Southeast Missouri Swim Conference: Welcome
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SOUTHEAST MISSOURI SWIM CONFERENCE
THE WEBSITE FOR SWIMMING IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
WELCOME to the Southeast Missouri Swim Conference website. Here are some conference teams with links to their own sites.
Charleston Cape Girardeau Jackson Perryville
Poplar Bluff Sainte Genevieve Sikeston Farmington
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We had 585 SMSC Swimmers this summer!
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Congratulations to the new Large Division Winner: Kennett Killer Whales &
Small Division Winner: Charleston Blueracers!!
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***For those going to Jr Olympics I have the Top Times Report with times converted to LCM along with the time standards now current on results page
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Spring 2011 SMSC Meeting was held Sunday, March 20 at the Sikeston YMCA. Here is a quick "snapshot" of the important points:
There will be 3 SMSC Official's Training Clinics: April 30th in Sikeston at YMCA, May 7th in Farmington at Civic Center and May 14th in Poplar Bluff, location TBA. All 3 start at 9 am.
If you plan to host a "mini-meet" this summer you must have your proposed date, location and event list approved on or before April 17th. Remember: you must be able to offer each swimmer at least 5 age/distance appropriate events. As of now the Gators plan to host one on Wed July 13th-open to all.
The AAU website offers a free course designed to help coaches. From the home page of www.aausports.org click on the "PCA Coaches Test". At the meeting it was reported that all AAU Non-Athlete Members must take this free course. It may not be a requirement--still waiting confirmation. It is a good idea for all the coaches and team-attached non-athletes complete this course prior to the start of the summer league season.
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OLD NEWS.(2010)..will update soon with officials
HERE IS AN UPDATE ON OUR SMSC OFFICIALS WHO ARE CURRENT WITH THE SMSC TRAINING. OF COURSE, IF THERE ARE ANY WHO ARE FULLY CERTIFIED WITH USA SWIMMING OR AAU THEY WILL NOT APPEAR IN THIS LIST. PLEASE DO YOUR BEST TO HAVE A NUMBER OF TRAINED VOLUNTEERS FROM YOUR TEAM WILLING TO HELP AT OUR MEET THIS SUMMER!!
Here is the list of people that have gone to the SMSC clinics and satisfactorily completed the test.
From 2009
Angie French - S&T
Jeremy McAtee - S&T
David Norwood - S&T
Michelle Swain - S&T and Starter (2010)
Rosa Cundiff - S&T
Cynthia Lathum - S&T
From 2010
Steven King - S&T
John T. McMullen - S&T
Stephanie Ellinger - S&T
Adrienne Raspberry - S&T
Beth Shetley - S&T
Charolyn Hilburn - S&T
Jeff McCormick - S&T
Jane Cook - S&T
Amy Williams - S&T
Stephanie Grimes - S&T
Donna ByFord - S&T
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PLEASE NOTE: THE LINK TO THE 2009-2012 MOTIVATIONAL TIMES HAS BEEN UPDATED. ALSO THE GENERIC MEET FILE HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH THE NEW TIME STANDARDS. THE WORD DOCUMENT WITH DIRECTIONS FOR "CREATING" YOUR MEET FROM THIS GENERIC DOWNLOAD HAS BEEN CORRECTED....THERE WAS AN ERROR IN OLD DOCUMENT.
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REMEMBER TO CHECK AFTER DOWNLOADING THE NEW MEET TO CHECK DISTANCE FOR EVENTS 65 AND 66. IT SHOULD BE CHANGED FROM 100 TO 200 WHEN SETTING UP THE MEETS FOR THIS YEAR. THE NEW MEET DOWNLOAD ALREADY HAS THIS BUT CHECK ANYWAY! ALSO THE SCORING SYSTEM OF 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (AND DBL FOR RELAYS) IS FOR ALL MEETS.
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PLEASE NOTE THAT WE NOW HAVE A NEW DOWNLOADABLE SMSC SWIM MEET FILE FOR MEET MANAGER AS WELL AS A DOCUMENT CONTAINING INSTRUCTIONS TO EDIT THE MEET FILE TO SUIT YOUR POOL (i.e. # OF LANES, YARDS/METERS). THIS IS FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE "MM & TM INFORMATION" LINK ABOVE.
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RELAY RULESCoaches, please read this note (click here) about relays. You can only age a swimmer up one age group and can only age up two swimmers per relay.
A MESSAGE FROM THE OLD WEBMASTER:
Please bite the bullet and get to work on your Meet Manager files and Meet invitations. Meet Manager is a pain to work with but if you "attack it" and get it over with it isn't so bad. Click on the menu bar for some very good instructions on the basics of Meet and Team Manager. It is very importatn to keep file types straight. Before the meet, Rosemary needs a "Meet Event Export" from Meet Manager. After the meet, Rosemary will need a "Full Meet Backup". Please also submit your meet invitations in MS Word or RTF format.
About once a year, and early in the year, we have a team that does not post thier event files, while other teams are struggling with the process of generating their entries and it creates a vicious circle: If the event file isn't posted, the team can't do entries. Then they are delayed in sending the entries back in. This results in late nights, high stress, and mistakes!
Be tough. Work up your computer files and e-mail them to Rosemary and John
OFFICIALS TRAINING
TheOzark USA officials commitee offers occasional training sessions in the St. Louis area. Here is the link to their website: http://www.ozarkswimming.org/officials.htm.
However, these sessions are for USA officials, and AAU officials must contact them before attending as there are differing certification requirements. SMSC parents are discouraged from seeking a USA certification- as this requires training at 5 sessions at USA meets only (our meets do not count!). AAU certification does not have the apprenticeship requirement and will qualify you to work SMSC swim meets. Unless you have a year-round USA swimmer do not seek USA certification.
If you plan to attend a USA clinic E-mail Mike Tchoukaleff (miketch@piasanet.com) and/or Karen Smiley (karensmiley@sbcglobal.net) and tell them you are seeking AAU certification. Technically, this is a USA clinic and they may not have the proper forms unless they know you are coming!
SMSC President-Elect/Secretary - John Esswein: svswimcoach@hotmail.com
SMSC President - Debbie Robertson drdrob@semo.net
SMSC Treasurer - Julie King: juliesflowers1@sbcglobal.net
