Author: greenmountainswimteam

Quick Summary:
– Coaching staff welcome
– Parent Volunteer sign-ups
– Intrasquad Meet: Wednesday 5/28, warm up at 5:00pm
– Tie-Dye & Ice Cream Party: Friday 5/30 from 5:30 – 7:00pm
– Home meet vs. Stingrays: Saturday 5/31, warm up at 6:00am
– How to sign up for meets
– Team swimsuit update

Details:
Welcome to our robust and talented coaching staff for 2025!
Head Coach: Ethan Schick, all teams
Assistant Coach: Devon Garls, upper division and middles
Assistant Coach: Neva Nicholson, littles
Assistance Coach: Jack Schumacher, middles and littles
Clinic Coach: Leah Felton
Junior Coaches: Addy Berg, Luke Golden, Victoria Hsu, Kerington Jasko, Phoebe Petrash, Emerson Schiele

Parent Volunteer Sign-Ups
Please check the side-bar of the website for the section on parent volunteers. There will be a sign up for each meet and every family is expected to volunteer for 5-6 shifts (or more!) this season. We can not run the meets without everyone pitching in. As a reminder, parenting at a swim meet is different than being at another sports match. You don’t get to sit on the sidelines and grumble about the refs. Instead you get to be part of the action by volunteering. It’s really fun and we’ll teach you how to do any and all of the jobs.

Intrasquad
WEDNESDAY 5/28
Warm-up @ 5:00 pm, Start @ 5:45pm-ish
Our first team Intrasquad is on Wednesday 5/28. We will have a total of 3 Intrasquads this season. These are meets with only our team and the results do count. You can earn a qualifying time for League and State during these meets. Please note: Your swimmer must swim in a minimum of 2 Dual Meets in order to be eligible for League and State.

Tie-Dye & Ice Cream Party
FRIDAY 5/30
5:30 – 7:00 PM
This is a non-swimming event. All swimmers and family members are welcome to join in the fun. We will have buckets of dye in team colors to tie-dye shirts for the season. You are welcome to bring your own gear or purchase white gator shirts at the event. We’ll help you out if you don’t know what you’re doing 🙂 We will also serve ice cream and have a quick team meeting so everyone is ready to go for the season.

Home Meet
SATURDAY 5/31
Warm-up @ 6:00am, start @ 7:00am
This is our first dual meet of the season and it’s against a big team. The meet will finish by Noon since that is when the pool opens. Please sign up to volunteer at the meet.

How Do My Kids Sign Up for Meets?
There will be a physical sign-up sheet at the pool for every meet. Your swimmer will mark down which races they want to swim at each meet. Your swimmer can choose a maximum of 3 individual events and then let us know if they want to be on a relay. The coaches will work with your swimmer to choose races and we really encourage parents to let their kids sign themselves up. We have found that the physical act of signing the document helps kids get psyched up for the races. Even the 8 and unders!

Team Swimsuits
We should have all the team suits delivered to our pool for our first meet on Wednesday 5/28. – If you still want to order a suit, you are welcome to do so. You’ll just need to pay for shipping directly to your home. Order instructions are on the sidebar.

Just a reminder that afterschool practices start on Monday5/19. Please see our website for the full schedule: https://gmstgators.com/practice-meets/

New Parent Meetings: We will have a new parent meeting during practice on Wednesday 5/21 at two different times: 4:45pm and 5:45pm. This is for parents that are new to swim team, new to our team, or just need a refresher of all things summer swim team. If you miss the meeting, we will have a recap on Friday 5/30 during our tie-dye and ice cream party.

Weather reminder: It looks like rain this week, which doesn’t necessarily mean we will cancel practice. Any scheduling changes to practice will be posted on the blog as soon as possible. Please go to our home page (refresh the page if you already have it up) and double check for any announcements if the weather is questionable. https://gmstgators.com/homepage/

Upcoming Events: The side bar of our website (use the pull down for “Mobile Users Side Bar” if you are on your mobile phone) will change each week with upcoming events. You will be able to find times, locations and important details. This is a quick way to stay up to date each week.

