Hi All,

Welcome to the 2026 season!! We are so happy to see you all and are excited for a fun and successful swim season! 

There is alot of important information in this week's update, please take the time to read through it all and contact me with any questions.

• Practice
• Parent Meeting
• Sponsors
• T-Shirts
• Recruitment
• Munchin Marlins
• Swim Suits
• Weather Issues
• Swimtopia Account
• Swim Lessons
• Contacts

Practice: starts tomorrow Monday 5/18. 6 and Unders are from 5-5:30 and everyone else if from 5:30--6:30. We may not get in the water tomorrow depending on the water temp, but please come so that swimmers can meet each other/coaches and can start getting used to the routine.

No practice on Monday 5/25 due to the Memorial Day holiday. Also, no practice on Friday afternoons.

Parent Meeting: Wednesday 5/20 at 5:15 PM. We will address practice expectations, parental involvement during practice, volunteering, Swimtopia and signing up for meets/volunteering, etc. If needed we can hold an additional meeting on Wednesday 5/27 for those who cannot attend this week. 

Sponsors- if you know anyone who is willing to sponsor our team this year, please let me know by the end of the day on Monday 5/25. All money goes directly to the team. Potential sponsors can be family or friends who own businesses or businesses that you frequent. A sponsorship does not have to be a cash donation only; It can be in the form of discounted services (example- Bella Italia and gave us discounted pizza one year and Chick Fil A donated last year for our meet concessions.) Benefits include being advertised on our team shirts, spotlighted at our concession table, listed on our team website, announced at home meets, posted on our pool deck bulletin board and listed on our team banner that is hung at all meets home or away. If any swimmer solicits a business they can also receive volunteer hours for school. We thank those who have already secured sponsors! Please contact me with any questions.

T-shirt order form will be online soon, once sponsors are finalized next week. There will be a tight turnaround time for ordering. When form is posted I will send an alert with the link. Pricing is yet to be finalized and color is TBD. I will ask if women's cut is available for sizing.

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] or 919-345-9359

Munchin Marlins- 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 donated homecooked items. The first dinner will be on Monday 6/8. 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 May 22 per Keifer Aquatics. After that date there is a possibility that they will not have the suits in stock and would need to order. I will start picking up suits from Keifer Aquatic after 5/25 and will hand them out at practice.

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 website. 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.

Swim Lessons: MSRC Coaches are available for private swim lessons. If you would like your swimmer to have extra help or know someone who is looking for lessons for their child, Coach Sam is the contact. Based on swimmer ability, desired instruction and availability she will then pair swimmers with a MSRC Coach. Please see me or Sam if you have any questions.

Contacts: If you have any questions for Coaches you can always reach out to them on the pool deck before or after practice or contact them at:

Coach Sam: [email protected], or 919-455-4975

Coach Jessie: [email protected] or 984-500-9953

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