Swim & Dive Update 10/30

Hello!

Another great week for our swim/dive family! Wednesday we had our junior captain's speeches. The 2017 captains will be announced at our end of season banquet. I know, regardless of who is elected, the upcoming senior class is going to do a great job of working together, as I have seen that over the past three years. 

A HUGE thank you to the Esterly family for opening up their beautiful home to host our annual pasta party! It was so special to see all of you have fun with one another outside of school and the pool. 

On Thursday we had our last dual meet against Chaparral, who are the defending women's state champions. We put up a good fight! Many best times and seasonal best times were achieved!

The final scores: Girls 100-70 L, Boys 105-80 L

The AMDG Invitational meet was yesterday.  We had several swimmers achieve the provisional state qualifying times, as well as bettered their rankings for the state meet next week. The results are attached to this email.

To all of the athletes who are done for the season, congratulations! We are so proud of all the hard work you have put in the season to reach your goals! It is very rewarding, as a coach, to see how happy you are when you do so. 

To those of you that have one more week left, I have submitted the "declarations" for the state championship, which close this evening at 6:00 pm. I should receive a preliminary psych sheet sometime tomorrow. I'm looking forward to announcing who will be representing Pinnacle High School at the AZ DI Swim & Dive State Championship Meet this week! 

Reminders for the week:

1. Practice is from 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Monday-Thursday this week. It is optional for those swimmers who are not attending the state meet. There will still be a bus going to and from the school. 

2. ALL swimmers attending the state meet are required to be at practice on Thursday. We will be going over important meet information for the weekend. 

3. State athletes will be excused from class at 11:00 am on Friday. We will meet in our usual spot to eat lunch (bring a good, hearty lunch to fuel you for the afternoon!). The bus will be leaving school at 11:30 am on both Friday and Saturday.  Only if you are participating in the state meet will you be traveling with us to Skyline High School on Friday (prelims) and Saturday (finals). However, if you are interested in coming to cheer on your teammates on Saturday, the address is: 845 S Crismon Rd, Mesa, AZ 85208. The meet starts at 2:00 pm and there will be an entry fee of  $10 for adults and $5 for students w/ I.D.

Upcoming reminders:

Please remember to RSVP for the banquet on November 15th! Non-athlete payments can be made out to PHS swim & dive boosters and delivered to Mrs. LaPorte in the College & Career Center. Thank you!