We have a two meets approaching on the weekend of Feb. 5th-7th, which you might have registered your swimmer to compete in: Teddy Bear Invitational (At Blue Ash YMCA: 5000 YMCADriveCinti, OH45242) or the TYR Invitational (At St. Xavier High School: 600 West North Bend Rd.Cinti, OH45224). You can check to see what your child is swimming by simply logging in, clicking on the ATTEND EVENT box under the event, then the next page will show your child’s name and what events he or she has been entered in.
OHIO REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS DEADLINE
The deadline to register your swimmer for this meet is January 31st. Please speak with your individual age group coach if you have questions as to whether your child should be entered in this meet. This meet runs THURSDAY-SUNDAY Feb. 18th-21st. Please plan accordingly.
HIGH SCHOOL CONFERENCE MEETS APPROACHING
Some of our high school swimmers will be competing in: GGCL or GCL Division II or I meets held on either Saturday, Jan. 30th or Wed. Feb 3rd at St. Xavier or theFAVC (Fort Ancient Valley Conference) meet held at MiamiUniversity on Saturday, Feb. 6th. We also have swimmers competing in the Cincinnati Hills League Championships at PCY on Jan. 30th. Good luck to all of you! You can go to www.swimmeet.com to view the results of these meets.
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP MEET RESULTS
Some of our age groupers competed in the Junior High Championships this past weekend at Mason High School. The following AB swimmers finished in the TOP 16 in their events: Julianna Overbey: 6th in the 100 free & 5th in the 50 breast; Mackenzie Dyer: 7th in the 200 free & 9th in the 500 free; Margo Dyer: 5th in the 200 free; Jennifer Saxton: 13th in the 50 back & 12th in the 100 back; and Katherine Straley: 13th in the 50 fly. Congratulations to each of you on your swims.
PRE-COMP MEETS
Our pre-comp team will be attending a meet at Countryside YMCA on January 30th. Please see the home page of our website for more details. Our team will be hosting a meet on February 13th. Look for more information on this soon.
MEET WORKER SIGN UPS
K-T Overbey, our meet worker coordinator, will be posting the JOB SIGNUP link soon for the Y Sectional meet (March 5th-7th at our YMCA) and the Y League Championship Meet (AA’s) at Miami University March 12th-14th. She will send a mass team e-mail regarding this, so please be diligent about checking your e-mail!
MARLIN TIME TRIAL MEET
This meet is held at St. Xavier High School on Tuesday, March 2nd. Please speak with your child’s age group coach if you have questions as to whether your child can attend this meet since there are certain time standards associated with it. The deadline to register your swimmer for this meet is February 12th.
OFFICIALS INFORMATION
ABLY officials, alumni and friends: We have some upcoming opportunities to wear our whites (and sometimes our blues).
Blue Ash Y has asked for assistance with its Teddy Bear meet on 2/5, 6 and 7. They need the most help Sat and Sun AM sessions. This is open to anyone with a Y certification. Please contact Bob Krone at BASH if you can help him. Robertkrone@hotmail.com
The Marlins have a large meet at Keating the same weekend. This a prelim- finals meet so lots of sessions/opportunities. This is open to anyone with USA certification. Please contact Andy Grender at Marlins if you can help him. agrender@cinci.rr.com.
And keep in mind the next meet we host – the sectional championship on March 5, 6 and 7.
JANET NEMANN MEMORIAL EVENT
This event was a great success! Those AB swimmers who participated had a wonderful time for a great cause! Paul McDonald (www.avantrisphotography.com) took pictures during the event. Please go to his website and click on ABLY to view/purchase them.
SPRING Y NATIONALS ROOM RESERVATIONS - REMINDER
Those families who are attending Y Nationals in Ft. Lauderdale and need a room in our hotel block, need to contact Cathi Sander (474-1400) with their credit card info or drop off their check (payable to: M.E. Lyons YMCA). ($199 for a cityview/$219 for a waterview).
WELCOME BACK ALEXIS KAPOSTASY
We would like to welcome back Alexis Kapostasy from Australia! She will resume swimming with us again in the White II group. Please make sure to say hello and welcome her back.
YAA HOTEL RESERVATIONS
Did you remember to make your hotel reservations for YAA Champs at Miami University March 12th-14th? Please see the HOTEL section of our website for contact info. You must be logged in to view it. Please note the block has already been released but they may still have rooms. Call NOW!
PEP RALLY
Our annual pep rally will be held on Sunday, February 28th. The time will be posted soon. Please mark your calendar for this date. EVERYONE (yes, you too parents) are encouraged to come and listen to our senior reps speak, do cheers and get fired up for Y CHAMPS! Please remember to snap some pictures of your child’s group in the next 2 months. You will be able to e-mail them to Paul McDonald so we can try and include them on our annual slide show at the swim team Banquet.
ANNUAL AB SWIM TEAM BANQUET
Our annual swim team banquet will be held at Nagel Middle School on Monday, April 26th. Please mark your calendars. More info. to follow.
LOST AND FOUND BIN
One of our parents has been gracious enough to offer to bring in a tub for any items left in the dome by our swimmers. Hopefully our swimmers will pick up any items left behind after practices and place them in this bin. This is not the job of our coaches! We encourage our athletes to hang up their mesh bags on the hooks provided and not leave them laying on the pool deck. Our goal is to keep the dome as clean and neat as possible.
HAMPTON INN RENAMED
Per Coach Keith, the Hampton Inn in Oxford (513-524-0114) is now called the Miami Valley Inn. In February, it will be called the Comfort Inn. Please make note of this change if you intend on making any future reservations with them.
