Hi All,

Welcome to the 2024 season!! We are so happy to see you all and are excited for a fun and successful swim season!

I have a couple of updates for this week:

Sponsors- if you know anyone who is willing to sponsor our team this year, please let me know by Friday 5/24. All money goes directly to the team. We thank those who have already secured sponsors! 

T-shirt order form will be online soon- there will be a tight turnaround. When form is posted I will send an alert with the link. Pricing is yet to be finalized.

Recruitment- if you are aware of anyone still looking for a team to join, please refer them! If they have any questions they may reach out to me at [email protected]

First event- Time Trials will be held Tuesday 6/4. We will need timers at each practice group. I will be updating the Volunteer sign up on our website by the end of this week (along with the full schedule to include Munchin Marlins and other non-meet events.) To save money and because basically no one else in the league uses Swimmingly anymore, instead of purchasing a new timing system we are using stopwatches this year.

Munchin Marlins- still looking for someone to coordinate the Monday night team meals (or at the very least organize one of the six.) We are thinking that it might be easier to continue like last year and pay per swimmer who will eat and have one person either order from somewhere or coordinate easy homecooked items.  The first dinner will be on Monday 6/10. Please let me know if you are interested or have any questions.

Swim Suits- I still have the suit kit if you need to try on a size. You can still order for this year, but deadline is the end of this week.  We will start picking up suits from Keifer Aquatic at the end of this week and will hand them out at practice starting next week.

Weather issues: Please make sure that your settings for swimtopia allow notifications in case we need to send an alert (mostly weather related.) I will also email all alerts and post them as news posts. 

Swimtopia account: When you registered your swimmer you should have received an email to create an account for our Manchester Swimtopia account. If you have not created one please let me know.  All meet management along with swimmer, volunteer and concession donation signups are all done through that website so it is vital that you have it. (Note to returning families- we will NOT be using the Swimmingly website, so you only need Swimtopia.) 

No practice on Monday 6/27 due to the Memorial Day holiday. Also, no practice on Friday afternoons.

If you have any questions for Coach Sam you can contact her at [email protected], text her at 919-455-4975 or talk to her at the pool before or after practice. 

Any questions for me- my number is 919-345-9359 or you can email me at [email protected]. I am also at most practices.

Thank you and GO MARLINS!

-Jackie