Author: greenmountainswimteam

Week of 7/21 (as we wind down and also ramp up!) Congrats to our League Swimmers! Our team placed 2nd this year right behind Applewood Knolls.

Summary:
Monday: State Meet Practice Times (see below)
Wednesday: Team Banquet @ 5:30pm
Fri-Sun: State Meet

Details:
State practice this week:
7:00-8:00 am: 13 and older
8:00-9:00am: 12 and under

Banquet: – Wednesday 5/23 @ 5:30pm: We have our end of the season Team Banquet on Wednesday night (rain or shine). This is a wonderful time to honor all our swimmers and reward them for their hard work this season. We will have awards, certificates, ribbons, trophies, medals and more! The team will provide pizza and water/lemonade. Each family should bring a dish to share….
Last Names A-L: side dish / Last Names M-Z: Dessert.
The coaches will be dressed to impress and many of the swimmers like to dress up too. For everyone else, flip flops and t-shirts are excellent choices. Please bring your potluck item and a chair, then sit back and enjoy. This is a non-swimming event.

If you cannot make the banquet, stop by the Guard Shack at the pool to look through the Swimmer File box. It will be updated with any awards your swimmer might have won, ribbons from previous meets, an individual times report for the season and whatever else might come up.

State Meet:
The side bar has been updated with information. Please check the blog this week for updates on warm-up times, parking information, team tent area, etc. We will get it out to you as soon as we have it. Our team is responsible for the Heating Shed and the Boyz can’t do it alone. We will not have any timing shifts, only Heating shifts. Please volunteer here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090D4DABAC28A1FF2-57603523-state#/

What a great end to our regular home season at Golden on Saturday. We especially love the Gary the Gator made an appearance! For those of you that are not swimming at League, we look forward to seeing you at the Team Banquet on 7/23. (details below for your calendars)…

League Updates:
Friday 400s @ Stingrays
open warm up at 5:30pm / start @ 6pm

Saturday @ Wheatridge Anderson Pool
warm up – lower division – 6:15am @ Anderson Pool
warm up- upper division – 6:00am @ GMSC 
meet start – 7:15am

Volunteer Sign up- https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090D4DABAC28A1FF2-57535212-league#/

Order of Events – please note that the order of events is slightly altered for League. Everything stays in its normal order, except the Free Relays are moved to the end of the meet. 

Parking – there is a map on the side bar, but street parking is your best option (please be mindful of houses and no parking signs)

Team Tent- We will be tight with other teams and have a very specific area in which are team can set up. Please do not wander to another location because it looks better. You will be encroaching on other teams, who also have limited space. You’re stuck with us for the day. We will have two team tents for kids/parents and will be happy to make a tent village within the capacity of our space. Please share all space/tents with our gator families. 

League Caps: Your swimmer will be given their League Cap at the meet on Friday or Saturday. Please have them check in with the coaches upon their arrival. Please note: league caps are given to swimmers who both qualify for League AND swim at the event. All swimmers must wear the team cap during the meet. This is a League rule.

— Team Banquet Info —
Our Team Banquet will be at the pool on Wednesday 7/23. This is a non-swimming event and the pool will be closed for us. The team will provide pizza and lemonade and all families will bring a potluck item to share. This is a really fun event that honors all of the swimmers achievements over the summer and we hope your family can join us.

We are short 7 timers for Saturday. Please sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090D4DABAC28A1FF2-56899788-gmst#/

Your swimmer might have the option to swim in the Last Chance Meet on Sunday. This meet is only for swimmers that have “B” times and are trying one last time to qualify for League. Note: Swimmers are not allowed to use this meet to better their League or State times.

Please talk to your Coach on Saturday at our Golden meet if your swimmer wants to swim at the Last Chance Meet.

Sunday 7/13 @ AKST
11520 W 32nd Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
warm up: 6:40am
start: 7:10am

Hello Gator Families! We have a lot going on this week, including the possibility that this is the last week of swimming for many of the kids on our team. Please read through updates for more info….

Summary:
– Gator Week/Spirit Week Starts on Monday 7/7!
– Dual Meet vs. Golden on Saturday 7/12 @ Splash in Golden
– League practice starts 7/14
– Team Photos are ready from Picture & Pancake Day

Details:
– Gator Week/Spirit Week: Coach Ethan will send out a detailed email regarding all the spirit week themes for each day this week, so stay tuned! It is also Gator week which is our traditional team week for harder practices as the coaches train all the kids up to try to make League times. Your kids will probably tell you that the practices are harder this week and they wont’ be exaggerating 🙂 This all starts on Monday 7/7 (which happens to be Coach Neva’s birthday, so feel free to give her a big birthday high five!)
– GMST vs. Golden: This is one of our favorite meets of the summer since so many of the kids swim for the Marlins Head Coach, Coach Adams, at GMHS. We have a very fun rivalry with the Golden Marlins and love to swim against their very big and fun team. Warm ups are at 6:30am, start time at 7:00am. Please sing up here to volunteer: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090D4DABAC28A1FF2-56899788-gmst#/
– League Practice: What does this mean for your swimmer? If your swimmer has made League times AND plans to swim at League, then they should be at practice starting Monday 7/14. If your swimmer did not make any League times, then their last week of practice will be this week (7/7-7/11). We still have the Team Banquet on Wed 7/23 and our Team Movie Night on Wed 7/30 to round out the season, so your kids aren’t done with us yet 🙂
– Team Photos: Our official Team Photos are ready to be ordered. You can find all the information on the side blog or click here: https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-7GqMZR
– Our unofficial team photos throughout the season can be found on our Team Facebook page. Click here: https://www.facebook.com/greenmountaingators

Another year of awesome photos of our Gators! See below for all the details from our awesome Photographer, Alex Hearn…

Below is the link to view and also where families can order right online!
https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-7GqMZR

  ***album will be available until Sunday July 20th, 2025

If anyone has any questions about ordering, they are more than welcome to contact me directly by text at 720.232.3542 or email at alexhearnphoto@hotmail.com. Thank you so much for having me out to photograph your athletes!

Good luck this season!

720.232.3542

www.alexhearnphotography.com

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