Piranha Families,

It’s time for our time trials and first meet! Swimmers have been working hard and this will be their first opportunity to show what they’ve been working on. Caps will be available for purchase during practice tomorrow.

Time Trials (Tuesday, June 21st)

• We’ve adjusted some of the warm-up times. Plan to arrive 10 minutes before the assigned warm-up time:

• 6 & Under: 4:30pm
• 7-8s: 4:30pm
• 9-10s: 5:00pm
• 11-12s: 5:00pm
• 13 and up: 5:30pm

• Concessions will be selling Chick-fil-a sandwiches ($6), snacks, and beverages.
• We will have a 50-50 raffle to support our fundraising for new starting blocks.
• We are still in need of an announcer (script will be provided) and stroke and turn judges (to shadow veteran stroke and turn judges). Volunteer Sign-Ups
• Free swim immediately following the meet!

Meet @ Colony (Thursday, June 23rd)

• Show time: 5pm for all swimmers
• Directions to Colony

Volunteer Commitments

At this time, all families with one swimmer should sign up for 4 volunteer commitments. Families with more than one swimmer should sign up for 6 volunteer commitments. If everyone does this, we should be able to cover all of our meet roles.

If you signed up as a timer, please double check your sign-ups. We made a mistake in the number of timers required and would appreciate it if some timers could switch to other positions. (This does not apply to Time Trials.)

We are still in need of trained officials (starter, referee, and stroke and turn judges). Please consider watching GPSA’s training video and becoming a trained official. Tomorrow evening is a great time to shadow an experienced official.

Helpful Tips for Meets

• Check the Swimtopia app for meet line-ups.
• Help your swimmer report to the clerk of course (baby pool at home meets) before their event by listening to the announcer for event numbers.
• Please cheer on our swimmers and encourage them to do their best.
• Swimmers should check in with a coach after each of their events.

New Friday Practice Schedule

In an effort to build team camaraderie between age groups, Friday practices are being adjusted. The first part of practice will be devoted to starts, turns, and finishes. The second part of practice will be free swim. Swimmers can choose to attend either practice time, 8:30-9:30 or 9:30-10:30.

If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out.

Go Piranhas!

Kristen