Our 10 year old and younger swimmers had a great first swim meet!  The youngsters showed substantial improvement in all of the strokes and they won the meet convincingly!  Attached are the results from the meet.

The meet ran smoothly and efficiently.  Thank you to everyone who volunteered! 

It is our 11 year old and older swimmers turn this week!  IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THIS WEEK'S SWIM MEET.  THE MEET WILL BE AT THE JERSEY VILLAGE POOL, SATURDAY MAY 22.  Cy-Mill's pool is unavailable due to lack of working bathrooms, so the meet has been moved to our pool.  We are looking forward to watching our older swimmers compete for the first time this season. GO JV STARS!!!

Thank You Older Swimmers For Your Assistance

The team has been very fortunate this season to have the assistance of numerous middle and high schoolers at the practices and yesterday's swim meet.  Their help with the youngest swimmers at practices and at yesterday's meet run has been great.  Thank you, thank you, thank you for the beneficial help and the great example you all are setting for the younger swimmers!

Practice

We will have practice Monday through Friday at normal times.

Picture Day

Picture Day is coming up on May 25^th!!! Starting at about 4:00 pm, swimmers can get their Individual and/or Family Photos. At 5:15 pm, we would like to have all swimmers at the pool for the Team Photo.  Come dressed in your Team Shirts and ready for practice afterwards.

Practice on Picture will be adjusted slightly to accommodate the team picture to the following schedule (Note: this change is only for Picture Day):

All 15 - 18 year olds and 13 - 14 year old boys 4:00 pm - 4:40 pm

All 11 - 12 year olds and 13 - 14 year old girls 4:40 pm - 5:15 pm

6 and Unders 5:30 – 6:00 pm

7 and 8 year olds 6:10 – 6:50 pm

9 and older 7:00 - 7:40 pm

Picture Order Form will be provided next week.

Volunteer Requirement

We have received several questions about the "Reserve" spot for swim meets.   We have more families than volunteer jobs, which is a great "problem" to have.  We filled all of the volunteer positions for the first meet.  We only have one volunteer position open for the second meet (as of this morning).  The Reserve spot is telling us you are available to volunteer for the meet.  When and if a volunteer spot opens up, we will email the Reserves to request they fill into the open volunteer spots.  If all of the volunteer sessions are filled for the season, the team will not deposit any family's volunteer checks.  So fill in those open positions and we thank everyone's efforts and assistance in helping our swim meets run efficiently.

Currently, there is a 1st shift Timer/Scribe position available for this week's swim meet.  Sign into the website and reserve that spot!

Swim Meet Information

Bring your tents, chairs, blankets, tarps, etc. with you to the swim meet and set up near your friends and neighbors. Please set up your tents in the area between the pool and the pavilion and splash pad.

Parking in the pool’s parking lot is first come first serve. You can also park in the Post Elementary parking lot. Parking is permitted along the streets around the pool. However, do not park in the areas marked with “No Parking” signs that we place out in front of the pool, along Jersey Drive and Shanghai Street. Please do not block mailboxes and driveways.

Cy-Mill Mako Sharks will be running concessions for breakfast and lunch. Bring some cash or your credit cards to keep the swimmers and yourself feed and hydrated throughout the swim meet.

Please check your swimmers in by 7:00 a.m. We will have poster-boards set up on a fence near our team set-up. Your swimmers will be listed along with each event that they will be competing in. Just place a check next to their name and remember to write down their event numbers. If you are running a little late, please contact a friend to sign your swimmer in.

Swim warm-ups for the JV Stars begins at 7:10 a.m.

No parents are permitted to enter the ready bench area and the areas roped off around the pool deck.  Only swimmers, officials, timer & scribe volunteers, computer's volunteers and ready bench volunteers are permitted in this area. Your compliance with this NWAL rule keeps the swim meet moving efficiently. There is plenty of room on the swim deck to watch and cheer for your swimmers. 

Remember that the large gate closest to Post Elementary School (near the diving board and slide) will be entrance only. The gate near the pool parking lot and bathrooms are exit only. We appreciate everyone complying with this simple rule to keep people moving through the pool area efficiently.

Volunteer Information

All volunteers need to check in as well. A volunteer check in poster board will also be set up on a fence near our team set-up. Officials will have a meeting at 7:50 am. Timers & Scribes and Ready Bench volunteers will have separate meetings on the deck at approximately 8:15 a.m. Saturday morning.

Need to change you volunteer session? Each family needs to earn 2 volunteer sessions. If you need to change sessions or remove yourself from a volunteer session, follow these steps:

If one or more of your swimmers will be missing the swim meet this week, you will need to change their status to “not attending this meet” on the website. The deadline for withdrawing your swimmer(s) from the swim meet is Tuesday, May 11 at 11:30 PM. 

To indicate that your swimmer(s) will be missing the meet, follow these steps:

Go to www.jerseyvillage.swimtopia.com

Login to your account via the login link at the top right hand corner of the website.

Click on the “Swim Meets” tab.

Click on the “MEET ENTRY” tab next to Saturday’s Swim Meet.

All of your swimmers will then be listed. Click “Edit” and then change the status of each swimmer that will not be attending the meet to “not attending this meet.”

Then, you must click “Save” or your changes will not be registered in the system.

By selecting “not attending this meet”, the team will be unable to enter your swimmer in the swim meet. If your swimmer is attending, you do not need to go through this process. The assumption is that “undeclared” swimmers will be attending and entered.

Want to Leave a Note for the Coaches?

You can leave notes for the coaches about your swimmer. For example, if your swimmer will be leaving early and will not be present for the free-style relays, you will need to leave the coaches a note. Go through the same process for missing a swim meet. Except, select “Attending this meet”. That will activate a note section for you to leave a short message. After typing the message, you must click “Save”. If you do not, your message will not be saved in the system.

Heat Sheets

On Friday, the team will email out the Heat Sheets for Saturday’s swim meet. 

Thank you and I hope everyone has a great week!