Epic Father's Day Weekend Update!

June 14th

Happy Father’s Day weekend to all of our Laser dads! We hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Here’s another epic email for everyone’s reading pleasure!

A Meet versus Long Branch

We had some amazing swims and lots of personal bests, but we still came up short this morning. You can find the meet results under Schedule, Meet Results or by clicking here.

We would like to recognize the following swimmers who swam All Star times this morning:

Maddie Arias - breast
Sam Arias - IM, breast, fly
Aiden Chavarria - free & fly
Eli Hunter - IM & breast
Chase Keeler - fly
Austin Seager - breast

Congratulations to our Lasers who swam in their first A meet! And a shout out to Alice Kuminov, Daniel Zhelyazkov, and the Eaton Family for winning this meet’s spirit awards!

Thank you everyone who volunteered. We couldn’t have done it without you! And thank you to Coach Nick and Coach Rachel for coaching our swimmers this morning!

B Meet Week 1 - Wednesday, June 18 at HOME with Plantations

Our first B meet is at HOME on Wednesday, June 18. The deadline to sign up for this meet is 9:00 PM on Monday, June 16. Swimmers are generally 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 today’s A meet. Swimmers who placed 7th-12th in freestyle today are allowed to swim freestyle again on Wednesday. Swimmers who received a disqualification today are also allowed to swim that stroke again. Please see the Team Handbook under “Eligibility for B meets” for more information about B meet sign ups. If you have questions, please ask one of the LMST board members!

Sign up for this B meet by following these directions: Log in to your Swimtopia account by clicking here or go to https://lakemarionlasers.swimtopia.com/swim_meets

Click on Week 1B at HOME with Plantations.
Select Edit under the swimmer’s name.
From the drop down, select Attending This Meet.
Unlike A meets, you need to select the events the swimmer is eligible to swim. Coach Nick will approve any first-time entries.
Click Save.

Please sign up for a job when you sign up to swim, even if you have signed up for your 10 point minimum, as we have a few open slots to fill in order to run a successful meet!

The theme for this B meet is TROPICAL, so show your Laser spirit with your tropical attire from head to toe! We will be recognizing two swimmers and a Lake Marion family for showing their team spirit. As a reminder, there is no afternoon practice when we have a B meet. Come cheer on the team!

A Meet Week 2 - Saturday, June 21

Our next A Meet is AWAY vs. West Hillendale on Saturday, June 21. It is critical that a swimmer’s availability is declared through Swimtopia for each A meet. Here’s how!

Click on Week 2A AWAY vs. West Hillendale.
Select Edit under the swimmer’s name.
From the drop down, select Available For This Meet or Not Available For This Meet.
Click Save.

Please declare your swimmer’s A Meet availability as soon as possible, but no later than 9 PM on Wednesday, June 18th.

Please do this even if you don’t think your swimmer would participate in an A meet.

Coach Nick will communicate who will swim in this meet on Thursday. The line-up will then be formally exchanged with West Hillendale by noon on Friday. We encourage you to sign up for open volunteer roles when you declare your swimmer.

Calendar

There are two ways you can check out our team calendar. One way is to visit our team website and click on Schedule, and then All Meets and Events. You can even subscribe so our events are added to your calendar! We also created a one-sheeter for you to hang up at home.

Team Movie

We have a date, time and movie for our Team Movie outing! We will take over the theater for the 1 PM showing of How to Train Your Dragon at the AMC Rio on Tuesday, June 24. Become a Stubs Member (which is free), and each ticket is $10. Get your tickets now!!

Practices

We begin our summer practice schedule on Wednesday. You can find it at the bottom of this message. Please note: There is NO PRACTICE on Thursday due to the Juneteenth holiday. Since we have our first B meet on Wednesday and the holiday on Thursday, we won’t have PM practice for the scheduled PM groups until Friday.

During our morning practices, swimmers and families enter through the gate. Please make sure the gate is closed behind you. Due to insurance restrictions, family members must remain near the pavilion. Only swimmers and coaches are allowed in other areas of the pool.

REMINDER ABOUT AM PRACTICE FOR SWIMMERS: We ask our morning swimmers to place their bags along the gate or under the overhang near the guard office area, not on the lounge chairs under the pavilion. We reserve the chairs in the shade for the family members who must remain on deck during practices. Thank you for being considerate and following this newer procedure!

Afternoon practices are sometimes canceled due to inclement weather. Please download the Rainout Line App and search for Montgomery Village Foundation to see the status of Lake Marion. We hold practice if the pool is open. As always, if you have concerns about the air or water temperature, or the weather forecast, do what is best for your swimmer.

Caps and the App

Need a Lake Marion swim cap? See a LMST Board Member to purchase one. They are $10 each. Board members will usually be by the Lake Marion sign near the pavilion during all practice times.

Want to have all of the swim team information at your fingertips? Download the Swimtopia App! See your swimmer’s meet results and have the team calendar at your fingertips.

Ribbons

Meet ribbons are handed out at the team lunch after A meets and the practice after B meets. If your swimmer needs any of their ribbons, they are in the “family box” that we will bring out at practices. Thank you to Jen Caldwell for being our ribbons lead!

Food

This Wednesday, we will offer our legendary Pancake Breakfast after morning practices, courtesy of Irma Najarro and Becca Redman. We ask for donations to cover the cost of this tasty treat the morning before our B meets! This Friday morning is also our first Donut Day of the season. Swimmers can enjoy a donut after their practice time. This season we will not charge $1 per donut but also accept donations, just like pancake breakfast. We are only able to offer these opportunities to our morning practice groups because the pool is closed to the public at that time.

Our weekly team building event is our Pasta Dinner on Friday. RSVP and sign up to bring a dish to share here! We ask every family that attends to bring a large dish with enough to share. We especially need people to bring pasta to fuel our swimmers!

Almost the End

Thanks for sticking with me to the end! Be sure to save the date for 3 exciting upcoming events:

WIBIT Fun for ages 11-14 at North Creek on Sunday, June 22 at 2 PM
Team picture on Monday, June 23 at 8 AM for ENTIRE TEAM
Team movie on Tuesday, June 24 at 1 PM at Rio to see How to Train Your Dragon

And don’t forget to scroll down to see the summer practice schedule. See you on deck!

Daria, on behalf of the LMST Board

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Practice Times from June 18th through July 18th

Morning

11 and Up: 8 to 9:15 AM
10 and Under: 9:15 - 10:15 AM
AM Developmental: 9:15 -10 AM
ALL AM Preteam: 9:30 - 10:15 AM

Afternoon

All team swimmers registered for afternoon practice once school ends: 5:30 - 6:45 PM (5:30 - 6:30 PM on Fridays due to Pasta Dinners)
PM Developmental: 5:30 - 6:15 PM
PM Advanced Preteam: 5:30 - 6 PM
PM Beginning Preteam: 6 - 6:30 PM

*There is no PM practice when we have B meets on 6/18, 6/25, 7/2, 7/9, and 7/15.