Here ya go... all you need to know! That was a poor joke... you will still have questions.

Imperial - Pool and Meet Directions - Warmup Schedule

And, YES, that means it is all Mountain Time. Good luck with that!

Contact your Coach with questions you may have.

Jeff

Reply at your risk...

Please thank Krystle for the creation of this!

For now let's use this for you to see where your swimmers are seeded for Saturday.

Championship Meet Seedings w/Alternates

Please NOTE: We are only swimming 2 heats of 6 for Individual Events and 1 heat of 6 for the Relays. So there are more listed, where  there were more swimmers. Anything listed in column titled "Status" that says "Alternate" is currently NOT swimming on Saturday. If there are Scratches, those Alternates can move into that heat. So in column "Champ Seed" if they are 1-12 in individual events or 1-6 in relay events, they are to swim that event on Saturday.

Parents, please contact your Coach about any scratches. I will only accept a scratch from a Coach.

Coaches, please email me that you have this.

If someone has scratched, it will say that in the last two columns and have a red tint thru the entry.

Let's get any scratches that arise done by Thursday at 6pm.

More Meet info to follow soon.

Jeff

Need some help getting the League's big popup tents to Imperial, from Arapahoe, before Friday.

Would be compensated for at least the fuel. 

Text or call me at: 308-962-4148.

Would fill a pickup bed, at least 6 footer. There are 6 10x20.

thanks

Jeff

We are woring on the Seeding into the Championship Meet in Imperial, this Saturday, starting at 10 a.m.

The intent is to for all of you to have these seedings by Tuesday.

We will present the Seedings to the Coaches very soon. After they have all approved what we have, we will post that to everyone. Please do not ask you Coaches to "let you look at the Seedings" as they will be under strict instructions not to share it. This reasoning is that there will be changes and it is best that only the Coaches see this.

As stated: We hope to have this posted ASAP, so please be patient.

thanks

Jeff

Here are the Relay Meets:

If you have swimmers attending any Relay Meet, your Coach must go to our Website and enter them. Just a one check process. You must also get a Hard Copy List of your swimmers attending any Relay Meet, to that Meet's Meet Director or they will not be confirmed as attending.

If the Relay Meet you wish to attend does not show up as available to you to enter, please let me know and I will add that Meet to your Team's list.

If you have a swimmer that has not made it the required 3 meets yet, get them to one of these meets. As of the 3 meet requirement, one Relay Meet can count as one of those 3. They must swim at least 2 relay events if they attend a Relay Meet for it to count as such.

PtSL RELAY MEET EVENTS LIST 

Relay Meet Reviews

thanks

Jeff

Attention Android Users,

IMPORTANT CHANGE: Apparently I need your email address to become a tester. Please send me an email below and I'll add you to the tester group. Sorry, I'm learning this as I go... ;)

In order for the Android app to be published to the Google Play Store, I need at least 20 testers for the app. To sign up, you only need to click this link and download the app. The test will run for 14 days once I get 20 testers, and then I can publish. The test is not limited to 20, though, so if you have an Android phone or tablet, feel free to download it now.

https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.plainstsunami.ptslmobile

If you experience any issues, please let me know.

Thanks,

Wyatt Conrad

wyatt.conrad@plainstsunami.com

Hey Friends,

I'm happy to announce that I've released a mobile app for IOS devices (Iphone, Ipad, etc.) today! You can download it HERE:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/plainstsunami/id6499504410

It's relatively simple at this point but does include things like:

• Push Notifications for league updates and news, as well as ready-area notifications
• Viewing swimmer personal records
• Viewing Meet information and results
• Viewing the schedule for the meets

Pull to refresh the meet results pages to get the latest results, and swipe to the left when you see an arrow for additional menu options.

Note: Push notifications for ready-area meetings will be enabled next week. I had hoped to have them ready for today's, but the app took longer to publish than I had hoped.

PLEASE reach out with any issues you experience so I can work to resolve them. Even though this is published, I'd consider it a BETA.

Thanks,

Wyatt Conrad

785.543.1955

wyatt.conrad@plainstsunami.com

Freestyle and/or Goggles

You can put this Post on Admin Melissa, EL. (Oh, by the way, we have added Melissa and Tom Martin to the Adim Group!):

There are a couple of things that always end up being an issue:

Freestyle - It is just that FREE -- Free of any Rules. Basically, as long as a swimmer 'attempts' to contue down the length, as in; doesn't only 'climb down the rope/side', doesn't only hop along the bottom, doesn't require assistants'; which includes someone in their lane to help, they are approved.So, basically, anything that advances them down the pool, they are good. To add to that; BACKSTROKE has only one restriction; stay vertically toward the back.

