Gulliver Preparatory – 2015 Varsity Swim Team Newsletter

Dear Gulliver Varsity Swimmers,

In a few short weeks, we will kick off another Fall High School swimming season. I have enclosed some important information to help you prepare for our fall season and to aid you in your planning for meets and travel. Please look over the information and mark the swimming dates on your calendars. In order to be eligible to try out for a team at any level or perform any pre-season training, each student needs to have the following forms completed and filed in the athletic office no less than one day prior to the first day of tryouts or training. Each athlete is required to get his/her own physical over the summer. A delay in submitting all five completed forms will prevent a student from participating thus missing tryouts and possibly not making the team. Additionally, all new Gulliver students and students who are not American citizens must complete and submit forms GA-4 and EL-4 respectively. All of the following forms can be found on and downloaded from the Gulliver web page under athletics and forms.

Form #1 FHSAA Physical & Medical History EL2

Form #2 FHSAA Parent Consent Form EL3

Form #3 FHSAA Consent and Release for Concussion and Heat Illness EL3CH

Form #4 Gulliver Athletic Participation Agreement

Form #5 Gulliver Schools Athletic Participation Mandatory Waiver and Release

*New Students to Gulliver must also fill out Form GA-4 Recruiting Affidavit

**International Students must fill out Form EL-4 for International Students

Please return all forms to:

Coach Jeff Poppell

Head Swimming Coach

Gulliver Preparatory School

6575 North Kendall Drive

Pinecrest, FL 33156

For the week of August 10th – 14th, we will be offering pre-season conditioning practices from 7:00am – 10:00am. The first time that we will have everyone together will be at our first regular season practice on Monday, August 17th at 5:15am. It is extremely important that those of you not in Miami begin training on August 17th either on your own or with a swim club in your area.

Enclosed with this newsletter, you will also find the following items.

2015 Varsity Swimming and Diving Meet Schedule & Important Dates: The meet schedule is designed to give everyone a chance to compete throughout the high school season while also providing adequate time between competitions to further our training.

Regular Season Practice Schedule

We will begin our regular training schedule on Monday, August 17th as follows:

Varsity 1 (Advanced Year-Round Competitive Swimmers)

Monday, Wednesday, Friday mornings 5:15am - 7:15am Swim

Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri afternoon 3:15pm – 6:15pm Dryland & Swim

Wed afternoon 2:45pm – 5:45pm Dryland & Swim

Saturday morning 7:00am –10:00am Dryland & Swim

Varsity 2 (Primarily HS Only Swimmers)

Mon, Wednesday, Friday, Sat. mornings Optional

Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri afternoon 3:15pm – 5:30pm Dryland & Swim

Wed afternoon 2:45pm – 5:00pm Dryland & Swim

Dryland Training

We will be providing optional dryland training from 3:15pm – 4:00pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday afternoons. Please note that the option is provided for those that are not attending Tutorial. As always, Tutorial is the priority during this time each afternoon if needed by the student. Please remember to bring running shoes and dryland apparel to every practice.

Gulliver Preparatory

2015 Varsity Swimming

Meet Schedule & Important Dates

Thursday, August 20th, 2015 First Day of School/ Varsity Swimming Meeting 3:30pm

@ Prep Pool Deck

Friday, August 21st, 2015 Last Day to Join Varsity Swimming Team

Monday, August 31st, 2015 Prep Athletic Orientation/ Parent Meeting 6:30pm

** Mandatory meeting for parents of all high school athletes involved in or planning to participate in any sport**

Saturday, September 5th, 2015 Gulliver Prep HS & MS Invitational 9:00AM

@ Home

Wednesday, September 9th, 2015 Miami Country Day/Carrollton 4:00PM

@ Miami Country Day

Friday, September 18th, 2015 Bolles/Pine Crest 5:00PM

@ Bolles School – Jacksonville

Saturday, September 19th, 2015 Bolles Bulldog Invitational All Day

@ Bolles School – Jacksonville

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015 Archimedean/St. Brendan 4:00PM

@ Home

Tuesday, September 29th, 2015 Saint Andrews/Ransom Everglades 5:00PM

@Saint Andrews

Wednesday, October 7th, 2015 Keys Gate Charter 4:00PM

@ Home

Saturday, October 10th, 2015 Ransom Invitational All Day

@ Ransom Everglades

Saturday, October 17th, 2015 Woodson Invitational All Day

@ Pine Crest – Fort Lauderdale

Friday, October 23rd, 2015 District 2A-12 Swimming Championships 1:00PM

@ Gulliver Prep (Tentative)

Friday, October 30th, 2015 Regional 2A-4 Swimming Championships TBA

@ FGCU – Fort Myers (Tentative)

Saturday, November 7th, 2015 State 2A Swimming Championships All Day

@ Treasure Coast Aquatic Center – Stuart

Saturday, November 14th, 2015 Gulliver Swim-A-Thon 9:00AM

@ Home

Testing Dates

September 12th ACT Test

October 3rd SAT Test

October 24th ACT Test

November 7th SAT Test