Practice has been going great! Our coaches and Dolphins are ready for a big week ahead! Please read what our Team has to look forward to!!

AFTERNOON PRACTICE  - Regular Monday, Wednesday and Thursday practice schedule. No practice Tuesday due to our swim meet at Brookberry Farm (info below).

INTRASQUAD MEET SATURDAY JUNE 3rd

Arrival - 7:30. Warm up - 7:45. Meet start - 8:00 and finish by 10:00.

Coach Frances will enter your child in events that she thinks they can swim and a heat sheet will be sent out Friday 6/2. Even if your child feels like they don’t know how to do a particular stroke, please encourage them just to do their best - this is a chance to practice and have fun!

Donuts will be given to all swimmers once they finish their events!

New this season: Volunteers CHECK-IN when you arrive!

All team shirts will be available for pick-up on Saturday!

*Parents, this will be a great opportunity to get you (and your Dolphin) ready for Tuesday!

FIRST DUAL MEET TUESDAY @ BROOKBERRY FARM June 6th

Declare your swimmer IN or OUT by SUNDAY 6/4 at 12:00 PM. When you click on the link you should log into your Swimtopia account and look for the green “Meet Entry” button to make the declaration. This is the only way that coaches will know who to enter in the meet.

WE NEED YOU! Please sign up to volunteer by clicking on the green “Job Signup” button conveniently located next to the button where you declared your swimmer.

Look for an email with detailed meet information on Monday!

NEW TO SWIM TEAM or STILL CONFUSED ABOUT MEETS?

Please visit these pages on our website to learn more: Swim Meet 101, How to Read a Heat Sheet and Marking up Your Swimmer for Meets.

LIMITED MEET ENTRIES

Every year parents have questions about why their children are entered or not entered in certain events at our dual meets. Coach Frances has this to share:

“Our league has rules about the number of entries per swimmer and number of heats per event in order to keep the meets from running too long.

For a typical dual meet, we are allowed unlimited entries for 10 & under freestyle, 6 entries for backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and 11 & up freestyle; and 3 entries for the IM and distance freestyle events for each gender and age group. Additionally, we are allowed up to 3 relays for each gender and age group for both the medley and freestyle relays.

For this reason, some swimmers will swim fewer events per meet, particularly in age groups where there are high numbers of swimmers. I also prioritize entering swimmers in events I believe they will swim without getting disqualified. As swimmers improve their strokes over the season, they may have more opportunities to swim.”

CITY MEET JUNE 23rd

Mark your calendars! More information to come next week! This year’s theme: FINDING NEMO!

PRIVATE SWIM LESSONS

If you feel that your child would benefit from more individualized instruction on a particular skill or stroke, several of our coaches offer lessons. Contact Ashley McNeill or Katie Whitworth at [email protected]

GO DOLPHINS!

~ Your swim team committee