Lightning News - 2016 RSL American Division Finals Results

Lee’s Hill Lightning Families,

 

Another year of Lightning Swimming has come to an end.

 

I have attached the results from Finals to this e-mail. All of this year’s meet results are available on the RSL Website - rslswimming.com

 

I want to thank everyone again for all your hard volunteer work at Finals and throughout the season. Without your dedication, all of this is not possible.

 

As I said at the banquet on Sunday – I am very proud of all the hard work our Lightning Swimmers have put in throughout the season.

 

The purpose of summer swim is to have fun, and from all the smiles, laughter and comradery I have seen this summer, I think we achieved that.

 

Thank you to ALL of our Coaches!  Your hard work makes all of our Lighting swimmers stronger, faster, and molds us into a great team of young people.  

 

If you are not a member of our Facebook page, the below link will take you to the wonderful pictures that Clif Turman took during Finals and throughout the season.

 

When you see Clif and Sandy – please tell them a big THANK YOU for all the work they do taking some absolutely fantastic pictures throughout the swim season.

 

It’s a lot of work, taking and then publishing all those beautiful pictures of our Lightning Swimmers on line.

 

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THANKS for a great 2016 swim season!!

 

See you all next year!

 

Go Lightning!

 

Bob

2016 RSL American Division Finals - Good Luck! Swim Lightning Fast!

Lee’s Hill Lightning Families,

 

Just got back for the KG YMCA.  Everything is set up and ready to go for tomorrow.

 

I huge thanks to all the Lightning Families, as well as all the other teams who sent people to help setup!

 

A big thanks to all those who helped load the truck at our pool, and those who helped unload at the YMCA.

 

It all went very well – I think we are ready.

 

I know our concessions committee is still working into the night to prepare great food for tomorrow.

 

As a reminder – for the first session our younger swimmers (10 and under / events 1-22) warm up at 6:45 AM.  I would be at the pool by 6:15 AM to get settled.

 

Our older swimmers (11 & Older / events 23-36) will be warning up at 10:30 AM – so I would try to arrive at the pool by 10:00 AM.

 

I wish all our swimmers and volunteers good luck tomorrow.

 

Swim Lightning Fast!

 

Bob

 

 

 

 

2016 RSL Finals Information

Lee’s Hill Lightning Families,

 

Well – RSL Finals are almost here!

 

I see that all our Lightning swimmers are practicing hard during this last week.

 

It should be a very exciting meet! Anything can happen at Finals!

 

As you know, the Lee’s Hill Lightning Swim Team is the host team for this year’s RSL American Division Finals.

 

A lot of hard work has gone into the planning for this event.

 

Our Concessions Committee has been working especially hard to get all the supplies they need to create a wonderful menu, and all the logistics involved to make it happen. This is a huge undertaking!

 

Since we are hosting this event, I ask that everyone please help out where needed. Many hands make light work.  

 

Rather than re-typing everything, I have included in this e-mail the instructions I have put together that were sent out to all the teams in our division. I have also included a very general timeline of the events.

OVERVIEW

The meet is broken into two halves (with 3 worker’s sessions). 

Our team warms up at 6:45 AM.  Please be at the KG YMCA by 6:15 AM.

First session will start promptly 8:00 AM and includes all events for swimmers 10 and under (events 1-22). 

The second half will begin at approximately 11:45 AM and will include the graduated relays, 12 & under IM, 12 & under Medley Relay, and 12 & under 100 Free (events 23-34). 

After that all the 11-12 and older events will take place (events 35-66).  The complete event list is at the bottom of the page and will be in the heat sheet books available at the meet.

There are two halves to the meet, but three worker's sessions. The first session includes all events in the first half (events 1-22). The second session is events 23-42 and the third session is events 43-66. 

FINALS SCORING

The event entries shall be divided into 3 groups designated A, B, and C.

 In scored individual events, points will be given to the 6 competitors who achieve the fastest times in each of the A, B, and C groupings.

 Points awarded for 1^st through 6^th places will be: 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1, respectively.  Awards will be given to the 6 competitors who achieve the fastest times in each of the A, B, and C groupings.

 In scored relay events, points will be given to the 6 teams who achieve the fastest times.

 Points awarded for 1^st through 6^th place will be: 14, 10, 8, 6, 4, and 2, respectively.  Awards will be given to the 6 teams who achieve the fastest times.

VOLUNTEER SIGN UPS

 

The volunteer positions are filling up – thank you for signing up - but I still need the following positions filled.

 

As a reminder – if your child is swimming in Finals – you are required to sign up for at least one position.

 

Concessions need a lot of help!

