NWAA Weekly Update - 3/6/2023

The following is important information for ALL members of Northwest Arkansas Aquatics.
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PRACTICE SCHEDULE
- This Thursday, March 9th will be the final practice of the Short Course season for all swimmers not attending the ARSI Senior Championships or the NCSA Age Group National Championships at both the BCC and the WLFC. All regularly scheduled practices will resume on Monday, March 27th.
- The practice schedule for Friday and Saturday for those swimmers participating in the ARSI Senior Championships and the NCSA Age Group National Championships will be emailed out separately.
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UPCOMING DEADLINES
- 2023 ARSI Senior Championships – March 17-19 – Fayetteville, AR – ALL QUALIFIERS – Registration Deadline: Sunday, March 12th
- 2023 NCSA Age Group National Championships – March 22-25 – Orlando, FL – ALL QUALIFIERS – Registration Deadline – Tuesday, March 7th
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2023 ARSI AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS – CONGRATULATIONS!!!
- Congratulations to our NWAA Sharks for winning the ARSI Age Group Championships! This was the first win for NWAA in this meet since 2007! It was a total team effort and we are incredibly proud of the energy and effort that the swimmers put into the three day meet. All of their hard work paid off and I hope that this motivates everyone to continue to put in the work moving forward!
- Thank you to the swimmers, coaches, and parents for an amazing experience in Benton this weekend! We know that so much time, energy, and effort went into this season! GREAT JOB SHARKS!!!
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NWAA MERCHANDISE
- NWAA and Championship Team Caps
Home | NWAA Sharks (square.site)
- If you have any merchandise questions, please contact Mitzi at [email protected]
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COACHES TIPS
- With the Region VIII Sectional, ARSI Senior, and NCSA Age Group Championship meets remaining, a tool that swimmers can use to help with their preparation is visualization. We mentioned this topic a few weeks ago, but here are some great tips on visualization from SSDL Coach Eric:
- https://swimstrongdryland.com/training-video/visualization-tips/
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NWAA GROUP PARENT LIAISONS
- What questions do you have? What do you need help with? Our parent liaisons for each group are here to help! Please reach out with any questions you may have.
- Hammerheads: Yuna Lee - [email protected]
Adele Garcia - [email protected]
- Great Whites: Art Revin - [email protected]
- Tigersharks: Kari Penturf - [email protected]
Kattie Allen - [email protected]
- Makos: Stephanie Kees - [email protected]
Jennifer Setliff - [email protected]
- Senior 1 and Senior 2: Scott Schrank - [email protected]
Jeff Gogel - [email protected]
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NWAA INVOICES & BILLING
- If you would like to access and view your past account invoices, please follow these steps: Login to your NWAA Team Unify account —> My Account —> Dues Schedule —> View Account Invoices —> Billing History —> under Invoice Month, choose the month in which you would like to view your invoice.
- Also, in order to suspend your account, you must email [email protected] on or before the 15th of the month in order to not be charged for the following month. See page 9 of the parent handbook for more information.