Hi again, Stingray families!  I hope you all had fun at the intrasquad meet and enjoyed some pancakes.  City Meet was also a lovely day with some really great swimming from our squad.  Here's a quick City Meet recap and look ahead to this coming HOT week.

City Meet Recap

We are still awaiting the official meet results to be digitally sent to us, but we had some really excellent swimming on Friday on a beautiful day.  Thanks to all who swam and helped out.  Big thanks to those who took on the decorating as well:  Jenn Feltis and Stephanie Forrest.   A couple quick swimming shout-outs to our 7-8 boys and 9-10 girls relay winners, and Libby Keit, who not only broke a 35-year old meet record in her IM and came incredibly close on a couple others, but was also the individual high point winner for her age group!  

In the afternoon, we had some great swims from our coaches, a couple alumni (Emma Grimstead and Drew Parent), but also our PARENTS.  Michele Meeks, Sean Bonifas, Jamie Grimstead, Jenn Feltis, Chris Forrest, thank you for representing us and being such great role models!  This is what we want to be about: lifelong love of swimming! We are incredibly proud of all our Stingrays for not only their performances but how they represented us as people with their sportsmanship and energy at this city-wide showcase.

Tuesday:  AT Sherwood

This is a big one, folks.  Yes, it is going to be super-hot.  Our younger kids will be bullpenned in the basketball court area below the pool deck, which will be shaded.  I will send out a detailed email to those who are entered into the meet when I receive more info from Sherwood.  But for now, 2 big things:  1) DECLARE YOUR AVAILABILITY (yes OR no) by 6PM TONIGHT.  Jeremy is out of pocket most of Monday, making late additions more difficult.  2) Pre-hydrate as much as possible.  Anyone who has seen Jeremy during a meet knows how sensitive he is to the heat, so we are taking this very seriously, but the meet will NOT be re-scheduled due to heat.  Start hydrating now.

League Finals

Entry declarations are now OPEN.  Please do so NOW.  Finals are on Sunday, July 13th, with a morning session for 10 and unders and an afternoon session for 11 and ups.  We have a great team this year and we want to have everyone possible that is available to swim.  Please, please, please make yourselves available to swim. Even if you think your swimmer isn't fast enough to compete, etc.  Just do it.  We won't know who is swimming until the week our entries are due on July 10th.  If you aren't declared one way or another, we WILL be hassling you to get you to come as the date nears.  It's a great event.  Not being available makes Coach William sad.  You don't want to see him sad, do you?

Swimmers of the Week

Samuel Forrest and Kane Feltis

Coach William says:  "Both of these boys swam up with adults in an afternoon relay.  Samuel had a great 50 breaststroke for his first time and Kane had a very good flip turn during his 50 free in the same relay!"

Honorable mention from Coach William:  Mark Meeks - "Mark had an incredible performance at our intrasquad relay, both in his floatie relay and with his pancake-making skills!"

Jacob Hansell

Coach Claire says:  "Jacob has been getting a lot better at diving and working really hard during practice!

Libby Keit

Coach Reese says: "Libby had amazing swims at city meet and had the mentality to track down people in relays to win.  An amazing record-breaking IM as well.  I'm so proud of her mindset of wanting to win!"

Ben Olson

Coach Will says:  "Ben was the only one from his age group swimming in some of the events at City Meet and swam them great!"

Molly Forrest

Coach Hawken says:  "Molly is always excited to swim and did great at City Meet on Friday!"

Great job to all our Stingrays and a special shout out from Jeremy and Brooke for our coaches who were really great at City Meet both as coaches and swimmers.  You guys rule!

Remember to declare for both our Sherwood meet and League Finals (DO IT NOW!). Please don't hesitate to reach our with any questions or concerns, and if you have any late changes, please text Jeremy at 336-416-2496.

Thanks and Go Stingrays!

Jeremy and Brooke