 

Stroke and Turn*                  First Session

 

Clerk of Course - Helper      Second Session

Scorer - Data Checker          Second Session

Concessions                           Second Session

Concessions                           Second Session

Concessions                           Second Session

 

 

Admin Referee*                   Third Session

Announcer                             Third Session

Concessions                           Third Session

Concessions                           Third Session

Concessions                           Third Session

Concessions                           Third Session

Concessions                           Third Session

Concessions                           Third Session

 

Meet Breakdown                 End of Meet

Meet Breakdown                 End of Meet

 

We will be loading a truck at the North pool at ~4:15 PM on Friday.  We will depart for the KG YMCA at 5:15 PM.

 

If you are available to help load the truck, please be at the pool at 4:15 on Friday.

 

See you at the pool!

 

Bob

2016 RSL Finals Information

Lee’s Hill Lightning Families,

 

Well – RSL Finals are almost here!

 

I see that all our Lightning swimmers are practicing hard during this last week.

 

It should be a very exciting meet! Anything can happen at Finals!

 

As you know, the Lee’s Hill Lightning Swim Team is the host team for this year’s RSL American Division Finals.

 

A lot of hard work has gone into the planning for this event.

 

Our Concessions Committee has been working especially hard to get all the supplies they need to create a wonderful menu, and all the logistics involved to make it happen. This is a huge undertaking!

 

Since we are hosting this event, I ask that everyone please help out where needed. Many hands make light work.  

 

Rather than re-typing everything, I have included in this e-mail the instructions I have put together that were sent out to all the teams in our division. I have also included a very general timeline of the events.

OVERVIEW

The meet is broken into two halves (with 3 worker’s sessions). 

Our team warms up at 6:45 AM.  Please be at the KG YMCA by 6:15 AM.

First session will start promptly 8:00 AM and includes all events for swimmers 10 and under (events 1-22). 

The second half will begin at approximately 11:45 AM and will include the graduated relays, 12 & under IM, 12 & under Medley Relay, and 12 & under 100 Free (events 23-34). 

After that all the 11-12 and older events will take place (events 35-66).  The complete event list is at the bottom of the page and will be in the heat sheet books available at the meet.

There are two halves to the meet, but three worker's sessions. The first session includes all events in the first half (events 1-22). The second session is events 23-42 and the third session is events 43-66. 

FINALS SCORING

The event entries shall be divided into 3 groups designated A, B, and C.

 In scored individual events, points will be given to the 6 competitors who achieve the fastest times in each of the A, B, and C groupings.

 Points awarded for 1^st through 6^th places will be: 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1, respectively.  Awards will be given to the 6 competitors who achieve the fastest times in each of the A, B, and C groupings.

 In scored relay events, points will be given to the 6 teams who achieve the fastest times.

 Points awarded for 1^st through 6^th place will be: 14, 10, 8, 6, 4, and 2, respectively.  Awards will be given to the 6 teams who achieve the fastest times.

VOLUNTEER SIGN UPS

 

The volunteer positions are filling up – thank you for signing up - but I still need the following positions filled.

 

As a reminder – if your child is swimming in Finals – you are required to sign up for at least one position.

 

Concessions need a lot of help!

 

Stroke and Turn*                  First Session

 

Clerk of Course - Helper      Second Session

Scorer - Data Checker          Second Session

Concessions                           Second Session

Concessions                           Second Session

Concessions                           Second Session

 

 

Admin Referee*                   Third Session

Announcer                             Third Session

Concessions                           Third Session

Concessions                           Third Session

Concessions                           Third Session

Concessions                           Third Session

Concessions                           Third Session

Concessions                           Third Session

 

Meet Breakdown                 End of Meet

Meet Breakdown                 End of Meet

 

We will be loading a truck at the North pool at ~4:15 PM on Friday.  We will depart for the KG YMCA at 5:15 PM.

 

If you are available to help load the truck, please be at the pool at 4:15 on Friday.

 

See you at the pool!

 

Bob

Lightning News - Friday Breakfast and Sunday's Awards Celebration

Lightning News - Friday Breakfast and Sunday's Awards Celebration

 

Hi Lightning families!

 

As we enter the last week of a wonderful swim team season, there are two fun events coming up for our Lightning swimmers and families—the swim team breakfast and the end of the year banquet.

 

After each morning practice on Friday, August 5th, swimmers will enjoy a swim team breakfast.    Please send in a breakfast food item to share for EACH swimmer in your family. For example , if you have a swimmer in both the first and second  session, please send food to share for both sessions.  Ideas for food can be fruit, pastries, donuts, muffins, or casseroles.  If your item requires a serving utensil, please provide. Also, please provide drinks on your own. This is a swimmers ONLY event to ensure we have enough food for the kids. 

