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The National Times and
Recognition Committee presented the Top 10 single age recognition
program at the September 2007 Age Group Development Business
Meeting. During this meeting, which involved LSC Age Group Chairs
and committee members, the Age Development Committee recommended
that the 10 & U age group be dropped as part of the recognized
age groups in this program... <read more here>.
Posted by: Kelly
Gorman | Posted on: June 19, 2008
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SD Swimming, Inc. Registration/Membership
Coordinator
Please
note that
Sherry Miller
has assumed the role of SD Swimming, Inc. Registration &
Membership Coordinator. All communication regarding USA
Swimming registration and SDSI membership rules should be directed
to Sherry.
Posted by: webmaster | Posted on:
June 19, 2008
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SDIF files for current
South Dakota state records for long-course meters, short-course
yards and short-course meters have been posted on the Records/Top-16
page. These files can be imported into your meet
management software to support displaying records in heat sheets and
posted results.
Since your browser and
operating system may affect how these files are open, you should
right-click on these links to save the files to your desktop.
Posted by: webmaster | Posted on:
June 19, 2008
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Huron
Swim Team announces their Invitational Swim Meet July 11-13, 2008 at
the Huron
Municipal Pool. Meet information is posted here.
Please note that swimmers can swim 5
individual events per session and 1 relay per session for a maximum
of twelve individual events and 2 relay events for the entire meet.
It is a busy time in Huron on the
weekend of the Invite with a Little League Tournament, Go-cart
racing, and our swim meet, making hotel rooms scarce. Room
availability should open up on June 27 when many of the blocked
rooms will be released.
If you have trouble obtaining hotel
reservations please contact
the Huron Chamber of Commerce at 605-352-0000.
They have offered assistance in helping our swim team
families obtain lodging. Here
is a link to the Huron Chamber web
page.
Note:
The Hytek events file for this meet has been reposted. The
events file previously sent out via email (HuronInvite-08template.zip)
is corrupted. Please use this
file instead.
Posted by: Lesley
Berg | Updated on: June 15, 2008
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Yankton
Swim Team announces their 45th annual Charity Invitational June
27-28, 2008 at Memorial
Park Swimming Pool in Yankton. Meet information is posted here.
Posted by: Catherine
Valenscin | Posted on: June 6, 2008
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Snowfox
Swim Team announces their Summer Invitational July 11-13, 2008 at
Frank
Olson Pool in Sioux Falls. Meet information is posted here.
Posted by: Lindsie
Micko | Posted on: June 6, 2008
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Rapid
City Racers announce their Lightning Fast Swimvitational July
4-6, 2008 at Horace
Mann Pool. Meet information is posted here.
Posted by: Marty
Weathers | Posted on: May 30, 2008
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New South Dakota Swimming, Inc.
Registration/Membership Coordinator
Sherry Miller will be
replacing Stacey Brook as the new Registration/Membership
Coordinator, effective May 31, 2008. Please forward all
paperwork, files, fees and forms to her. Contact Sherry via
email (rsmiller1@sio.midco.net)
for phone and mailing address information. The LSC's USA
Swimming registration forms will be updated by May 31, 2008 to
reflect this new assignment.
Posted by: Stacey
Brook | Posted on: May 24, 2008
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Mitchell
Aquatic Swim Team announces their Corn Palace Invitational July
4-6, 2008 at the Mitchell
Aquatic Center. Meet information is posted here.
Posted by: Lori
Baye | Posted on: May 24, 2008
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Watertown Area Swim
Team
announces their Outdoor Invitational June 14, 2008 at the Watertown
Aquatic Center. Meet information is posted here.
Coaches can download the Hytek events file here.
Posted by: Donna
Bierschbach | Posted on: May 23, 2008
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Rapid
City Racers have received sanction for a new one-day meet, which
has been added to the summer schedule. More details to follow.
Posted by: Michael
LaBelle | Posted on: May 23, 2008
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Milbank Area Lions Swim
Team announces their summer (25 yard) invitation June 6-7, 2008 at Unity
Square Pool in Milbank. Meet information is posted here.
Coaches can download the Hytek events file here.
Posted by: Ginny
Tostenson | Posted on: May 19, 2008
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Can be found here.
Swimmers and their families are encouraged to make reservations
early.
Posted by: Todd
Campbell | Posted on: May 14, 2008
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The 8th annual
All-American Swim Camp with ASC will feature an elite camp for the
second consecutive year, and will continue the technique development
that has been offered since 2001. Camp details and a printable
signup form are posted here.