1st swimmer: $250 + $75 pool fee if not a member of the Green Mountain Swim Club
2nd swimmer: $230 + $75 non-member pool fee
3rd swimmer: $210 + $75 non-member pool fee
4th swimmer: $0 + $75 non-member pool fee

Reminder: All team dues should be paid by Friday 5/23. You can pay via cash, check, or credit card at the first week of practice (5/19-5/22) or via Venmo @GreenMtnGators

Team swimsuits: If you would like to order a team suit, please find the information below and on the side bar of the website.

*Order by May 12th to have suits delivered by our first meet. Choose in-store pick up and your suit will be delivered to our team for free by our first instra-squad meet on Wednesday 5/28*
coloradoswimshop.com
Click on Teams Store
at the top click on Teams Store again to pull down the drop down list
Choose Green Mountain
Password:Greenmtn25 (case sensitive)

This week’s questions answered:
1- Where does the team practice? Our team will practice exclusively at the Green Mountain Swim Club (1031 S. Union Blvd, Lakewood 80228). We will have 3 home meets on Saturdays against other teams and 3 Intra-sqaud Meets with just our team on Wednesday evenings. We then have a slew of other Saturday meets that at our at other pools. The schedule is up to date on our website: https://gmstgators.com/practice-meets/ .
2- How long do the meets last? It depends, but you can generally expect Saturday meets to go from 6am – Noon. We will keep you up to date each week with information about the specific events we have going on with more details.
3- How many meets does my swimmer have to attend? We encourage your family to attend as many meets as possible, but all swimmers must participate in a minimum of 2 dual meets (Saturday meets) and have qualifying times to be eligible for League and State.

Quick reminders for this week…

1- Clean up day at the pool is on Saturday 5/3 from 9am – 2pm. If you are a swim team member, check in with Danielle and she will enter you into a fun prize drawing for Gator gear for helping out.
2- Team Swimsuit Fitting is on Saturday 5/3 from 2:45pm – 4:30pm at the Green Mountain Rec Center.
If your child is swimming at clinic, please have them fitted before they get in the water. If your swimmer already knows their swimsuit size, you do not need to attend. We will have a link to order suits posted to the blog by Sunday. If you aren’t sure about ordering a suit this year, that’s OK too. Team suits are not required but we do suggest that your swimmer wears a suit to meets that is black or green so it’s easier for the coaches to find them, both in and out of the water. Note: We will have the same suit as last year.

Questions? Check the website. Still have questions, email us at gmstgators@gmail.com

As the summer nears, please start checking the blog for updates. There is a lot happening.

– Waitlist
– Pool Clean Up Day
– Swimsuit Fitting Day
– Year Round Swimmers – date extension

Details:
– Waitlist: You will be notified by May 1st if you are on the waitlist or if your spot on the team has been guaranteed. We will have further details at that time. We are working closely with other teams in our League and making sure there is a spot for every swimmer.

– Pool Clean Up Day:
Saturday, May 3rd May 3rd Sign up from 9:00am – 2:00pm
Saturday May 10th May 10th Sign up from 9:00am – 2:00pm.
The pool will be having two clean up days. As a reminder, the swim team does not exist without this pool. WE LOVE THE GREEN MOUNTAIN SWIM CLUB. Whether you are a member of the swim club or only the swim team, we ask that you stop by and give a hand if you can spare and hour or two.

– Team Swimsuit Fitting Day:
Saturday, May 3rd from 2:45 pm – 4:15pm at Green Mountain Rec Center
Team suits are recommended, but not required on our team. If your swimmer does not know their size, they can come to the fitting and order their suit for the summer. If they do know their size, we will post a link on our website after the fitting with the link to order the team suit. We will have the same design as last year.

– Year Round Swimmers: Good news! The State Board has issued an extension this season for the cut-off date. You can swim with your year-round team until May 19th. We know there are some big meets, so swim fast! The Gators will be waiting for you on May 20th.