 

The end of year banquet will be held on Sunday, August 7th, the day after finals.  The banquet will be at the SOUTH side pool and will be held rain or shine.  This is a pot luck style banquet, with the swim team providing burgers and hot dogs.  The banquet will start at 5:00 pm and includes time for families to swim, eat dinner, elect new board members, and then the presentation of awards for the year. 

 

We ask that each family bring a dish to share (enough for approximately 15 people), based upon your last name.

 

A-F,  please bring a dessert

 

G-K, please bring a pasta or casserole dish (e.g. mac and cheese,  tortellini, etc.)

 

L-Q, please bring a salad (e.g. green, potato, pasta)

 

R-Z, please bring a fruit dish

 

Also, please bring drinks for your family, and if your dish requires a serving utensil, please provide.

 

We hope you can attend these fun events!   You will be receiving an e-mail Evite for the banquet.  Please, please RSVP via that e-mail.  It is important that we know how many family members will be attending the banquet so that we can purchase the burgers and hot dogs for the appropriate number of people. If you have any problems with the Evite, please e-mail us directly (lizziep05@aol.com).  

 

See you soon! Please let us know if you have any questions!

 

Beth Valasko & Kristen McKnight

Social/ Spirit Chairs

 

2016 RSL FINALS - IMPORTANT!!

Lee’s Hill Lightning Families,

 

It is VERY important and mandatory to let Coach Claire know NOW if your swimmer will NOT be at the RSL Finals on Saturday August 6^th.

 

Please e-mail Coach Claire immediately at:   leeshillcoach@gmail.com  if you will NOT be at RSL Finals. The absolute deadline for letting Coach Claire know if you will NOT be at Finals is this Friday morning by 9:00 AM.

 

Coach Claire is at this moment planning for Finals, the seeding for ALL ENTRIES is THIS Saturday morning where all entries are finalized.

 

She needs to hear immediately if you will NOT be swimming at Finals.

 

The team pays a $7.00 charge per swimmer to swim in Finals that must be paid to the RSL.

 

If your swimmer will NOT be swimming at Finals, and you do not contact the coach, you are taking away an opportunity from another swimmer to swim in an event because there are ONLY six entries per event per team. These entries cannot be changed once they are submitted.

 

More information regarding RSL Finals will be coming soon. I hope that every Lee’s Hill Lightning swimmer will be at Finals.

 

Thank you for your help!

 

Go Lightning!

 

Bob

 

Lee's Hill Lightning News - Meet Results

Lee’s Hill Lightning Families,

 

Well that was a hot swim meet last night – in more way than one! But we all made it through our final home meet of the year.

 

Our swimmers did a wonderful job!  As well as all our volunteers!  I think the meet ran very smoothly. 

 

Last night - every link in the chain worked together like clockwork.  A special thanks to everyone from me: Our wonderful Clerk of Course – that sent all the swimmers to the blocks quickly and on time, the scoring room that always runs flawlessly, our Head Timers, Runners and Lane Timers that properly record all those important times , all of our Stroke and Turn Officials that work very hard keeping our swimmers fair and legal, and our starters that launch all those races! The set up and breakdown of the meet also went very smoothly – thanks to ALL those that helped! To ALL volunteers – every job is important and I appreciate your commitment to supporting your swimmers.

 

Great job to all our concession workers and our concession board members who make sure we have great food and drink. They help us raise a lot of money for the team to keep our fees extremely reasonable through all their hard work.

 

Thanks to ALL our Coaches for the great job they are doing every day with our Lightning swimmers!  Those times keep coming down, and those strokes keep getting stronger.

 

Our swimmers swam their hearts out!  All the cheering, sportsmanship and support for all their teammates is great to watch from my perspective at the starter tent.

 

The final score from last night:

 

Lee’s Hill Lightning                                             289

 

Lake of the Woods Barracudas                        218

 

 

Congratulations to all our Lee’s Hill Lightning Triple Winners:

 

Kelly Morrison	LH	F	11	100 Free	1:16.43	50 Free	34.67	50 Fly	39.89
Charlotte Denecke	LH	F	12	50 Back	36.81	50 Breast	44.01	100 IM	1:21.57
Douglas White	LH	M	16	50 Fly	29.84	50 Breast	34.91	100 IM	1:09.95

 

 

Now it is on to RSL Finals on Saturday August 6^th!

 

Go Lightning!

 

Bob

Lee's Hill Lightning News - Meet Results

Lee’s Hill Lightning Families,

 

Well that was a hot swim meet last night – in more way than one! But we all made it through our final home meet of the year.

