Happy Weekend Gators!

A few reminders and some information for the next  (sorry its another long email!):

-Saturday morning practice tomorrow is from 8-9 am. We will work on Butterfly and starts with the younger kids, and starts, turns and finishes with the older kids.

-Entries will go out early Sunday afternoon. Please let me know ASAP if there is a change to your meet RSVP- please don't just change it on the website. Much appreciated!

-Our last and final meet of the season will be Monday night at HOME vs. Ridgetop. Meet starts at 6:30. Please arrive no later than 5:30- warm ups start at 5:45. Meet theme is Hawaiian, so bring your shirts, leis and grass skirts!

            **Sign up to bring baked goods for our last bake sale of the season!

            http://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040f45a4aa283-avalon

-Tuesday’s fun practice and skittles practice will be the last regular season practice for those who don’t have a qualifying time for champs. Starting Wednesday July 19th only those who are qualified for champs will be allowed to practice. I will send out a top times report on Sunday, as well as with the meet recap email on Monday so you will know who has a qualifying time.

            **Sign up to bring donuts for our last fun practice Tuesday morning!

            http://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040f45a4aa283-avalon

Champs Info

-Practice times will also start on Wednesday July 19th- it differs from the website. 10 and unders will practice from 8:30-9:30am and 11 and olders will practice from 9:30-11 am. In the afternoons 8 and unders are 3:30-4:3pm and 11 and olders are 4:30-6:00pm. We will follow this schedule through Tuesday July 25th. We will have a full Saturday morning practice next week as part of Champs practice. Please come and register for Champs and pick up your champs info packet.

-Due to champs being a day early this year and the fact that Avalon will be hosting Dive Champs on Monday and Tuesday, I strongly encourage those who will be going to champs to come to morning practices including Saturday morning practice. We want to maximize the little time we have to prepare for the big day!

-Please RSVP for champs ASAP if you have not. We need to know who is available when we start to seed so that we do not put kids in events if they are not available.

-Seeding: Seeding for champs is a much more complicated process than the already complicated seeding process for meets in JRAC. We will be working very hard over Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week to make sure we seed properly. Champs entries are due Friday at Noon, so expect to have entries sent out at that time. **Our goal for champs is to send as many kids to champs as possible. We are not concerned with scoring the most points, so we will focusing on giving as many kids a chance to compete at champs as possible. It will not be possible to send everyone due to the limitations, but we will try our best.**

-I will be sending out an email with all the champs info necessary on Tuesday after the last meet. We will also be putting together an info packet with your swimmers events attached that we will pass out at Saturday morning practice next week.

Banquet: Please RSVP for the Banquet on Sunday July 23rd on the website by Monday July 17th. We need as accurate a head count as possible. Come celebrate a great season with your family, friends and teammates!

 

Can’t believe we’re already at our last meet of the season. Thank you so much for the unwavering support, the laughs and good times. Looking forward to our last 2 weeks of the season and what Champs has in store for us!!

Coach K