Hello Swim Families!

Can you believe it–our first week of Summer Swim Team is already here!?!? We are excited to see everyone at the pool starting this week! 

Each Sunday, you will receive an email with lots of information regarding the upcoming week, practices, meets, and more. We would greatly appreciate it if you would take a moment to read through the entire email! 

🐬Schedule this week:

Monday, 5/18: Meet the Coaches/Parent Meeting/Ice Cream Social. There will not be practices today. Swimmers will have time to play games with the coaches and eat ice cream, while the parents gather for a brief meeting (please see more information below).

Tuesday: First Day of Practices (please see specific practice times below)

Wednesday & Thursday: Regular practice times

🐬Meet the Coaches/Parent Meeting/Ice Cream Social at 6pm at the BBW Pool. We’ll begin with an ice cream social and then parents will meet with the Swim Team Committee on the pool deck while the swimmers play games with the coaches in the cul-de sac. Our Social Committee would love for everyone to RSVP and sign up for bringing ice cream sundae goodies here.

🐬Practice Schedule:

4:00-5:00 11 and Ups

5:00-5:45 6 and Unders

5:45-6:30 7 and 8s

6:30-7:30 9 and 10s

Please bring extra towels and sneakers to all practices in case the coaches need to split time from the chilly water with land practice. All of our coaches will be at all of the practices this week!

🐬 Please take a moment to do the following on SwimTopia:

• Please turn on notifications if you haven’t already, so you can get weather alerts as well as emails/messages.
• Review the tabs at the top of the website for lots of great swim team information.

🐬Volunteer Sign-Up Spreadsheet

Here is a link to the spreadsheet listing all filled volunteer positions for each meet. We will talk more about this during the parent meeting, but wanted everyone to have a copy of the complete list in case you need to coordinate a swap with another family for a slot you signed up for. Your volunteer positions can also be viewed on the Swimtopia App. Questions regarding volunteering can be directed to Lee Ellen Harmer or Casey Joseph. 

🐬Team Swimsuits: Team Swimsuits are not required and swimmers are welcome to wear whatever they are most comfortable in or a plain blue or black suit. If, however, your swimmer would like to be in the team swimsuit as a good portion of our swimmers will be, here are several links for what the team suit looks like and where it can be found:

Girls Team Suit: Amazon or Swim Outlet

Boys Team Suit: Amazon or Swim Outlet

Kiefer Aquatics in Cary, NC has also carried the team suit in the past.

Team Swim Caps: Swimmers are not required to wear a team swim cap, but they cannot have the name of another team on the cap during a swim meet. We have Team swim caps available for purchase for $5/each. Let a committee member know if you would like to purchase one.

🐬Upcoming Important Dates

No Practice next Monday, 5/25 for Memorial Day.

Team Picture & Potluck, Thursday, 5/28. We’ll have condensed practices that day (more info to come)

Time Trials, Tuesday, 6/2 during practice times

🐬Please ALWAYS keep an eye on your children in the pool, even when they are with the coaches. Any children under 14 MUST be accompanied by an adult. If you cannot attend, please make arrangements with another family to be your child’s “parent” for that day at practice. Please note, siblings under 16 years of age cannot be considered the “parent.”

🐬Please remember our pool is always open to neighbors, even during swim practice. Some days it may get a little crowded, especially in the shallow end; so please, please keep an eye on your children! Please also emphasize with your children the importance of not distracting our coaches during practices.

🐬If at any time you have a question, please do not hesitate to reach out. A committee member can be found at all practices this week or you can email directly: [email protected].