 

Our swimmers did a wonderful job!  As well as all our volunteers!  I think the meet ran very smoothly. 

 

Last night - every link in the chain worked together like clockwork.  A special thanks to everyone from me: Our wonderful Clerk of Course – that sent all the swimmers to the blocks quickly and on time, the scoring room that always runs flawlessly, our Head Timers, Runners and Lane Timers that properly record all those important times , all of our Stroke and Turn Officials that work very hard keeping our swimmers fair and legal, and our starters that launch all those races! The set up and breakdown of the meet also went very smoothly – thanks to ALL those that helped! To ALL volunteers – every job is important and I appreciate your commitment to supporting your swimmers.

 

Great job to all our concession workers and our concession board members who make sure we have great food and drink. They help us raise a lot of money for the team to keep our fees extremely reasonable through all their hard work.

 

Thanks to ALL our Coaches for the great job they are doing every day with our Lightning swimmers!  Those times keep coming down, and those strokes keep getting stronger.

 

Our swimmers swam their hearts out!  All the cheering, sportsmanship and support for all their teammates is great to watch from my perspective at the starter tent.

 

The final score from last night:

 

Lee’s Hill Lightning                                        289

 

Lake of the Woods Barracudas                     218

 

 

Congratulations to all our Lee’s Hill Lightning Triple Winners:

 

Kelly Morrison	LH	F	11	100 Free	1:16.43	50 Free	34.67	50 Fly	39.89
Charlotte Denecke	LH	F	12	50 Back	36.81	50 Breast	44.01	100 IM	1:21.57
Douglas White	LH	M	16	50 Fly	29.84	50 Breast	34.91	100 IM	1:09.95

 

 

Now it is on to RSL Finals on Saturday August 6^th!

 

Go Lightning!

 

Bob

Lee's Hill Lightning News - FINAL HOME MEET - MONDAY NIGHT - HELP NEEDED - PICTURE NIGHT

Lee’s Hill Lighting Families,

 

Hopefully the weather is going to cooperate on Monday! But it is going to be HOT!

 

Parents – please feel free to wear a bathing suit!  I really think a 5 minute adult cool down swim might be in order

 

I AM IN NEED OF A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS!!

 

There are a lot of our Trained Officials that have already worked there six sessions! But I still need your help for this last HOME meet.

Everyone – please say a big THANKS to ALL of our Trained Officials!! They not only took the time to get RSL trained – but as you can see – as the season comes to a close they need to work extra sessions just to be able to hold the meet.

Please think about RSL training for a position next year.  Many hands make light work.

We also have other families who have worked well above their requirements!  SO if you are going to have a child swimming on Monday, and have not worked your six – please sign up ASAP.

This is the time to fulfill your volunteer obligation of 3 full meets or 6 half meets.

I hope everyone is excited about our last HOME meet on MONDAY NIGHT! It is against the Lake of the Woods Barracudas!!

 

Here is the schedule for Monday night:

 

We start set up and the pool closes at 4:00 PM

MONDAY NIGHT IS TEAM PICTURE NIGHT!!!

All swimmers should wear their new team shirts for the picture! We will set up exactly as we did at the last home meet!

Our Swimmers should all arrive by 4:00 PM.  Be prompt!

Your swimmers must check in with the coaches by 4:45 PM, or they will be scratched from the meet.

4:45 PM – 5:15 Home Team Warms Up

Visiting team arrives between 4:30 – 5:00 PM

5:20 PM – 5:50 Away Team Warms Up

5:30 PM – Timers for the first and second half of the meet - please report to the concessions area for a meeting with the Head Timer.

5:30 PM – Stroke and Turn Judges and Runners please report to the Starter Tent area for a meeting with the Referee.

5:50 PM – Swimmers for events 1-4 report please report to the Clerk of Course.

National Anthem at 5:55 PM

Start Meet Promptly at 6:00 PM

I have a lot of positions that still need to be filled – especially in the Second Half:

Administrative Referee  First Half

Award Clerk - Ribbons     First Half

Concessions                        First Half

Concessions                        First Half

Administrative Referee  Second Half

Award Clerk – Ribbons    Second Half

Clerk of Course                  Second Half

Concessions                        Second Half

Concessions                        Second Half

Concessions                        Second Half

Runner                                  Second Half

Runner                                  Second Half

Stroke and Turn*               Second Half

Timer – Lane 2                    Second Half

Timer – Lane 3                    Second Half

Timer – Lane 5                    Second Half

Scorer – Recorder             Second Half

Scoring - Data Checker    Second Half

Please sign up at SignupGenius.com if you can help. Remember Code is simply:    lightning

Thanks to all the volunteers!  Without you, none of this is possible.

