Secondary School Competitive Programs
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Head Coach
Mark Welsh
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Secondary School Rowing Programs
Beamsville District Secondary School |
Blessed Trinity Catholic Secondary School |
Denis Morris Catholic High School |
Eden Secondary School |
Governor Simcoe Secondary School |
Grimsby Secondary School |
Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School |
Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School |
St. Francis Catholic Secondary School |
ST. CATHARINES ROWING CLUB
HIGH SCHOOL SWIM TEST PROTOCOL
| 2020 Swim Test Protocol for Secondary School |
All student athletes must complete the swim test annually unless they can provide certification of Bronze Medallion or higher.
Inability to pass the swim test will result in the student/athlete being ineligible to row. It is the responsibility of the student/athlete to obtain their own swim test if unable to attend the provided test date/time.
Each athlete will prepare for the test by wearing:
Each athlete will complete all of the following steps:
Guidelines provided by:
http://www.lifesavingsociety.com/swim-to-survive.aspx
http://safety.ophea.net/safety-plan/165/1409
Updated January 2020
Inability to pass the swim test will result in the student/athlete being ineligible to row. It is the responsibility of the student/athlete to obtain their own swim test if unable to attend the provided test date/time.
Each athlete will prepare for the test by wearing:
- Shorts (bathing suit)
- Socks
- Tight fitted pants
- Tight fitted long sleeve shirt
Each athlete will complete all of the following steps:
- Enter the pool deck wearing the listed clothing, have a quick shower to make sure you are completely wet. The organizer will put you into small groups to complete the test
- On direction from the organizer, enter the pool by sitting sideways to the pool and roll into the deep end of the pool.
- Tread water for four minutes without touching the bottom, side walls or another person in the water.
- After successfully treading water for four minutes, complete 4 lengths of the pool swimming any stroke continuously ending up back in the deep end.
- Successfully put on a personal flotation device (PFD). TEST IS COMPLETE ONCE THE PFD IS PUT ON SUCCESSFULLY
- Remove the PFD, swim to the shallow end and exit the pool.
- Check in with the swim test organizer or Life Guard to ensure you are recorded as passing the test.
Guidelines provided by:
http://www.lifesavingsociety.com/swim-to-survive.aspx
http://safety.ophea.net/safety-plan/165/1409
Updated January 2020
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St. Catharines Rowing Club, P.O. Box 28010, 600 Ontario St., St. Catharines, ON, L2N 7P8.
St. Catharines Rowing Club, P.O. Box 28010, 600 Ontario St., St. Catharines, ON, L2N 7P8.