Happy Friday Laser Family!

We hope to see everyone at our pasta dinner tonight. It is open to all team members! We will begin eating after 6:30pm once afternoon practice is over and all the swimmers and coaches arrive. We will let the youngest swimmers eat first. We ask that each family bring a dish with enough food to feed their family and a little more to share. It’s not too late to sign up to bring a dish under Job Signup.

Our pasta dinner will help our swimmers fuel up before our A meet against our neighbor Whetstone tomorrow! We will be at home, so we appreciate anyone who can stay after the pasta dinner to help set up the deck once the pool closes.

We have reserved the lower parking lot for our guests, so please walk to the pool or park in the upper lot tomorrow morning. We will have fabulous parking attendants on hand to assist with parking.

The theme is Pirates! Come dressed in your swashbuckling attire to show your team spirit. For those of you new to the team, our team area begins at the right half of the large red umbrella and extends to the shed. Please stay in the team area and be ready to report to the clerks of course (Ms. King & Ms. Turner) prior to your events!

Please be on deck by 7:55 AM at the latest and be ready to get in the water for warm ups at 8:00 AM sharp tomorrow morning. Check in with your age group coach when you arrive:

• 15 to 18 - Maya
• 13 & 14 - Jack
• 11 & 12 - Ava
• 9 & 10 - Nick
• 8 & U - Ava

Our meet program will come out tonight. Print out a family copy and review it with your swimmers so they know the events/heats/lanes they are in. Please do not leave the meet tomorrow unless your swimmer has checked out with the coaches (unless you have already let them know you have to leave early). The relay participant list in the lineup is tentative. Swimmers should not remove their suits unless Coach Jorge tells them they are not swimming in a relay.

We are so thankful to the volunteers who have signed up to help. Our home meets require many people to run successfully, including concessions - which is the team’s biggest source of revenue. We have a smaller team this year and we have families with multiple people working multiple jobs. Thank you thank you thank you!

Speaking of concessions, we will have breakfast sandwiches and donuts with other fruits and snacks, and we will switch over to burgers, chips and more around half time. Come hungry!

Our team lunch after the meet will be picnic style on the grassy area near the pool. Feel free to bring your own lunch or grab lunch from the concession stand before the conclusion of the meet if you didn’t place an order for a sub. Be sure to pay for your sub orders before the end of our pasta dinner this evening! The coaching staff will hand out ribbons to everyone who swam at our picnic lunch. And we will find out who will be awarded this week’s spirit awards!

Let’s swim fast and have fun on Saturday morning! Go Lasers!

Daria