Gators: Week of 6/1

Summary:
– Upper Division Night Practice Tue/Thu 8-9pm
– Saturday 6/7 @ 5Parks: warm up 6:30am/start 7:00am
-Thank you to our amazing Gator Family!
-A word about ribbons…

Details:
– Upper Division Night Practice starts this Tuesday. Practice will be held on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 8:00pm-9:00pm for swimmers ages 13 and older. This is chill night-time practice that will also have a lane available for any Gator parents that want to swim. Practice is hosted after hours at the pool, so we ask that everyone please be mindful of trash and belongings. The staff work hard at the pool to keep it clean and we want to make sure that we do too!
– GMST @ 5Parks: Our next dual meet is at the 5Parks pool with warm-up starting at 6:30 am. Address details can be found on the sidebar under “NEXT EVENT”. 5Parks is a great pool, but they do have a few rules. Rule #1 is that no tent stakes are allowed. We will set up our Team Tent outside the pool area for the swimmers. Any parents that bring their own tent, please do not stake your tent into the AstroTurf. We will still need about 16 Timers for this meet. Please click here to volunteer: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090D4DABAC28A1FF2-56899742-gmst#/
– Thank you to our Gator Family! I can’t express to you how well the Saturday meet went in terms of our team volunteering and stepping up. Everyone showed up for their shifts (amazing!) and then stepped in at the end of the meet to break everything down quickly since the pool was opening. We had parents, grandparents and swimmers helping out. We are grateful beyond measure to have such a hard-working and positive team. We hear lots of woes from the other Team Managers and Coaches that are struggling for involvement. We just wanted you to know that it did not go unnoticed. We truly do have the best team and we know it!!
– A word about ribbons this season: It turns out that ribbons are very expensive (like thousands of dollars expensive for our League). In order to keep swim team fees low, a decision was made at a League-level that ribbons would be given to the 12 and under swimmers for all dual meets. If you are an upper division swimmer, you can get your ribbon(s) on-demand if you request them. If you had a great swim and really want that ribbon, it’s not a problem! Just talk to the coaches and we will get that for you.