Welcome to the LPA Swim Team Family

We are very happy that you have decided to join our swim team family. We hope you find the following information helpful in getting acquainted with our program.

Practice/Meet Attire:

Your child will need a suit (1 piece for females, and shorts or speedo for males), goggles, towel, water bottle or drink, and a cap if their hair is longer than their ears. Goggles and caps (if the hair is longer than the ears) are required for proper stroke technique. We will have a swim suit company come to our pool sometime in May, at which time you can purchase any of your swimming equipment needs. You will also be able to try on and order a team suit for the season. Check the Team Apparel link for more info.

Other options for purchasing your swimming needs are online companies (eg. www.swimzone.com, www.sportwide.com, www.aardvarkswim.com), Sports Authority, Walmart, and Hibbets in the mall.

LPA will be providing each swimmer with a team cap and t-shirt.

Practice schedule:

Preseason begins May 9, 2011.  Practice is from 3:30: 4:30 for swimmers 12 and under.  Practice for swimmers 13 and over is from 4:30-5:30. On June 13th, when morning practices begin, we will have 3 practice times Monday - Thursday. The first practice, from 6 am – 7:00 am, is for 11 and older and adult training. The second practice, from 7:00 am – 8:00 is for 9-11 year old swimmers. The third practice, from 8:00-8:45 is for all swimmers 8 and under. During this practice, the swimmer to coach ratio is much smaller, allowing for the opportunity to have more one on one instruction. On Fridays, we only have 1 practice for all swimmers from 7-8:30 am. This allows the team to come together as one. We run practice a little differently, and end it with a team game. The kids look forward to this day (outside of the early rising!).

PLEASE be at the school to pick up your child no later than the practice ending time. If we finish practice early they will have the opportunity to call you, otherwise we will be done no later than time set above. We greatly appreciate your consideration regarding this matter.

Meet information:

LPA participates in several meets throughout the summer; the schedule is located on the home page. We participate in 2 different types of meets. The first type of meet is a dual or tri meet and held within Highlands County. This meet is a ½ day meet, held on a Saturday, against one or two other teams. There are no meet fees associated with the dual or tri meets.

The other meets scheduled are USS meets. These meets are held out of town and against multiple teams. They are usually 3 day meets (Friday evening, Sat. and Sun.) and do require meet fees. There is normally a $7 facility use fee per swimmer and $2.50 fee per event. Each swimmer can choose what they want to swim. If your swimmer only wants to participate on Sat., then they have the option to choose from the events offered on Sat. Depending on your child’s age and the set up of the meet, they will either swim in the morning (finishing around 1 or earlier) or they will swim in the afternoon (starting usually around 1 pm). These weekend meets are a lot of fun for the swimmers and families and we hope that you can join us for one or both this summer.

Please check out the Home & Away meet link for more information.

LPA Staff:

Head Coach:

Vicki Million

Assistant Coaches:

DJ Brouwer