SWIM TEAM BANQUET

THIS THURSDAY
GR CHRISTIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL
7:00PM START TIME (NOT 6:30)
DESSERT :)
BE THERE, OR BE SQUARE!

Banquet Food Assignments

Swim Parents we need your help for the Swim Banquet on December 2. Please help by bringing the following items:

• Freshmen - drinks (pop, juice, water)
• Sophomores - desserts
• Juniors – desserts
• Seniors – coffee and coffee creamer

Please email Linda Heys at lmheys@gmail.com to let me know what you are bringing.

State Meet Fan Bus

All are welcome (and encouraged) to come watch the state meet THIS weekend (Nov 19 & 20th) at the Holland Aquatic Center, both prelims and finals start at noon.

There will be a FAN BUS for Saturday finals IF 25 people sign up. Parents, friends, and team mates can ride this bus both to and back from the meet. If there are enough people the bus will leave GRCHS at 10:45am Saturday morning. This is a FREE ride, please sign up in the High School Office if interested!

Banquet Thu-2-Dec

The Ladies Eagles Aquatics Banquet will be held Thursday, December 2, from 6:30 to 9:30pm at the Grand Rapids Christian Middle School multipurpose room. An email will be sent out to all parents about the food details later this week.

Timers Needed for Girls D3 State Meet

The girls D3 state meet is this coming weekend at the Holland Aquatic Center. They are looking for timers. If you;re interested, please click here to fill out the form.

State Meet Snacks

Parents of State Swimmers:

If possible, it would be great to have snacks for the girls at State this weekend, similar to the conference bags, just not organized the same. Items that could be donated include:

• Bagels and individual cream cheese or peanut butter
• Fruit
• Applesauce cups
• Cheese and Crackers
• Goldfish crackers

We already have (either donated or from the last concession sale):

• Powerade
• Gatorade
• Pretzels
• Protein and Power bars

If you are willing to donate and item or two- and then we don't have each send along an individual snack bag- please email Jennifer Schroder at jennschroder@gmail.com. I will keep a running list of who is sending what. Perhaps a cooler on wheels would be a wonderful donation as well.

State Meet Information

Diving Regionals

Kalli Nelson will be representing the GR Christian swim & dive team at East Grand Rapids Pool for the Diving Regionals competition. This will take place next week Tuesday, November 16th at 5:00. Admissions is $6.00 for adults. They will make cuts after the first 5 rounds. Please congratulate Kali on this accomplishment and stop by to cheer her on!

Middle School Swim Meet

The Grand Rapids Christian Middle School Swim Meet is THIS Saturday, November 13th from 9:00-noon at Ottawa Hills High School pool. Please note that...

1. If you are volunteering as a timer you must be on deck and report to Mr. Mauer by 8:40am.
2. If you are helping with concessions please contact Jennifer Schroder and sign up for a shift!
3. If you are doing none of the above please feel free to stop by and cheer on our (hopefully) future team members!

Concessions Reminder

Saturday is the Middle School Athletic League swim meet at Ottawa Hills pool, and the GRCHS girls swim team is providing concessions. I will use some of the money to buy some things to stock up, but your donations of food, etc. would still be appreciated. (I used some of the money already to do the conference goodie bags.) We also have three coolers provided with ice. Meet starts at 9 and swimmers are reporting starting at 8. I will be there with my swimmer at 8. If there are any girls who are willing to stop by and work (even after practice for the state girls) that wouild be most appreciated! I can work most of the meet, but would really like to be able to watch my swimmer too. Thanks! If you have any questions, please feel free to email me. jennschroder@gmail.com

Team Meeting Monday

Congratulations to everyone on a truly GREAT conference meet! Best times, cuts, and dives across the board. Lets talk some more about the great things that happened and great things to come this MONDAY (aka TOMORROW) during our team meeting at the Calvin pool from 6:30-7:30pm . Please plan on turning in your team warm ups and equipment bag at this time. See you all soon!

Results from Conference Meet

Conference Celebration

We would like you all to reserve the night of Saturday, November 6th for our annual team and family/friends pizza party. Kim Hensley has reserved/organized for us to all gather at Frankie V's Pizza around 5:00pm, following the conclusion of conference finals. Frankie V's is located at 1420 28th street, Wyoming. We will be able to sit as a large group in their raised "banquet" area. Charges will be covered for swimmers and divers.... we hope to see you all there! Please contact Kim Hensley with any additional questions.

Results from Unity & Holland Christian Meet

MEET CHANGE!

If you have not heard yet our meet is going to be at the Holland Aquatic Center TONIGHT at 6:30pm. We will be swimming against Unity AND HC (Due to their dual meet being canceled this past Tuesday). It will be good practice for our girls to swim there since that is where our conference meet is!