 Goggles - One of the biggest misconceptions is that touching the goggles is an automatic DQ (disqualification). That is NOT CORRECT. If touching the goggles breaks the rules of the stroke, then, of course, it is a DQ. So, to say, if touching the goggles, makes a swimmer no longer 'be toward their back, vertiacally" on the Backstroke, then that creates a DQ. All strokes are ruled accordlying the same for all strokes, NOT if they touch their goggles!!

Have a great day, meet, tomorrow!!

Remember the Inclement Weather Procedure for tomorrow.

Jeff

No reply required.... especially Melissa! 

The League's first meets appear to be cool ones. Although there are no storms forecast, there may still be preciptiation. Take along plenty of dry clothing, towels and blankets.

Please be sure you know the Procedure for days when the weather wants to get in the way. This is between the Meet Director, the Coaches and the Host Pool Management. This is directly from the Protocols:

INCLEMENT WEATHER PROCEDURE

• Every effort must be made to get the meet in as scheduled

  • It is almost impossible to reschedule meets

• Meet Directors shall be available early the morning of their meet

  • Shall provide visiting teams with contact info for that time of that day

• Meet Director shall contact the League if questioning the weather for the day

  • If you do not have a League Admin Committee Member at your meet, to help with this, please contact one

• Teams shall plan to travel to the meet site unless told otherwise

  • Meet may be delayed, in starting or during the meet, but shall continue when safe

  • Meet may be shortened by mutual agreement of all teams

• No one will or shall be put in peril because of weather conditions

• If lightning is seen or thunder is heard the meet will be halted and delayed according to hosting pool's safety requirements

  • Hosting pool's Manager shall have the final say

  • Once they clear the use of the pool, the coaches must agree to continue

Parents: Please allow the Meet Officials handle this. If you have concerns, please take directly to your Coach or Team Contact. Do not address Meet Officials.

thanks
Jeff

As you may or may not know, the League is run with the help of the Admin Group. They are involved in making decisions and discussing League Protocol.

Each Host Team has a designate Meet Director to conduct the Meet and should be able to handle most situations that arise. If an Admin is needed, or feels that they can help with something, please go to and/or accept any advise they may have. Most situations can be talked thru, if not, contacting another Admin, or myself, is an option.

PtSL Admins: Jeffrey Utterback, AR, Tobiann Springer, CA, Michael Brodd, IN, Kimberly Brodd, IN, Aly Brinkema, HY, Paul Ogier, AL, Jami Ogier, AL, Marcie Kostrunek, CZ, and Luke Winge, NT.

It's that time of year...

I have to get the Ribbon Boxes put together and then delivered to the 1st week's meets.

There are 6 of these and they need to get to: Cambridge (which I will take), Gothenburg, Southern Valley (Oxford), Stockton, St Francis (will work if we can get it to Benkelman or possibly Imperial) and Holyoke (which can just get to Imperial - maybe even Benkelman).

I am hoping that someone's holiday travels might bring them close to here (Arapaohe) and then close to one of the host teams. I likely won't have them completely put together until Sunday. Even if you are not directly coming thru here, I can meet up with someone.

I have, in the past, and will again, if needed, driven them where they need to go. Just hoping we can save me some miles.

Give me a call or text: 308-962-4148 or email: jeffreyd@atcjet.net

Thanks for reading and considering! 

Jeff

I am putting the Schedule here so you can see it. It wil be posted on the website very soon, as will your team's meets on your homepage.

The Qualifying Meet sites have not been set yet. The 2024 Championship Meet will be in Imperial.

Any questions about the Schedule should go to your Coach or Team Contact.

Relay Meets will be posted at a later date.

No need to reply.

Jeff

League Teams, their Team two letter designation and their proposed number of swimmers.

The 2024 Schedule will be posted tomorrow.

I truly thought, if not wanted, to have the Schedule out by now.

If you like logic puzzles, you will understand when you get a tough one and you will understand what problems sending out a "part Schedule", like I did with send out the first week Schedule, can mess things up.

One way or another, you will have the Schedule out tomorrow.

I am very close, but way too tired to finish it properly.

Thanks for understanding.

Jeff