Swim & Dive
Boys and Girls
Late Winter Sport
Middle School Swimming & Diving
is changing this year!
The season is being moved to late winter/early spring.
Eligibility: Boys and girls, in grades 5-8, that did not swim on the high school team.
Coach/Team purpose: We coach/lead/participate with positivity and a strong work ethic to create a fun and respectful team environment.
Registration: All students MUST be registered before they can participate. You can find registration information on the HMS athletics registration website.
What is needed: Each student will need a suit, goggles, towel, water bottle, and dryland clothes (t-shirt, shorts, and shoes). Suit and goggles can be purchased at Elsmore.
Attendance: The expectation is that you are there each day. We do NOT have practice on non-School days. Our season is pretty short, so we want to practice at much as we can.
We do understand that conflicts do arise; school and family always come first. Learning to balance commitments and time is an important life skill to develop. Please communicate with the coach when you will be absent.
There is an overlap of our season with the start of the spring sports season. We will make a plan with spring sports athletes about how to finish out the swim/dive season and start up the spring sport season.
Swim or Dive: There are some athletes that will want to only swim or only dive. We are able to let the athletes try both, but are not able to have them all diving at once. We will rotate through the kids that want to try diving.
Volunteer Coaches: We have a lot of kids at many different levels of ability. We want to be able to meet the kids where they are and help them progress. As such, we will have volunteer peer coaches on the pool deck helping out. These peer coaches are a part of our high school team.
Meets: Meets (competitions) are still in the works. More info will come as soon as we know.
Communication: Coach Katie will send out weekly communications on how things are going and what is coming up. Also there is a BAND page that will have the most immediate info.
Helpful links:
HMS Registration: https://ms.hastings.k12.mn.us/athletics_home_page/registration_information
HMS Swim and Dive: https://ms.hastings.k12.mn.us/athletics_home_page/sports__schedules/swim___dive
Band Invite: https://band.us/n/aca60aOcvdmbX
Elsmore Swim: https://elsmoreswim.com/
How we choose what team they will go on:
5/6th gr will be on middle school
7/8th will be invited up to swim/dive on varsity if they meet the criteria to join the varsity team. Please reach out to Coach Katie McAlpin for more info. Varsity girls swim starts Aug 14th. The varsity program is in a different season. Girls are fall and boys are winter. More info on the varsity programs in the links below.
Varsity girls program click here: HS Girls Swim/Dive
Varsity boys program click here: HS Boys Swim/Dive
The goal is to help build our program by bringing in more 5/6th graders to a learning level of completive swimming & diving.
First day of practice:
Monday, February 26th - Meet in the pool area.
You need to be registered to participate. We will practice the first day. Practice will be Monday thru Friday 2:45-4:45pm. No practice on no school days.
What do I need:
For water workouts: one piece swim suit, swim cap, goggles, and towel.
For dryland workouts: athletic clothes and tennis shoes.
Bring a water bottle.
There is an optional swim t-shirt that your student athlete can purchase. To purchase a swim shirt, click here: Purchase Swim Shirt