News from Coach

September 30, 2021

Falcons!,

Great job with the Salpointe meet tonight!

CFHS Boys 119

Salpointe 45

CFHS Girls 85

Salpointe 83

Outstanding everyone!

As we enter the month of October mornings and evenings will become cooler. CFHS parkas are available for our team members. Stop in and see Bill in the equipment room.

No club gear, including parkas, should be worn to high school swim meets

Remember that masks are required any time that you ride the school bus.

Report cards should be available by the end of next week. One of our team policies is that you provide a copy of your grades to the coaches.

We only have three dual meets left before the end of the season. We want everybody to keep their grades up and remain eligible throughout the season.

Normal practice continues through next Friday. Remember that attendance at club or cfhs practice is required to be able to participate in meets. Be at practice daily. Set goals. Work hard to achieve those goals!

During fall break we will practice Monday through Wednesday and will take Thursday and Friday off.

See you at the pool!

Coach Ed

Go Falcons!!!

Sept 18- CDO invite

Top Notch Falcons!

Boys won!

Girls 2nd

Combined Boys and Girls Champions

Sept 13 update

Falcons

The results for the Wolves invitational are attached. There seems to be an issue with MaxPreps, but it should be updated soon.

Once it updates (hopefully tomorrow am):

Go to AZPreps365 in your browser.

Select Swim and Dive

Click on Stats and then Filter for DII.

Then select the event you're interested in. This will show your current ranking adding Invitationals from around the State. (Being ranked (listed)does not mean you've qualified for State. It is simply ranking you whether you have a Q time or not.)

Maxpreps will change every weekend as we probably still have 20+ Invitationals to be completed by the end of October.

Top 32 Individuals and Top 24 Relays with Automatic and or Provisional Q times qualify for HS State Championships in early November.

Enjoy reading the results!

See you at the pool!

Coach Ed

520-235-0293

Go Falcons!!!

Sept 12th update

Falcons,

We had our first Invitational in two years and it was a good one! The team swam very well and earned may Provisional and Automatic times and managed to have fun and travel together. The folks at Chandler always do a great job of running a very efficient meet. All-in-All, a very good day!

The next few weeks are going to continue to be very exciting and busy!

We have back-to-back-back Invitationals and a few dual meets in the near future so please be sure to read emails and reminds as well as communicate any conflicts ASAP.

Invitationals:

CDO Classic

The CDO Classic is this Saturday September 18th at Oro Valley Pool in Tucson

Warm Up at 7:30 am.

Meet Start at 9:00 am

The entries are due TODAY so please review the attached entry list and let me know of any issues immediately.

Highschool Classic

The Highschool Classic is next Saturday September 25th at the Hillenbrand Pool (U of A)

9:30 am Warm Up

11:00 am Start

The entries are due TOMORROW so please review the attached entry list and let me know of any issues immediately.

CFHS v Sabino is this Thursday at Udall Pool

Dismiss from class @ 2:35

Bus leaves the back parking lot @ 2:45

3:30 warm up

4:00 pm start

PROGRESS GRADES are due soon! Be sure to stay up with your classwork. You are a Student FIRST! Work to be successful in the classroom so that you can continue to be successful in the pool!

Update Sept 8th

Falcons,

The Silver Blue team assignments are attached see schedule tab. Please let me know if we've missed anyone that has completed the Test Set.

Remember that the Silver and Blue Meet is taking the place of the canceled Pueblo Meet so we'll run it as much like a real meet as possible. Please thank the families for helping to put this together in a very short period of time!

The Blue Team will have first warm ups starting at 4:10 ish

The SIlver Team will warm up second. We'll try to start by 4:40 ish.

During the meet the shallow end is closed. We'll take a 10 minute dive break when you can swim down.

The captains and senior leaders will choose team areas and help lead cheers.

See you at the pool!

Coach Ed

520-235-0293

Go Falcons!!!

Update- 9/8

Falcons,

The Wolves psych sheets are attached. Please review for any errors and let me know of issues immediately.

We only have two students with completed transportation waivers. You'll need to complete the transportation forms and submit to the AD Ryan T by Thursday to transport yourself in private transportation.

