Swim Team Families,

LOTS going on this week - please read carefully!

Action required, week of 7/7:

• Practice on Monday, Thursday and Friday mornings from 9-10am, and Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 5.45-6.45pm.
• Monday 7/7: Annual lock-in party for all swimmers (see email from 7/2 for details), donations here
• Tuesday 7/8: Home meet with Banbury Woods, arrival time 4.45pm
• Tuesday 7/8: RSVP required for TSA Championship meet by 9pm (details below)
• Wednesday 7/9: Picture day, wear swimsuit and swim shirt, sign up here to help!
• Friday 7/11: RSVP required for 7/15 meet! Declare your swimmer’s participation by 8pm. *Swimmers not declared by deadline will not be able to participate in the meet!*
• Concessions donations urgently needed for Tuesday’s meet, sign up here.

Looking ahead, week of 7/14:

• Older kids dinner (age 13-18) on 7/14, RSVP here
• Away meet at Crabtree on 7/15
• TSA Championship waiver must be completed by 7/16
• Swim Team Banquet on 7/17
• TSA Championship meet at Triangle Aquatic Center (details below) on 7/20

Banbury Woods meet on 7/8 (home)
Please prep swimmer(s) by writing names on back (11 and under) and caps (all)!

Parking is tight, Southall families should carpool if possible and begin parking at the back of the lot closest to the tennis courts. Concessions are available at all meets (home and away), and you can bring your own snacks/water as well. Be sure to bring camping chairs as seating options at the pools fill up quickly.

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 specific 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].

Adham, Tareq
Anderson, William
Beerman, Bill
Blaylock, Wes
Blyth, Robby
Breedlove, Abigail
Briggs, Scott
Carey, Stephen
Clark, Heather
Clark, Robert
Davisson, Andrew
Dunning, Megan
Edwards Smith, Melissa
Edwards, Laurel
Fair, Corrie
Felts, Courtney
Feno, Margaret
Frazier, Dominique
Gibson, Autumn
Greksa, Amy
Grossman, Matt
Hall, Molly
Hauch, Bethany
Hopkins, Ellen
Howard, Elinna
Humphrey, Mary Kate
Kressmann, Nic
LaFleur, Russ
Laycock, Caitlin
Liles, Derek
Marum, Jacinta
Maughan, Grayson
McKinney, Drew
Meeker, Emily
Menaker, Jen
Millsaps, David
Mize, Christopher
Montaigne, Julie
Morgan, Amanda
Nishawala, Akul
Nishawala, Amanda
Nolting, Rachel
Norman, MaryElizabeth
Norman, Rob
Pape, Jesse
Pitoscia, Vincent
Reid, Ryan
Reithel, Eric
Rowe, Eliza
Shankweiler, Derek
Simpson, Caroline
Smith, Brad
Smith, Caleb
Upsal, John
Vukina, Josip
Werdel, Jessica
Youngman, Lauren

TSA Championship Meet on 7/20
RSVP here (yes or no) by 7/8 at 9pm. Note: RSVP is by google form, not by Swimtopia where you declare participation for other meets. The google form will also ask you to select which events your swimmer would like to compete in, or you have the option to have the coaches choose for you.

Additional meet day details attached, please note separate times for age groups.

Complete waiver here no later than 7/16. TSA will not allow athletes without a completed waiver to compete.

Donations and volunteers needed for TSA Championship meet: please sign up here!

The Championship meet is open to any swimmer who participated in at least one meet this season. Coach Tiffany will put relays together if 4 people of an age group are present, we won’t know this until everyone has RSVP’d (similar to a regular meet). Please email [email protected] with any questions.

Message from Coach Tiffany: Please consider allowing your swimmer to compete in this meet on 7/20. This is unlike a typical Championship meet where swimmers must meet time standards and meet qualifications to compete. TSA provides this opportunity for swimmers to experience a big meet setting without having to meet qualification standards. Please encourage your swimmer to be excited about this opportunity. Relays are only possible if 4 swimmers in an age group attend.

As a young Southall swimmer myself, I attended the TSA Championship meet and it sparked a deeper interest in swimming. I enjoyed the opportunity to compete with fellow Southall teammates in a Championship Meet setting and attended TSA Championships until I graduated from Southall. I now enjoy this opportunity for my swimmers in a coaching position.

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!