Hello Wahoos, 

Its time! Our first "meet" of the season will be tomorrow, June 7. We are all excited to see everyone swim! A few important reminders: 

1. BLUE VS. BLACK - since this meet is just us swimming against ourselves, our coaches have divided up the team in half, a blue team vs. a black team. This is all for fun, but a good way to encourage the kids to swim faster if they know they are competing! Today at practice the kids were told which team they were on. However, I think there was a little confusion as to what they should wear tomorrow. 

ALL SWIMMERS SHOULD WEAR THEIR SWIM TEAM BATHING SUIT (OR A SOLID BLACK SUIT).  

They were encouraged to wear blue or black, that meant, t-shirt, not bathing suit.

2. PICTURE - we will be taking our team picture tomorrow. Please be at the pool by 4:45. There will be signs indicating where each age group should line up in preparation for the picture. Please find your age group and wait for directions. If you would like to pre-order a team picture, please do so here: https://www.waldencreekwahoos.com/picture-day

3. T-SHIRTS & CAPS- speaking of shirts....traditionally we hand out our swim team shirts for the year at the Mock Meet. Due to supply issues, the shirts are delayed. They should be here before the next meet however, so watch for an announcement about picking up your shirt. This also applies to caps. All swimmers will get a cap next week before the first real meet. If you ordered a silicone cap, you will get that at that time as well. 

4. CONCESSIONS - we will have pizza by the slice and Chick-Fil-A available tomorrow while supplies last. Pre-orders are closed at this point. 

5. EVENTS - a heat sheet will be posted on the wall near the lost and found and on the gate near the entrance. You can find your swimmers entries there. We will also email one out mid-day tomorrow. Additionally, you can find your swimmers events (heat/lane) SwimTopia app. 

6. RELAYS - if your swimmer is schedule to swim in a relay.... PLEASE BE THERE. Relays are the first and last events of the swim meet. If you are in a relay, you need to be on time to the meet and/or you must stay to the end. If you leave, that means 3 other kids don't get to swim because your child left the meet early. You have the option to indicate when you sign up for the meet, that you don't want to swim in a relay. If staying until the end of the meet is too late for your family (and its fine if it is, no judgment, it can be late!) but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE indicate that when you sign up for the meet so we don't put your swimmer in a relay that they won't be there for, and then have to tell 3 other kids they don't get to swim (not a fun conversation). 

7. VOLUNTEERS - If you are volunteering tomorrow, first of all, THANK YOU! Please check in with Katie Dickson when you get to the pool tomorrow. 

Thanks, 

Meaghan for the WC Board