Swim & Dive Practice Schedule - Updates please read

January 18th

Hello Athletes and Families - please see the practice update below from Coach Richmond. The booster will have updates posted to the website shortly. Thank you.

The most recent practice schedule updates starting Tuesday, January 19, 2021. 

We appreciate your patience. 

Note: There may be additional future adjustments made to the schedule. 

Monday - Friday 

Varsity I Swimming 3:45-5:50 pm. 

Varsity II Swimming 3:45-5:30 pm.  

Varsity Swim Morning Practices - for Non-School days: 6:30-8:00 a.m. (ie: if you have school on Monday & Thursday - you swim Tuesday and Friday mornings).

Due to varsity student-athletes leaving home and traveling to Arapahoe on non-in-school days, adjustments to your actual starting time will vary depending on your school schedule. For instance, if you are in school on Mon & Thurs., we expect you in the pool area no later than 3:38 pm.

FAQ - Am I Varsity I or Varsity II? We still don’t know who can train longer because it is so early. Typically, the middle distance 200 to 500 yard swimmers stay longer (Varsity I) and the inexperienced sprinters and short distance stroke specialty swimmers will be done at 5:30 pm (Varsity II).

Note: We realize there will be varsity team members at home (as far away as Denver) and in-class till 3:31 pm on certain days of the week. However, we need to get started as soon as possible due to limited time and large numbers of participants.
Please be assured, we will accommodate and allow swimmers to show up slightly late on certain non-in-school days. As always, our main concern is for the safety of the individuals on our team. 
***No matter who you are and where you live, please be safe and take your time traveling from home to practices.
Diving M-F 5:55 - 7:05 pm
Divers may enter the foyer and our main locker room hallway prior to practice starting times. However, divers may not enter the pool area until all Varsity II has left the pool area. Temperature checks and admittance will be coordinated by AHS diving coach Jeff Smith. 
**It will be very important that all groups/sub-teams are completed and out of the building at the prescribed time. For example, diving should be done and out the west exit emergency pool door no later than 7:05 pm as our JV swimmers will be lined up and entering at 7 pm. 
JV Swimming M-F 7:15 - 8:45 pm  (All JV together -  the website is yet to be updated)
JV swimmers may enter the foyer prior to practice starting times. However, JV swimmers may not enter the pool area until JV Coaches Anna Koerner and Chris Maybee perform temperature checks and admit you to the west bleachers. 
All divers will be expected to leave the pool by 7:05 pm via the west side of the AHS pool. 
A few deserving and endurance capable JV swimmers may be invited to attend one to possibly two-morning varsity practices per week. 
  •  Why? - the size of the varsity team is smaller than normal due to the Colorado Department of Health/CHSAA guidelines. Only 50 swimmers and coaches are allowed in the pool area at one time. Varsity does have room at the Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday morning practices for invited endurance-capable JV team members. However, if you are one of the invited JV swimmers, you will need to make the commitment to attend the evening JV practice as well. For example, attending a morning practice does not mean you do not have to attend the regularly scheduled evening JV practice.
If you are a JV swimmer invited to morning practices, your practice is from 6:30 am - 7:30 am (not 6:30 - 8 am) on a non-in-school day. Head coach Mike Richmond will invite you and clarify the process. 
Saturdays:  
Varsity Swimming 8 am - 10:45 am  
JV Swimming 11 am - 1pm 
Please direct any questions about swimming or diving directly to your coaches:

Varsity Swim, Coach Mike Richmond: [email protected]

Dive, Coach Jeff Smith: [email protected]

Junior Varsity Swim, Coach Annastasia Koerner: [email protected]

Direct any questions about the Booster Club, Volunteering or social events to the Booster Club: [email protected]

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