News

September 9th, 2026

Hi MoW JV Parents,

As we approach the end of the season, I wanted to send an update note.

First of all, thank you for trusting us with your children this season and for giving us the opportunity to make them better swimmers.  There was great attendance at every practice, and it is very rewarding to see your swimmers make progress.

By now you have been told if your child qualified for State Championships.  I tried to tell as many of you in person last night, and those that were selected should have already received an email from me earlier today with details.  For anyone who did not qualify, please know it is not a reflection on their performance or attitude.  I was not provided details, but I suspect there is a quota of athletes allowed to swim at states.  If I had to guess, the State Championship meet is ~3x the size of the Regionals competition at the RAFC in the end of August.

As for the rest of the season, we still have practice on September 15th and 22nd, so please continue to bring your children to the pool.  However, practice will be cut short on the 22nd because the coaches are going to order pizza for all of the swimmers to enjoy on our last practice of the year. There are a few JV swimmers that I feel can graduate to the Varsity group next season, and a few other swimmers that I think need one more year in the JV group before graduating to Varsity. I will let you know at practice this week and next.

On that note, the best way to keep your swimmer in shape is to get them in the water once a week.  So, for anyone wishing to swim year round, Coach Larry Peck from the Varsity group keeps some lanes rented in the big Competition pool at the RAFC every Tuesday night at 7pm.  This group is not as hands-on as the JV coaches in the Teaching pool, and will include more endurance based training, but there will still be some technique work.  The cost is $25/month to join Coach Larry's group, and if you want to learn more please email him at onewetpeck@hotmail.com.

Coach Larry also teaches private lessons for anyone who needs to work on technique.  Details on his private lesson schedule are available on our website at www.mowswim.com/private-lessons

All of these details are on the website at www.mowswim.com, and updates will be applied when we know them (e.g., the start of the 2027 season, which will likely run from June through September again).

We are not done yet, but thank you very much for effort thus far this season.  It has been a good one!

Coach Elliot

August 10th, 2026

Hi MoW JV Parents,

We are half-way through the season! Woo hoo!

Thank you for all the great attendance so far this season.  I really do think the hard work is paying off for each of your swimmers.

Looking ahead, a friendly reminder of the Special Olympics Regionals Competition on Saturday, August 29th at the RAFC. As of now, I believe all sessions will begin at 9am (unlike the Swimming Exhibition that had a 9am and a 1pm start time). This means you should plan to arrive around 8:30am.

Like the Swimming Exhibition in July, each swimmer will swim two (2) events, in either the Teaching Pool or the Competition Pool

• Group 1 = swims in the Teaching Pool - the events are the 15-yard swim and the 15-yard kick with a board

• Group 2 = swims in the Competition Pool - the events are the 25-yard Freestyle and the 25-Yard Backstroke

For the most part, your swimmer will be entered in the same events as the Swimming Exhibition last month, with a few exceptions.  Entries are due Friday, so I am going to use tomorrows practice to finalize the exceptions.

Attached are the current entries and times.  There are four swimmers who are entered in the 15-yard races, but I am considering moving them into the 25-yard races.

IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND THE REGIONALS COMPETITION ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 29th, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

See you tomorrow!

Coach Elliot