All,

Attached are our entries and the meet sheet for Saturday’s meet at Fox Mill Estates. Please print and bring a copy to the meet tomorrow if you are interested in following along. EVERYONE PLEASE LOOK AT THE ENTRY LIST – WE HAVE SWIMMERS IN THE MEET WHO MAY NOT EXPECT TO BE SWIMMING DUE TO ABSENCES THIS WEEK!

Theme for tomorrow’s meet is Blue SS2 T-shirt day!. Wear your team shirts to show your Piranha Pride!

Friday, July 11

We’ll meet for the Piranha Parade to our seniors' homes at 6p at Stone Middle School parking lot (see GroupMe text for directions and travel plan/addresses once we are there).

Saturday, July 12

7:40a – Depart for Fox Mill Estates – we will NOT meet at SS2, but will meet in the parking lot at FME around 8:00a to walk in together. We need two tents and everyone should bring camp chairs for the team area.  If you can provide a tent, please respond in the GroupMe string.

Fox Mill Estates Address: 2720 Viking Drive, Herndon VA 20171

8:00a - Assemble in FME Parking lot

8:25a – SS2 Warm-up starts

8:30a - Stroke and turn judges meeting with referee

8:45a - Timers meet with chief timer; warm-ups end

8:50a - Swimmers for the first four events report to the clerk of course

8:55a - Welcome and introductions by the announcer

9:00a - Meet starts

Family Fun Night at SS2

6:00p – Pool closed to other patrons – Swim Team only

Dinner catered by Chik-Fil-A

Free for SS2 swimmers, $5 each for other family members - cash or Venmo @Chris-Campbell-64

Come enjoy a relaxing night with your swim team family!

PLEASE NOTE: If Family Fun Night should be cancelled due to weather, it will NOT be rescheduled.

Sunday, July 13th

Divisionals selections: Reminder Divisionals starts with Free this year, then Back, Breast, Fly, and IM. The break is between Breast and Fly (Breast and Fly constitute the "2nd half")

IMPORTANT: Starting TODAY, please send us an email ([email protected]) with your stroke preferences for Divisionals by SUNDAY at NOON. If you want to swim in Divisionals, you must either email your preferences. Even if you think you may not qualify, please send us your choices. For example, 1- Back, 2 – Fly, 3 – Free, 4 – Breast, 5-IM. Also, let us know if there are strokes that you absolutely DO NOT want to swim.

Swimmers at the top of the stroke ladders – please respond early via email so others down the ladder know what their options are! Thanks!

Monday, July 14th

IM Carnival at Somerset-Olde Creek for swimmers signed up for this event – swimmer list has been emailed separately.

Address for SOC: 9705 Laurel Street, Fairfax, VA 22032

4:30p – Depart from home for SOC

Time TBA– SS2 Warm-ups (likely around 5:20p)

6:00p – Meet starts – Swim Fast!

Preview for next week:

Monday – Practice for swimmers in the IM Carnival– 8:00-8:30a. Then all swimmers come from 8:30-10:00a for Game Day!

Tuesday through Friday - practice for Divisionals swimmers only: 8-9a for older kids and 9-10a for younger swimmers

Group lessons at 10a all week

Saturday, July 19th – Division 15 Individual Championships at Fox Mill Estates –details to follow

Sunday, July 20th – Awards Night End of Season Celebration at SS2 – watch for details

See you soon!

Thanks,

C and L