Remember that this weeks meet with Pueblo was canceled by the host team.

We will hold a Silver and Blue Intersquad meet on Wednesday to give our team a chance to compete before Wolves.

Team members must have successfully completed the "Test Set" to be added to the Silver or Blue teams and compete. We will allow swimmers a 2nd attempt at completing the Test Set at practice today!

See you at the pool!

Coach Ed

520-235-0293

Go Falcons!!!

Update 9/5

Due to the changes required by the AIA, the Wolves Meet Director has made the needed scratches. So, we have one more Entry list for you to preview. This is what I did from our side based on his scratches:

• removed the swimmers that were scratched from the 200 Free, IM and 500 Frees and attempted to add those swimmers to remaining events where we had less than 4.

• removed the 5th and 6th swimmer from the 50 and 100 free and tried to add those swimmers into remaining events.

At this point the only events with space for additional swimmers, other than the 200 Free, IM and 500 Free, is the 100 fly in both genders. So, if we have a swimmer that was already in the meet, and you've been scratched from both or you still have one swim, I can add a person or two into the flies.

Let me know immediately. We have until noon today.

Using your parents devices - Remember to send your transportation plans (riding the bus OR private transportation) ASAP

See you at the pool!

Coach Ed

520-235-0293

Go Falcons!!

Update 9/2

Falcons,

Great work tonight everyone! It is so good to be back to in-person meets and watch our team step up and compete with the team from RUHS. We were able to win the meet, but we did it with the class and sportsmanship that embodies our Foothills team! Thank you to all of the parents that helped with the snacks after the meet!

Results are below:

Girls

CFHS 163 RUHS 113

Boys

CFHS 177 RUHS 95

Nicely done Falcons!

Wolves entries are due! A few spots are opening on both Girls and Boys rosters due scheduling conflicts. I'll send a revised Entry list tomorrow.

See you at the pool!

Coach Ed

520-235-0293

RUHS and Wolves line-up update 9/1

Falcons

A few revisions have been made to the RUHS line up. These are attached. (SEE Schedule tab)

Also: Please review the tentative Wolves /Croswhite Invitational entry list. I can make additions / deletions and corrections through Thursday this week. After Thursday no changes can be made.

Please let me know of any issues with either of the meets ASAP.

See you at the pool!

Coach Ed

520-235-0293

Go Falcons!!

RINCON/UHS MEET Update 8/30

Falcons,

A mostly "normal" season is about to begin! Our first dual meet of the season is against Rincon / University High at Catalina HS this Thursday 9/2..

• Dismiss class at 2:35 pm

• Bus leaves the back of the school at 2:45

• Warm Up at 3:30

• Meet starts at 4:00 pm

Line-ups are attached. Let me know of any obvious errors immediately.

The Chandler "Croswhite" (Wolves) Invitational is next Saturday. Entries are due by the end of the week. Look for the first draft of our Entry List by Wednesday this week.

Weather -

The monsoons usually continue through September so please be aware that we may have to delay or cancel practice or meets due to lighting. (The next couple of days are supposed to be very stormy)

Fundraiser:

We had a very successful fundraiser this season! We will announce the high selling individuals and teams and order the incentives ASAP! Way to go Falcons!

Let me know about any concerns.

See you at the pool

Coach Ed

520-235-029

Update from Coach 8/27/2021

Falcon families

Many of the documents that we discussed at the parent meeting are attached. Please become familiar with their contents.

The Auto and Provisional standards are one of the docs.

To qualify for State Championships:

All Qualifying times must be earned at an Invitational, not a dual meet. The Times are challenging so work hard and focus on goals!

Automatic Qualifier

• If you earn an Automatic Qualifying time at an Invitational meet, you are a State Qualifier in that event.

Provisional Qualifier:

• If you earn a Provisional Time, you MIGHT qualify for State.

  • The top 32 swimmers qualify. So, If there are 15 people with Automatic Times, the next best 17 Provisional Qualifiers make it to state in that event

• We are DII

Team Records are attached. - Review them to help understand the level of our team and to develop your goals.

