Morning Gators!

Please read below for important info on Gator Gear, Swim-a-thon/Tie-dye, Championships details, Dive Blast and more!

Gator Gear is in and can be picked up tomorrow during practices!

Swim-a-thon and Tie-dye tomorrow!!

Please get those pledges in! We are still way behind last year! Athletes will do their laps/dives during their regular scheduled practice times:

• Red group swimmers and 8am divers will Tie-dye immediately after their practices.
• Blue group swimmers and 9:30 divers should come early to Tie-dye.
• White group swimmers can Tie-dye before OR after practice.

Please bring your own white items to dye!

Championships Qualification & Schedule. ACTION NEEDED!!!

The following 2 items need to be done ASAP (although championship meets are more than a week away, the league seeding meeting occurs next weekend so all information must be completed by next Wednesday night at the latest).

1. Please RSVP for kids in SwimTopia for all Championship meets that may apply (A AND B for swimmers, Diving for divers). No matter whether a swimmer will qualify for A or B, select “Attending” for all meets you CAN make it to. Select ”not attending” for champs meets you CANNOT attend. This is important for relay decisions.
2. Also fill out this GOOGLE FORM to indicate preferred events for swimmers. Swimmers who qualify or are close to qualifying for A Champs should make their highest-ranked events their first choices (see below).

“A” swimming Champs is on Saturday 7/27 in the morning at Hideaway.

• To qualify for A Champs, Swimmers need to be amongst the top performers in an event across the league.
• The top 18 times in each event automatically qualify.
• If swimmers in the top 18 cannot make it or choose to swim different events, the 19th, 20th (and so on) fastest times become eligible.
• Attached to this email is a list of the swimmers with the current top times in each event. This will change slightly after our last two meets.
• A child can participate in 4 events maximum at A Champs with a maximum of 3 individual events (Diving counts as an event).
• Swimmers who do not qualify as individuals may be used to fill RELAYS at A Champs. This DOES NOT eliminate them from B Champs participation. This decision is made by the coaches. Medley and Free Relays are BOTH competed at A Champs.

“B” Champs is Wed 7/24 late afternoon/evening @ Fort Washington.

• Children who do not qualify for A Champs can swim 3 events in B Champs (there are no relays at B Champs).
• A swimmer who qualifies for ONLY ONE event at A Champs can still swim 2 events at B Champs (but not the event in which they qualified for A Champs).
• Swimmers who qualify for multiple individual events at A Champs (diving included) are ineligible for B Champs.
• B Champs include a 6 & Under age group.

Diving Champs is Friday 7/26 from 7am to 1pm (ish) at Sunny Willow

• The top 18 diver averages (average of each diver’s top 2 scores) qualify for “A” Diving Champs.
• If divers in the top 18 are unavailable, number 19, 20… become eligible.
• All other divers may participate in “B” Champs.
• A and B Champs are on the same day but at different times (TBD).

Dive Blast:

Dive Blast will be next Saturday morning at UM! Warmups begin at 8am and the competition at 9am. Please Respond to Katie ASAP via Remind if your divers plan to attend. We will need a few volunteers if anyone is available.

Caps:

We have about a dozen extra caps available for anyone who is interested.

Two meets next week!

Please make sure you have RSVP-ed