News and Announcements
ENTRIES OPEN: 2023 FFYS Holiday Invitational
Entries are now open for the upcoming 2023 FFYS Holiday Invitational being held the weekend of December 1-3, 2023 at Waterford Kettering High School. The entry deadline is TUESDAY, November 14, 2023 at 8pm. Late entries can not be accepted.
This meet is being run as 2 separate meet sessions, a Distance meet on Friday, December 1 and a normal meet December 2 and 3. This will allow those swimmers who swim in both meets to have it count as 2 YMCA meets towards the 3 meet criteria. There are events for all age groups on all 3 days of the meet, including Friday. The corresponding meet packets can be found below, as well as on the BBD website. Keep in mind, your Parent Portal will have TWO meets available to enter for this 3 day meet.
BBD is required to provide timers for this meet, which will allow deck access during your session. We MUST provide 3 timers per session for all 3 days of the meet (i.e. 15 timers total). Please sign up in the Signup Genius here, as we can not submit our entries without the complete volunteer list. Thank you advance for your help.
Timer SignUp Genius
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F054CAAA62DAB9-45992689-timers#/
2023 FFYS Holiday Distance Invitational Meet packet
https://teampages.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/561342/2023-ffys-holiday-distance-invitational-meet-packet---complete_026914-AMENDED.pdf?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA3I4H7LHC537SWYSG%2F20231109%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20231109T143033Z&X-Amz-Expires=21600&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=216e07b0aaea0eeb59943f4415002af0673f6bcb6f2919404cbd12376c9fea6a
IMPORTANT Any swimmers who have outstanding meet fees must pay their fees and then email bbdentries@gmail.com, before entry is available. This must be completed before the entry deadline.
ENTRIES OPEN: 2023 BBD Fall Day After Meet
If you plan to attend this meet, please read this email and the meet packet in it’s entirety to understand the entry process and how the meet runs
Entries are now open for the 2023 BBD Fall Day After Meet being held November 19, 2023 at Groves High School.
The Day After Meet is run differently than all other meets that BBD attends. Deadline for entry for Round 1 is Sunday November 12 at 8pm.
IMPORTANT: Any swimmer in the meet is required to have a parent volunteer. Please sign up on the SignUp Genius below:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094CABA62AABFB6-45857847-bbdfall
The Fall Day After Meet this year is a YMCA meet and is open to experienced 13 & up swimmers that are attempting to achieve one or more qualifying times for Zones, MAGS, or Y Nationals. This is a great meet for high school girls to capitalize on their taper and for high school boys to get another YMCA meet in (to meet the 3 YMCA meet criteria during the season). If you have any question as to whether your swimmer should attend, please have them talk to their coach at practice or email their coach (all coach emails can be found on the BBD website under ABOUT BBD).
The Day After Meet is a time trial meet; it is run in one session with three rounds of events. There is a short break between each round. Each round offers the same events except that the 1650 and the 1000 are only offered in Round 1. If your swimmer does not achieve their desired qualifying time in Round 1 they will have the opportunity to submit a deck entry for subsequent rounds. Please review the meet packet for the list of events.
Swimmers can swim in any or all rounds, however Round 1 swims are only open to those swimmers that select an entry in their Parent Portal prior to the meet (as described above and in the meet packet). Swimmers that enter via deck entry are limited to Rounds 2 and 3. You may enter Rounds 2 and 3 ahead of time in your Parent Portal as well, but it is not necessary. Once again, the entry deadline for Round 1 events is Sunday, November 12 at 8:00 pm.
Entry fees for any entries done through your Parent Portal will be billed as normal. Any deck entries for Rounds 2 and 3 will require you to bring proper payment (check payable to BBD Boosters, Inc. or cash) for all entries the morning of the meet. Entry fee information is available in the meet packet, attached here.
Entries now closed
Entries are now open for the 2023 RAYS Thanksgiving Classic meet being held November 11-12, 2023 at Zeeland West High School. This meet is for any 9 and up swimmers who want to attend. The entry deadline is TONIGHT Wednesday, November 1, 2023, at 8pm.
Late entries can not be accepted due to the tight turnaround.
