11/04 - Fall Festival of Excellence updates - schedule, warm-up, timing assignments, psych sheets for distance events and important info from Princeton University faculty. EEX has timing slots for this meet
10/30 - TIME CHANGE FOR GHOSTS AND GOBLINS. Warm up is now 4pm, meet start 4.30pm
10/28 - New meet added. In place of the Bayonne Garden State Cup Bronze meet on Nov 7-8, swimmers will now be attending the Bergen Barracuda "Go for Gold Meet", on the same dates
10/08 - EEX Age Group Saturday and Sunday training times change. With immediate effect, Age Group 1 and 2 will swim every week on Saturday from 7:30 to 8:45 and Sunday from 8:30 to 9:30 am.
10/07 - NJ Swimming Official Clinic Schedule has been updated and posted. EEX would encourage interested parents to become officials - check out the link for more information
10/5 - USA Swimming "Rules of the pool" article published, looking to provide more clarity on allowable suits
10/5 - A small number of families still do not have their parking passes - please contact Meredith to arrange to pick up
10/5 - EEX Meet Info for GPAC Oktoberfest posted along with entries. Also check out changes to Fridays practice times to prepare for the meet , also important changes to warm-up and start-up times for 13-14 pm sessions
EEX is in need of parents to become certified USA Swimming officials. Currently, we have only two parents who are certified and eligible to officiate at meets. Both are the parent of 13 or older swimmers. We especially need certified officials who have younger swimmers. There are two clinics locally that get you started on the certification process. They are:
10/22 6:15 PM at the John Witherspoon Pool in Princeton contact Mark Butler butlerms31@gmail.com
Please visit the www.njswim.org web site (officials tab) to read more on the process.The full clinic schedule can be found here. If you think you might be interested, contact one of the officials above to get registered for one of the clinics. Remember, meet officials get into meets free and are fed throughout the day. Plus, they get to be on deck with their kids for the meet. Please consider attending one of the clinics!
Victoria Cassidy, Matthew Kietlinski and Samantha Kietlinski (a recent EEX graduate, now at Georgetown) join senior swimmers from all over the country in this prestigious program. Matthew is a first time participant, Victoria is in her second year and Samantha, her third.
The Scholastic All-America program is open to all 10th-12th grade USA Swimming members who earn a 3.5 GPA or better and achieve a Junior National Bonus Time Standard or swim in a selected disability championship meet or the Open Water National Championships. The program begins each July 1st and continues through June 30th of the following year. Applications, including a copy of the official year-end school transcript and a copy of the swimmer’s times, are due on August 1st of each year. Applications for the 2009-2010 year will be available in March 2010.
On Friday, October 2, EEX will be holding it's "Back to Pool Night" starting at 6 PM. This is a chance for the whole team, including new and returning athletes, parents and siblings, to get together and celebrate the beginning of a new swim season.
Prior to the party, the Team Manager, Meredith Lavery will be holding a new parents' meeting in the balcony area at 5 PM. At this meeting, there will be a welcome for the new parents and basic information regarding the EEX program, including meets, contracts, and job requirements. This meeting is very informative for new parents and it is highly recommended that it not be missed, especially if you are new to USA Swimming!
Practice will end early at 6 PM that evening so everyone can socialize and eat some dinner. This will be a potluck supper and parents are asked to make sure that the food arrives by 5:30 PM. We will be eating in the balcony area, so please bring your food/drink donations upstairs. It is asked that families with more than one athlete (or many non swimming siblings) bring two food/drink donations. Please also bring serving utensils for your food.
Requested items are as follows:
Athlete last name
A-H Main course (e.g., pasta, chicken fingers, hoagies, pizza)
J-K Salad (veggie or fruit)
L-N Dessert
P 2 Bags of Chips & dip
R Cheese & crackers
S-Z Case of water or 100% Fruit drinks (in individual serving sizes, prechilled)
If any parent can help to set up, that would greatly appreciated. In addition, please let Meredith know ASAP if your athlete will not be attending the party (or meeting for new families). We look forward to seeing everyone there!
Metro Swim Shop will be at TCNJ on Saturday morning, Sept. 26, 7-10am for suit fittings, team warm ups, and equipment purchases (kick boards, goggles etc.). Metro accepts credit cards as well as cash and checks.
Please ask your athlete's coach about what type of equipment will be needed.
There will also be separate order forms for EEX team T shirts, tunics, hoodies, team shorts and car magnets. Metro will not be handling these few items. There should be sample sizes of these items for your athlete to try on.
Please print and bring a copy of this form on Saturday to the equipment sale if you would like to order anything. Also attached are files with the designs. The oval design will be on the lower left thigh of the shorts. The large EEX design will go on the back of the Tshirts and hoodies, while the small EEX logo will go on the breast of both, as well as the tunic top.
