Happy Saturday, Torpedo!
First of all, I want to thank everyone for an awesome job on Thursday! You all did great in getting pictures done, setting things up, helping swimmers get to the clerk of course, cheering folks on, and helping out when the storms hit. I'm incredibly grateful to have such a great crew. When we called the meet, we were ahead of both teams by about 30 points.
We had two new team records set during the events we swam: Sam Jensen set our 8 and Under boys 25 free record, and our 15-18 girls' free relay of Caroline and Grace Lucas, Morgan Hall, and Kloey Merck. Congrats to those swimmers on a job well done! There were several other swimmers very close, and hopefully we'll see some more records fall in short order.
We did have a few discrepancies pop up regarding some of our swimmers' ages. Due to this, we are going to be verifying the dates of birth for our swimmers. We don't need a birth certificate, but we would ask that you check your child's date of birth or provide it if you didn't at the beginning of the season or in the past. This information will not be shared with anyone other than team and meet administration.
We currently have 58 girls and 33 boys registered for our team, which is fantastic! We have some great swimmers, but our younger boys' age groups have a severe shortage. This has been an issue for us in the past when it came to our championship meet participation, and we want to make sure that we keep that championship trophy at home. If you know of any young men 12 and under who could participate in the team, please encourage them to come see us this week! We are still signing swimmers up until Friday, June 29.
This Tuesday we have our meet at Black Mountain, with warm ups beginning at 5:30pm. The pool is located at 401 Laurel Circle Dr., Black Mountain, 28711. When leaving I-40W, go right on Black Mountain Ave., then take a left on W. State St.. Take a right on Cragmont Rd., and veer right at the fork onto Rhododendron Ave. Turn left at Laurel Cir Dr and the pool is on the left.
There is limited parking available, so please drop off and then find a spot to park. Please come prepared to hang out for a while at this meet. More than likely this meet will go on pretty long, as Black Mountain has almost 150 swimmers on their roster this year, and 92 participated in a home meet this past week. We will need timers and officials to assist in the meet, and I'll send out a sign up link later.
Following this meet, we are in Forest City. Please sign up if you are going to make it on Monday, July 2nd. We will need entries to them by June 30th, so the sooner you sign up, the better.
Thank you all again for an awesome job thus far! Have a great weekend!
