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This Week (6/13)

Wednesday 6/15: Tie-Dye and Ice Cream Social (5:30-7pm)
The whole family is welcome. This is a non-swimming event. We will be in the upper grass area with buckets of dye for the team to colorize their gator shirts/tanks/shorts/etc. We will have white gator shirts and tanks to sell, but you are welcome to bring your own.

Saturday 6/18: GMST vs. 5Parks @ GMSC
This will be our biggest dual meet of the season. Because both teams are so large, most swimmers are being asked to only sign up for 2 individual events so that we can be done with the meet before 1pm. 5Parks will be doing the same to help out. Just a heads up in case your kids are confused.

Meet Results from the AAC meet: We are still waiting on these. We will post as soon as we get them.

Reminder for Stroke Clinic: There is one sign up for all stroke clinics. If you would like your child to participate just click on the link below and the coaches will sort them into the clinics that will help your swimmer the most.
11 & Up Sign Up Here (8:15am-8:45am) // 10 & Under Sign Up Here (9:15am-9:45am)

Special Gator Awards: Our team has 3 special awards that we hand out at the end of the season that all swimmers can work towards. If your swimmer is motivated, you can tell them about these…..
Iron Gator: the swimmer must swim in all individual events in their age group and receive a time (DQ’s do not count). This is a great way to encourage your swimmer to try an event they may not really like.
Steel Gator: the swimmer must swim in all individual events in their age group and receive a League time in each event.
Golden Gator: the swimmer must swim in all individual events in their age group and receive a State time in each event.

Ken Caryl Invite: This is our invitation event on Saturday 6/24 and 6/25. Click here for more details on date/time for age groups. Your swimmer must have a qualifying time to compete at this event. KCI sets the times and they do not correlate with our League or State times. We will have a sign up sheet that will simply ask, “If you qualify for KCI, do you want to swim?”. PLEASE NOTE!! There is an additional fee to the team to participate in this special event. You will not be charged, but we don’t want to waste money or scrap relays because your swimmer can’t make it after they were registered. Please do not sign up if you know you will be out of town. Thank you.

Meet Results + More

This week’s updates:
Meet Saturday 6/11: This is an away meet at the Applewood Athletic Club. We will need 6 timers per shift (3 shifts) for this meet. The sign up is available here. Warm up is at 6:30 am.

Deciphering the Top Times report: you will see the following letters next to your swimmers times: small s then C, B, L, S or nothing.
– the small “s” just means seconds
– C and B times mean you are getting closer to a League time.
– L times are League times (and are also called “A” times on the Qual Time sheet)
-big “S” times are State times.
– If there is no letter, then it is considered a D time.
The Top times report will be updated after each dual meet and will simply have the fastest (or top time) for you swimmer in each individual event that they have swam up to that date.

Wednesday 6/15 @5:30-pm: Ice Cream Social / Tie-Dye Night! Back by popular demand. We missed putting this event on the calendar and have added it back. This is a NON-SWIMMING event and the whole family is welcome to participate. We will meet in the upper grass area to tie-dye shirts and eat ice cream. We will have white t-shirts and/or tank tops to sell or you are welcome to bring your own shirt, socks, shorts, etc. We will supply the dye, gloves and expertise at this fun event. We ask that you only tie-dye one item.

Photos of the team: If you are on Facebook head over to our site Green Mountain Swim Team. We have posted pictures from Saturday’s meet. We will also have a professional photographer take team/individual pictures on Wednesday 6/29 at 7:30am, along with a pancake breakfast for the team.

Saturday Meet + Night Practices

Saturday Meet: We have our first dual meet on Saturday with the Stingrays. We both have large teams, so the meet will be 5-6 hours long. We still need volunteers. Please click here for the direct link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090d4dabac28a1ff2-gmst4

Meet Reminders:
-Grass: we are still staying off the lower grass and slopes. You are welcome to head to the upper grass area and spread out. Walking over the grass is fine. Just don’t set up and stay on the new grass.
– Heating Shed and Blocks: you are welcome to get your swimmer to the heating shed. This helps us stay on time. After that parents should not be in the heating shed area or behind the blocks. Only timers, swimmers and coaches are allowed on that part of the deck.
– Questions for the coaches: Please wait until after the meet to ask the coaches questions or seek out a Board Member who will have more time to spend with you. For safety reasons, we need our coaches to keep eyes on the pool and swimmers and not get distracted while they are coaching. If there are kids in the water, then their attention will be there. Thanks for understanding.

Night Practices start next week!
Night practices are for upper division only (13 years and older).
Tuesdays / Thursdays from 8:00 – 9:00pm
Note: all upper division swimmers that would like to join in these practices must talk to Coach Emma or Coach Ethan. We will not hold practice if we aren’t getting swimmers, so please don’t just show up without checking in with the coaches first.

Wednesday 6/1

INTRASQUAD: The rain is expected to stop before noon and we will move forward with the meet on Wednesday night. – Please bring a towel for each race that your swimmer is doing to help them stay dry and warm after their races. Please pack hoodies, sweatpants, and lots of kids will have their sleeping bags to stay warm between races. – We will have pizza, hot chocolate, and Gator Gear at the meet as well.
WE STILL NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR THE INTRASQUAD!! We can’t run the meet without enough volunteers. Please sign up! (See the side of the blog for parent volunteer section)

PRACTICE: Our coaches don’t like to cancel practice unless it’s absolutely necessary. The decision will be made by 6am on Wednesday. Please check the blog (and hit refresh to make sure you are getting the latest and greatest) before you head out to the pool on Wednesday.