Balsamic, Ranch, and Greek dressing
Assortment of homemade breads/ butter

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP AND PAY FOR TEAM DINNER

2. REGISTER FOR THE MEET! at www.michiganmasters.com.  If this is your first State Meet and you are new to the MAC strategy we suggest talking to a coach on deck. We try to get together with others within our age group and spread out so that we are not all swimming the same events. Pick one or two of your favorites or your best events and then work with your teammates to cover the others. It is a good idea to look back over the past couple of year’s results to see how you would score (keeping in mind that people may age into and out of your age group). You can find those on www.michiganmasters.com as well. You can find more info about others in your age group in the MAC Google Doc (more info below).

If you are a Young Gun and are interested in attending State Meet, MAC pays not only for your USMS registration but also the State Meet registration! Please e-mail Kris at macswimgoblue@gmail.com for more information. If you would like to donate to the program you can donate any time to help this program keep running! Make a donation to the coaches and we will make sure it gets deposited into the ‘Jim Young Gun’ fund to support our next generation of swimmers.

3. GIVE RELAY AVAILABILITY at www.milfordathleticclub.org.We use a Google Doc for you to fill out availability for the two relays on Saturday and two relays on Sunday. The password to access this document is: macswimmers. It typically does not work well on mobile browsers. If you plan on attending the meet we need you for relays – it is how we score points, win the meet and retain our State Championship title! It is also a great way to meet teammates and probably are the highlight events of the meet.

For each relay, please let us know if you will be available. For the medley relay you can let us know if you have any stroke limitations due to injury right in the document. By giving us your age and birthdate we can place you accurately in a relay as they are grouped by age.

We also include all the individual events and e-mail in this document so that if you want to utilize it to coordinate with your age groups for individual events you may do so.

We are asking that all relay availability be completed by Friday, March 20. This year, Dianne will be leaving for Paris March 25 and needs to have relays done before she leaves. WE ARE STARTING TO LOOK AT RELAYS SO PLEASE HELP US OUT AND FILL THIS OUT ASAP!

3. RESERVE YOUR HOTEL We have two hotels reserved for the event. Both are about 15 minutes from the pool but right by each other. The Hampton Inn has an option with 2 queen beds (better for sharing) and the Residence Inn is a suite with a kitchen (better if you want to bring your own food for the weekend). You need to book your own room online through the reservation link below by the date indicated. The reservation deadlines are coming up soon so plan accordingly. We suggest if you are looking for a roommate to ask on the Facebook group for roommates.

Hampton Inn & Suites Grandville – past deadline of 3/5/2020 – may be sold out – call hotel to see if rooms are available at team rate
$105 plus tax
BOOKING LINK FOR HAMPTON INN

Residence Inn by Marriott Grandville – past the deadline of 2/26/2020 – you could try calling for availability
$109 plus tax
BOOKING LINK FOR RESIDENCE INN

Are you pumped? Are you ready? Have you been in the pool five days a week training and are super fast? Uhh… yeah me neither, life happens and the pool falls by the wayside. But come March 27 I’ll be swimming the 1650 slowly and surely and hopefully scoring some points for my team! And I think Jim and I are excited NOT to be the meet director’s in charge this year and be able to swim a full lineup of events. Last year I feel like I barely got to see any of you swim and give feedback so watch out – I’m ready to go this year! Every little bit helps in order to win our 8th consecutive State Title!

1. SIGN UP at www.michiganmasters.com.  If this is your first State Meet and you are new to the MAC strategy we suggest talking to a coach on deck. We try to get together with others within our age group and spread out so that we are not all swimming the same events. Pick one or two of your favorites or your best events and then work with your teammates to cover the others. It is a good idea to look back over the past couple of year’s results to see how you would score (keeping in mind that people may age into and out of your age group). You can find those on www.michiganmasters.com as well. You can find more info about others in your age group in the MAC Google Doc (more info below).

If you are a Young Gun and are interested in attending State Meet, MAC pays not only for your USMS registration but also the State Meet registration! Please e-mail Kris at macswimgoblue@gmail.com for more information. If you would like to donate to the program you can donate any time to help this program keep running! Make a donation to the coaches and we will make sure it gets deposited into the ‘Jim Young Gun’ fund to support our next generation of swimmers.

2. GIVE RELAY AVAILABILITY at www.milfordathleticclub.org.We use a Google Doc for you to fill out availability for the two relays on Saturday and two relays on Sunday.   If you plan on attending the meet we need you for relays – it is how we score points, win the meet and retain our State Championship title! It is also a great way to meet teammates and probably are the highlight events of the meet.

For each relay, please let us know if you will be available. For the medley relay you can let us know if you have any stroke limitations due to injury right in the document. By giving us your age and birthdate we can place you accurately in a relay as they are grouped by age.

We also include all the individual events and e-mail in this document so that if you want to utilize it to coordinate with your age groups for individual events you may do so.

We are asking that all relay availability be completed by Friday, March 20. This year, Dianne will be leaving for Paris March 25 and needs to have relays done before she leaves.

3. RESERVE YOUR HOTEL We have two hotels reserved for the event. Both are about 15 minutes from the pool but right by each other. The Hampton Inn has an option with 2 queen beds (better for sharing) and the Residence Inn is a suite with a kitchen (better if you want to bring your own food for the weekend). You need to book your own room online through the reservation link below by the date indicated. The reservation deadlines are coming up soon so plan accordingly. We suggest if you are looking for a roommate to ask on the Facebook group for roommates.

Hampton Inn & Suites Grandville – book by 3/6/2020
$105 plus tax
BOOKING LINK FOR HAMPTON INN

Residence Inn by Marriott Grandville – book by 2/26/2020
$109 plus tax
BOOKING LINK FOR RESIDENCE INN

4. PLAN ON SOCIALIZING SATURDAY NIGHT We will be doing a team dinner on Saturday night after the 500 Free at one of the hotels. We are looking for a volunteer to coordinate the dinner. If you are interested please e-mail Kris at macswimgoblue@gmail.com to get started on planning this event.5. GET READY TO HAVE FUN! A weekend away with just swimmers to complain about the coaches, talk about hard sets, no chores, new friends to make, and much much more! What more could you ask for? Let us know if you have any questions and we’ll send another update as we get closer to the meet.

Kris