Hello Stingray Swimmers!
A new week has begun and here are some important reminders and updates for you:
Practice Reminders: We are holding practices 5x a week, Monday through Friday, from 6pm-7:30pm. Dive practices are also on the same schedule unless Coach McKellar says otherwise. Please be sure to arrive by 5:45pm so that we can get in a team meeting, extra info, and stretching beforehand. We need to maximize our time in the water as much as possible before competition begins and while we know you have other commitments, please try to be present for a minimum of 3 times per week! This is really going to help get you conditioned and competition ready.
Swim Instruction: This week of practice is especially important as Coach Sammons will be going over very important techniques and strategies like intervals, turns, starts, and other stroke enhancements on Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday is going to be our team time trials! We will be having everyone swim each stroke under the clock in order to know where and how best to place you when we create our racing line up.
Rosters: This week is also when we will be finalizing rosters, so if you are receiving this message and have changed your mind about joining swim or dive, you can let me know and I will be editing our email and roster list so that only our committed swimmers are included on future updates.
Equipment: We do have some swim team gear available from last year, including some parkas and some CAH branded suits/ jammers which we can give out to those who need them. It is first come first serve and I plan on bringing that equipment on Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday practice this week only.
Tentative Home Swim Meet Schedule:
We are still working on the final competition schedule but so far we are looking at the following home meets: 3/15, 3/24, 3/31, and 4/28. I will share the confirmed schedule as soon as we get that from our Athletic Director.
Thank you for all your hard work so far! We can't wait to get you guys ready for competition coming up very soon! More updates to come.