Hello Parents - As we approach the start of meets, there's going to be lots of information coming out...thank you in advance for reading our emails!

Practice Reminders: 

• Please do not park and wait for your swimmer in the front circle. The circle is for quick drop offs or quick pick-ups. If you don't see your swimmer waiting out front - please don't block the circle. 
• Shrimper Parents - Please do NOT allow younger siblings to wander around the pool deck, or dangle feet in the pool during practice. Swimmer siblings must be seated with you, or you're welcome to take them up to the playground. When they are running around on deck, it is distracting to coaches and swimmers. Thank you for your cooperation.
• Reminder next week, we do not have practice on Monday, Memorial Day. Next week, we will only practice on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon. 

MOCK MEET: Our first meet is Thursday, May 30th. 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 team picture. For pictures, please send them on deck at 4:45pm in JUST their suit - no caps and no goggles. 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 flyer 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. 

SCHOOL NIGHTS: This year we will have three meets on "school nights" (May 30th, June 3rd & 6th). And we know that some students have EOGs during this time as well. For all swimmers (except for shrimpers), the meets can run late. Sometimes they don't end till around 9:45/10pm. If you DO NOT want your child swimming in the last two events (which are Butterfly & Free relay) during the school nights - please email [email protected] and let us know your swimmers name/age group and Coach Whitney will make sure they don't swim in those races at those meets. If we don't hear from you - we expect that your child will swim in the races they are assigned. 

MEET ATTENDANCE: In advance of EVERY meet (including the Mock 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. Please don't make us email you multiple times. There are 200 kids on this team!  

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. 
• You can also do this on the app (slightly different - but still user friendly) - another great reason to download the app.

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 SUNDAY (5/26) at 10pm! 

Also, if you haven't brought a case of drinks yet - please be sure to do so. We seem to be short on sodas and carbonated beverages - so consider bringing one of those. 

Thank you for your cooperation. We are off to a great start! As always - if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to a board member. 

Thank you! 

-Water Jets Board 

Please visit SwimTopia for meet attendance, volunteering, schedules and more. GO WATER JETS!