Attached below and on the website is the meet packet. Keep in mind that there is no marshalling at this meet. Notes from the host team: The Open 500 Free is at the end of the Saturday morning 12&Under session (before 13&O afternoon warm-up). The Open 400 IM is at the end of the Sunday morning 12&Under session (before 13&O afternoon warm-up).
2023 RAYS Thanksgiving Classic meet packet
https://teampages.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/561174/2023_TYR_Thanksgiving_Classic-AMENDED.pdf?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA3I4H7LHCUG5CML7S%2F20231101%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20231101T100058Z&X-Amz-Expires=21600&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=b98f6c18d9c3a6a631e6a181de135143a4833fc30e83c09a1c5e97768344dc2e
A link for the team hotel can be found on MEETS in the navigation above
As always, if you have any unpaid meet fees these must be taken care of before entry will be available in your Parent Portal. A separate email has already been sent to those whom this applies to. Once paid, please email bbdentries@gmail.com in order to notify the payment has been completed so entries can be opened
Message from Coach Kevin + Practice Changes - Week of October 30th
Dear Parents and Swimmers,
Have a great Halloween, everyone! Dress warmly! Needless to say—no practice!
Because we have over 200 swimmers swimming at meets on Sunday, there will be no practices.
A huge thank you and congratulations to our entire team for making our first “Lisa Ferris Fall Festival” so special!
Our meet managers: Liz Solomon, Nikki Schwartz and president Dennis Jackson led a great effort. Many of our volunteers worked multiple sessions to ensure a smooth operation. I am humbled by the work our board does to make the team operate as smoothly as it does. It was great to see new officials working the meet. Thank you, too, to our coaches!
The new team t-shirts look great. I hope everyone picked theirs up and will wear it with pride.
Our first places were legion. Individual champions included Miles Lobley, Teddy Howe, Shay Kaplan, Finch Lowery, Jack Lobley, Reid McCuiston, Maddie Krumm, Jake Brown, Brooke Seizert, Colin Bloyer, Wii Quarrier, Kai Boylan, Jack McCuiston, Lyla Collins, Delaney Dalziel, Sofia Beattie, Avery Tack, Demetra Bicos, Sully Jackson, Kate Stempien, Lila Solomon, Malin Murphey, Marin Norlander, Catherine Howe, Charlie McCuiston, Gillian McKinley, Ozan Saraydar, Elianna Ker, Trip Anderson, Mary Bailey, Brody McCuiston, Allie Page, Kassidy Collins, Evan Tack, Victor Malinski, Ruichen Xu and Nicolas Bonel-Muras. I apologize if I missed anyone.
So much was learned by swimmers, coaches, and parents. It was a really valuable experience.
Kevin
Practice Changes this Week
Tuesday, October 31st – All practices canceled
Friday, November 3rd – 13& Up morning practice canceled,
11/12 and 13& Up combined at Cranbrook 5:30 to 7:15
Sunday, November 5th – All practices canceled
ENTRIES OPEN: 2023 RAYS Thanksgiving Classic
Entries are now open for the 2023 RAYS Thanksgiving Classic meet being held November 11-12, 2023 at Zeeland West High School. This meet is for any 9 and up swimmers who want to attend. I apologize, as this is a VERY FAST turnaround. The entry deadline is this Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at 8pm.
Attached below and on the website is the meet packet. Keep in mind that there is no marshalling at this meet. Notes from the host team: The Open 500 Free is at the end of the Saturday morning 12&Under session (before 13&O afternoon warm-up). The Open 400 IM is at the end of the Sunday morning 12&Under session (before 13&O afternoon warm-up).
2023 RAYS Thanksgiving Classic meet packet
https://teampages.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/561174/2023_TYR_Thanksgiving_Classic-AMENDED.pdf?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA3I4H7LHCSVV7PMPA%2F20231030%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20231030T031833Z&X-Amz-Expires=21600&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=3cd5608d847314841abe8b2d069ece6d7e4d7a8a6cbe48531c6be1cbae5680e2
A link for the team hotel can be found on the navigation above under MEETS
As always, if you have any unpaid meet fees these must be taken care of before entry will be available in your Parent Portal. A separate email has already been sent to those whom this applies to. Once paid, please email bbdentries@gmail.com in order to notify the payment has been completed so entries can be opened