Covid Protocols are attached - We still need to be extremely cautious and exercise social distancing. If you feel sick - stay home!

The 2021 Meet schedule is attached

Finally - Friday's we dismiss from practice a few minutes early. We let the swimmers out around 6:00 pm. The bus will depart the Ft. Lowell parking lot around 6:10 and be back at the school around 6:20 pm

If you're picking your student up from practice, please plan on being at Ft. Lowell by 6:10 pm

Continue to send your best shaved and taper times.

Next weeks meet line-up should be available by Monday next week.

See you at the pool!

Coach Ed

520-235-0293

edcats@cox.net

ewalter@cfsd16.org

Update from Coach on 8/23/2021

Falcons,

Excellent work with the first two weeks of try-outs and now we start the dual meet season! Below are a few items to take care of as we prepare for competition.

Use your school email or parents’ devices or have your parent send a message with:

• Your shaved and tapered Short Course times and event requests

• Club Swimmers

  • Name of club you plan to attend and contact number for the coach

  • Name of the coach that you train with

  • Frequency that you’ll attend club practice

  • If you’re not at HS practice, you are expected to be at your club practice

Absences:

• Use your school email or parents’ devices to communicate any absences. Occasional absences will have minimal impact on meet entries. Frequent absences will result in a reduction in the meets that student’s will participate i.

Test Set:

• Students must successfully complete the “Test Set” to be considered eligible for competition.

• The Test Set is Wednesday 8/25 during our first Mandatory Wednesday practice.

Meet Entry Limit:

• HS rules allows a Maximum of 4 entries per swimmer. A swimmer can be in Two individuals and Two relays, or Three relays and One individual event.

If injured or unable to practice due to injury

• Students that are injured either at practice or elsewhere or are frequently unable to complete a practice or portion of a practice due to an injury will need to see the CFHS Athletic Trainer (Ms. Rachel Grimes) to be cleared for practice and competition.

Entries for the Wolves Invitational (now called the Croswhite Invitational) are due soon! Be sure to sent your PR’s and entry wish-list ASAP

See you at the pool!

Coach Ed

Go Falcons!!!

Update from Coach 8/20/2021

Falcons,

We are finishing up our two weeks of Mandatory Practice. The team is looking forward to a great season! Here are a few reminders going forward:

Practice:

• Starting next week club swimmers are welcome to train with the HS team or their club teams daily.

• Please let me know if you plan to train with your club.

• All team members are expected to be at practice each day. Either club or HS. If you’re not at the HS practice, you should be with your club. If you’re not at club, you should be at the HS practice every day.

Meets

• Our first meet is Thursday September 2 against RUHS at Catalina HS

• Swimmers must successfully complete the “Test Set” to be considered eligible for meets.

• Lineups will usually be posted by Monday of that week.

• All team members must ride the bus to the meet.

Parent Meeting:

• Please plan to attend the parent meeting on Wednesday 8/25 after practice. We’ll start the meeting at 6:00 pm at the ramada just north of Ft. Lowell pool.

Communication:

Register with Remind.com to receive team announcements

Send your email to bsreidy@yahoo.com to receive team emails

Go to the CFHS site and click on the swim and dive website

• To contact coaches:

  • Students may / should communicate with the coaches through their school email accounts. Students should not use their personal email accounts or devices.

  • Parents can call, email or text the coaches directly

Fundraiser:

The card sales fundraiser is going well. Today is the 2^nd Check Point. Try to use the weekend to boost your sales. Keep working to reach our goals!

Let me know if you have any questions.

See you at the pool!

Coach Ed Walter

520-235-0293

edcats@cox.net

ewalter@cfsd16.org

From Coach on August 16th, 2021

Falcons,

We’re off to a great start with our fundraiser, but I’ve recently been informed that we need to change some of our wording and how we solicit folks for sales. It seems that the school board gave our boosters permission for a parent / booster led fundraiser, but not student led. So, please abide by the following:

• This is supposed to be parent driven, meaning your parents are supposed to be soliciting your friends, family and neighbors for sales.

• Students shouldn’t be going door-to-door for the card sales. Even if it’s a family friend, your parents should be the point of contact.