Note: the
Camp's original deadline was April 25th, but they will continue to
accept applications as long as openings are still available.
For more information contact Elyce Kastigar at ascswim@abe.midco.net.
Posted by: Elyce
Kastigar | Updated on: May 6, 2008
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SD Swimming, Inc. Registration/Membership
Coordinator
I
am resigning as Registration/Membership Coordinator as of May 31st
2008 as I mentioned might happen at the April 26th SD HOD meeting in
Chamberlain.
Posted by: Stacey
Brook | Posted on: May 2, 2008
webmaster note: Once a replacement coordinator is
identified, their name and contact information will be posted here.
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USA
Swimming and ASCA will be presenting the 2008 Coaches Clinic in
Fargo, North Dakota May 9-11, 2008. See here for more details.
Posted by: Rick
Bishop | Posted on: April 11, 2008
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The photographs taken during this year's state
meet are now available. Anyone who ordered pictures to be
taken during the meet, or who is interested in purchasing pictures
taken at state, please visit the photography company's website here
to place orders.
Posted by: Tina
Andrew | Posted on: April 11, 2008
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Posted Notice of South Dakota House of
Delegates Meeting April 26, 2008
The
South Dakota Swimming, Inc. House of Delegates will meet at 12:30pm
CDT, Saturday, April 26, 2008 at the Cedar Shore Resort in
Chamberlain, SD.
To
insure a quick and accurate roll call and proper seating of
delegates, check-in will begin at 12:00 noon and name tags will be
issued at the door.
Swim
Clubs: Each club is entitled to one voting delegate.
Delegates must be Non-Athlete members of USA Swimming. Other
club members are welcomed and encouraged to attend.
1.
Check the SDSI House of
Delegate Team Reps list. If a new Representative or
Alternates need to be named for your club, complete and return a new
Delegate
Appointment Form. You may email this to Norm Bouwens and
turn in the hard copy at the April 26th meeting.
2.
Complete and return any 2008
Non-Athlete Registrations needed. Registration procedures
and an explanation of Non-Athlete Membership Categories are posted here.
Board
Members, Chairs, Coordinators & Committees:
1.
Please email whether or not you will be presenting a report, along
with a copy to be distributed with the agenda.
2.
Please email your recommendations for (and the text of) any proposed
changes to SDSI
Bylaws or Policies
& Procedures.
Minutes
& Reports from previous House of Delegates and Board of
Directors meetings are posted here.
Proposed
amendments to the South Dakota Swimming, Inc. By-laws are available
for preview here.
The
final meeting agenda has been posted here.
Posted by: Norm
Bouwens, LSC Secretary| Updated on: April 24, 2008
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Friday results have been
posted here. Saturday
results are here.
Sunday results are here.
Complete meet results have
been combined and posted here.
Team scores are available here.
Posted by: Tina
Andrew | Updated on: March 4, 2008
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Meet information for the
2008 South Dakota State Swim Championships has been posted here.
The order of events is posted here,
and warm-up information and lane assignments are posted here.
Swimmers must have attained an actual state qualifying
time for the pool that it was swum in within 366 days prior to
the first day of the meet.
This year's championships
are being held at the Aberdeen
YMCA.
Posted by: Tina
Andrew | Updated on: February 27, 2008
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The USA Swimming
registration requirements for sanctioned meet participants posted here
have been updated. Meet marshals are not required to be registered with USA
Swimming.
Posted by: Stacey
Brook | Posted on: February 15, 2008
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Watertown
Area Swim Club (WASC) is seeking to hire a Full Time Head Coach for
its age group swim team.
WASC is a well- established USA swim club, affiliated with
South Dakota Swimming Inc., and competes year-round.
WASC has about 60 age group swimmers with... (read
more)
Posted by: Donna
Bierschbach | Posted on: January 23, 2008
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On behalf of the Pierre
Swim Team and meet co-director L. Ann Christianson, I would like
to invite you and your team to attend the 2008
Capitol City Qualifier to be held on February 9-10 at the City
of Pierre Aquatic Center.
Upon review of the list of events you
will find that all events are mixed. This setup is due to USA
Swimming's 4-hour completion time limit and the request from our
parents, who volunteer a considerable amount of their time, to not
have a split meet. Mixed events should provide motivation and
opportunities for time cuts. You should note that the meet is
also a sanctioned Masters meet.
Posted by: Kevin
McLain | Posted on: January 12, 2008
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State Meet Committee Meeting
There will be a State Meet Committee
Meeting held at both the January Spearfish
and February Pierre
meets. Spearfish’s meeting will take place following
Saturday’s events. Further information will follow on time
and location.