Fundraising Opportunity

Another great fundraising opportunity for

Lady Eagles Aquatics!

Concessions at the Middle School Athletic League Basketball Tournament

Saturday Oct 30, 9:00- 2:00

We would love your help to make this a success! How can you help?

-    Volunteer to staff the booth

-    Donate food/drinks to sell

-    Donate $ to purchase food/drinks

We would love to have all donations either at/after the meet on Thursday or after practice on Friday. You may give the money to Linda Heys or Jennifer Schroder at the meet. Any food/drinks you may give to Megan at practice, or Linda or Jennifer at the meet. We plan to shop on Friday.

Items to donate

-     Water bottles

-     8 oz. Gatorade, Propel, Vitamin Water

-     Cans of pop

-     Fruit- apples, bananas

-     Bars- granola, Nutrigrain, etc.

-     Homemade items, placed in individual baggies

-     Candy

Questions?  Jennifer- 956-7911  jennschroder@gmail.com

Results from East Grand Rapids Meet

Tonight's Meet Rescheduled for 7:00pm Start

Due to the tornado warning and watch earlier today, tonight's meet at East Grand Rapids is rescheduled for a 7:00pm start time. Girls must be at the pool by 5:45pm for team warm up. Thanks for being flexible!

URGENT: Concessions Opportunity for Sat-30-Oct

The athletic league of the Christian Middle School is hosting a basketball tournament this week Saturday and is looking for someone to take care of concessions for the day. They have asked the girls basketball team already, and they declined. They asked us second because we are taking care of the swim meet in two weeks. If there is anyone interested in helping out with this PLEASE EMAIL ME TODAY. (jennschroder@gmail.com) I have to give them an answer ASAP. I think this would be a great addition for our team fund raising, but I need to have some commitment from others to help. The girls cannot help until after practice. Time would be anywhere between 9-2.

Results from East Kentwood Quad Meet

Conference Information

Yes it is that soon!!! Conference is next week already and I wanted to make sure that everyone was on the same wave (haha). So below is the schedule:

Wednesday, November 3: Practice is from 5:30-7:00PM, Team Pasta Dinner Party following practice Location TBA

Thursday, November 4: Swimmers will practice from 6:30-8:00PM, Team Shaving in Locker Room afterward.

Divers will leave school together in a team van (driven by Missy) at 2:00pm. Dive prelims start at 5:00PM.

Friday, November 5: Swimmers & Divers will eat lunch together at school (exact room # TBA) and then SWIMMERS only will leave on a school bus to the meet by 1:15PM. Swim Prelims start at 4:00PM. There will be NO return bus from the meet.

Saturday, November 6: Swimmers & Divers will meet at GRCHS parking lot to ride the bus to Conference Finals at 9:15AM. The meet finals begins at noon. Following the meet we will have a athletes and family team dinner/party to celebrate a great season!

Also, FYI... Admissions for the meet is $5.00 per adult, $3.00 per student, and $2.00 for a meet program

Parents Dessert Social Tue-26-Oct

Lady Eagle swim parents

PLEASE JOIN US

for a dessert social

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

7:15- 9:00p.m.

(following the EGR swim meet)

                      Steve and Jennifer Schroder

4548 Orchard Creek Dr. SE

Grand Rapids, MI

RSVP- jennschroder@gmail.com

956-7911

Junior parents please bring a dessert to pass

Sophomore parents please bring drinks (we will have coffee)

Please feel free to carpool from the meet and have your swimmer meet us at our house after they finish eating with the team.

GO EAGLES!

West Ottawa Meet Details

There has been some confusion as to the start time and details of our meet this Tuesday (October 19th) against West Ottawa. So to clarify... the meet STARTS at 5:45pm. Busing will be provided to and from the meet. Girls must be on the bus by 3:45pm. I realize that their is a choir concert conflict these girls must talk to me in person at practice on Monday.

Concession Stand Reminder

A reminder from Jennifer Schroder: Please remember upcoming concessions commitments at both the stadium and Quest Center. If you are unable to make it, please find a substitute. You can review the schedule here.Thanks!

Results from Northview Meet

Pool Entrance for Tuesday Night's Meet

The west-facing doors of the Calvin College sports complex will be unlocked for Tuesday night's meet. That means fans will not have to walk all the way around to the main pedestrian entrance on the south side of the complex. Just enter from the west side of the building. Please remind your parents, grandparents and other fans who might be coming to the meet on Tuesday.

Results from Forest Hills Invitational

Results from Zeeland East Meet

Fundraising at the Middle School Meet

Happy Fall, Swim Families!

