Green Mountain Swim Team

The sun has come out and helped the pool heat up.  We are going to have practice tonight.  We hope to see you there.

Hello swimmer families,
    I don’t think Mother Nature got the memo that it is the end of May and we are starting summer swim team.  It is hard to think about summer when it isn’t sunny and raining outside. 
 
We are scheduled to start after school swim practice tomorrow, Wednesday the 18th.  We are still waiting for confirmation from the Swim Club that the pool is ready and we need to decide what the weather will be like.  Please check the blog and/or our Facebook page to see if practice will be held.  A decision will be made for 4:00pm on if we will have practice or not.
 
This weeks schedule (5/18-5/20):
Afternoon swim practice is scheduled for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
All practices will be held at Green Mountain Swim Club

    6:30-8:00pm        13&up
First Intrasquad meet is scheduled for Wednesday, May 25th
    Warm-ups begin at 5:00pm and the meet will start at 5:30pm
    Swimmers must sign-up for their events by the end of practice on Tuesday.  Swimmers may sign-up for 2 events. 
No practice on Friday, May 27th as the pool will open this evening
 
Regular scheduled summer practices (morning and evening) begin Tuesday, May 31st
 
If you have not signed up please go to the Blog and sign your swimmer up.  Please print and complete all the required forms. 
 
Please plan on bringing your swimmers forms and payment to the first practice.  If you have already mailed these please disregard this.

We wanted to let all swimmer and parents know how to sign-up for meets this season.  This process will be for all intrasquad meets, home meets and away meets.  The “special” meets such as C/D meet, pentathlon, last chance, etc. will have specific instructions on how to sign-up as these meets get closer.
For all intrasquad, home and away meets each swimmer will need to sign-up at the pool.  Every Monday there will be sheets posted at the pool (on the bulletin board) for swim meet sign-ups.  These sign-ups will be separated by age division and then alphabetized by swimmers last name.  Each swimmer will select a maximum of 3 individual events and mark if they are available for relays.  Parents of younger swimmers please assist your swimmer in signing up for these meets.  All events must be selected by the end of practice on Thursday for dual meets and by Wednesday for intrasquad meets.   
We are going to give this a try for our first Intrasquad meet on Wedneday, May 25th.  The sign-ups will be at the pool by this Friday. 

We are excited to announce that the Gators now have merchandise available for you to purchase on SwimOutlet.com.  The Green Mountain Swim Team has created a Gator store in partnership with SwimOutlet.  When you visit the Gator store you will see swimmer apparel and merchandise available with our logo.  You can purchase your items right from this link.  We hope you have fun shopping.

Also coming this summer are new Gator shirts and sweatshirts which will be available to purchase during practices and Intrasquad meets.

Attention all swimmers and parents:
Green Mountain Swim Team and Foothills Swim Association have a Code of Conduct for the 2016 summer swim season.  We will need ALL swimmers and parents to review this document, sign after agreeing and return to Jennifer Friedrichs.  If you have already registered your swimmer and mailed in your forms you can turn the signed code of conduct in at the first practice.  If you have not yet mailed in your forms please print, sign and submit this paperwork together.
As always, please let any of the board members know if you have additional questions or concerns.

Only a few officials clinics remain!