Dear Dolphins,

Please read below the important updates for this week.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR DOLPHINS AND SWIMMERS OF THE WEEK!

5/6 Swimmers of the Week – Antonia d’Angelo & Alex Broncano Arteaga

7/8 Dolphins of the Week – Sara Gonzalez & Eisuke Fukushima

7/8 Swimmers of the Week – Kaitlyn Bemis & Logan Shaikh

9/10 Dolphins of the Week – Janelle Dingler & Ben Snook

9/10 Swimmers of the Week – Alexandra Bouman & Renzo D’Ambrosio

11/12 Dolphins of the Week – Zoe Sarlis and Andre Artus

11/12 Swimmers of the Week – Isla Bate & Drew Bemis

13 Up Swimmer of the Week – Charlie Payne

MOCK MEET AND TIME TRIALS THIS THURSDAY

Our mock meet and time trials will be held this Thursday from 5:00 p.m. until approximately 8:00 p.m. Please arrive to the Briarhills pool on time as we have a lot to do in a short amount of time. Swimmers are required to wear their team suit and goggles. A swim cap is highly encouraged (especially for the girls).

We will run the time trials as a mock meet. This will help us practice all the things that are required at a real meet. Swimmers will be asked to swim each of their individual strokes unassisted as fast as they can and we will record their time. This time will be their “seed time” for meet entries. We will not swim relays at time trials.

If you cannot attend time trials on Thursday, that's ok. We will either try to capture your swimmer’s time on Friday or Saturday or your swimmer may be entered with a no time (NT) for the first meet which is not a big deal.

We will need parent volunteers to help run the mock meet just as we would for an official meet. Kara Bemis will be sending out volunteer assignments by email in the next few days.

DECLARE YOUR ATTENDANCE FOR TIME TRIALS

We need EVERY parent to please go online and DECLARE whether or not your swimmer will be available to attend the meets.

Please DECLARE your swimmer’s attendance for Time Trials by 10 p.m. tomorrow (Tuesday).

Attached are the step by step instructions for how to declare your swimmer’s attendance. The screenshots are from a few years ago so the meet titles / dates are different but the instructions are the same. There is an option for you to select "attending" or "not attending" and for you to write a note to the coaches if you need to arrive late / leave early.

If you have any trouble or questions with declaring your attendance online, please let me know.

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).

Hopefully this rain will clear out so we can practice this afternoon. I will send weather updates if there are any delays or canceled practices. Hope to see you all soon!

Go Dolphins!

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