The Lady Eagles swim team had been provided with a great fundraising opportunity this year. We will be providing concessions for the middle school swim meet on Saturday, November 13.  The meet usually runs from 9-12 at Ottawa Hills High School. Last year, there were up to 500 fans and swimmers in the pool area, providing a great opportunity for us to supply water, drinks and snacks to everyone.  The best way for us to raise the money is with donations from families. We can purchase some items, but then we would have much less profit. If every family could provide a few things for us to sell that would be great. We will also need some of the girls to work that morning, either all or part of it.  Items that would be great include:

• Baked goods packaged individually
• Bagels
• Fruit
• Water
• Sports drinks (propel, gatorade, Vitamin Water)
• Pop
• Candies ( non melting would be the best, but we will take any)
• Other snacks

If you would be willing to provide any of these, please send them with your swimmer to practice anytime between now and the meet. (Unless, of course, you are making baked goods) Megan Schroder will take them home.  We will also need many coolers and ice. Please email Jennifer Schroder with questions or if you are willing to help out.  (jennschroder@gmail.com)  If our team cannot provide enough volunteers or concession items, we will open this up to the boys team, but them we will have to split our earnings. We would like to be able to help defray expenses for the state team and the team party.

SENIOR NIGHT

Senior Night is next Tuesday, October 5th. This will be our last home meet of the season against Northview! Please be sure to come out and support our TWO graduating seniors as they lead our team to a great meet.

If you are a parent of a senior, please arrive on the pool deck at 6:15pm for the senior ceremony. Cake and ice cream will be served afterward!

Practices This Weekend

Friday's practice is at Godwin Heights High School from 3:30-5:30pm. Godwin Height's pool is located at 50 36th St SE, Wyoming 49548. Please enter the pool through Door B at the west end of the high school.

Saturday's practice is at Calvin College from 10:20 to 11:50am.

Meet Results for Holland

Buses

Some parents/athletes have been asking about busing schedules for our upcoming away meets. This is what I know so far...

Thur Sept 23 there is a to and return bus to Zeeland. Bus leaves GRCHS at 4:15pm

Tues Sept 28 there is a to and return but to Muskegon. Bus leaves GRCHS at 3:45pm. Meet actually starts at 6:00pm, not 6:30pm.

Concession Stand Schedule

Here is the schedule for the Eagles Stadium and Quest Center concession stand. Your reminder cards should be coming in the mail. Please remember that if you cannot make your scheduled time it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to find a replacement.

Only one parent needs to report to work, but as you can see we have a few open spots for swimmers that were on our roster last year that have not returned. If you are able to help out and fill these positions, that would be great.

If you have any questions about these assignments, please email your EAB liaison- Jennifer Schroder at jennschroder@gmail.com.

Also, please remember to WEAR A HAT to work, or they will provide you with one. Thanks so much and GO EAGLES!!!!


To view this document click here

Results from Hamilton and HC meet

Practice Times Change

Just a friendly reminder that starting this week Monday (today) our practice times change. Monday we will start at 6:00 and go until 8:15, however most days we will not start until 6:30 and go until 8:45pm. Please simply look at our team google calendar for more details and accuracy. See you at the pool :)

Abby VanHarn Featured in the Grand Rapids Press

Here's a link to the article in Friday's Grand Rapids Press featuring Abby VanHarn.

Results from Forest Hills Central Meet

Entries for Forest Hills Central Meet

Entries for the Forest Hills Central meet tonight:

Found: Warm-up Top #33

One of the swimmers found a team warm-up that was left behind at the West Michigan Relays on Saturday at Rockford High School. It's a top with #33 on it. She will bring it to school Tuesday and also to the meet Tuesday night.

Results from West Michigan Relays

Results from the West Michigan Relays on Sat-11-Sep:

Results from Forest Hills Northern Meet

Great start to the season with a 98-88 win!

Parent T-shirts

Holwerda-Snoap has graciously allowed us to order parent t-shirts one last time.
If you would like to order please see Kim Primus at the Forest Hills Northern meet on Thursday. She will need to know the size(s) you would like and is required to collect $10 per shirt at that time (during the swim meet).

Entries for Forest Hills Northern Meet

Here are the entries for the Forest Hills Northern meet on Thu-9-Sep:

freshmen

all freshmen must plan on coming to as much practice as they can. there is freshmen orientation tomorrow night, but depending on the start time you should be able to make it to part/all of practice. reminder we are going from 3:15-5:30pm. see you all then after a great long weekend :)

Food Assignments for Home Meets

October New-To-You Share Program

Click here to view open time slots

September 18: vs Mona Shores

Tacos Meal

Lead Parent: Dawn Langejans

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September 27: vs Holland

Baked Potato Dinner

Lead Parent: Shelley Pruiksma

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October 9: vs Forest Hills Co-op

Pasta Dinner

Lead Parent: Jodi Cole

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October 23: vs Jenison  Senior Night!

