Great Meet and the Week Ahead!

Good afternoon and Happy Father's Day, Torpedo Family!

After an abbreviated practice week due to the pool closures, the team did a great job at the meet Saturday! Results were sent out via remind, but the Torpedo swimmers combined to beat the Makos and the Stingrays 403-318-263. The swimmers all stepped up and swam well! Both boys and girls sides won their respective meets.

This Friday we will swim against Shelby and Black Mountain in Shelby for a Friday night meet starting at 6pm. Swimmers are to report on deck by 5pm with warm-ups starting at 5:15pm. I need to have entries by Tuesday night, so if you are planning to swim, please sign up at Monday and Tuesday practices. I will send the list out via facebook and remind after Tuesday practice for a last call, but I would love everyone signed up in the book by then.

Additionally, with trying to make it easier on our families for this Friday, we will NOT be having Friday morning practices. We'd rather you be rested for the Friday night meet. No other practices this week will be impacted.

Our timers did a great job Saturday, and a big thank you to those volunteers who helped throughout the entire meet. We'd love each Torpedo family to volunteer some at each meet, and we're happy to help teach you what different jobs are available. 

For this week, we need to have at least two stroke and turn officials and eight timers for the meet. This means we need some parents to help with stroke and turn officiating. I will be sending out that information Monday, and any parents with questions can reach out. Also, timers can be non-swimming siblings, so put those brothers and sisters to work! If they can press a button and write a number, they're good to go!

Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084CABAE2AAAF58-57298036-vtst

The last two meets we've had roughly 50% participation from those who registered for the program this year. We know not everyone is in town every week, but this is a lower number than we'd like to see. If you're in town, please try to find a way to the meets. We need you at home meets, as well as away meets. Our next away meet is Thursday, June 26 at Black Mountain. Our next home meet is Saturday, June 28 against Granite Falls, Shelby, Watauga, and Forest City, and we'd love to have the bulk of the team there for those meets! After those meets, we have a competition break around Independence Day, and get back to it on July 10 at a close to home meet at Granite Falls.

At long last, T-shirts will be delivered this week. You all chose sizes when registering your swimmers. Those are the sizes available for your swimmer. I'll post when those are ready to be picked up.

Finally, the calendar for the week! Let's make this a great week!

 

The Week Ahead: June 2-June 7

Happy Sunday, Torpedo Family!

This is the first week of our split practices! I will be uploading this weekly calendar on a weekly basis so you can easily see what is happening or when sign ups are due. 

Here are a few quick items:

1. The meet Saturday will start later than originally planned. Swimmers need to be at the pool by 8:45am for 9am Warm-Ups. We will start at 9:30am with the races. Swimmers will be assigned to either the Red or Green teams, as this is a friendly intrasquad meet meant to give everyone a taste of what to expect at meets. We won't swim every event we normally do at meets this week, and we hope to wrap up by noon. 

2. Please sign your swimmer up by Thursday for Saturday's meet if they are participating. 

3. We will need volunteers at the meet, so please plan on each family providing one person per "session" to help! You can sign up for different jobs here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084CABAE2AAAF58-57146298-first 

4. Shirts will be ordered Wednesday afternoon. If you would like one in addition to the one covered for your swimmer as a part of registration, please pay $10 at the pool counter by NOON WEDNESDAY. We should have them before the first home meet. Caps are currently available at the counter for pick up. If you wish to purchase more than the one already covered in registration, they are $5. The silver silicone caps are $15.