Hi Rapids,

Good afternoon. We hope that everyone had a wonderful last day of school. LONG EMAIL...bear with me and read through with a beverage tonight ;)

As a reminder, tomorrow our practices move to mornings. Here are the practice times by age group:

• 11 & up: 8:15am - 9:15am
• 7 to 10 year olds: 9:15am - 10:15am
• 6 & Unders: 10:15am - 10:45am

We practice Monday through Friday each week with the exception of Monday May 30th (Memorial Day), we will not practice that morning.

Tomorrow we will start handing out T-Shirts to all. SUGGESTION: immediately mark your shirts with Last Name in case they get lost during practice or meets.

TIME TRIALS MEET:

Tomorrow!! Meet warm-up at 5pm sharp and we will start meet at 6pm sharp.

Our first meet is just for us to swim ourselves and get times for the swimmers. This is a great practice meet for new swimmers and their families to understand how they are run. If you are new, I encourage you to review our FAQ page on the website. This page has an example of how to mark your swimmer's arm/leg with their event #, heat, lane, and what they are swimming along with what we recommend you bring to a swim meet.

COME HUNGRY to meets: we sell concessions as part of all swim meets and this is how swim teams, not just us keep our costs for registration down. So please don't pack dinner but come hungry - tomorrow we will have pizza and next Tuesday, for our meet against Hammond Hills we will have pizza and Chick-fil-A!!

Attached are the following:

1. List of volunteers signed up for tomorrow's meet and what you are signed up for. There is a description of each job on our website but I promise we will also go over the jobs tomorrow prior to the meet (they are all easy :)
2. List of entries per swimmer (this is NOT a heat sheet, we will send that out prior to the meet tomorrow. If you DO NOT see your swimmer on this list it is because they were marked as not attending, if this is not correct, please reach out to us ASAP)

Missing Volunteer Spots:

• Shepherds for 12 and unders (these are the folks that help line up the younger kids behind the blocks): we are in the need of 3 for the first half and 5 for the 2nd of half of the meet.
• Stroke & Turn Officials: We are ALWAYS in need of this certified position. If anyone has taken the online test and we can train you tomorrow, please reach out to me ASAP.
• Verifier 2nd Half (this person helps with verifying times being put in the computer): This job is in the Barn...so out of the sun and you can still watch your kiddos swim.

If you can help with any of these spots, please message me at [email protected] or text 540-420-1797 and I will put your name in the system to get credit. Thank you in advance!

WEATHER: The weather does not look good for tomorrow, we know this. A lot goes into planning a swim meet so we are not going to call the meet until tomorrow mid-day because if we can get it in, we will try. IF WE CANNOT: we will cancel the meet and we will attempt to time the swimmers that do not have times on Friday morning so they can be seeded properly in our first meet against Hammond Hills on Tuesday May 31st.

Everyone do their weather dance for me tonight and we will see you all in the morning!

- Danielle Oldham - 

On Behalf of Riverwood Rapids Swim Team Inc.