Practice has been going great! Our Coaches and Dolphins are ready for a big week ahead!

AFTERNOON PRACTICE - Regular Monday, Wednesday and Thursday practice schedule. No practice Tuesday due to our first dual meet AT HOME vs Oak Valley!

INTRASQUAD MEET SATURDAY 6/1

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 5/31. 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!

Things to remember:

• Print your heat sheet at home, highlight your child’s events and mark your child before you arrive
• Volunteers check-in when you arrive
• Team t-shirts will be available for pick-up
• Donuts will be given to all swimmers AFTER they finish their events
• Stay positive - this is a great learning opportunity for everyone!

FIRST DUAL MEET TUESDAY 6/4 @ HOME vs Oak Valley

Meet Theme: EXTREME BLUE and GREEN - every swimmer will receive blue beads when they arrive. Prize for the best dressed!

Declare your swimmer IN or OUT ASAP and no later than SUNDAY 6/2 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.

GFSL allows swimmers to “swim up” in other age groups where there are openings in individual events or to fill out a relay. There will be times when I give swimmers the opportunity to compete in more events by swimming them up in a different age group. Whether or not they score points, their times will still count. I understand that your child may feel anxious about swimming up, but I hope that you will encourage them to embrace the opportunity to swim.”

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

• DOLPHIN TEAM PICTURE June 10th 10:00 am
• DOLPHIN DANCE/KARAOKE PARTY June 14th 7:30-9:00 pm
• CITY MEET JUNE 21st - This year’s them: TOY STORY

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