Hey all, believe it or not, this is the last week of swim season.  We are so proud of all our swimmers accomplishing so many amazing things.  Let's finish on a strong note!

GFSL Finals (Urgent!)

PLEASE declare whether you are available or unavailable to swim at Finals next Sunday at the GAC.   We are beginning to create lineups now and they are due by Thursday.  Our deadline for declaring for the meet is Wednesday evening.  This is a strict deadline, as we must deliver our lineups to the league on Thursday.  

Again, this is a wonderful opportunity for the kids.  If you are at all available, whether you think your swimmer(s) will qualify or not, please declare them available.  If you have any questions about how any of this works, please let me know.

I will be asking for volunteers for that day, so please be on the lookout for communication from me when we near the date.

Tuesday meet at Sherwood

This will be a good one!  Please declare your availability for Tuesday evening by tonight at 6PM.  If you have any changes after this deadline, please text Coach Jenn at 336-340-7410.  It figures to be another warm one, so please start pre-hydrating now and fuel and rest well for that evening.

Once I receive information from Sherwood, I will pass along more details to those who are declared for the meet.  Expect a pirates & mermaids theme, 430 arrival, 505 warmups, post-meet dinner at Whataburger.

Volunteers - It looks like all our volunteer slots are filled except for the 1st half and 2nd half clerk of course spots, and 9-10 girls Stingray Zone 2nd half.  You can still make any changes necessary until Tuesday morning.

Postseason party!

We will have our postseason party and awards next Tuesday, July 14th.  Please plan to attend and sign up to bring some food to our potluck.  We hope to see you all there to celebrate our swimmers and have fun!

Remember our backpack drive -- 

We will collect new and gently used backpacks and school supplies to donate to the Robinhood YMCA for their Bright Beginnings Program. The Y will give these to kids in need before school starts. Swimmers will write encouraging notes to put in the backpacks. Following that, we will have an ice cream sundae bar! Please start collecting backpacks, crayons, markers, highlighters, loose-leaf paper, composition notebooks, and single-subject wide-ruled notebooks.

The donations are in lieu of the greenway cleanup (since there is rarely any trash there). However, if you are ever on the greenway connector and see garbage, please pick it up! We have adopted this portion of the greenway and like to keep it clean!

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Practice Schedule (very different this week)

Monday - normal AM and PM practices

Tuesday - normal AM practice(last normal Little Rays practice), no PM practice (Sherwood meet)

Wednesday - Fun Wednesday AM practice for everyone, normal PM practice

Thursday - Finals participants ONLY, normal AM and PM practices

Friday - Normal AM practice, Finals participants ONLY.

Swimmers of the Week

James and Luke Thompson 

Coach Jenn says:  Congrats on swimming in your first meet this week!

Adam Noureddine and Charlie Kistler

Coach Jenn says: Way to swim up in our 11-12 Medley and Free relays!

Hudson Bowers

Coach Claire says:  He has worked very hard to move up from Little Rays and has a great attitude!

Clark Denton

Coach Graham says:  He has been working hard, made great improvements and swam a legal breaststroke in Tuesday's meet!

Everly Rose 

Coach Isabella says:  She's been a great teammate towards others, not to mention an amazing big sister to her newborn sister!

Samuel Forrest

Coach Sam says:  He always works hard and has a positive attitude during and after practice!

Congrats, swimmers!

Last week was a great, fun one for us.  Let's do it again!

Thanks and Go Stingrays!

Jeremy and Brooke