Method of payment for these items is cash or check only.
Express
SwimAmerica, LLC is a progressive
10 station "learn-to-swim" program for children ages 3 and over.
As each station's skills are mastered,
the developing swimmer is rewarded
then moved to the next station within
the progression. This effective step
by step method allows even the youngest
swimmers to learn to swim SAFELY,
while offering stronger swimmers the
opportunity to develop all of the
competitive strokes.
EEX is in need of parents to become certified USA Swimming officials. Currently, we have only two parents who are certified and eligible to officiate at meets. Both are the parent of 13 or older swimmers. We especially need certified officials who have younger swimmers. There are two clinics locally that get you started on the certification process. They are:
10/22 6:15 PM at the John Witherspoon Pool in Princeton contact Mark Butler butlerms31@gmail.com
Please visit the www.njswim.org web site (officials tab) to read more on the process.The full clinic schedule can be found here. If you think you might be interested, contact one of the officials above to get registered for one of the clinics. Remember, meet officials get into meets free and are fed throughout the day. Plus, they get to be on deck with their kids for the meet. Please consider attending one of the clinics!
Victoria Cassidy, Matthew Kietlinski and Samantha Kietlinski (a recent EEX graduate, now at Georgetown) join senior swimmers from all over the country in this prestigious program. Matthew is a first time participant, Victoria is in her second year and Samantha, her third.
The Scholastic All-America program is open to all 10th-12th grade USA Swimming members who earn a 3.5 GPA or better and achieve a Junior National Bonus Time Standard or swim in a selected disability championship meet or the Open Water National Championships. The program begins each July 1st and continues through June 30th of the following year. Applications, including a copy of the official year-end school transcript and a copy of the swimmer’s times, are due on August 1st of each year. Applications for the 2009-2010 year will be available in March 2010.
On Friday, October 2, EEX will be holding it's "Back to Pool Night" starting at 6 PM. This is a chance for the whole team, including new and returning athletes, parents and siblings, to get together and celebrate the beginning of a new swim season.
Prior to the party, the Team Manager, Meredith Lavery will be holding a new parents' meeting in the balcony area at 5 PM. At this meeting, there will be a welcome for the new parents and basic information regarding the EEX program, including meets, contracts, and job requirements. This meeting is very informative for new parents and it is highly recommended that it not be missed, especially if you are new to USA Swimming!
Practice will end early at 6 PM that evening so everyone can socialize and eat some dinner. This will be a potluck supper and parents are asked to make sure that the food arrives by 5:30 PM. We will be eating in the balcony area, so please bring your food/drink donations upstairs. It is asked that families with more than one athlete (or many non swimming siblings) bring two food/drink donations. Please also bring serving utensils for your food.
Requested items are as follows:
Athlete last name
A-H Main course (e.g., pasta, chicken fingers, hoagies, pizza)
J-K Salad (veggie or fruit)
L-N Dessert
P 2 Bags of Chips & dip
R Cheese & crackers
S-Z Case of water or 100% Fruit drinks (in individual serving sizes, prechilled)
If any parent can help to set up, that would greatly appreciated. In addition, please let Meredith know ASAP if your athlete will not be attending the party (or meeting for new families). We look forward to seeing everyone there!
Metro Swim Shop will be at TCNJ on Saturday morning, Sept. 26, 7-10am for suit fittings, team warm ups, and equipment purchases (kick boards, goggles etc.). Metro accepts credit cards as well as cash and checks.
Please ask your athlete's coach about what type of equipment will be needed.
There will also be separate order forms for EEX team T shirts, tunics, hoodies, team shorts and car magnets. Metro will not be handling these few items. There should be sample sizes of these items for your athlete to try on.
Please print and bring a copy of this form on Saturday to the equipment sale if you would like to order anything. Also attached are files with the designs. The oval design will be on the lower left thigh of the shorts. The large EEX design will go on the back of the Tshirts and hoodies, while the small EEX logo will go on the breast of both, as well as the tunic top.
Method of payment for these items is cash or check only.
Express
SwimAmerica, LLC is a progressive
10 station "learn-to-swim" program for children ages 3 and over.
As each station's skills are mastered,
the developing swimmer is rewarded
then moved to the next station within
the progression. This effective step
by step method allows even the youngest
swimmers to learn to swim SAFELY,
while offering stronger swimmers the
opportunity to develop all of the
competitive strokes.
*Open House* for any interested new swimmers on Thursday Sept 10th at 5:00 at TCNJ Aquatic Center. Swimmers should bring a suit! Any questions can be emailed to bmatheson@aol.com. Information about the Eastern Express program can be found here.
