Swim Team Families,

We hope you had a great first week of practice. This newsletter includes highlights for the coming week as well as looking ahead to the following week. Summary is at the top, more details in the sections below. Please note, there are action items that require your attention.

Highlights, week of 6/3:

• Practice Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 5.45-6.45pm
• Time Trials on Tuesday 6/4 (note: will run to approx 7.15pm)
• Time Trials RSVP required! Please declare your swimmer’s participation by Monday at 8am. *Swimmers not declared by deadline will not be able to participate in the time trials*
• Volunteers still needed for the time trials “meet”, sign up here
• Donations needed for home meet concessions, sign up here

Looking ahead, week of 6/10:

• Practice Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 5.45-6.45pm and Thursday and Friday 9-10am
• First meet is at home on Tuesday, 6/11 against Planter’s Walk, arrival time 4.45pm
• Meet RSVP required! Please declare your swimmer’s participation by Friday 6/7 at 8pm. *Swimmers not declared by deadline will not be able to participate in the meet*
• Please sign up for meet volunteer shifts here
• Donations needed for ALL home meet concessions, sign up here

Time Trials
Time Trials are a chance for swimmers to have a baseline time for the start of the season. This runs like a meet with no competing team, just Southall swimmers! It’s also a great opportunity to practice doing a meet, especially for younger or new swimmers.

Declaring participation for meets
This is the mandatory RSVP for meets! All swimmers must declare participation by the deadline given in the weekly email (usually the Friday before the meet) or they will not be able to participate in the meet. This is because teams are required to organize relay teams and submit swimmer names for all events PRIOR to the meet.

To declare your swimmer’s participation (whether YES or NO): Go to meet signup calendar, click on the green “Meet Entry” box in the Time Trials section. Click the blue “Edit” button below swimmer name(s). Use the drop down to select “Attending” or “Not Attending” for each swimmer, then click the blue “save” button.

Volunteer sign up
Families are required to sign up for 2 points (4 half-shifts) per swim season. Meets are run solely by volunteers and it takes all of us to make the meets run smoothly and efficiently.

To view the meet schedule and sign up for volunteer shifts, go to meet signup calendar, click the green “Job Signup” button. Then click the blue “Sign up for Jobs” button, select shifts, then click the blue “save” button.

Donate concessions for all home swim meets
Selling concessions at our home meets is one of the primary ways we raise money to support the swim team. The concessions committee has made it easy to sign up to bring items for ALL the home meets (6/11, 7/9, 7/16), please sign up here. Items must be dropped off at the pool no later than 4.45pm on the meet day.

All swimmers should bring swim caps*, googles, towels, and water bottles
*Caps are REQUIRED for all swimmers with hair that passes their eyebrows (boys and girls), this is a safety issue to prevent hair from getting in eyes or tangled in lane ropes. Need a Southall swim cap? You can purchase them at the snack shack.

Stay in the know!
Southall uses the GroupMe app to communicate last minute information. Please click here to sign up.

Still have questions?
Feel free to email us anytime at [email protected]. Swim team communications are handled by Merranie Zellweger (member and swim team parent since 2020) and Chris Clemmons (member and swim team parent starting 2024).

GO SEAHORSES!