Meet Results from 04-01-21
SMS vs LHS, LFS, THS
Congratulations to Olivia Riley, who qualified for State in the 50 and 100 Free. See the updated state qualifiers page for full results.
Team Site for Shawnee Mission South Swim & Dive
Congratulations to Olivia Riley, who qualified for State in the 50 and 100 Free. See the updated state qualifiers page for full results.
I hope everyone had a great Spring Break!
We will be practicing at SMS and SMDAC this week and have two meets: on Wednesday and Saturday. Some details for both meets are forthcoming. The meet against Olathe East originally scheduled for the 13th has been moved to the 20th.
Images from the first two meets have been posted to the team Shutterfly galleries. Check the team email for the password to access the galleries.
SMS hosts its first home meet of the season tomorrow at the District Aquatic Center. We are the late meet – beginning at 5:30pm. All athletes should be at the SMAC by 4:30. Each athlete may have two parents/guardians attend. Masks are required at all times. The meet will also be streamed on the NFS Network. (subscription required)
If your swimmer didn’t get a bucket hat or you would like some extras for siblings or family, we will have a limited number of hats on hand and available for purchase at this Thursday’s swim meet at the SMAC. The hats are $15 (check or cash is fine). Laurie Riley will have the hats with her on Thursday. We hope to use some of the proceeds to help fund a catered picnic for the girls outside in April.
Coach Berg will also have practices available on GroupMe if you are out-of-town but have access to a pool.
This year’s team gallery “Share Site” has been set up on Shutterfly. Watch the team emails for the password to access the galleries. Photos may be viewed and downloaded in high-rez. You may also create your own prints, photo books, and other items via Shutterfly.
Watch the meet today via Facebook Live.
https://www.facebook.com/BVNW-Swimming-Diving-Team-100337225272576/events/?ref=page_internal
In this week leading into Spring Break we have two meets, and SMAC has reopened so we’ll be practicing there Monday and Wednesday.
The Spring Break practice schedule is still being developed. We’ll provide more information later this week.
For the meet on Tuesday, Blue Valley, just today, updated their swim & dive spectator policies, thus the delay in the weekly email. Per their rules, prior to the start of the meet tomorrow, Coach Berg will provide BVNW a roster of participating athletes and each athlete may have one designated spectator.
Schedule Week of 3/29/2021 – 4/2/2021
The meet on Tuesday has been postponed and will be rescheduled due to the repairs at the Aquatic Center. All practices this week will be at SMS.
Special thanks to Jane Buss for the work on the senior poster.
The SMAC will be down for repairs for the next few weeks after a glass window dislodged, broke, and pieces entered the pool. The pool must now be drained, cleaned, refilled, and brought back to temperature and chemical balance. According to Athletic Director Johnson at SMS, this is expected to take 17 days.
Swim practice for Friday originally scheduled for SMAC will now be at SMS from 3pm-5:30pm. All practices will be at SMS next week. Coach Berg is working on a revised schedule for diving (which was practicing daily at SMAC). It will be announced soon.
The meet originally scheduled for next Tuesday at SMAC will be rescheduled. More information on practice and meet schedules will be coming soon.
Congratulations to everyone on a great first meet. As Coach Berg said in his email to me, “The girls did well. I’m looking forward to a great season!”
Special shout out to those who achieved State Qualifying or Consideration times. See the team qualifiers page for details. To learn more read our primer Understanding State Qualifying.
Consideration
200 Medley Relay – Schmierer Knust, Rood, Krussow, Ponnuru
50 Free – Olivia Riley and Sarah Ohlde
100 Free – Olivia Riley
100 Backstroke – Gretchen Schmierer Knust
Qualified
200 Free Relay – Buss, Krussow, S. Ohlde, Riley
400 Free Relay – Buss, Schmierer Knust, Ohlde, Riley