Good Morning Gators,

It was hot and the pool was even hotter- due to temperature and some fast swims! Thank you to everyone who stuck it out through the unbearably hot evening tonight. Here is a recap of the meet.

ARA 1,259

CCV 1,519

Triple Winners: Anne Marie Frink, Anna Luchsinger, Amelia Macholz, Brown Ukrop, Riggs Ukrop, and Zach Wachtel

Quad Winners: Gray Belding, Gabriela Linkonis, and Spencer Steadman

The following swimmers moved up a speed category:

Regular:

Trip Crone 100 IM

Avery Fonville 100 IM

Harrison Morton 50 Fr

Cate Haymore 100 Fr

Griffin Belding 100 Fr

Ashby Belding 25 Bk

Amelia Gardner 25 Bk

Sarah Gay 25 Bk

Emmett Sisler 25 Bk

Nathan Freiden 25 Bk

Dana Frink 50 Bk

Helena Freiden 50 Bk

Riggs Ukrop 50 Bk

Cannen Harlow 50 Bk

Frances Fischi 50 Br

Gabriela Linkonis 50 Fl

X:

Brandon Cryer 100 IM

Ann Marie Frink 100 IM

Gray Belding 100 IM

Riggs Ukrop 50 Fr

Porter Linkonis 25 Br

Henry Zincone 50 Br

XX:

Gabriela Linkonis 50 Bk

Joe O’Connor 50 Bk

We were missing about 40 of our gator swimmers tonight, but our presence in the pool was not unnoticed. Just like last week where we are lacking in quantity of swims, we made up for it in quality. We had minimal DQs which shows that our attention on the little things and being focused, mindful swimmers is paying off. At a challenging part of the season we were able to throw down 175 Best Times. The middle part of the season can be tough, and can sometimes feel stagnant or even that there is some regression. But we fought through it and I know the other coaches agree with me that we had another great showing tonight. Our performance does not go unrecognized by the other teams in our division. We might be smaller in comparison, but we are a force to be reckoned with. I'm excited to see where the end of our season leads us, particularly our performance at Champs. 

A few notes:

-There will be NO practices Wednesday July 4th. Enjoy the holiday!! In order to enjoy a day off, the coaches are tackling seeding for the July 9th meet tonight (Tuesday July 3rd). If you have not completely your RSVP, please do so before tomorrow night. We appreciate your effort to get it done early. 

-As the weather continues to heat up, please be sure to send your swimmers with water bottles to practice, as well as make sure they are eating properly before practices and meets. 

-There will be Saturday morning practice this week, 8-9 am Saturday July 7th.

-Chipotle Fundraiser is July 8th! 

Thanks for another great meet, see you at skittles practice tomorrow,

Coach K