Congrats Stingrays! Our first meet is in the books! Thanks to everyone for being so flexible with the reschedule to a Sunday meet. Our kiddos were so impressive that I did have a teary-eyed moment while watching them swim! As you know, we were split into "Green" and "Black Teams"........Drumroll Please!

Green Team : 458

Black Team : 404

We like to give a weekly shoutout to two swimmers each week who demonstrate hard work and dedication in and out of the pool. This week's swimmer shout out goes to:

Carter C - Shout out to Carter for keeping up at some hard practices as a first year swimmer! He swam the 100 free even when his goggles fell off. He was cool, calm, and collected which is so impressive for someone's first swim meet ever. Congrats Carter!

Hayden B - Shout out to Hayden who is also a first year swimmer. With only four days of swim practice, Hayden has been willing to try anything. Butterfly? Sure. Breaststroke? Yep. Flip turns? You got it. She has learned so much from just watching and copying her peers. Congrats Hayden!

If your swimmer isn't quite ready to race yet, that is okay! You are more than welcome to attend the meets and cheer on the team! If you choose to do so, let the coaches know and we can still give them a buddy for the meet!

SUNDAY @ 8:00 AM
- Meet sign-ups open -
📌Declare your swimmers absence or attendance one of two ways:

📌Use the team website, find the "Next Meet" bar, click meet entry

📌 Use the swimtopia app (there is a how to video further below)

WEDNESDAY @ 11:59 PM
- Meet entries closed -

📌Mark your swimmer as attending or not attending before this deadline (extended to Thursday for this week)

FRIDAY @ 8:00 PM
- Volunteer job sign-up closes -

📌Don't forget to pick a shift. We need all hands on deck to run a swim meet!

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SATURDAY @ 7:00 AM - 7:30 AM
- Swimmer Check-In with Coaches -

📌Coaches will give your event numbers for the day and your Big/Little Buddy!

SATURDAY @ 7:45 AM
WARM-UPS:

10&Unders for the first 10 minutes
11&UP for the second 15 minutes

📌Swimmers stretch on deck 5 minutes before hoping in the water

📌IF YOU ARE A NO SHOW/NO CALL BY WARM-UPS, THE ABSENT SWIMMER WILL BE REPLACED FROM ANY RELAYS THEY WERE ENTERED IN

SATURDAY @ approx. 8:15 AM
- Timer's Meeting -

SATURDAY @ approx. 8:20 AM
- Swimmer Team Meeting -

SATURDAY @ 8:30 AM
- Meet Starts -

Please watch this video on how to properly time at a swim meet! Our kids deserve our best so that they have accurate times ❤️

Letting the the coaches know if your swimmer will be attending makes a TREMENDOUS impact on swim meets, coaches, and other swimmers. When a swimmer who was entered in the meet is a no show/no call, coaches have to change around relays, provide numbers to new swimmers, and make changes with the computer room.

Another Stingray Tradition includes eating lunch together after the meet and passing out ribbons! This week after the meet we will be meeting at Las Cascadas. Starting time is approximate based on when the meet finishes and when coaches arrive with ribbons.

Board Meetings - Reminder that Board Meetings are open to all parents. Meetings are held virtually every Monday at 7:00pm. Please join us through googles meets code: dnk-uuam-qiy. Please join us if you are interested in heading up a committee, you have questions, or you just want to listen in to hear what is going on behind the scenes!