Hello, Spring Conditioning Swimmers and Families!

WOW ! Thank you for an AMAZING mock meet on Friday and Saturday. I couldn’t believe how much it truly felt like a normal Greenmeadow swim meet (something we’ve been missing for awhile...)!!! We even got to swim a few relays! We are so proud of our swimmers, who showed up, raced hard, cheered loud, and made the whole experience worthwhile and super fun. I want to give a huge special thank you to: Mari Ueda-Tao, Barry Tao, Missy Andrikopoulos, Chris Thurman, Clare Barrins, Alicia Pelly, Bryan Archell, Mark Miller, Rebecca Kunder, and Amber Chang. These awesome parents stepped up to help time in the different practice groups, taking a huge load off the coaches’ back! THANK YOU !!!! It was so much fun to have the whole pool deck involved in the meet, being loud and cheering on the swimmers! Results from the mock meet will be attached to the bottom of this email.

Week in Review:

We started the week with some breaststroke work, before transitioning into a huge amount of race details work for the mock meet we had on Day 3 of practices!! Again, this was an awesome event because of all our families and swimmers who brought their energy and enthusiasm to the pool deck, you guys are the best!! Results are attached to the bottom of this note!

Parent Reminders:

We highly recommend that you purchase swim gear for your swimmers, especially since we are starting to sell our gear and won’t be as able to provide for the general team!

Below is a list of what you need for practice. You can buy all of this (and all your Marlins spirit wear) on our Making Waves store here (Password is greenmeadow) or using the Team Store tab on the Marlins website (here). You are also welcome to use other vendors if you prefer.

• Suit - we will not require kids to wear the team suit this year since all our meets are virtual, but it is available on our Team Store. If they are out of your size, you can find it at other vendors.
• Cap - we recommend caps for all swimmers, but they are not required for short hair. If you ordered a personalized cap as part of the registration process, they should arrive by our practice meet on June 5th. If you didn’t purchase a personalized cap during registration, but would like to get one, they will be available here until 8:00 pm tonight.
• Kick Board
• Fins
• Goggles
• Towel
• Gear bag - we recommend a mesh gear bag to hold the kickboard, fins, goggles etc. so that it can air out after practice.

A few pictures from our mock meet:

The coaches got distracted running the meet and forgot to take pictures, but luckily Coach Malia and Mari Ueda-Tao managed to snap a few from practice group 3! Thanks, Mari and Coach Malia!

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