Dear Families,

We will have a very fast pool tomorrow night! Even the big kids will swim 25s (just one lap) ... will anyone go under 10 seconds??  The meet will start at 5:30 and be about 2 hours.  Please arrive at the pool by 4:45 to prepare for warm ups.  8 & Unders will warm up from 5:00 - 5:15 and 9 & olders will warm up from 5:15 - 5:30.  

Everyone seemed to have a great time at last week's meet.  I know there was some sadness about DQs so I want to encourage everyone to focus a little more while still having fun.  Stroke rules are constantly discussed at practice and children are only entered in events we have seen them do correctly. 

While breaststroke and butterfly are very technical and DQ is normal for new swimmers, we wanted to provide some tips that swimmers can control during the races.  To avoid being disqualified, swimmers should:

*Freestyle ... Swim the whole lap without touching the ropes, wall, or bottom

*Backstroke ... Stay on your back the whole race, until your hand touches the wall

*Breaststroke & Butterfly ... Touch the wall with 2 hands at the same time

We are looking forward to another fun week of swimming! Please let us know if you have any questions!

~Lauren, Lily, Patrick, Adam, Madelyn, Tommy, Kate