Good morning, Torpedo family!
Great job on last week's meet! We finally got a meet in, and everyone did a great job! Not counting our new swimmers, there were over 80 new best times, two new team records (Congrats Jacob J. on the 13-14 100 Free Record and Jaxon S. on the 15-18 100 Back record!), and we won against McDowell and Forest City. We didn't have a lot of miscues in the water, and I loved the sportsmanship demonstrated by our kids in and out of the water.
Thank you to everyone for helping make the meet run smoothly. I know it was a hot night, and any help was greatly appreciated. We had an issue with the timing system early on, and I want to extend a special thank you to Amanda Lennex and Lindsay Watson for staying well after the meet ended to make sure all the times were hand-entered correctly.
We do still need to have a few more folks to help out with stroke and turn, and I will be happy to train anyone interested. We will need you this last month! Start off by viewing the videos on the USA Swimming website, and then let me know when you have done that. It is a great way to help the swimmers improve.
This week we travel to Black Mountain. This is where we will have conference this year, so this is a great chance to see and race in the pool before the big day. Warm ups are at 5:30pm, so please be there ready to get in by then. The pool is located at 401 Laurel Cir Dr, Black Mountain, NC 28711. Parking right at the pool is limited, so please plan to drop off swimmers and chairs, etc. and then park where you can find a spot. The heat will be with us this week, so please bring water and lots of it. Please encourage your swimmers to start hydrating today.
July 3-5 (this Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday) we will not be practicing as a part of a mid-season holiday break. We hope you all get to have some quality time with family and friends over the break.
If you know you will be available for the remaining meets, go ahead and sign up for them. The binder will be out on the counter whenever the Rec. is open, so swing by and sign up during practice or whenever you are in the area. Shirts and caps are all in, and they can be picked up after practice times. We did not order many extras, so please be sure you get the size you ordered. We have the order slips in the event you may have forgotten what you may have ordered.
Thank you again for a great meet, and helping to make this team successful!
