I cannot believe we are already at the end of regular season.  Monday will be our picture day and last regular season meet (at home vs. Lakeside Quarry Gators!)  Please see below for many important announcements!

• Team Picture Day! We will have individual and team photos on Monday July 1st prior to the swim meet. Please follow the schedule below and be mindful of the time so that everyone can be accommodated. The photographer has a team roster and will coordinate with the parents directly for ordering and payment.
  
  Times for swimmers’ and divers’ photos are as follows:
  
  2:00 - Dive Team Individual photos
  2:30 - Dive Team group photo
  2:45 - last names A-L Swim Team Individual photos
  3:30 - last names M-Z Swim Team Individual photos
  4:15 - arrive for swim team photo
  4:30 - swim team group photo
• July 3rd is our ice cream practice!  After each age group session, swimmers are welcome to enjoy an ice cream sundae to celebrate the end of regular season!
• For those who go on to quals/champs, morning practices will continue through July 12th to focus on and perfect those starts, turns, etc!
• Save the Date for our end of season banquet at the lodge, Sunday evening of Champs: July 14th!
• Post Season Details: As Monday is the last opportunity for your swimmer to make a qualifying time, here is all you need to know about how our post-season works! 
  • Quals are coming up soon. July 8 at 6:00 pm is 11 and Over Quals at Lake Forest Lodge Pool, arrival is 4:30. July 10 at 6 pm is 10 and Younger Quals at Springhurst, arrival is 4:45. (You only attend the Qual of your swimmers age group). 
  • Sunday July 14 is Division II Champs at Owl Creek, arrival 7:15am (This is Owl Creek the subdivision neighborhood located at 10607 Hobbs Creek Road 40223 - NOT the Owl Creek Country Club in Anchorage). Champs starts at 8 a.m. and will be done by noon. All swimmers and volunteers need to arrive and check in by 7 am for Champs. Parking will be all street parking through the neighborhood so please plan extra time to park and walk to the pool. Our team warm-up is scheduled for 7:30
  • In order to swim at Quals, your swimmer needs to get a time in a regular season dual meet in an event that beats the Division 2 Qualifying Time (“qual time”) for that event. Attached are the Qual times. Check your swimmer's best time agaisnt this chart to see if they are eligible to swim that event at Quals. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask one of the coaches about it. If you already have a qual time, please RSVP yes on the team website for the Qual event you will attend (and it would really help us out if you would rsvp NO on the Qual that is NOT your age group). You MUST RSVP FOR QUALS IF YOU HAVE A QUALIFYING TIME AND PLAN TO COME TO QUALS. Otherwise we will not know if you plan to attend.
  • Each swimmer can swim up to 3 individual events at Quals. If your swimmer has qualified in more than 3 events you may put requests to the coaches in the notes on your RSVP of which events your swimmer prefers to swim at Quals. This does not guarantee that the coaches will be able to honor all requests. They made need to spread the swimmers in the age group out (so our best swimmers are not all swimming the same event and knocking each other out) to score the more points for the team at Champs. No relays are swum at Quals.
  • RSVP now for Champs Relays The top 12 swimmers at the Qualifications Meet in each event move onto Championships for that event (plus 2 alternates). We also get to send an A and B relay in each relay event to Champs. That is at least 8 kids in each group that will swim relays. So even if your swimmer does not make it to Champs in an individual event, they might be needed on a relay. Please RSVP YES for Champs on the team website if you will be available for relays. We will announce relays for Champs after we see who is available. We only know who is available if you RSVP for Champs and tell us your swimmer is available.
  • EVERYONE GOING TO QUALS OR CHAMPS NEEDS TO VOLUNTEER FOR A JOB We will need parents volunteers to help at Quals and Champs. Since not every swimmer goes to Quals and Champs, we will need one volunteer from every family that attends Quals and Champs to volunteer for a job at either Quals or Champs. This is in addition to the regular season volunteer requirement and also applies to the Gold sponsors and board members.