Good Afternoon Laser Swimmers & Families,

This is your weekly updates, where we try to keep you informed of all of the upcoming swim events, social activities, reminders etc. Please, take the time to read to the end for upcoming information. There is information about the meet today, declaring availability for next weekend, signups for B meets (B Meet is open and sign-ups are due by 6PM tomorrow evening), pancake breakfast, and updated practice schedules.

A Meet Recap

We hosted the first A Meet of the season this morning. The temperature and water were a bit chilly but our swimmers were in good spirits. We had some great swims in every age group and fell short by less than 50 points.  We look forward to a great meet next week as we travel to Somerset. Swimmers be ready to put in work this week at practice so that we are all ready next week!

Thank you to all of the parent volunteers with a special thank you to Kristy Wade and Terry Wilcox that came out and volunteered, even though they did not have swimmers in the meet today! We cannot run a meet without volunteers and we appreciate every volunteer, including those that come early and take on several jobs before, during and/or after the meet, regardless of the role!

Congratulations to swimmers that achieved All-Star times today:

• Sam Arias
• Owen Bibb
• Ryan Frohman
• Chase Keeler
• Nicholas Keeler
• Colton Mettler
• Sofia Nafal-Infante
• Izzy Najarro
• Ellie Pearson
• Austin Seager

Congratulations to the following swimmers that swam in their first A Meet:

• William Baranick
• Sky Glasson
• Caitlyn Hainer 
• Eli Hunter
• Julia Lewis 
• Ben Trice 
• Noah Trice 
• Kara Yackoski

Meet Attendance

Please declare swimmers for next Saturday's A meet now. For A Meets, it is CRITICAL that swimmer’s availability is declared through Swimtopia. In order to do so please, take the following actions;

Log into your Swimtopia account by clicking here or go to https://lakemarionlasers.swimtopia.com/swim_meets:

1. Click on "Week 2A 2019"
2. Select "Edit" under the swimmer's name.
3. From the drop down select "Available For This Meet" or "Not Available For This Meet."
4. Click Save

Please declare your swimmer's availability as soon as possible, but no later than 9 AM on Wednesday, June 19th. Please do this even if you don't think your swimmer would participate in an A Meet, sometimes, swimmers are not available because of other commitments.

B Meet Week 1B - Tuesday, June 18th

We will be hosting the first B meet of the year against Plantations on Tuesday, June 18th. The deadline to signup for this meet is 6:00 PM on Sunday, June 16, 2019 (TOMORROW). Swimmers are allowed to swim as many events as they want as long as they are legal to swim that event and they did not swim that event in the Saturday A meet, please see the Team Handbook for more information about B meet sign ups. If you did not swim an event at All-Comers or the first A Meet, please sign up to swim it at the B Meet so you can get a time before the next A Meet. The theme for the meet is NEON, so pull out all of your neon gear!

Pancake Breakfast - Tuesday, June 18th

As is tradition the morning of a B meet, pancake breakfast will be served after each morning practice. We are only able to offer this by donations from families and through volunteers. If you are able to help with pancake breakfast, please let any member of the committee know. Please do not forget to send a donation so that we may continue this each week. The last breakfast will be served at 10:15 AM as we must clean up and clear the pool deck by 10:45 AM (this includes the showers).

Morning Practice Reminders

Monday will be our first morning practice of the season.

• 11 & Older swimmers will practice at 8 AM
• 10 & Under swimmers will practice at 9:15 AM.
• Pre-team swimmers will have their first practice beginning at 9:30 AM.

Afternoon practices times will change also and will run as follows:

• 5:30 - 6:30 pm for swimmers 10 & Under
• 5:30 - 6:45 pm for swimmers 11 & Older.
• 5:45 - 6:15 pm for Pre-Team

Please review our practice schedule by clicking here.

Please remember that the MVF policies/rules still apply to morning practices when the pool is closed.

1. Parents must remain under the brown pavilion during practices (this includes pre-team).
2. Only registered swimmers are allowed in the pool during practices when the pool is closed to the general public (this includes the baby pool).
3. Parents/guardian 16 & older must remain on the pool deck while swimmers under the age of 10 are practicing.
4. Pets are not allowed on the pool deck.
5. Swimmers are not allowed in the community center during or after practice unless attending a camp.
6. All swim team members must exit the pool deck by 10:45 AM so that MVF staff may prepare for the pool opening.

Mekeba

A Rep