• Parents can put it on their social media pages and promote the fundraiser for our team.

Sorry for any confusion.

See you at the Pool!

Coach Ed

520-235-0293

Go Falcons!!!

From Coach on July 23rd, 2021

Happy Summer Falcon Swimmers and Divers!

The following information should help provide much of the information that you need to be ready to start with the team on the first day of practice, Monday August 9^th.

Monday August 9 is the first day of school and the start of the season.

Registering for the team:

Before participating in any team activities, practice or meets all student/athletes must go to the Athletics on the CFHS website and:

• Go to “Register My Athlete”

• Complete and submit all documentation

  • New athletes need to complete the Concussion Awareness.

  • Everyone must have an up-to-date Physical Exam to upload

  • Pay Athletic Fees

  • All registration materials must be completed on RMA (Register My Athlete) before being allowed to participate

Transfers - If you are transferring from another High School and you participated in Swim or Dive at your previous school, you must contact the CFHS Athletic office in House 4 for instructions Immediately.

You must complete the items listed above before you can participate.

Swim Practice:

• First day of practice: Monday August 9th

• We are planning to practice at Ft Lowell Pool from 4:15 – 6:30 pm again this year.

Dive Practice:

• First day of practice: Monday August 9^th

• Currently, we plan to be diving at Amphi HS.

• We are still looking for a Dive Coach, but we do plan to start on the 9^th if possible.

The first two weeks of practice is very important! This is when we come together to; meet our coaches, teammates and start building our team. This is also when we do most of our fundraising and select our team captains.

• At the conclusion of the first two-weeks-and-a-day of Mandatory practices, we allow club swimmers to continue training with the HS or train with their club teams.

• Mandatory Practice days for all swim team members will be Wednesday of each week.

Transportation:

• The Athletic Department has informed us that they have a new bus company and that we will be providing bus transportation, but we are still waiting on any COVID protocols that we may have to follow.

Equipment needs for Swim practice:

• Competitive Swim Suit and drag suit (no board shorts or rec. suits)

• Cap for all girls. Boys if the hair is past the collar

• Goggles

• Paddles and buoy

• Kickboard

• Short blade swim fin

Swimmers should have the above equipment at practice daily

Equipment needs for Dive practice:

Our dive coach will announce any equipment needs shortly

Communication:

Communication with the coaches is critical for the success of the team and your student athlete. Below are a few of the ways that we try to keep everyone in the loop:

Remind:

Register for the CFHS team text messages through the Remind web site or app:

• Go to remind.com

• Click on “sign up”

• Enter the code @cfhssw and join the Catalina Foothills swim and dive class.

• Both student and parent can receive text message announcements.

Remind is a one-way push of information from the coaches to our parents and athletes.

E-Mail:

Be sure that you get a working email address to our booster secretary, Sonia Reidy at

catalinafoothillsswimdive1@gmail.com

• Coaches will send info to Sonia, who will then forward to the team.

Contact the Coach

Use the information below to contact me with any questions

Please register for Remind and check your email

You may still have many questions and we will address these as soon as we have more clarity from the State, the City and the District. Until then, remember to complete the Registration Process and enjoy what’s left of summer!

See you at the pool!

Coach Ed

Ed Walter – Head Coach

235-0293 cel

edcats@cox.net

ewalter@cfsd16.org

From Coach 5/18/21

Future Falcons,

Welcome to the Catalina Foothills HS Swim and Dive Team! Our first meeting for incoming Freshman and new teammates is Tuesday, May 18^th .

Date: Tue 5/18/21

Time: 6-7pm

Location: Football field bleachers

This is a great opportunity for swimmers/divers and families to meet the coaches and learn about the program and a few questions. We are hoping to return to a more “normal” season this year, and I will share what we know at this point, but as always with COVID, it may look a little different in August. We will also hear from our Senior Leaders on topics such as; goals, suits and other important items.

Also, our Boosters will introduce themselves and review our fundraising goals and plans for the coming season.

We look forward to seeing everyone next Tuesday evening.

Coach Ed Walter

Head Coach

520-235-0293