Author: greenmountainswimteam

(UPDATED 8-13-21)We have secured the Green Mountain Rec Center for our Fall Swim Clinic. The Rec Center is still closed on Sundays due to budget cuts, so clinic will be on Saturdays for a 10-week session.

Day:       SATURDAYS
Dates:     9/11/21 – 11/13/21
Cost:      $100 (We do not pro-rate the session)
Payment:  cash or check due on first clinic date
Register:   click here to register

All Swimmers   3:00 – 4:00 pm (updated)

Head Coach:  Ethan Schick
Assistant Coach:  Ayden Fearn
In-Water Coaches:  Lily Bell, Leah Felton, Neva Nicholson

 Hello Gator Families- please take a minute to stop by the pool and gather all your items that are in the swimmer file box.  I can tell that many files have not been checked this entire season.  Grab your stuff before school starts or you head out of town for college.

The box is at the front check-in counter of the pool and the snack shack kids can’t wait to help you wade through it.

State Ribbons/Medals are in! Well, sort of. They made it clear that we “got what we got” and then they ran out of ribbons. I have no idea what might be missing. It does appear that all 1st, 2nd and3rd place medals were awarded. If your swimmer is missing a ribbon, all I can say is sorry and you owe your swimmer some DQ to cheer them up.

AAC vs Stingrays vs GMST ribbons were delivered! Those are in your swimmer file as well.

Extra Gator medallion/key chains are available in the swimmer box if you would like one. Parents are welcome to take one too. Available while supplies last.

Other items:  ribbons from past events, swimmer race sheets, stickers, last year’s items that were never picked up and probably more. 

Thanks again for making the 2021 season so joyful and rewarding. If you will be 18 or younger on May 15, 2022 we hope to see you back in gator waters next season!!

Current Info (as of 3:00pm 7/22)

Helllo Gator Families. We will hold the Team Banquet Rain or Shine. If it looks like rain, please bring a pop-up tent. We will build a proper tent-village at the pool to host our celebration. Pool closes @ 5pm — Potluck dinner starts around 5pm — Awards start around 5:30pm Bring: last name begins with A-L: side dish // last name begins with M-Z: dessert See you tonight.

 We would like to invite all swimmers and their families to the year-end banquet. We will get together to recognize our swimmers and coaches for an outstanding season, share our thank yous and hand out some awards.  The Green Mountain Swim Club will be closed for our event. That’s how special this is :). The team will provide pizza and water/lemonade.  We are asking families to bring a side dish and/or dessert based on your Last Name to share in our potluck style dinner. 

We look forward to seeing all of our Gator families on Wednesday!

Some of these details are the same, but I wanted to put everything in one update so we are all on the same page.

LEAGUE 400s- THURSDAY 7/15
@ Splash in Golden
warm ups @: 5:30pm
start time @: 6:00 pm
** We need 2 timers from our team for the meet. I don’t have a sign up. Just let me know at the meet if you can time. **

LEAGUE DAY – SUNDAY 7/18
@ Columbine West Pool in Littleton
warm up starts/turns only. We are waiting for our slot but it will be between 6-6:45 am – please watch the “up Next” section of the blog for this update., along with the address of the pool.
start time @: 7:00 am
end time @:  Maybe 3 or 4pm. It will be a long day
Order of Events:  the order of events will be the standard format with 1 exception. The meet will start with the medley relays (since the 400s were swam on Thursday) and end with the Free relays. All age groups will run throughout the day. Yep, it will be a LONG day!
Relays:  As of now, they are allowing an A Relay and a B Relay from each team for each event.  If they seed them meet and find out that it is going too long, then the B Relays will be dropped. We won’t know until later in the week.
Parking: (see attached map) – Please use the Elementary school just south of the pool.  If you do park in the neighborhood please be considerate of driveways, parking too close to stop signs, corners, and fire hydrants and pay close to NO PARKING SIGNS.  There are a couple right across the street from the pool.  There will be extra sheriff patrols throughout the day to make sure we are behaving!
Spectators: You will NOT be allowed to camp out/set up inside on the pool deck. Please set up near our team tent. Each team has been pre-assigned an area (see map). You don’t need to talk to us (for those introverted families) but you will need to be near us.
Concessions: There will be concessions, however please pack accordingly for your family and swimmer. Stingrays concessions are planning on providing a $5 lunch combo including hamburgers, brats, chips, and a drink.   

Notes: All entries are due on Wednesday by Noon. Your swimmer must tell Coach Emma by Wednesday morning what they are swimming. They will not be automatically entered. We know it will be a long day. If your family/swimmer commits to be there, we fully except you to stay until the end if your swimmer is in the free relay. We also need help with timing for the meet. Our team was assigned timing + timing coordination. We got SUPER lucky with our assignments. I will have a sign up as soon as the timing shifts/numbers are confirmed.