If you have any questions – please e-mail or call (540) 898-4403.

See you at the pool!

Go Lightning!

Bob Denecke

Meet Director

Item	Item Comment	First Name	Last Name
Meet Set Up	Set Up Starts at 4:00 PM	Nicole	Hinkle-klaus
Meet Set Up	Set Up Starts at 4:00 PM	Beth	Marcum
Meet Set Up	Set Up Starts at 4:00 PM	Signe	Williamson
Concession Set Up and Desert/Baking	Before Meet	Beth	Marcum
Concession Set Up and Ice Pick Up	Before Meet	Chris	McKnight
Concession Set Up and Pick Up Food	Before Meet	Vickie	Wilkinson
Concession Set Up and Salad & Pasta Prep	Before Meet	Ed	Clifford
Concession Set Up Fruit Preparation	Before Meet	Catherine	O'Leary
Announcer	First Half	Marie	Hawley
Referee*	First Half	Robert	Denecke
Administrative Referee	First Half
Starter*	First Half	Shari	Denecke
Stroke and Turn*	First Half	Brock	McDaniel
Stroke and Turn*	First Half	Chad	Hensen
Head Scorer*	First Half	Marnie	Schattgen
Scorer - Recorder	First Half	Felix	De La Torre
Scoring - Data Checker	First Half	Kathlene	Farrell
Scoring - Data Circler	First Half	Clayton	Jones
Award Clerk - Ribbons	First Half
Head Clerk of Course*	First Half	Tammy	Stohr
Clerk of Course	First Half	Sarah	Downing
Clerk of Course	First Half	Sarah	Worman
Head Timer*	First Half	Megan	Haid
Timer - Lane 1	First Half	Sudie	Jones
Timer - Lane 2	First Half	Kim	Kramer
Timer - Lane 2	First Half	Derrell	McPherson
Timer - Lane 3	First Half	Michael	Bond
Timer - Lane 4	First Half	Frank	Detrane
Timer - Lane 4	First Half	Mark	Haines
Timer - Lane 5	First Half	Karen	Detrane
Timer - Lane 6	First Half	Cathy	Williams
Timer - Lane 6	First Half	Megan	White
Runner	First Half	Chris	McKnight
Runner	First Half	Joe	Valasko
Heat Ribbons	First Half	Mari	Galindo-Sanchez
Concessions	First Half
Concessions	First Half
Concessions	First Half	Candace	McDaniel
Concessions	First Half	Laurie	Wages
Concessions	First Half	Vickie	Wilkinson
Grill Master	First Half - Starts @ 5:15	Don	Joy
Concessions Runner/Parking Monitor/Fill In	First Half	Sam
Safety Marshall	First Half - On Deck for Warm Ups
Item	Item Comment	First Name	Last Name
Announcer	Second Half	Marie	Hawley
Referee*	Second Half	Robert	Denecke
Administrative Referee	Second Half
Starter*	Second Half	Eric	Stohr
Stroke and Turn*	Second Half	Tracy	White
Stroke and Turn*	Second Half
Head Scorer*	Second Half	Marnie	Schattgen
Scorer - Recorder	Second Half
Scoring - Data Checker	Second Half
Scoring - Data Circler	Second Half	Kathlene	Farrell
Award Clerk      Ribbons	Second Half
Head Clerk of Course*	Second Half	Kellie	Bradshaw
Clerk of Course	Second Half	Shannon	Williams
Clerk of Course	Second Half
Head Timer*	Second Half	Sue	Dzurenda
Timer - Lane 1	Second Half	Kirk	White
Timer - Lane 2	Second Half
Timer - Lane 2	Second Half	Karen	Owens
Timer - Lane 3	Second Half
Timer - Lane 4	Second Half	Mark	Haines
Timer - Lane 4	Second Half	Felix	De La Torre
Timer - Lane 5	Second Half
Timer - Lane 6	Second Half	Elizabeth	Valasko
Timer - Lane 6	Second Half	Scott	Miller
Runner	Second Half
Runner	Second Half
Heat Ribbons	Second Half	Shannon	McPherson
Concessions	Second Half
Concessions	Second Half
Concessions	Second Half
Concessions	Second Half	Laurie	Wages
Concessions	Second Half
Concessions Runner/Parking Monitor/Fill In	Second Half
Grill Master	Second Half	Don	Joy
Safety Marshall	Second Half
Meet Breakdown	End of Meet
Meet Breakdown	End of Meet	Cameron	McGann
Meet Breakdown	End of Meet