Good afternoon all!  What a fun and beautiful day of practice we had today!  Thank you for working with us, and honoring all our requests and schedules while we work through these first few days.  We had a lot of fun with your kids, and we are thankful for each of you!

Now that we've had a few days in the water, it's time to learn how to RSVP for a meet!  Our first meet is coming up, next Tues 6/7 is our Red and Black meet, which is our Intersquad, so it's only SWSR, so we get a little more relaxed environment for the first one, and we get to walk through it all as a learning process for the kids and parents.  

Right now, my main focus is to get every one of our families to RSVP :) Please don't just ignore this.  We have close to 170 swimmers this year, and it's impossible for us to ask every single swimmer for the meets.  IF a swimmer isn't marked as attending, they will NOT be entered in the meet.  Please help us with this!  It only takes you a minute or two and saves so much time and energy for coaches and the lineup, and that's time we can invest in our team. If you/your swimmer has told me they can/can't come, please still go in and mark it!  We can't remember it all, and we need your help.   So, if you're new, here are the steps.. Log in to your swsr.swimtopia account.  Click on the right middle side under  "Upcoming Meets" find "Red and Black".  Then it'll take you to our calendar list and scroll down and find "Red and Black" and click on the green box to the right of it that says "Meet Entry Open".  There you should see each of your children that are registered.  You will click on each name to edit.  If they CAN come, please mark "attending" and then you will be taken to a screen to pick their events.  Please check any there if you know what they want.  If you don't know, you can leave it blank.  You will go through each child this way and then "Save" at the bottom.  If your swimmer can't come, you would click on "Not Attending". PLEASE try to do this as soon as possible, especially if you're new, so we have time to help.  IF you can't figure it out, please feel free to ask another parent tomorrow while you're sitting in the grass during practice.  Please help each other!  You all are a valuable resource in these areas!

Please understand-Coaches always have discretion to change events.  We sometimes let you all pick events, and we like to see what they pick! BUT if and when we need to move a swimmer for the good of the team, please support this, and encourage your child(ren) to try what we've picked!  Please do NOT call, text, or email coaches on the day of the meet to say you don't like the events.  This is a team, and we work together as a team.  

Remember, we need a parent from every family who has a swimmer in the meet to work a shift. More info will be coming from Natalie or Amy, our Meet Directors. We will also have pictures that night and all the swimmers will be given their team t shirt, so please stay tuned for a timeline on all of the extra activities.

Thank you all!
Coach Jodi

We would like to thank Bell Family Chiropractic and Team Brown - Isagenix for sponsoring the Stingrays!