Safe Sport – If You Don’t Speak Up. Who will?

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USA Swimming recommends the following  Tips for Parents :

Get Educated – Create Healthy Boundaries – Identify and Address High Risk Areas – Speak Up – Talk to Your Kids. Click: Athlete Protection Training for Members    Click: Abuse Awareness for Parents

Safe Sport Training for Athletes (Coming Soon)

Every Maryland Swimmer should read this article on the NBAC Girls National Championship Team that was inducted into the MD Swimming Hall of Fame on November 10th, 2018

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/outdoors/bs-sp-swim-md-hof-20181107-story.html

Maryland Athletes pick up MD Swimming’s LEAP Check at the USA Swimming Convention. Christion Brown, Nick Poulas, Noah Wilson, Alexa Porter, Sarah Nelson, Emma Carrigg, Sydney Mika and Kiley Kelly.

USA Registered Coaches, Officials, Volunteers and Swimmers are  invited to attend the Maryland Swimming 2018 Hall of Fame Induction Banquet

November 10, 2018  12 Noon

Mt. Washington Conference Center, 5801 Smith Avenue, Baltimore, MD

This year’s inductees are: Lenore Kight Wingard, a Frostburg native who represented the United States at the 1932 and 1936 Olympic Games; the Lakewood Swim Team, which produced national champions in the WWII era; and the North Baltimore Aquatic Club Women’s National Championship Teams of 1994 and 1995. (Kelly McPherson, Beth Botsford, Anita Nall, Whitney Metzler, Whitney Phelps, Brittany White, Melinda Rehm)

Maryland Swimming will also award the first annual Joseph Curreri Maryland Swimming Armed Service Medal to the late Joseph Curreri and the late Allen L. O’Reilly.

There is no fee..to RSVP or get more information: Contact MD Swimming Hall of Fame Chair John Cadigan at jac@mbrook.com

Maryland Swimming Meet Directors Workshop

Apparel Vendor Bids Now Being Accepted for MD Swimming 14 & U Championship Meet

Maryland Swimming Inc will be accepting bids to be the apparel vendor for the MDS Swimming 2018 LSC 14 and under Championship Meet through November 29, 2018.

MD Swimming will be hosting the MDSI 2018 14 and Under Championship Meet at St. Mary’s College February 28 to March 3, 2019. Vendors are expected to be able to attend all sessions of the meet.

Vendors should email bids to office@mdswim.org.

Bids should include type of championship meet specific apparel that will be designed and available for sale, the types of swimming apparel available for POS at the meet, and the percentage of sales they would provide to MD Swimming.

Vendors will be expected to have a wide variety of swimming apparel specific to the meet, technical suits, caps, goggles and other apparel specific to swimming.  Additionally, vendors will be taking orders and ordering the championship jacket selected by MD Swimming for the first through third place finishers in each individual event.

All vendors submitting a bid will receive notification of vendor award by email.

First MDSI Athlete’s Newsletter of the Year: md swim newsletter fall 2018

FSC (FOX Swim Club) has earned the USA Swimming Club Development LEVEL III – Congratulations!

Record Breakers: NBAC Fall FASTival

Men’s Resident 9-10 200 Yard Free Relay – 1:53.32 – NBAC: C. Lakatta, M. Koff, D. Branon, B. Mytsak

Reimbursement for Officials, who worked the 2017-18 Swim Year, is open from October 1, 2018 until December 1, 2018.

Requirements for reimbursement have changed, so please click on and read the Reimbursement Policy for Officials before filling out your 2018-OFFICIALS-REIMBURSEMENT-APPLICATION-1-1

Link to find a Red Cross Class https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class

How to Find, and Use, your USA Swimming Club Portal