2016-17 Short Course Season Meet Schedule
Sign up for meets on the www.alleganaquatics.com; “Events” tab
Southwestern Michigan Swim League (SWMSL):
Tigershark Aquatics participates in the Southwestern Michigan Swim League. This league is more than
30 years old and includes Trojan Aquatic Club (Plainwell), Rams Aquatic Club (South Haven), Otsego Swim
Club, Hastings Swim Club, Mattawan Community Aquatic Team, and Bridgman Swim Club. Dual meets are
typically about 2-3 hours long. This league is very good for developmental swimmers who are starting to
explore competitive swimming.
SWMSL Meet Schedule
Time
Opponent
Date
Sep 24
Warmup: 9am/ Meet: 10am
Intrasquad w/ PAC
Oct 8
Warmup: 9am/ Meet: 10am
Harper Creek/
Kalamazoo United
Dec 3
Dec 10
Dec 17
Warmup: 9am/ Meet: 10am
South Haven/ Otsego
Warmup: 9am/ Meet: 10am
Plainwell
@Home
@Harper
Creek
@Otsego
@Plainwell
Warmup: 9am/ Meet: 10 am
USA-S Approved*
@Portage Northern
High School
TAC Invitational
@Plainwell
Mattawan
@Home
SWMSL Championships
@Home
SWMSL Championships
@Plainwell
10U: warmup 9 am/ meet 10 am
11&O: warmup 12:30 pm/ meet 1:30 pm
Warmup: 9am/ Meet: 10am
Jan 14
Jan 21
8U: warmup 9 am/ meet 10 am
9&10: warmup 12:30 pm/ meet 1:30 pm
11&12: warmup 9 am/ meet 10 am
13O: warmup 12:30 pm/ meet 1:30 pm
Feb 11
Feb 18
Location
*Age cutoff date: Nov 30
NOTE: The age that your child is on or before Nov 30th is the age group that he/she will compete in.
Middle School Swimming:
The official middle school swimming season is the month of January. In order to qualify for the MISCA
Middle School Championships, swimmers must compete in two meets and make the qualifying times.
Date
Dec 14
Jan. 11
Jan. 18
Jan. 25
Jan. 27-28
Middle School Meet Schedule
Time
Opponent
Warmup: 5:00 pm/ Meet: 6:00 pm
Warmup: 5:00 pm/ Meet: 6:00 pm
Warmup: 5:00 pm/ Meet: 6:00 pm
Warm up: 5:00 pm/ Meet: 6:00 pm
Dive Fri 6pm; Swim Sat Boys, 9, Girls 1:30
Location
Otsego
@ Home
SH/ Ots/ Plain
@Home
Otsego/ Plain
@Otsego
Invitational
@Harper Creek
MISCA Invitational
@Holt HS
*For 6th, 7th and 8th grade swimmers only
Note: In order to participate, swimmers must have a physical on file with the HS Athletic Office and be academically eligible
Tigershark Aquatics
Head Coach: Mark Mattox- [email protected]
www.alleganaquatics.com
USA Swimming:
ATAC has developed a partnership with Portage Aquatic Club that allows Tigershark swimmers to register for
USA Swimming through the PAC club. USA-S meets are typically much larger, with many more teams and athletes and
have a much broader range of ability levels from beginning swimmers up to national level competitors. They are usually
arranged so that each swimmer could participate in up to three separate sessions on Friday, Saturday and Sunday
depending on the family’s preference. These are great meets for kids to get a sense of the broad opportunities that are
available to them in the sport of swimming.
If you are interested, you will need to submit a USA-S Athlete Registration Form (no payment) to Coach Mark.
He will submit it to PAC and you will receive confirmation and payment information from them. Meet entry
information, warm up and meet times and directions will be available through the PAC website/ email list. You compete
with other swimmers your age, which is determined by the first day of the meet.
Sometimes there are conflicts with SWMSL meets on USA-S meet weekends. When this is the case, it is usually
preferred that swimmers attend the SWMSL meet on Saturday and the USA-S meet on Friday and/or Sunday. However,
if the coaching staff determines that a swimmer would be better served by swimming events offered at the USA-S meet,
they will be allowed to forgo competing in the SWMSL meet.
*This year, we will offer a USA-S “Approved” meet in December to the entire club. An approved meet means
that anyone is allowed to participate (even if you are not registered for USA-S), but the times will still count for
registered USA-S swimmers. We hope that swimmers will try this out as an introduction to USA-S Swimming.
USA-S also offers a broader range of championship meets. Within the State, swimmers have the opportunity to
compete in 3 different levels of championships, with progressively harder qualification times. Outside of the State,
swimmers who make the qualifying times can compete in the Speedo Sectional Series (a multi-state regional
competition), Junior Nationals or Senior Nationals.
USA Swimming Meet Schedule
Date
Meet Name
Meet Type/ Host
Location
Oct 22-23
Spooky Splash
ABC/ LAC & SWYM
@Lakeview High School
Nov 12-13
The Gobbler Meet
ABC/ PAC
@ Battle Creek Central High School
Dec 2-4
Winter Washout
ABC/ EGRA
@East Grand Rapids HS
Dec 17
PAC Speedster
Approved*/ PAC
@Portage Northern High School
Jan 13-15
Tropical Challenge
ABC/ JAWS
@Jenison High School
Feb 4-5
Croc Rock
ABC/ PAC
@ Battle Creek Central High School
Feb 18-19
Districts
1st Level Champs
@Lakeview High School
March 3-5
Junior Olympics
2nd Level Champs
@East Grand Rapids HS
March 17-19
12U State Championships
12U State Champs
March 23-26
Open State Championships
Open State Champs
Holland Community
Aquatic Center
Holland Community
Aquatic Center
Tigershark Aquatics
Head Coach: Mark Mattox- [email protected]
www.alleganaquatics.com