I'm so sorry about all the emails that you are receiving from the team but there is so much to always cover at the beginning of the season that it is hard not to have all these emails!  I wanted to go over what ALL is happening this weekend!

STINGRAYS HOST MOUNT VERNON COUNTRY CLUB!

• We are hosting our 1st home swim meet this weekend!  This means we need our parents to help out a ton before, during and after the meet!  ALL of our volunteering positions (except officiating the meet) require NO skills/ special training - even computers!  All training will be done on the fly and it is all very easy to learn!  Friday night we start setting up for the meet and then Saturday we have things happening before, during and after, too!  PLEASE go on-line and see what you can help us with because we still have a ton of jobs open!  You don't have to swim the meet to volunteer either!
• WHO CAN SWIM THE MEET?  ANYONE WHO WANTS TO!!!  I know many of you think that your swimmer is just not ready or maybe not good enough to swim meets just yet.  But trust me ANYONE really can race no matter what level!  
• Some of  you did try to go on-line and sign up your swimmer for events I see and of course I screwed up again!  I promise the meets are now ready for you to sign up or feel free to text or email me what they would like to swim.
• WHAT IS A MEET LIKE?  We will have our team warm-up from 6-6:30 AM!  Yikes!  The meet will start at 7:00 AM and I need ALL swimmers at the pool by 6:45 if they are swimming 25 free.  The way in which a swim meet is run is always the same and I will have this information posted on the website by Thursday!   
• HOW LONG WILL THE MEET LAST?  This is a hard question to answer as it just depends how big the teams are, who fast we can get things going and what events are being swum.  On average Saturday meets usually go until about 12PM.  However, a swimmer can go whenever they are done with their events.  If you do need to leave before your events are finished please tell one of your coaches so we can scratch you from your races!
• We LOVE seeing ALL swimmers after each race so PLEASE make sure they see us!  We are usually located poolside - in the coaches section!
• Make sure you swimmer has at least 2 towels for a meet, plenty of warm clothes, food and water, sunscreen, MONEY, and plan on not seeing them a whole lot during the meet.  We have a team tent where all the swimmers hang out, play games, sleep, eat, etc.  This is the fun part of swim team and where they get to know many of their fellow swimmers!

INNER SQUA MEET!

• WHAT IS THIS MEET?  This is where our team puts on a swim meet just for ourselves.  It is a great way for us to show you all what a swim meet is all about!  There will be NO relays during this meet and it does tend to move along very quick!  It is a ton of fun to see ALL LEVELS of swimming this day and we ENCOURAGE EVERYONE to PLEASE  partake!  
• EVERYONE can sign up online for this too and please feel free to talk to any of us coaches about what your swimmer may/may not want to swim!  
• As always we need a TON OF VOLUNTEERS!  Since it is only our team putting this on we have to fill more shifts than a normal meet.  Again a great way to earn those valuable points and a really great way to meet new people, appreciate the sport your child is doing, and just plain have fun!  

I know this is overwhelming for many of our new parents and swimmers!  PLEASE ask questions and let me know what all I can do for you!  We hope to see you ALL this weekend for fun at the pool!

Thanks

Heather Howe

303-949-5913