Swim Team Families,

We are halfway through the swim season! Highlights and action items for this week AND next week are below.

If you have not already, please review the “Athlete Behavior Expectations” email sent earlier this afternoon and email [email protected] with any questions. Thank you for reinforcing this message at home and helping to keep all swimmers safe.

Action required, week of 6/30:

• Practice on Monday and Thursday mornings from 9-10am and Monday, Wednesday, Thursday evenings from 5.45-6.45pm. *NO PRACTICE on Friday, July 4*
• Away meet on Tuesday 7/1 at Zebulon, arrival time 4.45pm, meet info below.
• Volunteer sign ups listed below, check for your name.
• Concessions still needed for Tuesday’s meet, sign up here.
• RSVP required for 7/8 meet!Declare your swimmer’s participation by Friday 7/4 at 8pm. *Swimmers not declared by deadline will not be able to participate in the meet!*

Looking ahead, week of 7/7:

• Annual lock-in party on 7/7 for all swimmers (more details to come), donations here.
• Home meet with Banbury Woods on 7/8.
• Picture day on 7/9, sign up here to help!
• Full meet schedule here.
• Donations needed for ALL home meet concessions, sign up here.

Zebulon Meet 7/1 (away)
Please see attached pdf for meet directions and other details. *Please write on FRONT of arms and swim caps ONLY, do not write on swimmers’ backs for this meet (at Zebulon’s request)!*

Check-in procedures and TSA rules:

1. All parent volunteers (see below) should check in with Mary Elizabeth and receive a name tag upon arrival.
2. Swimmers should check in with their coaches as soon as they arrive. Please ensure that they are available for kid pushers to find easily throughout the meet.
3. No parents should be behind the swim blocks during a meet other than the volunteers doing Clerk of Course, Timing, or Kid Pushing. This is a TSA safety rule.
4. No alcoholic beverages of any kind, smoking, vaping, etc. are allowed during a TSA meet.
5. Any and all concerns or issues between teams should be addressed between TSA Reps.

Volunteers sign ups are below, go to Swimtopia to check your job and shift. There will be a volunteer meeting at 5.45pm to explain all jobs. Meets are run solely by volunteers. If you are unable to fulfill the role you signed up for please let organizers know by emailing [email protected].

Anderson, MaryFran
Berman, Alex
Blyth, Robby
Breedlove, Abigail
Breedlove, Andrew
Clark, Robert
Clarke, Kevin
Edwards, Nicole
Felts, Courtney
Feulner, Brett
Feulner, Helen
Froelicher, James
Gibson, Autumn
Gonzalez, Ariel
Hopkins, Ellen
Humphrey, Mary Kate
Jones, Douglas
Kressmann, Nic
Lawrence, Ryan
Liles, Derek
Lykes, J.B.
Maughan, Marc
McKinney, Drew
McKinney, Shannon
Mohs, Jean Gray
Mohs, Nate
Montaigne, Julie
Moore, Rebecca
Mozingo, Allisa
Mozingo, Scott
Musselman, Nancy
Norman, MaryElizabeth
Norman, Rob
O’Regan, Janathea
Patterson, Caroline
Pitoscia, Vincent
Prince, Eve
Sabino, Katie
Shafer, Martha
Shaffer, Jaclyn
Sinclair, Elizabeth
Singletary, Jamaica
Spaziano, Bob
Underwood, Kim
Underwood, Robert
Werdel, Jessica
Young, Neil
Youngman, Lauren
Zellweger, Merranie

Quick links
How to declare participation for meets (RSVP is required for all meets, whether YES or NO)
How to sign up for volunteer jobs (each family is required to fulfill 4 half-shifts per season)
Swim Meet 101 - helpful tips
Sign up here to join the Southall GroupMe app (for last minute swim team info)

GO SEAHORSES!