Author: greenmountainswimteam

Week 2 Updates

Hi Gators! I wanted to remind you that there will be no practice today for Memorial Day. 

Our first intrasquad meet will be this Wednesday! Sign ups are on the blog (in the right-hand column), so please try to sign up by Tuesday. We will take deck entries at the pool before the meet starts on Wednesday, but all of the wonderful parents who are organizing the meet would greatly appreciate it if you’re able to sign up in advance. Intrasquad meets are a great way for me, Porter, and Ethan to see where all the swimmers are at at this point in the season.
Our first dual meet is also coming up fast! This Saturday we will take on the Wheat Ridge team. Sign ups for this meet are also on the blog, so go ahead and sign up for that meet too! While the host teams usually do take entries at the pool the morning of the meet, the relays are made up prior to the meet. Signing up online in advance saves a lot of confusion, and gives me a chance to get your swimmer on a relay if possible. 
The last announcement of the day is that I have (finally!) created a sign-up sheet for buddies. I have gotten a lot of feedback from the swimmers that they would like to have Big/Little Buddies again this summer. Buddies can cheer each other on at meets, leave good luck notes in each others’ folders at the pool, and maybe leave some treats or small prizes in each others’ folders before meets. This is a great way for our older and younger swimmers to get to know each other and to show our team spirit at meets! Last summer, the swimmers really enjoyed it.
If you are interested in having a Big or Little Buddy this season, please sign up on the attached google doc and I will let you know who your buddy is once I have enough names. Here’s the link:
Sorry for the long post! Please feel free to email me with any questions 🙂 jaimiestevens27@gmail.com

Practice Canceled Wednesday (Please warm up soon!!!!)

Hello again Gators! There will be no practice again today. The outside temperature is 45 degrees, with the pool temperature being 78 degrees, which is just too cold to have swimmers in the water. There is also a pretty good chance of rain and lightning again this evening. I was really hoping we’d be able to swim today!!

It’s looking like it is supposed to start warming up tomorrow (fingers crossed!), so tomorrow we will have full-length practices either in the water or out. We might be doing some dryland tomorrow, so please come with tennis shoes and warm clothes! See you tomorrow!

Please help out around the club during practice

The Swim Club Board has been working overtime in the rain and snow to get the actual pool ready to go (on time) for the swim team. In doing so, we have fallen behind on all of our grounds, locker room and general maintenance of the rest of the pool area. If parents are waiting around for their kids to get done with swim practice, we are kindly asking if they would pick up a broom, or rake, or pool skimmer and help us get ready for the season.

We need:
– grass racked and bag. The grass is so long (because of the crazy weather) that when they mow it is leaving behind a lot of clippings.
– locker rooms swept and wiped down.
– pool decked swept
– pool skimmed daily to get the leaves out
– weeds to be pulled (dandelions, thistles, etc).
The success of the Club directly effects the success of the Swim Team and we are hoping that with a few extra hands that we can be up and running by the weekend!

Tie Die and Ice Cream Social-June 3rd @ 6:30

Please mark your calendars for our Gator tie die and ice cream party.  This will be held at the Green Mountain Swim Club at 6:30pm.  We have made the decision to change this event to the beginning of the season.  This will allow our swimmers (and Gator fans) to get their tie die gator gear for the season and for swimmers and families to meet each other.  There will be more information posted as this event as we get closer to this date but please plan on attending.

After school swim practice is on

We got confirmation that the Green Mountain Swim Club pool is filled and ready for us to start after school swim practice.  Please see the age division swim times on the right hand side of the Blog.  Hope to see you this week.
IMPORTANT:  Please check the Blog before heading to swim practice as the weather is not showing favorable for us.  We will keep this updated if we cancel due to weather.
Also if you purchased a team suit we will have these available for pick up at practice this week.  Also please bring payment and the required forms to practice.