Weekly Update
Dear Dolphins,
Please read below the important updates for this week.
TIME TRIALS TOMORROW MORNING
The coaches will be conducting time trials starting tomorrow morning. Please arrive to practice on time as we have a lot to do in a short amount of time. Swimmers should wear their team suit, goggles and a swim cap is highly encouraged (especially for the girls).
Swimmers will be asked to swim each of their strokes unassisted as fast as they can and we will record their time. This time will be their “seed time” for the first meet and is needed in order to build our meet entries.
If you cannot attend practice tomorrow, that's ok. Your swimmer will be entered with a no time (NT) for the first meet which just means they will swim in the last heat. No biggie!
We will need parent volunteers to help time the kids tomorrow. We need up to 12 parents per practice session. Please let me know when you arrive to the pool tomorrow if you are available to stay and help. Teenagers are also welcome to help.
Donuts will be provided!
SWITCH TO MORNING PRACTICES
Please note that starting on Monday, all practices will be at Lakes of Parkway Pool in the morning. The times are as follows:
Weekdays
9 & 10 - 7:30 - 8:15
5 & 6 - 8:15 - 8:45
7 & 8 - 8:45 - 9:30
11 & Up - 9:30 - 10:30
Saturdays
5 & 6 - 8:00 - 8:30
7 & 8 - 8:30 - 9:15
9 & 10 - 9:15 - 10:00
11 & up - 10:00 - 10:45
DECLARE YOUR ATTENDANCE FOR THE MEETS
We need EVERY parent to please go online to our website asap and DECLARE whether or not your swimmer will be attending the meets.
Attached are the step by step instructions for how to declare your attendance. We
need everyone to do so by end of day on Sunday, June 2nd. There is an option for you to select "attending" or "not attending" and for you to write a note to the coach. We ask that you go ahead and do this now for ALL meets so we don't have to send additional reminders. You can always go back in and edit your attendance should your
schedule change.
If you have any trouble or questions with declaring your attendance online, please let me know.
**DOLPHINS SPIRIT NIGHT NEXT THURSDAY**
Next Thursday, we are going to have a team spirit night at Potbelly Sandwiches, located in the Kroger shopping center, from 6-8:00 pm. Potbelly has generously offered to donate 25% of the net sales back to our team. Please come eat dinner with your teammates and coaches and pick up your team t-shirts and merchandise. We will also be decorating cars in anticipation of our first meet on Friday! Let's show LONG MEADOW FARMS that we are ready to SWIM FAST and WIN!
MEET & VOLUNTEER INFO
Information for the first meet will be sent to the team first part of next week. Be on the lookout for this important email. It will tell you everything you need to know for our first meet next Friday.
HAVE YOU DOWNLOADED THE SWIMTOPIA APP?
We will be using this app to send alerts to the team and it will also be very handy for you to have at our meets to keep track of your swimmer's events. Once you have downloaded the app, sign in with the same sign in you use for our website (do not create a new account).
LOST AND FOUND
Please check the lost and found table today and tomorrow. Our inventory is growing!
See you this afternoon at practice!
Go Dolphins!
