Summit Swim and Dive
Parent Meeting
Wed, Jan 28, 2025
- Welcome and Congratulations!
- SMS season goals
Learn/improve all strokes, turns, starts and times and dives
Team unity and support
Balance sports and academics
Have fun!
- Expectations
- Good grades, always a student first
- Attendance
In hallway outside of pool, suit, cap, attendance taken by 6:00 (MTWF), 3:10 (Th)
Picked up 15 minutes after practice!!! This is important on Thursdays
Swim 5x a week
Dive – see calendar
Club swimmers at least 1 Summit practice a week (meets count)
Club divers – all practices
Illness – not in school – not at practice or in meet
Respect for self, others and property
100% effort at practice and meets
Positive attitude
Good communication
Website: SMS/Athletics/Swimming
Parent Square app
Good behavior In and out of classroomRespect all officials, coaches, team members, volunteers, opponents, property, locker rooms both home and away
Swim/dive meets
2 regular season home meets, 3 away meet.
Volunteers – Sign up on SignUpGenius on website
2 high school helpers at Jamboree.Sign up online. Great for service hours!
No practice on days of meets and kids must go home after school.
Home meets – be at pool 4:15, meet starts at 5:30
Away meet – vary by location, stay tuned.
Meet entries – max of 4 (2 ind/2 relay or 1 ind/3 relay)
Notify Coach Deb immediately if swimmer gets sick on day of meet.
Kids will swim different events each meet – 100% effort
Conference meet – we will take our best team 12-20 kids!
Middle school swim is a team sport and you may not leave after your last event
Must stay in swim suit until after last event, team cheer, and clean up. (divers excluded)
If your swimmer is not riding the bus home, I must have a hand written note, no text, no email.
Please dress appropriately for the weather – no shorts, flip flops . . .
No locker rooms before or after practice, MTWF. Locker rooms available after school on Thursdays and meet days.
Please come to the pool with swim suit under clothes and wear clothes over
wet suit for ride home. NO BARE FEET.
- Fees
$25 athletic fee assessed by district from each student athlete. Checks payable to Summit Middle School please pay tonight if you can otherwise send it with your swimmer to practice.
Team suit – optional, TYR Phoenix/Sporti light wave, team store on website.
Spirit wear – optional – see website for online store, 2/9/25 deadline – no nicknames
Team pictures - Wed, Feb 19, 3:10, pool bleachers, before Norwell meet
- Miscellaneous
BB or Cheerleading – kids are expected to complete their obligations there before coming to swim. Same is true at end of our season, must complete obligation before track or soccer try outs.
Label everything! Especially suits!
No phones in locker rooms, no messing with others stuff in locker rooms
School delay – no change in practice
School cancellation – if given the ok, OPTIONAL practice will be MTWF 6:00-7:15, Th 3:10-4:00.
No school and flex days OPTIONAL practice regular time
Communication is key! Check website.
Website
Per SACS Athletics policy, “participation in swimming and diving could lead to the potential for serious bodily injury and/or death”
- Q & A
- Club parents
Club parents-middle school times are official times and count toward divisional and state cuts
We will honor as many event requests as we can.
50/100/200 free, 50/100 back, 50 fly, 100 IM, 100 breast are the only events that will count.
Middle school swim is a team sport and you may not leave after your last event
Must stay in swim suit until after last event, team cheer, and clean up. (divers excluded)
Schedule: refer to website
2025 Summit Swim and Dive Team Information
Call outs during all lunches: Wednesday, Jan 8
Swim team try-out dates: Thur, Jan 23, 3:00-4:00. Fri, Jan 24, 6:15-7:15 pm
You have to come both days if not in swim club
Club swimmers, please attend on Friday, Jan 24
Team selection on Friday, Jan 24.
(Practice times M, T, W, F, 6:00-7:15 pm, Th, 3:00-4:00 pm)
M,T,W,F, we will meet in the hallway by the art room at 6:00. Do not go directly into the pool area.
Dive team try-outs: Tue, Wed, Fri, Jan 21, 22, 24, 4:15-5:30 pm
Club divers, please attend every day
Team selection on Fri, Jan 24
(Practice times, 4:15-5:30 pm, check calendar for dates)
Swimming/Diving is open to 6th, 7th and 8th graders, but pool space requires us to limit our team.
This is not a learn to swim program. Following is the swim selection criteria.
- Must be able to swim with face in the water and use good rhythmic breathing.
- Must be able to swim at least 2 full lengths of the pool without stopping.
- Must be able to listen and follow directions as instructed.
It is possible that a swimmer may meet all the criteria but still not make the team if there are many swimmers that try out.
No locker rooms will be available before or after swim practice, M.T,W,F. Please arrive with your swim suit on and an adequate layer of warmth.
Swimmers should come to the pool with their swim suit on and be seated in the hallway by the art room NO LATER THAN 6:00 PM. Divers should be seated in the pool bleachers NO LATER THAN 4:15 PM.
Students need to be picked up no later than 15 minutes after practice is dismissed, EVERY DAY. This is a deal breaker.
Please know that the SACS grades policy will be in effect for the swim/dive season. Refer to the school website for a full explanation of the grades policy.
The following forms need to be on file (Final Forms online) before a student can try out with the team:
Each swimmer/diver that makes the team will be asked to pay a mandatory $25 athletic fee
Optional
Team T shirts are approximately $15 (ordered online)
Team suit- TYR Phoenix/Sporti Lightwave, girls, boys brief, boys jammer (see "Spirit wear and suits online stores" tab)
Swim coaches for the 2025 season are:
Deb Berghoff, cell - 260.416.4896, email – dberghoff19@gmail.com
Elise Chadwick, 260-449-5767, echadwick@sacs.k12.in.us
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DIVING INFO
My name is Amy Johnson, and I am the dive coach for both Woodside and Summit. My email is bytheseaasj@yahoo.com and cell is 260-414-6856.
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
I have been coaching dive for 12 years.
I am an elementary PE teacher in Fort Wayne Community Schools at Brentwood.
Dive practice is from 4:15 to 5:30, T-F, Mondays different time. Middle school will arrive and take 3 blue mats into the hallway.
We will stretch, take attendance, go over the workout for the day, and return the mats to get in the water for an hour.
Club divers will arrive and stretch while we are in the water.
Club divers will stay and join Club until xx.
There are xx Practice days. Both teams practice at the same time on the same boards.
There will be NO Practice on the following dates:
TBD
If there is a Meet, Middle school will not practice and Club kids will go the club practice.
This would a good time to check out an intro to dive through IISD (Indiana International School of Diving).
Conference qualifications are a 4 step hurdle and 6 different dives.
There are only 3 divers entered for each team for conference.
We will have 3 days of tryouts starting Tuesday, January 21, 2025.
I will let the divers know they have made the team on Fri, Jan. 24 after practice.
Please arrive on time to pick up your diver after practice.
I will not leave until all athletes have been picked up and are accounted for.
I am excited for our season and am ready to get started! We are going to have a lot of fun!
Thank you,
Amy Johnson
260.414.6856, bytheseaasj@yahoo.com
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