Author: greenmountainswimteam

Hey Parents! It’s your time to show off your swimming skills to our gator-athletes. Or flop around, look silly, and give the gator kids a good laugh.  — We are looking for 4 to 8 parents that are willing to be on a relay team to race the coaches at the end of our last Intrasquad Meet (this Wednesday 7/10).  Bring your suit and check in with Danielle when you get to the meet.  THANKS!!

Hey all, we have gator week ahead of us, which means practices will be more difficult. As a result, there will be a no tolerance policy for tardiness at practice. Hopping in the pool late has been an issue this whole season, and so starting Monday, those who are late to warm up will be asked to head home and make up the practice time Tuesday and Thursday night. I’m implementing this policy to prevent injuries, as warm up and cool down are important when it comes to alleviating strain on joints and muscles. Spread the word, I would hate to have to send swimmers home. Let’s all have a great gator week!

IT’S GATOR WEEK!! This is the last big push to qualify for League and State and practice gets a little exciting this week. Plan for your kids to be tired 🙂

Monday 7/8: Gator Week practices start.
Tuesday 7/9: upper division night practice 8:00 pm
Wednesday 7/10:  Instrasquad Meet – starts at 5:30 pm
Thursday 7/11:  upper division night practice 8:00 pm
Friday: End of Gator Week!
Saturday:  GMST vs. GEN at our pool
Sunday: Last Chance Meet at Stingrays
Wednesday 7/25: Team Banquet @ GMSC.

Practice Schedule:  If your athlete does not qualify for league or state, then this will be their last week of practice. 
– Practice for League Athletes:  Monday 7/15 – Friday 7/19
– Practice for State Athletes: Monday 7/22 – 7/26 (practices times may change. Stay tuned)

Last Chance Meet:  This meet is a last ditch effort to qualify for League or State.  You must have a B time or better or have a reasonable chance of getting close to a league time to sign up for this meet. There are no relays and the meet runs pretty fast.

Team Banquet:  The team banquet is in two weeks, but I wanted to make sure that it was on your calendar. This is a fun night to celebrate your athletes, hand out some awards and eat awesome food from all the families!

I received N update from AAC today. Probably best to leave tents at home (see below):
We’re looking forward to our meet tomorrow.  I wanted to give you a heads up about our grounds.  I understand from speaking with our pool management that our grounds are a bit of a mess with the foot traffic from the 4^th and the rain and hail that came in late yesterday.  As a result, the grass may not be available for the meet tomorrow.  If that happens we should have more than enough space for both teams within the confines of our pool deck and pavilions.

Hey all, to ensure that we can all enjoy the 4th to the fullest, upper division practice will start at 7:00 instead of 6:30. Try to spread the word to those who might not see this post, as I don’t want anyone to show up at 6:30 to find no one there. So enjoy your 4th knowing that you won’t have to wake up quite as early.

We are still in need of 9 timers for the meet on Saturday.  AAC a smaller than normal team this weekend because of the July 4th holiday and we will only be having 2 timing shifts.  Please sign up. We plan to be done with the meet around 11 am.  Thanks.