Howdy Tsunami Swimmers!

Our final dual meet of the NWAL season is complete! This season is flying by!

Divisional Swim Meet June 17th

This weekend is our Division Championship Meet. ALL the teams in our Division will compete on Saturday in Huntsville to determine the rankings in the Far North Division. If your swimmer has qualified for this meet PLEASE make every effort to be there. The more swimmers who attend the better we will do as a Team! This is a big & fun meet - a really great experience for our swimmers. 

The Divisional Swim Meet is also our "LAST CHANCE" meet. This is the last opportunity for our swimmers to achieve their Invitational Times. 

Volunteer Jobs have been loaded in for this meet as well. Please sign up for a Volunteer Job when you complete your swimmer's entries as well. 

I have uploaded the Meet Announcement to the Event and included our Warm Up time as well. Athlete Check In will be at 7:00 AM. Entries are due by 11:59 PM on Wednesday; I will run the relays as soon as I can get to my computer on Thursday & notify those swimmers. PLEASE GET YOUR ENTRIES IN ON TIME! I CANNOT do any late entries this week. 

Divisional Meet Pep Rally Friday June 16th

Join us as we celebrate the swimmers heading off to the Division Swim Meet on June 17th! The Pep Rally will be held during practice time starting immediately following the 8 AM practice. There are plenty of Volunteer Jobs you can sign up for to help with the Pep Rally as well. Please help us celebrate & encourage our swimmers!

Invitational Swim Meets

Invitational Swim Meets are the weekend of June 24th. If your swimmer is planning on attending please sign them up ASAP. This will help us plan for Coaches at these meets. Even if you change their selected events after this weekend you can still mark your swimmer as attending if they have already qualified. 

Invitational entries are an additional cost for the swimmers and all entries will be due no later than Saturday June 17th at 5pm. I must send entries in on Sunday June 18th for both of the Invitational Meets. 

Practice

Our evening practices are still VERY crowded in the 9-12 year old section. Please be patient with us at check in as we try to make sure we are operating a safe pool for our swimmers. 

It is really going to start to get warm, this means the water will be warm as well. Please send your swimmer with WATER to drink & have them keep it by the pool while they are at practice.  

Swimmers who are choosing not to swim or follow instruction during practice will be allowed to sit out. The swimmers are not in trouble. The Coaching staff does not have time to try to coax or convince swimmers who are unwilling to follow instruction while they are needing to be focused on the rest of the swimmers in that group. We try to have 3 coaches on deck for each practice, but the evening practices are often less than that. Please encourage your swimmer to try the practice and to just do their best. We cannot allow an upset swimmer to stay in the lane if they are disruptive to the rest of the swimmers in that lane/group. Remember this is a Swim Team; the expectation is that all swimmers can safely swim the length of the pool and that they are willing participants who will try to follow instruction. 

As always, if you have any questions please let me know! See you at the pool!

Coach Michelle