Hello, Fall Conditioning Swimmers and Families!

I hope this email finds you well! Whew, what a week we’ve had!

Week in Review:

This week started with a long, stretch-out/recovery-based practice after the Spooky Time Trials. Then the kids had a chance to do some high intensity work, combining dryland exercises into their swim workout. We finished out the week with kick-focused workouts.

Our wonderful Marlins photographer, Sunny Jefferson, came out to take pictures of the swimmers at our Spooky Time Trials last week! Take a look here for her photos (password is marlins20). Thank you so much, Sunny!

Swimmers of the Week:

Name: Rohan Sharma

Age: 9

Favorite stroke: Freestyle

Favorite thing about swimming: “Getting in the water.”

Favorite vacation: Italy

Favorite food: Mexican food!

“The last few weeks I’ve seen a lot of improvement in both Rohan’s swimming and his work ethic during practice. Rohan is so kind and respectful to both his teammates and his coaches and is such a wonderful presence at our practices! We are so proud of his performance at the Spooky Time Trials where he swam 50s races for the first time! Looking forward to continuing to watch his improvement, keep it up Rohan!” -Coach Malia

Name: Han Li

Age: 13

Favorite stroke: breaststroke

Favorite thing about swimming: “The sense of community at a meet when everyone is cheering for each other.”

Favorite vacation: skiing and snowboarding

Favorite food: “I like shrimp chips!”

“Han comes to every practice (sometimes is the only swimmer in his workout group who shows up), he comes early (the only swimmer in his group who comes early), and he comes ready to swim, work hard, and have fun. In every workout he’s challenged himself and has enjoyed the challenge. He is a dedicated swimmer, and a very kind person. I am so proud of his hard work, and am really glad I get to coach him! Greenmeadow is lucky to have someone like Han in our community!” -Coach Tjasa

Notes About Air Quality:

We will continue to assess the air quality day-by-day, considering each day whether it is safe to hold swim practice and, if not, canceling. The coaches will make our final call by 2 pm; If we deem it unsafe, parents will receive an email notification via Swimtopia canceling swim practices for the day. If it is safe, there will be no email sent out. In other words, the assumption will always be that practice is happening unless we cancel via email! We use many different air quality online measuring tools-- AirNow.gov and Purple Air most of all. If we see that the air quality has surpassed 150 (marked “unhealthy for all groups”) we will cancel practice. We will also cancel if the forecast shows the AQI surpassing 150 during the afternoon swim practice times. The pool will remain open unless the AQI reaches 190-200. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to me at here .

Practice Structure:

Here’s what you’ll need to bring to practice:

• Mask (make sure to always wear a mask on deck and to remember to walk one-way around the pool!)
• towel/flip-flops/clothes
• Goggles
• Cap (optional, but encouraged)
• Water Bottle (pre-filled, this is especially important due to the poor air quality) we’ve noticed that the majority of swimmers have not been bringing water to practice, this is essential! Imagine going to soccer practice, in this air quality, and forgetting water! Please make sure that your swimmers bring a pre-filled water bottle to practice.
• Kickboard (we can provide kickboards that we sanitize between groups, but it is recommended that you bring your own)
• Fins (encouraged)

Gear:

If you want to buy gear for the upcoming season, check out the Greenmeadow team store on Swimoutlet.com for everything from t-shirts to goggles to kickboards and fins.

Parent Reminders:

Parents, please make sure your swimmers are bringing water to practice! We’ve noticed that the majority of swimmers have not been bringing water to practice, it is so important to stay hydrated when you work as hard as our swimmers do in their practices.

Contacts:

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to any of the coaches:

Coach Tjasa Kmetec [email protected]

Coach Caleb Fenner [email protected]

Coach Malia Jefferson [email protected]

Thank you, everyone!

Coaches Tjasa Kmetec, Caleb Fenner, Malia Jefferson