Swim Team Friends,

Another week is in the books, aren't we fortunate to swim in such a beautiful setting? If we keep finding so many frogs in the pool at practice we might have to consider rebranding the team! Coach-in-Training Emily is our official amphibian relocator.

Today’s email is long, here’s what we’re covering: Time trials, schedule, meet declaration and volunteer sign up.

• Time Trials/Practice: Time trials are here- we will run the kids through all their meet events for times. These times allow us to place them in the appropriate order for next week’s meet. Trials run all three days! 6U swimmers only swim two strokes in meets so they will transition to regular practice if they complete trials. Older age groups swim a greater variety of strokes and distances so trials will take all three days to complete.
  • Monday, May 23rd through Wednesday, May 25th
  • 4:00 PM-4:45 PM 6&UNDER/7-8 yr
  • 4:45 PM-5:30 PM 9-10 yr
  • 5:30 PM-6:30 PM 11&UP
  • Wear your tight-fitting suits (team suits are great), swim caps and goggles
• Thursday, May 26th: NO PRACTICE: This is the last day of school for many of our swimmers the pool opens for Mountaire members at 4:00 PM
• Friday, May 27th: PRACTICES SWITCH TO MORNINGS
  • 8:30 AM-9:15 AM 6&U/7-8 yr
  • 9:15 AM-10:00 AM 9-10 yr
  • 10:00 AM-10:45 AM 11&UP
• Declare your swimmers by 5/27! We are 10 days out from our first meet, 5/31 at Hammond Hills. Please RSVP now. Scroll down to the meet name > click the green button tagged “Meet Entry”, this opens a window with your swimmer’s name, click “edit”, select the drop-down option for each of your swimmers, and hit “save”. DONE!

If your swimmer is not declared by the 5/27 deadline, they will not be able to participate in the 1st meet!

• Sign up for all of your volunteer spots for the season by 5/27. Go to the Team Calendar page, 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!

This is a busy week before the long holiday weekend, and we return from that break right into our first meet. Weather is looking soggy but remember, we do swim in rain. We will advise the group on any practice cancellations or delays. If you have questions about any of the above, please email us [email protected].

We love swimming with you!

Brooke & Virginia