Hello Water Jets Families - It's hard to believe we are wrapping up week 3 of practices already! 

SWIM MEETS 101 ZOOM: If you are NEW to swim team this year, we are offering a quick parent Zoom meeting Sunday, June 5th at 7pm. We are calling this meeting - Swim Meets 101. If you have never experienced a meet, we will give you an idea of what to expect. We will walk you through how to read and understand the heat sheets - so you know when your child is swimming and in what race. If you are a first time family -- please try to join us for the call. We will also open it up for Q&A. 

Zoom details are below. 

Time: Jun 5, 2022 07:00 PM EST Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89960846890?pwd=SVFjZmJ... 

Meeting ID: 899 6084 6890 

Passcode: 940123 

PRACTICE NEXT WEEK - Starting Monday, June 6th, we move to morning practices. We WILL have practices on meet days. Coach Nick and Coach Ariana will be running the practices next week with Coach Zach assisting. Morning practice times are as follows. 

• Shrimpers- 8-8:30am 
• 7/8s- 8:30-9:15am 
• 9/10s- 9:15-10am 
• 11& up- 10:00-10:45am 

SWIMSUIT PICK UP - We should have all the suits in by Monday morning for practice. Please see a board member to pick yours up if you don't have it. Reminder that a Hunter Oaks suit is required for all meets. Caps are required for the girls and must be either all black or Hunter Oaks logo'd. You can buy caps for $10 at all meets at the concession stand. 

MOCK MEET: Our first meet is Monday, June 6th. Please be sure to arrive to this meet by 4:45pm as we will be taking the team picture that day, as well as individual pictures if you choose to do so. Your child should wear their Hunter Oaks suits for the picture. This meet is JUST our team. It's a great run through for everyone to work out any kinks. We will have Food Trucks at all home meets - including this one. Please see the attached flier and plan to eat dinner at the meet - a percentage of sales goes back to the team! Thank you Barb Silaygi for booking all of these trucks. 

MEET ATTENDANCE: In advance of EVERY meet, you will log in to Swimtopia (waterjets.swimtopia.com) and "declare" your swimmer either present or absent. If you already know some meets they will miss this summer, go ahead and mark them now. If your plans change, be sure to update your swimmers status in the system. This is how the coaches know who to put in to race at each meet. If this is not accurate, you may show up to a meet and your child won't be listed on the heat sheet and won't be able to swim. 

To record meet attendance

• Log into Swimtopia: Click "meets and events" tab 
• Click "sign up calendar" 
• Click "meet entry" 
• Under each child's name select "edit" and change their status from "undeclared" to either "attending" OR "not attending" FOR EVERY SINGLE MEET. 
• We don't want anyone listed as undeclared. 
• We need to know if you are in or out ;-). This is NOT something that can be done last minute. Heat Sheets are made several days in advance of the meet. So if you have a last minute change, you MUST notify us. 
• We need ALL swimmers declared for the Mock Meet by FRIDAY (6/3) at noon! 

SWIMTOPIA APP: There's a mobile app available for Swimtopia. We are still figuring out all the ways to use it. But please go ahead and download it. We are hoping to be able to share heat sheets on the app. Stay tuned for more info on that! 

Have a great weekend. First time swim families - hope to see you Sunday night on Zoom. Everyone else, see you on deck Monday morning. 

-Water Jets Board