Swim team friends-

Another long email so please stay with me and read until the end 😊

WE. DID. IT. Our first meet in the books and we could not be prouder of our swim family. We very much appreciate all the helping hands and the patience of family and friends, as we know the first meet is always a bit bumpy.

We came up just short in the points race, finishing behind Riverside with a score of 402 to 394. However, our swimmers were just outstanding. Tiny rookie swimmers conquering the pool, kids completing their first-ever grueling Individual Medleys, athletes swimming up several age groups to fill in a gap and earn points for the team- everyone showed great sportsmanship and even cheered for the other team when their swimmers needed some extra support.

Congratulations to our Swimmers of the Week – Hudson Cramer(7-8 Boys), Eden Dominick(6 & Under Girls), William(9-10 boys) and Caroline Derrer(11-12 Girls)! These swimmers 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 them out on our website and FB page.

If you child is missing ribbons please email us with the swimmer’s name, event, heat & lane and we will get them corrected. There were also some questions about how ribbons are awarded, and the short answer is your athlete gets a ribbon for every event they participate in. For additional details visit our website FAQs and the Team Handbook, page 10.

Today marks the halfway point in the season, four weeks down and four to go! On deck for week 5:

• Monday, 6/5: AM Practice
• Tuesday, 6/6:
• AM Practice
• HOME MEET against Smyrna Sharks
• 4:30 PM arrival athletes and 1st shift volunteers
• Wednesday, 6/7: Ribbons, Donuts and Games by Age group, arrive at normal practice time
• Thursday, 6/8: AM Practice
• 4-5:00 PM SWIM CLINIC: the focus is on butterfly and breaststroke (all ages welcome, no need to RSVP, just show up at the pool)
• Friday, 6/9: AM Practice

Important Information for our First Home Meet:

We still need one more ribbon writer for Tuesday, responsible for placing the completed ribbon labels on the appropriate colored ribbon and placing them into the ribbon box in the appropriate folder. Please email us if you can help us.

Tuesday, 6/6 we will be hosting our first swim meet of the season against Smyrna Sharks. They are a big team with 190 swimmers planning to attend so we might have a long night. So as much as we love to see our families bring additional friends/family members to cheer on our Barracudas, we kindly ask that for this meet we try to stick to just parents and siblings. Our concession stand will open at 5pm with an amazing assortment of food. And deck space will be very tight trying to accommodate both large teams, please consolidate coolers/chairs as much as you can. Spectators will be sitting on both sides of the pool deck. We will have roped off sections for a swimmer’s walkway, starter walkway, away team bullpen. Please do not block these areas.

Parking is always tight, please remember to give yourself plenty of time and to only park on one side of the street once the parking lot is full. No parking along the driveway so we can leave enough room for emergency vehicles if needed (hopefully not). Two VIP parking spots left for $100 now is a great time to snatch them up. Please do not park in the VIP parking or AWAY team parking spots, they will be marked with cones.

Please help us show great sportsmanship and team spirit while welcoming the Smyrna Sharks to our wonderful pool for a long night of swimming. With everyone’s help making sure the kids are in the bullpen and on the blocks on time hopefully we can be done sooner than we think.

We know we provide a lot of information in these emails so if you have any questions do hesitate to ask. Email [email protected].

We love swimming with you!

Virginia Twynham & Laine Walker