Hello Wahoos!!

*IMPORTANT* Tomorrow night's Meet location has changed & Swim practice on Monday 7/11 will be dryland. Please read full email for more detail.

A note from the Coaches:  Our community is a very special, very strong place.  We show up for each other, every time.  It is truly remarkable.  On occasions such as this where there is an unexpected change in plans here is where our Community really shines!  When things happen out of our control we step up, make adjustments and keep going.  Thank you for being such relisient role models for our future leaders.  Let's have a great Meet #5!!

Click Here for full details on Meet change.

Meet #5 will be at Lakeside SRC. 

2434 Swartwout Avenue, Henrico, VA 23228.

Meet Entries are attached to this email. Please plan to arrive at the pool by 5:30pm, warmups are at 5:45pm and the Meet begins at 6:30pm.

Info from Lakeside Rec. Club:

Parking: We are located between Hermitage and Woodman Roads. The physical address is 2434 Swartwout Avenue, Henrico. At the intersection of Swartwout and Waddill, a turn downwards into a valley will bring you to LSRC. Parking is limited. Arriving late may require parking on side streets.

Seating area: Space will be reserved for your swimmers on the deck on the right as you enter the pool. We request that you bring chairs, as ours are limited.

Hospitality:  Woodmont will still act as host for hospitality, please see "Volunteer Info"

SWIMMERS:

-Get good rest the night before.

-Hydrate really well the day of.

-Come ready to have fun! Your hard work in practice will shine through in your races!

-Avoid sugary food and drink before and during the Meet.

-Keep it positive!

-Remember your good sportsmanship! You practice it everyday, encourage and cheer on your teammates at the Meet!

-What to Bring: towel(s), goggles, swim cap, healthy snacks, team suit, chairs, sharpies, sunscreen, card games and toys (baby pool will be closed), $ for food, WATER!

PARENTS:

-You are an important part of the team! Your support matters!

-Keep it positive especially after races. Think about the last time you worked really hard on something (maybe a race, built something, led a project at work) and shared your efforts with your family. Were you hoping for their support or immediate critiques of your accomplishments? Probably not! Help them focus on the effort and help them learn their times as that is where they will be able to see their personal progress. Enjoy this season with your Swimmers, and as their Coaches we will focus on how to help your Swimmer improve and grow throughout the season.

-For both practice and Meets please refrain from sideline coaching. This can be confusing to the Swimmers and inhibit the Coaches from doing their jobs.

SWIM TEAM SUITS & CAPS:

-Wear your team suit to compete. If you do not have a team suit or jammer a suit with black and dark blue (team suit colors) is accepted.

-Swimmers wearing caps must wear the cap of their summer league team or a cap with nothing on it. They cannot wear their USA Swimming or high school team cap.

-Swimmers with long hair are required to wear it up in a ponytail or in a swim cap.

- Girls: No tie-back jolyn suits are allowed or any type of suit with a tie.

- Boys: Suits must not go above the navel or below the knees. Make sure your swimmer's suit fits properly.

Exemptions will be granted only for conflicts due to the swimmer’s verified religious beliefs, verified medical conditions or other reasons deemed appropriate. You must have a note for me to turn in to the Referee BEFORE the meet starts in order for them to be exempt. For more information: JRAC Rulebook

**Swim Caps** Why wear them?-

• Prevents Hair from Getting in Your Face
• Eliminates Drag (So You Can Swim Faster)
• Keeps Hair Out of the Pool
• Helps Your Fans (Parents/Family) Spot You in the Pool

Swimmers Aging Up & New Swimmers: Aging into an older age group can be a challenging season for your Swimmer. If you have a Swimmer who is aging up into an older age group, especially the 9/10 age group, they will need some extra encouragement this season as the transition to the next level. They can do it! They will benefit from your help to guide them to focus on time improvements and all of the effort and hard work they are putting in.

VOLUNTEER INFO:

We need EVERYONE who can possibly help out to do so. Jobs have been added to the signup so please take a look at it and help out if you can. Please DOUBLECHECK your signup to make sure you can still do the job you signed up for even though the location of the meet has changed. Joan and Erin will be following up with many of you individually, depending on what you signed up for, to see if you can arrive early or help transport some of the meet boxes (head table, referee, clerk of course, head timer, etc.) to Lakeside SRC. We still need the following jobs filled. They are all untrained so anyone can do them.

• Clerk of Course – Runner (second half) - untrained position; Great chance to get your steps in! Move papers from Clerk of Course to the Starter and Head Table.
• Hospitality (second half) – untrained position. Help with the sale of our fabulous grilled entrees.
• Hospitality Driver (before the meet) – untrained position. Help us transport hospitality items to Lakeside SRC. Arrive at Woodmont by 3 pm, we'll load up your vehicle, and you drop the items off at Lakeside SRC.

• Runner (2 needed for second half) – untrained position. Great chance to get your steps in! Help collect lane timer sheets from the timers and deliver to the Head Table.
• Set-up (2 needed before the meet) – untrained position. Help get the pool ready before the meet gets rolling.This is a physical job and you will be moving tables and chairs. Arrive at Lakeside SRC by 4:30 pm to set up.

Please sign up ASAP by tonight in Swimtopia if you can. If you need to cancel your volunteer sign-up the day of the meet, please text Erin at (804) 497-6921.

Hospitality Donations and Drivers Needed

We are going to need more coolers and ice than usual so PLEASE sign up to donate ice and let us borrow a cooler if you can. If you are donating a cooler, please drop it off at Woodmont by 3 pm. This is a change. We need coolers and ice super early so we can transport food to Lakeside SRC.

Hospitality Drivers have been added to the volunteer sign-up. We are going to need help transporting a lot of hospitality items to Lakeside. If you can help with that, please sign up. You’ll need to be at Woodmont by 3 pm to get your vehicle loaded up so you can deliver items to Lakeside.

Check out the amazing photos taken by our Team Photographer, Holly Toombs at the first meet! Thank you, Holly!

https://wrawahoos.swimtopia.com/wahoos-team-photography

UPCOMING Swim & Dive Team Events:

Skittles Practice, 7/14: Thursday, 7/14, is Skittles Practice. This practice is a challenge practice invlolving Skittles. If you would like your child to opt out of eating the Skittles please let us know. They can still practicipate in the challenge.

Swim & Dive Banquet: When: Thursday, July 21st from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. (Rain date: Friday, July 22nd at 9:00 pm), Where: Woodmont Pool, Tickets:Tickets must be purchased by Monday, July 18th at 11:59 pm via the SwimTopia website.See instructions for purchasing tickets here!

Swim & Dive go to Water Country: Tuesday 8/2. Please RSVP HERE by 7/13. Ticket (plus one meal) is $58.34 and can be paid via Venmo (@EricaStanley5) or by cash to Erica or Abbey. We will try to car pool with as many people as possible.

The Swimmers and you all supporting them is the driving force of this strong community.  Thank you for all that you do everyday!  Your Swimmers are the BEST!

-Coaches Erica, Abbey & Molly