Green Mountain Swim Team

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.

Meet results for both Intrasquad #1 (06/01) and GMST v STING (06/04) have been posted along with the latest Top Times report.

We are aware of a security issue which currently prevents clicked links on our blog from displaying correctly. While we work to fix this issue you can right-click and open the links in a new browser tab to view the results/reports.

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.

It has come to our attention that many people are having trouble reaching the blog and/or the links on the page. We are working on it! In the meantime… the following full web address should take you to a secure version of the site that is working…
https://gmstgators.wordpress.com/

Good morning Gators! Practice is ON this morning. Depending on the pool temperature, we may limit our time in the water so bring athletic shoes for dryland exercises. Also, bring dry towels, jackets/sweatshirts, and pants to stay warm before and after practice. Hopefully we don’t have too many days like this, but we will make the most of them! See you soon

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.