Sloppy Joe Meal

Lead Parent: Kim Van Harn

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Monthly Schedules - 2015

Here are this seasons Monthly schedules:

August 2015

September 2015

October 2015

November 2015

Some Meet Changes

Just to inform everyone our meet vs West Ottawa was rescheduled to October 19th and we added a meet to our schedule... we will be swimming Catholic Central at the downtown Y October 2 at 11 AM.

Team BBQ at Coach's Casa

All swimmers & divers are invited to coach Becky's house in Jenison, MI this THURSDAY from 6:30-9:00PM. Rides will meet at Calvin College parking lot, maps will be distributed at practice.

Freshmen please bring a dessert to pass (like cookies, brownies, etc)
Sophomores please bring something to drink (lemonade, iced tea, water, etc)
Juniors please bring chips/munchies to pass
Seniors (all 2 of you) please bring paper cups and plates

Coach Becky will provide the meat/condiments and the puppy :)

Team Pictures and Parent Meeting

Well the 1st 3 days have gone great! The girls have practiced very hard and I know this will be an amazing season. Couple of things

1) Team Pictures are this upcoming Tuesday (August 17) @ 8:00AM SHARP! Please wear jeans and a black top. We will car pool after-wards to the pool for our practice (Don't be Late or you won't be in the picture)

2) Parent-Coaches Meeting will be held Tuesday (August 17) at 5:15PM at Grand Rapids Christian High School. This is an important time for coaches to communicate what to expect for the season and also what areas need to be filled with parent volunteers :)

Calling All FRESHMEN!

If you are an incoming freshmen swimmer or diver you are invited to meet the captains over ice cream at Jersey Junction. They will be meeting there at 7pm on Tuesday night (tomorrow :). Please contact Adrienne Veenstra (look on team contact info spread sheet) for more details!

Slight Change...

Unfortunately Calvin College has informed us that the pool will be shut down this week until Thursday (August 12), thus we will actually be starting off our season at Ottawa Hill's pool both Wednesday and Thursday. Our practice times also had to change, for those two days we will be going from 11:30-2:30pm. I am sorry if this causes big inconveniences, these are the cards we sometimes have to deal with when not using our own pool :) Thanks for being flexible, see you all soon!

Team Calendar

If you have not figured it out yet, we are attempting to use the team website for all information. This includes practice times and our meet schedules. Simply click on the Team Calendar link on the right hand column. This will bring you to our Lady Aquatics google calendar. Currently it has posted the practice times for the month of August and into the first two weeks of September. Keep in mind that all times and places are subject to change, so keep your self updated by checking our website/calendar often. So please spread the word and let me know if you have any further questions/concerns!

New Diving Coach!

Great news everyone, we have officially hired Melissa Butcher as our diving coach for the 2010 season. Melissa is a recent graduate and division I diver from Oakland University. She comes to us with great experience and talent. Please look on the website for further information on all the coaches.

Welcome to Lady Eagles Aquatics

Welcome to Lady Eagles Aquatics, the home of the Grand Rapids Christian High School Girls Swim & Dive Team.

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Athlete and Parent Contact Info

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Contact Info

Coaches:

• Alyssa Ludema (head coach): alyssa.ludema@gmail.com

• Christina Vogelzang (assistant coach): christina.vogelzang@gmail.com

• Rebecca VandenBerge (assistant coach): rebecca.vandenberge@gmail.com

• Dirk Pruis (dive coach): djp8@calvin.edu

• Becca Mumby (dive coach): beccamumby@gmail.com

Athletes and families:

• If you have not yet done so, please fill out the athlete contact info form here. Then we'll add you to the list and send you the password.
• Athlete and family contact info is password-protected and available here.

Photos

Photos from 2014:

• Cottage Party 
• West Ottawa 
• Unity Christian & Manistee 
• WM Relays
• Holland Christian 
• East Kentwood
• Mona Shores & more
• Mid-season invite
• Senior Night (Jenison)
• Conference
• VIDEO (Thank you Mrs. Zwiers!!!!)

You can view our online photo album here:

• Lady Eagles Aquatics on PicasaWeb

Here are some photo albums from people's individual Facebook, PicasaWeb, Flickr, etc. accounts::

• (none yet. c'mon!)

If you'd like to contribute your photos, please email a link to your online photo album to:

• photos@ladyeaglesaquatics.com

Social Events

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Meet Results

2014 Meet results: 

• West Ottawa