Celebrating our 1st meet WIN of 2021, our swimmers of the week PLUS critical deadlines THIS WEEKEND and next up on deck...

May 28th

Swim Team Friends,

For our first meet of the season, last night’s home meet against Riverside was an excellent start. We very much appreciate all of the “helping hands” that were involved along with the “generous hearts” that we witnessed cheering on swimmers, congratulating opponents, asking team reps how they could help, bringing in concessions, etc. We weren’t kidding…it takes a team and please know that we are thankful for each and every one of you. And…drum roll please…Mountaire WON the meet! The final score was 438 (Mountaire) to 343 (Riverside). Way to bring it guys! Attached are the final meet results of both teams if you want to compare your swimmer(s) against the competition.

Continuing with the positive momentum, we want to celebrate our very first Swimmers of the Week! It was announced at the ribbon ceremony this morning that Gavin Perkins (7-8 boys) and Tova Thome (13-14 girls) were this week’s recipients. Gavin and Tova were recognized by the coaching staff based on their team spirit, work ethic, practice and meet performances, and all-around great attitude. Your Mountaire Park Barracudas Swim Team is very proud of you! Check out Gavin and Tova on our website and FB page. And a special thanks to our sponsor Altitude Trampoline Park for providing our swimmers of the week with 60-minute jump passes and buddy passes so they can bring friends!

If you are still decompressing from last night’s meet, we are happy to share with you that there is no rest for the weary. Welcome to swim team! :-) We’ve got some critical deadlines/announcements that we need to remind you of and you need to act on:

DEADLINE BY 11:59 PM 5/29 – You must declare your swimmer(s) TOMORROW by 11:59 PM for the 2^nd swim meet on Tuesday, June 1^st. If we do not have a declaration by 11:59 PM tomorrow, your swimmer(s) will not be able to participate in Tuesday’s meeting. 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”.

Not sure how to declare? Here’s a quick tutorial: click here >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 dropbox options for each swimmer to let us know if they are coming or not> then click save. YOU. ARE. DONE.

DEADLINE BY 5:00 PM 5/31 – Please sign up for meet 2 concessions. For many of you, meet 1 concessions was full by the time you went in to sign up. If you did not sign up for meet 1 concessions, please prioritize signing up for meet 2. Click here to do so.
DEADLINE BY 5:00 PM 5/31 – Please fill two positions for the bullpen and two positions for master recorder/runner. Click here to do so.

Next up on deck:

Monday, May 31st: NO PRACTICE due to holiday
Tuesday, June 1st & Wednesday, June 2nd: PRACTICE

8:30 AM-9:00 AM 6&U
9:00 AM-9:45 AM 7-8
9:45 AM-10:45 AM 9&UP

Tuesday, June 1st: HOME (virtual) meet against Briarwood

4:30 PM arrival athletes and 1^st shift volunteers
Meet theme is “out of this world” (parents, guests and athletes can come to the meet wearing crazy outfits – think space, aliens, mermaids, planets, rockets, etc.)

Thursday, June 3rd: INDIVIDUAL & TEAM PHOTOS 9:30 AM-10:30 AM

All athletes should wear their 2021 team t-shirt for the team photo (please make sure you have it, shirts were distributed in practice the week of 5/24)
A note from PhotoVentures – the photo vendor that will be onsite:

To conserve resources and reduce high-touch transactions on photo day download the order form here.
All swimmers and parents are asked to wear masks in and around photo areas until they are in front of the camera for their photos.
Swimmers and siblings (even non-swim team siblings) can participate in individual/family photos.
Swimmers only in the photo areas please. Parents, please remain socially distanced from photo areas except to complete or turn in an order form.
Parents and onlookers please NO PERSONAL PHOTOS of team shots, including the use of cell phones. The photo staff will stop photography until all personal cameras/phones are stowed, and the club cannot earn the free gifts and services we provide if parents are taking their own photos. Thank you for respecting staff and our work.

Thursday, June 3rd, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM SWIM CLINIC: the focus is on dives, flip turns, starts & finishes (all ages welcome, no need to RSVP, just show up at the pool)
Friday, June 4th 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Ribbons & Swimmers of the Week Ceremony