2022-23 Meets & Schedule
Practice Schedule
Tuesday and Thursday evenings - Times may vary slightly from listing below:
Session 1 - 10 and Under - 4:00-5:00 PM
Session 2 - 11 and Up - 5:00-6:00 PM
*Additional Sunday practice for 22-23 from 5-6 on non-meet weekends.
Lewis Family Aquatic Complex in the Petersen Family Wellness Center
Meet Schedule
November 12th at Clarinda
November 19th at Denison
December 10th at Boone
January 7th at Manning
January 14th at Perry
January 21st at Denison
January 28th at Carroll
February 11th at Woodbine
February 25th at Denison
March 11th at GISL State (Wellmark YMCA, Des Moines, IA)
2023 Greater Iowa Swim League State Championship
3/11/23 - All GISL Teams
Wellmark YMCA | 501 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50309
www.dmymca.org | www.dsmymarlins.com
Saturday, March 11, 2023 | 10 AM
Warm-ups: 8:30 - 9:00 AM
Parade of Athletes: 9:35 AM
Coaches Meeting: 8:00 AM
Timer Meeting: 9:30 AM
Volunteers:
Lane 3 Timers
Susan Berndt, Vicki Strissel | Todd Berndt, Sam Arentson
Camp help
Katie Arentson
State Details
ONLY Meet officials, coaches, participants, and designated volunteers will be on the pool deck. There will be people at the bottom of the stairs and they are told NOT to allow anyone if they do not have a bag tag.
PARENT INFO: When your child is done swimming, they MUST meet you at the top of the stairs on the North Stairway. (These are the stairs closest to the Gold Wall. NO SWIMMER will be allowed to exit thru the hallway on the lower level. This is for the protection of your swimmer. We do NOT want them unattended in the skywalk area.
All teams will clean up the campsite before the awards will be handed to coaches.
YMCA has a NO ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY FOR SWIMMING UNDERNEATH THE BULKHEAD. IF A SWIMMER IS FOUND UNDER THERE THEY WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE MEET. ALONG WITH NO GLASS ON THE POOL DECK OR IN SPECTATOR SITTING AREA.
The Wellmark YMCA is accessible from the skywalk. The best close parking option is the 5th and Keo Parking Garage and there is skywalk access to the YMCA from the parking garage.
State Shout Out Info
These are quarter page ‘Shout Outs’! It is an opportunity to say congratulations to your swimmer(s). Or Good Luck at State.
Cost is $20 per Shout Out
Just need to write out in ‘Word Document’ or just send it in email.
If you want a picture, please send a jpeg
Mark subject line in email: Shout Out for State Meet
Remember deadline for this is February 26th at midnight.
Send this information to:
Malia Potthoff
Email address: ampotthoff@yahoo.com
State Apparel Order
DEADLINE IS 2/25 AT MIDNIGHT!
Admission
$5 at the door; Children ages 5 and under are free
Programs are $5
Please have correct change if possible!
"Next 5" Qualifiers
Emma Paulsen - 50 Breast
McKenna Arentson - 100 IM
Addie Berndt - 200 Free
Maura Jenson - 50 Free
Kara Wingert - 50 Breast
Kori Smith - 50 Free
Kori Smith - 100 Back
Kori Smith - 50 Fly
Kori Smith - 100 IM
Emeri Smith - 50 Fly
Emeri Smith - 100 IM
Easton Berndt - 50 Fly
Brody Nihsen - 50 Fly
Lucas Paulsen - 100 Free
Lucas Paulsen - 50 Back
Lucas Paulsen - 100 Back
Landon Nihsen - 100 Breast
Ben Schmitz - 50 Fly
Clarinda Meet 11/12/22
Harlan, Denison, Clarinda
Lied Recreation Center | 1140 E Main St, Clarinda, IA 51632
Saturday, November 12th, 2022 | 10 AM
Warm-ups: 9:30 - 9:50 AM
ENTRIES & RESULTS:
4 Individual Events | 2 Relays
It is a 6 lane, 25 METER pool with a 3’6” entry at the blocks.
All teams will practice their own starts in the last 5-10 minutes of their warm-up time.
A Clerk of Course will be present, but we do request that visiting teams provide at least one volunteer from your team to help call for and organize your swimmers for their events. Swimmers that miss their events will NOT be able to make them up by combining them into subsequent events.
We will NOT facilitate Fly Overs. Swimmers must exit the pool prior to the start of the next event.
All teams will be camped in the pool area.
Ribbons will be mailed to teams following the meet.
If you have any questions about the facility, please contact the Clarinda Lied Center at 712-542-3841.
Denison Meet 11/19/22
Woodbine, Harlan, Clarinda, Denison
Denison Aquatic Center | 710 N 16th Street, Denison, IA 51442
Saturday, November 19th, 2022 | 10 AM
Warm ups: 9:15-9:30 AM
ENTRIES & RESULTS:
5 Individual Events
Boone Meet 12/10/22
Harlan, Boone, Estherville, Clarinda, Lifetime
Boone High School | 400th 7th St., Boone, IA 50036
Saturday, December 10th, 2022 | 9 AM
Warm ups: 8:00-8:25 AM
ENTRIES & RESULTS:
5 Individual Events
Pool Information:
Our hallway gets very cold by the pool area, so make sure to bring warm clothes for swimmers!