Posted by: Todd
Knutson | Posted on: January 9, 2008
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Just a reminder for those
who have not made reservations for the state meet. Most of the
blocks that are set aside for the state meet will be released in the
next week. I checked with some of the hotels and they
still have rooms in the blocks available (details located here).
Don't let your swim families wait until the last minute to get a
room. Please make sure to pass this information on to all
families.
Posted by: Todd
Campbell | Posted on: January 24, 2008
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For those of you who will be attending
All-Stars this weekend:
Friday, January 18th:
There will be a team warm-up at 7:00pm which will last between 30-45
minutes. You are
not required to be here for this, but it is a good chance to meet
the other kids and get used
to the swimming.
Saturday, January 19th:
There are 2 sessions on Saturday. We will warm-up at 8:30am
for the first session and at 3:30pm for the second session.
Please be there 15 minutes prior so you are ready to go.
I have not received information on when
our team picture is going to be. I’m hoping to find
this out soon.
Sunday, January 20th:
We are in the 2nd session of warm-ups which begin at 7:40am.
Again, please be on time.
The meet should conclude by 12:00pm.
The meet information is posted here
and entries are posted here.
The warmup schedule is posted here.
If you have received you meet suits, caps and tshirts please do not
forget to bring these.
Posted by: Lindsie
Micko | Posted on: January 16, 2008
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The final list of entries for the 2008
Midwest All-Stars meet is posted here. Please double check entries and if you have
any questions contact the coach responsible for entries for that age
group.
13-14: Lindsie
Micko
11-12: Kathy Antoine
10&U: Wendy
Ahrendsen
Happy New Year!
Posted by: Lindsie
Micko | Posted on: January 2, 2008
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The warmup schedule for this year's
All-Stars meet is posted here.
South Dakota swimmers can pick up their team gear any time between
7:00-8:00pm in the lobby area of the swim facility.
Posted by: Lindsie
Micko | Posted on: January 9, 2008
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The South Dakota All-Star entries for the 13-14 Age Group are now
available. Click here
for a by-name listing or here
for a by-event listing.
Each year the process of selecting the All-Star team gets more
difficult. Please check over the entries and make sure I have
not made any mistakes on entry times or have missed any individual
swimmers. Relays will be determined sometime prior to the
meet.
10 & Under and 11-12 entries should be out shortly.
Thank you for your patience and I look forward to seeing you all
in
Lawrence
.
P.S. The Girls 200 Fly is short 2 swimmers – if there is
anyone entered in the All-Stars meet that isn’t already in two
events for that session (or 6 total for the meet), let me know if
you are willing to give it a shot.
Posted by: Lindsie
Micko | Posted on: December 28, 2007
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Here is the list of the hotels that have blocks
for the Winter State Meet. When making a reservation, ask
for the South Dakota State Swim Meet block. Coaches make sure
to encourage any swimmer that is close to a state time to book
a room. Remember, you can always cancel a room. The
hotel blocks and rates will only be held 15 to 30 days before the
meet. We recommend that you make your reservations well in
advance of the meet. Feel free to contact me if you have
any questions on lodging, dining, or anything else about the meet.
Posted by: Todd
Campbell | Posted on: December 3, 2007
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The updated meet invitation for the Brookings meet on
December 15-16 is posted here (I had
inadvertently left out the 11-12 50 back, 50 fly, and 50 breast, so
those events have been added...the meet sanction number is the same).
I have not been able to upload the event file to our website,
so if you are unable to download it please let me know and I
will get something figured out.
Posted by: Wendy
Ahrendsen | Posted on: December 3, 2007
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State Meet Committee Reminder
December 1, 2007 is the deadline for anyone wishing
to be on a committee for revamping the entire process of managing
state meets. I am in need of additional parent and athlete
involvement on my committees. Please contact me at my email
address of w0tdk@hughes.net or
call me at 605-269-2164.
Posted by: Todd
Knutson | Posted on:
November 26, 2007
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Please accept this
notice that the South Dakota Swimming, Inc. (SDSI) Board of
Directors will meet by teleconference on Thursday, November 29, 2007
at 8:00pm CST by teleconference.
Posted by: Scot
Graff | Posted on:
November 24, 2007
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The Club
Information Form is now available as a Word document for
download.
If you are a designated representative of a club and need to update
information on either the Team
Contacts list or the House
of Delegates list, please use that form. The form includes
instructions for where to email and/or fax the information.
