Before you go...prioritize this email to ensure you are on top of things (CRITICAL DEADLINES)

May 22nd

Team,

Is it the weekend yet? Know you are gearing up for the last day of school and Memorial plans. Before you mentally “check out” for a few days, please be reminded of the following CRITICAL deadlines and requests. And don’t forget, today is the final day of swim practice before the Memorial Day holiday. Swim practice resumes on Tuesday, May 28^th and we switch to mornings: 8:30 AM-9:15 AM 6&UNDER, 9:15 AM-10:00 AM 7-8, 10:00 AM-11:00 AM 9&UP

DEADLINE TODAY (5/22) – You must declare your swimmer(s) for the 1^st swim meet on Tuesday, May 28^th. If we do not have a declaration by 5:00 PM today, your swimmer(s) will not be able to participate in Tuesday’s meeting. We hate to lay down the “hammer” but it takes hours for our coaches to put together heat sheets – we cannot have anyone show up at the meet expecting to swim who has not declared themselves. We will not be able to make accommodations. Also, an important point on meet declarations – even if you are not planning to swim, you must declare your swimmer(s). Everyone must declare no matter if “yes” or no matter if “no”. We aren’t going to bore you with how the technology works that helps us put meets together, but it is an utter nightmare trying to track down families who have not declared one way or the other. Okay, we are off the soap box. J

Not sure how to declare? Ask a Team Rep. That’s in part what we are here for. But here’s a quick tutorial: click here https://mountairebarracudas.swimtopia.com/swim_meets >scroll down to the title of the meet you are declaring for and click on the green button that says “Meet Entry”>a window will pop up with your swimmer(s) names> pull down the drop box options for each swimmer to let us know if they are coming or not> then click save. YOU. ARE. DONE.

DEADLINE TOMORROW (5/23) – Sign-up for home meet 1 concessions. Have we mentioned that concessions are one of the biggest fundraisers for our team? We need all hands-on deck guys. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have a swimmer(s) in the meet, you still need you to donate. We need these remaining items:

Ice (2)
Push-Pops (2)
Snickers, Twix, etc (3)
Starburst (2)
Reeces Pieces (1)
Pasta Salad
Watermelon
Not sure how to sign-up? Again, ask a Team Rep or follow this quick tutorial: click here https://mountairebarracudas.swimtopia.com/swim_meets >click on the green button that says “Job Signup” next to the event at the top of the page called>click “sign up for jobs”> this will open a window that lets you see everything the team still needs>simply check the box for the item that you will bring and hit save assignments. YOU. ARE. DONE.

DEADLINE TOMORROW (5/23) - Sign up for all four of your volunteer spots throughout the season. Yes, all four. From the same link we provided to you above, scroll down to the event name>click the green button tagged “Job signup”, this opens a window with parent names, click “sign up for jobs”, click the button next to the job you wish to sign up for, and hit “save assignments”. DONE! To avoid many emails and phone calls after May 23rd, please sign up for all four slots. Aren’t sure about the positions, see the attachment.
DEADLINE FRIDAY (5/24)- RSVP for the post-home meet celebration at Abuelo’s Mexican Kitchen and Cantina. To do this…click the same link we shared with you above. Scroll down to find the event>click the green button tagged “RSVP open”, this opens a window with the names of everyone in your family (or everyone that you loaded into your profile), click “edit”, select the names for each family member attending, and hit “save”. DONE!

Honorable mentions:

Bookmark our website - the website has been loaded since the beginning of March with ALL swim team dates – this includes practices, meets, parent meeting, time trials, socials, swim clinics, picture day, etc. This site is going to be the tool to make your life SO MUCH EASIER! We have purposefully gone out of our way to ensure the site is loaded with literally everything!
Download the SwimTopia app on your mobile device (from your app store) for easy phone access to our website.
Like the pool’s Facebook page to receive updates, announcements and more!
Sign-up for RainedOut, the mobile text alert system. The system provides you with real-time practice or meet cancellation plus urgent announcements. Make sure to have childcare folks, family members, etc. sign-up as well – anyone that will need to know updates for practices, meets, etc.

Next up on deck:

Tuesday, May 28^th to Friday, May 31^st morning swim practice 8:30 AM-9:15 AM 6&UNDER, 9:15 AM-10:00 AM 7-8, 10:00 AM-11:00 AM 9&UP
Tuesday, May 28^th 4:30 PM all swimmers and 1^st shift volunteers must be at the pool for our 1^st home swim meet
Wednesday, May 29: 4:00 PM-5:00 PM (FREE swim clinic: focus is on two hand touches and stroke techniques, this clinic is geared towards swimmers 7&Up)
Tuesday, June 4th: AWAY meet against Riverside (go ahead and declare your swimmers(s), this meet is approaching fast)
Wednesday, June 5th 9:00 AM-9:45 AM (team and individual photos at Mountaire Park pool)
Wednesday, June 5th 9:45 AM-10:45 AM (Swim Across America fundraiser at Mountaire Park pool, $5.00 donation requested for participating swimmers, more info to follow)
Wednesday, June 5: 4:00 PM-5:00 PM (swim clinic: focus is on dives and streamlining)