We will have a concession stand open, by the front entrance.
Shoes need to be worn, the floor will be very slippery from being wet.
We will have bleachers in the pool area open for parents to sit.
The swimmers waiting area will be in our High School commons.
Manning Meet 1/7/23
Harlan, Manning
Manning Recreation Center | 702 6th Street, Manning, IA 51455
Saturday, January 7th, 2023 | 9 AM
Warm ups: 8:30 - 8:50 AM
ENTRIES & RESULTS:
4 Individual Events - No Relays!
Swimmers will be in the area surrounding the pool. Signs will be posted for each team’s camp area. There will be no Clerk of Course.
Spectators: Please no parents/spectators on the pool deck UNLESS working the meet, as we will have limited room. Bleachers are available in the upper deck. There is handicapped access to the balcony through the north doors of the gym. Use the street on the west side of the building (Main Street) and take the sidewalk to the gym doors.
Concessions: Light concessions will be available in the gym. Please no glass containers into the pool area. No smoking in the facility.
Perry Meet 1/14/23
Harlan, Denison, Perry, Lifetime
McCreary Center | 1800 Pattee Street, Perry, IA 50220
Saturday, January 14th, 2023 | 10 AM
Warm ups: 9:00-9:15 AM
ENTRIES & RESULTS:
3 Individual | 2 Relays
Pool phone 515-465-5621
Swimmers waiting: will be in the gym. The clerk of course will announce events in the gym, with line up just outside by the gym window in the lobby.
Limited seating in the pool area. There are 2 sets of bleachers in the pool area. Spectators are urged to bring bag chairs for the gym, lobby, and pool area.
Ribbons awarded: 1st -6th for relays by age groups, 1st-6th for individual events by age groups.
Meet Mobile for Programs or Printed programs $2 each in the concession stand which opens at 9 am
Concession stand:
Pasta in a cup, with & without sauce, Choc Milk, Hot Cocoa, Pickles, Walking Tacos, Nachos, Pretzels with cheese sauce, boiled eggs, hot dogs, cheese sticks, and more.
Live stream on the meet at https://youtube.com/channel/UCu5c986klmG3VHg4pe9H4dQ
Parking: Extra parking is available at Perry Elementary, next door to the MCB.
Denison Meet 1/21/23
Harlan, Denison, Emmetsburg
Denison Aquatic Center | 710 N 16th Street, Denison, IA 51442
Saturday, January 21st, 2022 | 10 AM
Warm ups: 9:00-9:20 AM
ENTRIES & RESULTS:
5 individual Events | No relays
The pool is a 6 lane, 25 yard pool, non-turbulent lane markers, and horn start, and electronic touch pads.
Concessions: Food service will be available. We ask that no glass containers are brought into the pool area. No smoking in the facility. There will be bleachers available in the pool area for seating. Swimmers will have a camp area around the pool. Just remember the pool deck is NOT big so please do not bring a lot of things.
Carroll Meet - January Frost 1/28/23
Perry, Lifetime, Harlan, Denison, Carroll
Carroll Recreation Center | 716 N Grant Rd, Carroll, IA 51401
Saturday, January 28th, 2023 | 10 AM
Warm ups: 9:00 - 9:25 AM
ENTRIES & RESULTS:
4 Individual Events
All swimmers and coaches and spectators must enter the building using the West Entrance to the Carroll REC Center.. Glass containers of any kind are not permitted in the aquatic center (including spectator seating) at any time. Individuals are responsible for the security of their personal belongings and are encouraged not to bring valuables to the meet venue and not to leave items unattached. The Carroll REC Center is a smoke-free environment. No smoking or use of tobacco products (including vapes), or the consumption of alcohol is permitted in the facility, or on the facility grounds including in your personal vehicle.. Programs will be for sale at $3 each at Concession Stand.. Seating/Spectator Information: Swimmers and Spectators will have designated seating. Depending on numbers at the meet, we may move seating to the gym area. There is NOc amping in the hallways at the Carroll REC Center.
NOTE: There is extensive remodeling going on at the REC right now. The biggest issue is the door to the pool area is currently closed. The door. NOT the pool. Parents will enter the pool thru the locker rooms. They are marked!
To cut back on congestion, we are entering the swimmers from the back room. And they will exit that way as well. This will be an easy access to and from the pool to the gym. I am asking the swimmers to use the bathrooms in the hallway. There are two men and two women bathrooms in the hallways.
Woodbine Meet 2/11/23
Harlan, Denison, Woodbine, Manning
The Crew Center | 601 Snyder Road, Woodbine, IA
Saturday, February 11th, 2023 | 9 AM
Warm ups: 8:00-8:25 AM
ENTRIES & RESULTS:
4 Individual Events | No relays
There will be no ribbons given for this meet. We will not be swimming the 500 free. There will be a Concession Stand at the meet. All swimmers must wear shoes when exiting the pool area. No glass of any kind in the pool area.