Tomorrow morning is Time Trials.  We will start at regular meet start time --- 8:30 AM.  Swimmers need to be at the pool ready to swim by 8:20.  Normally at a dual meet at home you will have a report time of 6:55 or earlier.  At an away meet we usually have 7:30 warm up times, so you can arrive a little later.  You are welcome to bring a cooler of drinks and snacks and we will have some available for purchase.  High sugar and high fat foods are not the best choices.  Fruit, pasta salad, and water are better choices. As it gets warmer, everyone will need to make sure that they are drinking water and not getting dehydrated.  As soon as a swimmer leaves the water, the need to get their cap off as soon as possible.  Everyone on the team helps to monitor all swimmers (and parents too) so we don't have someone getting sick from the heat.  You may also bring pop up tents or canopies to set up in the lawn area between the kitchen and the pool.

Tomorrow, all swimmers will swim all of the strokes they have mastered or nearly mastered.  The older swimmers, (13 and up) could swim up to 6 events, 100 Free, 50 Free, 50 Breast, IM, 50 Back, and 50 Fly.  Younger swimmers will swim a few less events, but it goes quickly and they will be working hard.  

We will need lots of volunteers, so try out a spot and see if you like it.  We will need 2-3 timers for each lane,  a scribe for each lane to record the stopwatch times, a head timer to oversee all lanes and assist with stopwatch errors or malfunctions, and ready bench assistance to corral swimmers and seed them according to the meet program.

We also need a pep rally coordinator, and swim buddy coordinator.  Our swim buddy program is an age old Cuda tradition.  The older swimmers are paired up with a little buddy.  Buddies are meant to be positive role models for the younger swimmers.  They may exchange small token gifts, cheer for each other at meets, sit together at team functions, and answer questions or help with strokes.  The Buddy sign up sheet is on the large blue bulletin board.  If you want to have a big buddy or be a big buddy, please sign up by picture day, May 15th.

I have attached the photo order form for May 15th.  Wade's Photography is taking the pictures.  Please wear your team suit if you have one. The swimmers will be given their team shirt to wear in the group photo. They will start taking individual/family swimmer photos at 5:15.  We will shoot the group picture at 6PM.  There is a private party at the pool that night, so we need to clear out by 6:30.  

 I have also attached the calendar.  Since it was originally printed, CFISD has changed the last day of school.  We will NOT have practice on June 4th due to a private party and we will now begin morning practices on Jun 6th.  

Have a great night--  See you at the pool--  Landa

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