Posted by: webmaster | Posted on:
November 3, 2007
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Agenda, previous Minutes, and Reports for our House
of Delegates Meeting at the Cedar
Shores Resort in Chamberlain are posted here.
LSC Coordinators and Delegates should check here
for more information.
Posted by: Norm
Bouwens | Posted on: October 12, 2007
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Fall House of Delegates Meeting
The South Dakota Swimming, Inc. House of Delegates
will meet at 12:30 P.M. CDT, Saturday, October 13, 2007 at the Cedar
Shores Resort in Chamberlain.
LSC Coordinators and Delegates should check here
for more information.
Posted by: Scot
Graf | Updated on: September 14, 2007
South Dakota's own Paul Gordon achieved an Olympic
Trials cut in the 200 Meter IM at the Speedo Junior National
Championships August 10th. Paul also placed 21st in both
the men's 100 Meter Freestyle and 100 Meter Butterfly. Review all Juniors results here.
Posted by: webmaster | Posted on: August
10, 2007
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The South Dakota Zone Team completed Day One with
Molly Manchon winning the Girls 10 & Under Open Water 1/2 mile
with a time of 11:32 and Joey Moore taking the Boys 15-18 2 Mile
Open Water with a time of 41:15. See other South Dakota
swimmer times and track the team's progress with live meet results here.
The Topeka Capital-Journal featured the Open Water event on page one
of their Sports section this morning. Read about it here.
See the Capital-Journal's photo gallery of the event here.
Posted by: webmaster | Posted on: August
10, 2007
South Dakota Swimming Scholarship Recipients
Two Snowfox seniors were the recipients of the 2007
South Dakota Swimming Scholarship award. Steffen Docken and
Joey Moore will share the award, which will be presented directly to
their respective colleges.
Congratulations to Steffen and Joey for the well-deserved
recognition!
Posted by: webmaster | Posted on:
July 29, 2007
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Zones Team Practice Schedule in Sioux Falls
The South Dakota Zone Team will be holding practices
in Sioux Falls. The practice schedule is posted in the Snowfox
website here.
Posted by: webmaster | Posted on:
July 29, 2007
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Huron
is excited to host the Seasonal Club Championship Meet to be held
August 3-5th. This meet is open to all Seasonal
Swimmers...
“All
athletes must hold a 2007 Seasonal USA Swimming membership card
issued by South Dakota Swimming. Swimmers who are within the
120-day transfer rule must swim UNATTACHED.”
We
encourage all seasonal swimmers to attend. The meet template
and invite are posted here and on the Huron
Swim Team Site.
note: the meet
invitation file has been updated.
Posted by: Angie
Uttecht | Updated on:
July 29, 2007
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Watertown Open Water Competition canceled
The Watertown Area Swim Club's Open
Water competition scheduled for Saturday, August 4th 2007 has been
canceled due to lack of participation.
WASC regrets any inconvenience to those who intended
to participate, and will work to ensure the competition is part of
the initial summer schedule next season.
Posted by: WASC | Posted on:
August 1, 2007
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Watertown Open Water competition
The Watertown Area Swim Club's is hosting an Open
Water competition on Saturday, August 4th 2007. See below for
details:
Event: Open
Water Competition
Date: August 4th,
2007
Time: First race
begins at 8:00am CST
Location: Stokes-Thomas
Lake City Park on Lake
Kampeska
Cost: $25 per
swimmer
Deadline for entry: July 26th
Awards will be given in the following categories:
10 & Under (1/2 mile)
11-12 (1 mile)
13 & Over (1-1/2 miles)
Any swimmer can choose to swim a shorter race length
without competing for an award. Please email WASC
with registration information (swimmer name(s), address, phone
number, age, distance of swim) or with questions.
Posted by: WASC | Posted on:
July 10, 2007
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The programs have gone to print
and we are excited to have everyone in Sioux Falls
for the Novice Meet this upcoming weekend. Warm-up assignments
are posted
as well as timing
assignments. The main site for all Novice Festival
information is located here.
One important note - in the spirit of the Championship Meets in
South Dakota, all teams are asked to help with timing. Snowfox will be
covering ˝ of the lanes for timing so we ask all other teams to
provide for the other lanes. Please remind your teams of this
so we don’t have to wait for timers to show up.
Posted by: Lindsie
Micko | Posted on: July 16, 2007
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Huron Invitational canceled
Please note that the Huron Invitational Meet has been cancelled
due to the flooding of the pool's pump-house and pump. Team
representatives have also been contacted individually by the meet
sponsors. Contact Angie
Uttecht with any questions.
