St. Pius X Swimming and Diving: 2020-2021

COACHES        

Head Coach: Scott Carter (scarter@spx.org)

Diving Coach: Tim Hallisey

        Assistant Swimming Coach/Director of Communications: Katie Stilson

        Assistant Swimming Coach: Jason Eaglen

        Assistant Swimming Coach: Marla Oesterle

        Assistant Swimming Coach: DJ Boutte

        Assistant Diving Coach: Lexie Clarkson

IMPORTANT INFO

        -SWIM TRY-OUTS: There are two days for each group (new and returners). We will do half the athletes on one day and the other half on the other day. We will let you know ahead of time which day you will be trying out.

                -TUESDAY AND THURSDAY OCT. 13 AND 15: NEW SWIMMERS

                -MONDAY AND TUESDAY OCT. 19 AND 20: RETURNING SWIMMERS

                -ROSTER POSTED WEDNESDAY OCT. 21

                -FIRST DAY OF PRACTICE OCT. 26

-COVID SWIMMING AND DIVING 2020-21:

-WE WILL BE SEVERELY LIMITED THIS YEAR ON THE AMOUNT OF ATHLETES WE CAN TRAIN ON A DAILY BASIS. THE STYLE OF TRAINING WILL ALSO NEED TO BE ADJUSTED BASED ON POOL RULES.

        -TRY-OUT QUALIFICATIONS WILL BE MORE RIGOROUS THIS YEAR

-ATHLETES NOT ALREADY INVOLVED IN A YEAR ROUND PROGRAM ARE ENCOURAGED TO JOIN ONE TO TRAIN FOR THE NEXT MONTH IN ORDER TO GET IN TRY-OUT SHAPE

-ATHLETES ARE ENCOURAGED TO JOIN A YEAR ROUND TEAM FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE SEASON AS WE WILL HAVE LIMITED SPACE IN PIUS PRACTICES

        -DYNAMO, SPARTANS, CPAC, SWIM ATLANTA ETC.

-AS OF NOW MEETS HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED AND WE PLAN ON PROCEEDING AS PLANNED WITH LIMITATIONS: THE HOST POOL AND GHSA WILL SET THE PARAMETERS.

 IE. LIMITS TO AMOUNT OF ATHLETES, NO SPECTATORS, VOLUNTEERS, TIMERS ETC.

-Suit Fitting, OCT 22, in breezeway 3:15 = No swim Practice

        -WE ARE WORKING ON SETTING UP AN ONLINE STORE AS WELL

-Team Pictures, date TBD, in the game gym after school = No Swim Practice

-Open House: IF IT HAPPENS WE WILL NEED HELP FROM ATHLETES

-Coke Sale

-Senior Night: Last Home Meet at Dynamo. Despite no diving, senior divers will be recognized.

-Athletes not competing in State will be done after the Final Dual Meet.

-Only 4 Athletes of each gender can compete in an Event at State = Possible to make the State Meet cut but not to compete. All athletes that make the State Meet will be part of the State Team however.

All other dates for practices and Meets please see the Calendar that will be posted on the website.

REGULAR PRACTICE DAYS AND TIMES (THIS WILL BE ADJUSTED DURING HOLIDAYS)

        SWIMMING @ CHAMBLEE DYNAMO

                MONDAY, TUESDAY AND THURSDAY 3:30-4:30 / WEDNESDAY 5:45-7:00 AM

                Thanksgiving: Mon and Tue Time TBD but will be late morning or early afternoon

                Christmas: Dates and Times TBD

                MLK Day: No Practice

        DIVING @ MARIST: WE HOPE

Beginning of the Season: Tue + Thurs 6:45-8:15 @ Marist: ADDITIONAL TIMES AFTER THANKSGIVING

DUE TO DIVING BEING AT MARSIT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN PRACTICE TIMES MIGHT CHANGE.

-Athletes must be at practice every day unless a year round swimmer or diver.
YEAR ROUND ATHLETES CANNOT ATTEND PIUS PRACTICE DUE TO LIMITS ON NUMBERS UNLESS SPECIFICALLY ASKED BY THE COACHING STAFF

MEETS:

-The Schedule will be updated as necessary on the website.
NOTE THAT THERE ARE SOME DIVE ONLY OR SWIM ONLY MEETS.

-Not everyone is necessarily going to compete in full load of 4 events every meet.
Not all divers will dive in every meet.
DUE TO COVID THE AMOUNT OF SWIMMERS / DIVERS ALLOWED TO COMPETE WILL BE VERY LIMITED THIS SEASON AND SOME ATHLETES WILL NOT BE TAKING PART IN ANY GIVEN MEET

-The coaching staff will put athletes in events deemed most beneficial to the team.
-We do take requests but make no promises.

-There will be transportation to and from meets but parents are able to leave with their athlete directly from the meet. Athletes are not allowed to drive themselves to the meet unless they receive special permission from Coach Carter and have the consent of a parent.

COST:

 -$220.00 per swimmer/diver (Paid through FACTS system after Cuts) 

-Includes: Meet Fees, Team Suit, T-Shirt, Caps(swimmers), Shami(divers), Other Equipment (kickboards etc.) SPX Winter Season Program, Pre/During Meet Food

-This money goes into an “Exchange” Account and can only be used to spend on items going directly back to the Athletes 

-Optional: 

-Sweats, Bag, Towel etc., we can order anything throughout the season. We will be setting up ways to order in the near future

-Boathouse Pullovers: $100.00: Orders taken at a later date

PARENTS

-All Questions or concerns should be directed to Coach Carter.

-We need volunteers for Meets DEPENDING ON WHAT WILL BE ALLOWED UNDER GHSA/POOL RULES

-Coach Stilson will be in contact about how many Volunteers we will need for which Meets. For some meets we do not need any Volunteers.

            -Please join Athletic Association!

                -The swim and Dive Team receives more financial support from AA than any other program!

-Donations to the team itself are always appreciated.

-If you want to donate please contact Coach Carter directly.

-We have a discretionary account for donations. Donations may be earmarked for specific things or can be General.