Hi Shark Families,
Many thanks to extend. Way to bring it to Tuesday’s meet against CCD. Thank you to all of our volunteers. Thank you to all our fans for the support. Thank you to our Sponsors.Thank you to our Sharks for embracing their Buddy roles. And thank you to these swimmers for giving it their all. So many times were beat from the Blue & White meet. The incredible effort and roaring cheer for the night’s last event, the Boy’s Free Relay embodied Shark Summer Swimming.
Thank you to all for getting kids to their morning after meet photos. We, like you, are excited to see the green screen technology come together. We got a sneak peek at the Senior banners and they look great! Keep your eye out for those at the club soon.
Weeks’ Updates – Things to know & Things to Do
Week of June 24 Buddy List Week of 6_24 – Sheet1
Please note ALL Sharks are included in buddy groups even if not participating in this week’s meet. Group poster making will take place at practice on Tuesday and Thursday. All Sharks encouraged to participate.
Tuesday: Home Meet against Lochmoor
3:30p Jaws and Hammerhead Warm Up
4:00p Tigershark Warm Up
4:15p Fins Warm Up
5:15p Meet Start
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for 6/25. Please email swimteam@bacmi.net if you will please help us with these needs
- Timer
- Back Up Timer
- Timing Console Volunteer – New Role (see description below)
Timing Console Volunteer
We need a volunteer to help run the timing console. The timing console operator is responsible
for adjusting the heat and event numbers on the scoreboard. There is a 4 button sequence
required after each heat. Additionally, the timing console operator will help the meet manager by
reading off and verifying backup times in the computer system. This parent can swap out to
watch their children compete.
Thursday: Away Meet against Great Oaks Country Club
(Jaws, Hammerheads and Tigersharks only). PLEASE DECLARE YES IN TEAMUNIFY IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND BY MONDAY
BUS
BAC tradition is for swimmers to travel together to away swim meets on a coach bus. Swimmers are encouraged to ride the bus to bond with teammates ahead of the meet. Plus it saves parents from arriving extra early to the meets.
SIGN UP FOR THE BUS UNDER JOB SIGNUP IN THE BAC vs GREAT OAKS EVENT ON JUNE 27
3:00p Meet at BAC
3:15p Bus leaves BAC for Great Oaks Country Club
4:15p Please have all swimmers who do not ride the bus to Great Oaks by 4:15p
4:30p Warm Up
5:15p Meet Start
Great Oaks Country Club, 777 Great Oaks Blvd, Rochester Hills, MI 48307
Friday: No practice for Tigersharks or Fins on 6/28
Friday: Great Oaks Annual Splash Bash
12 & Under Jaws, Hammerheads, and Tigersharks who opted in for meet
8:00am Warm Up
9:20am Meet Start
Friday: Plum Hollow Firecracker Meet 11-12 year olds
3:25p – 3:50p: Warm Up
5:00p Meet Start
Saturday: 10:00a -11:30a GO FOR THE GOLD in 2024. For a good cause and for good old competitive fun.
The fun practice theme this year will be “Go for the Gold” in honor of the Olympics! The Corsan Challenge is an annual fundraiser MICSA members participate in to support YMCA’s Detroit Swims. The YMCA’s Detroit Swims program is a grant and donor-funded program that teaches water safety skills to disadvantaged and/or underserved communities regardless of barriers. The participation fee will be $20 with the proceeds going to Detroit Swims.
BAC Olympic events will include everything from a penny toss, to biggest bubble, to paper airplanes and dive and glide. Bring swim suits and sneakers
NOTE: Jaws and Hammerheads will have practice as normal. Tigersharks and Fins will not have practice on 6/29.
STROKE CLINICS
Does your swimmer want to work on their stroke technique, starts or maybe their turns? The best opportunity to do this is in a Stroke Clinic led by our coaches. The clinics give swimmers an opportunity to get more personalized help on their stroke technique with a 5:1 athlete to coach ratio max. These are valuable experiences for the swimmers a proper technique is key to improving. There are available spots this week. Cost is $25/session.
Sign up HERE
FINALS
Please go to the GIGCC Finals website (https://grosseilegcc.wixsite.
The GIGCC Finals website link can also be found on the MISCA website (https://micsaswim.com/).
COACHES’ CORNER – Coach Paul
Trophies and Memories. Eventually the swim season ends, whether for the summer or for the
last time at the end of your career. You’ll earn ribbons, medals, trophies. But it won’t just be the
medals and records that you remember. It will be the relationships and friendships you made
along the way. It will be your teammates you remember. It will be the role models when you’re 6
years old looking up at a 16-year-old thinking they are the coolest person in the world.
Peter Vanderkaay, two-time Olympic gold medalist, said “The medals will be in a box someday,
or may even in a case under glass. What you will always take with you is the memories of the
incredible friends and teammates you make along the way.”
When it comes to our success, it takes the entire team. It takes parents, siblings, and athletes.
Everyone needs to support our fellow sharks. When we compete against another club, every
swim, every race, every swimmer competing in an older age group are what propels us to
success. Competition amongst teammates is a good thing. It helps us raise our level and makes
us better, but when we are competing against another club, it is the BAC, the SHARKS, versus
the opponent. Rooting for all your teammates to be successful is what helps us win as a team.
Be a supportive teammate. Be a supportive friend. Be a SHARK!
And remember, those medals will collect dust. The memories are what you can’t buy or earn.
Sharks ROCK!
Coach Paul
GO SHARKS,
Alyson & Katie