Posted by: Angie
Uttecht | Posted on: June 15, 2007
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Officials Training
Anyone looking for officials training? A training clinic for
new officials is going to be held Saturday, June 2nd in Aberdeen.
It will be held during the training camp in Aberdeen.
The clinic will run from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (same time as the
developmental camp) at Northern State University. The training
will be held in the Barnett Center Rm 50. Anyone interested
in taking the training or refreshing your training is welcome.
Please e-mail
or call to let me know if you will be attending. That way we
can make sure we have materials for everyone. Hope to see
you in Aberdeen this weekend.
Posted by: Edie
Mueller | Posted on: May 29, 2007
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Rapid City Racers will be hosting a BREAKout! swim clinic on
Thursday, June 21st just prior to their invitational meet.
Click on the banner above for more information.
Posted by: Duncan Olney | Posted on:
May 22, 2007
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SD Membership Registrar
At the House of Delegates meeting on May 6,
2007 Stacey Brook was elected SD Membership Registrar. You may
contact him at the following:
3404 S Saguaro
Sioux Falls
SD
57110
Stacey.Brook@gmail.com
Please be notified that effective May 15, 2007
all membership registrations and fees as well as the pre and post
meet reconciliation reports are to be submitted to the new chair.
Please remove any reference of my e-mail from
your records as this account will be closed effective May 15, 2007.
Posted by: Carla
Knutson | Posted on: May 6, 2007
webmaster note: the LSC registration
forms have also been updated with the new Registrar information.
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Assistant Swimming Coach
opening
Mitchell Aquatic Club
is seeking an energetic, knowledgeable person to become part of our
growing team. Practice
hours during the week are primarily in the late afternoons and
evenings. If you are
interested, see the MAC website
for more information, or e-mail Coach
Baechler for an application.
Interested parties should return a cover letter, resume,
reference and an application
either via email, or
mail to:
Mitchell Aquatic Club
P.O. Box
1371
Mitchell SD 57301
Posted by: Vincent
Boddicker | Posted on: April 30, 2007
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This
year the All American Camps will feature for the first time an elite
camp and will continue the technique development camp offered since
2001.
Camp
Dates
: June 1-3, 2007
Location:
Barnett
Center
Pool,
Aberdeen
Camp Housing Available: If you are in need of housing during the camp,
the Aberdeen Swim Club families will be willing to host campers for
the weekend. Please contact coach Elyce Kastigar @ 605-622-3271
or via email if you need housing during the camp.
In addition there are a number of hotel rooms
reserved especially for this event. Click here for more
information.
Click here
for more information and a registration form.
Posted by: Elyce
Kastigar | Updated on: April 23, 2007
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Several coaches have questions about the
American Heart Association (AHA) AED certification. The South
Dakota LSC been accepting the AHA Heartsaver CPR card
for this certification; however, the AED card cannot be
accepted even if “Includes Adult CPR” is indicated on the
card.
Unfortunately, the AHA recently decided to eliminate the written
test for Heartsaver CPR,
so effective July 15, 2007, we
will no longer accept this certification either.
Please let your coaches know. (This is a two year
certification; you do not have to change SWIMS records on July 15th
– if you accepted the certification prior to July 15 2007, it will
be good until it expires two years from the date it was issued.)
The Safety Education Committee recently
reviewed the curriculum for AHA Heartsaver First Aid and determined
it did not meet minimum requirements.
A revised list of approved courses is posted here.
In response to numerous inquiries, we have also listed many of the
more popular certification courses that we know to be unacceptable
and highlighted them as such to help avoid confusion. In the
near future, the Safety Education Committee will be developing an
FAQ specifically for safety requirements that can be sent to coaches
along with the list of acceptable courses.
Posted by: Carla
Knutson | Posted on: April 18, 2007
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Coaches by now should have completed
the process of initiating background screening. All coaches
should either have a new card from the SD Registrar showing
successful completion of the process, or have printed evidence that
a screening has been initiated (these are good for 30 days from the
time you initiated the process). If for some reason you have
failed to initiate the process, please do so immediately. You
can initiate a background screening online at USA
Swimming.
Since the April 13th
deadline for SD coaches to initiated the process has passed, Meet
Directors and Meet Referees now have the authority to bar
unqualified coaches from the deck at a PVS-sanctioned meet, and may
do so. Please come with either a new card or evidence
you started the process to avoid a potentially embarrassing
situation for all involved.
Thank you very much for your cooperation.
Posted by: Carla
Knutson | Posted on: April 18, 2007
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