News for the Week of 4/20/18

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Last Week for JV – Championship Meets Begin

Highlights from the SMS Dive Invitational on Saturday.

Thirty-two divers participated in the annual SMS Dive Invitational, where Mia Musson placed 3rd with a score of 373.35 and freshman Ophe Shapiro finished 10th and qualified for State. Congratulations divers!

This Week’s Schedule

  • Monday 4/20/18 – Last JV practice of the season.
  • Tuesday 5/1/18 – JV Swim League Meet @ SM Northwest. Buses depart SMS at 2:15pm; warm-up begins at 3:15pm. Competition will begin at 4:30pm.
  • Wednesday 5/2/18 – Team Dinner
  • Thursday 5/3/18 – Dive Prelims & Semi-Finals for Sunflower League Championship at Lawrence High. Coach Ecker will drive the team to the meet in the school van; warm-up begins at 3:30pm; competition starts at 5:00pm. Also on Thursday, equipment turn-in for all swimmers not participating in the Sunflower League meet. They will not have any additional practices this year.
  • Friday 5/4/18 – Swim Prelims – Sunflower League Championship – Lawrence High. Team bus departs SMS at 2:15pm. Warm-up begins at 3:30pm. Competition begins at 5:00pm. Admission fees will be charged: $5 students, $7 adults.
  • Saturday 5/5/18 – Swim & Dive Finals – League Championship – Lawrence High. Team bus departs SMS at 7:00am. Meet begins at 10:00am and includes the Diving competition finals as well. The top 18 swim qualifiers from Friday prelims will compete on Saturday with A-“Championship” (places 1-6); B-“Consolation” (places 7-12); and C-“Exhibition/LastChance” (places 13-18) finals. No points will be scored for the C finals.

Looking ahead to next week, the JV Dive League Meet will be Monday, May 7th at SM North. Competition begins at 6pm.