Sprint/Distance Meet Info - Unless in Mile, Arrive No Later than 8:15am.

Fun in the Sun at Forest City!

Tomorrow morning is Sprint/Distance! Coaches Rhy, Lilah, and Bret will be there for this fun event.

The pool is located at 217 Clay St, Forest City, NC 28043. 

If swimming the mile (Saylor), please be there to check in and warm up by 6:30am. There will be three heats of the mile.

Everyone else, we warm up in lanes 5-6 about 8:25am. Please be at the pool no later than 8:15am. Warm ups will last 20 minutes. We will be looking to start at 9:30am.

There will be a parents/coaches float relay, so parents and coaches, bring suits so you can join in the fun. Consider this a test run for our fools in the pool event at champs! Two relay team entries per team.

There will be ChicFilA biscuits and sandwiches, as well as food trucks for concessions.

We still need to have volunteers! I know not a ton of us are going, but please offer to help if you are. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C44ABA72EA4F4C52-64671853-volunteer#/

Only coaches can set tents up on deck.

Clerk of Course is check in at the red tent, then go to the block. You are responsible for your events!  

Please refer to the map for parking and setup, and PLEASE don't park in the golf course parking lot. 

 

 

The Week Ahead: July 6 through July 11

Good afternoon! 

I hope everyone has had a great break as we head into July. 

Just to start off, please remember we do not practice until Wednesday this week, with our first meet of the week on Thursday in Granite Falls. We may have some fun relays to add to the meet, and I'm excited to hopefully get a break from the heat (my AC went out Friday).

Saturday is Sprint/Distance in Forest City. As details come out, I'll be sure to share.   

Granite Falls pool is located at the Shuford Rec in Granite Falls, at 56 Pinewood Rd, Granite Falls, NC 28630. 

We're less than three weeks out from Champs, so please sign up if you haven't. Those entries are due before the 18th! 

See everyone Wednesday! 

 

The Week Ahead: America 250 Edition (Week of June 29-July 4)

Good morning, Torpedo! 

We've had a great season so far. I'm thrilled to see how our team (swimmers and parents, too) have come together to do a great job. I had multiple comments this past week praising our swimmers' sportsmanship and support of their teammates and other team swimmers, and our family members have done an awesome job helping make sure things run smoothly at meets. 

Thanks go out to Kara C. for volunteering to perform the National Anthem yesterday for our meet! She did a great job, and it has been enjoyable having the live vocal performance to start the meet. We have one more home meet on Saturday, July 18, and if you would like an opportunity to perform the National Anthem, please reach out to me.

This week we head to Black Mountain on Tuesday before the holiday break. 

There are a few practice changes this week, so please take care to note them. Tuesday morning, all morning swimmers will practice from 8am-9am. We've had a perfect scheduling storm, and coaches are unavailable for the 9-10am slot. Additionally, we were to practice Wednesday, but after thinking further on it, we will NOT PRACTICE JULY 1. So this means there will be no practices from July 1 until we get back in the pool on Wednesday, July 8. 

We do have our next meet at Granite Falls on Thursday night, July 9. We had a tight meet with them at home, so I really hope we will have a good showing to give them a run at home. This will also be our last away meet for all ages, and it will be a chance to see where the Champs meet will be held. 

We also have the Sprint/Distance meet on Saturday, July 11 in Forest City. This meet is for ages 11 and up, and is a Saturday morning meet. We start the day with mile swimmers, and then we have events that are shorter and longer than what we swim in usual meets. This is a fun meet and a good chance to challenge yourself. My rule has always been that any swimmer going and swimming 25s need to also plan on swimming something longer, too. This meet does count as an away meet, too, but again, it is only open to ages 11 and up. Please sign up for this meet this week, as well.

I hope that everyone has a safe and Happy July 4th! Happy 250th!