Marlins,

Please keep an eye on Caleb's emails regarding the pool reopening, but fingers crossed we are back to normal practices tomorrow - hooray! I know with holidays it’s easy to get the days confused, so please take a moment for the following: Champs Ads due Fri 6/30 (form attached, kids love seeing themselves in the program), Brookside Meet sign ups due Weds 7/5 (here), Champs sign ups due Sun 7/9@10AM (here) (NO LATE ADDS ALLOWED). Please also consider signing up here to bring baked goods for the 4th of July Bake Sale. The proceeds go to the Marlins, so we appreciate your support. More details below and hope to see all of you at the 4th of July Celebration!

BROOKSIDE: Meet 7/8 Entries Due 7/5.

We only have only more dual meet left before moving on to champs, which will be at Brookside on July 8th. It is now open for swimmers here and jobs here. We hope to get a big turn out to help us stay undefeated this season! The last time the Marlins had an undefeated season was 2015, so this would be a big accomplishment. You will need to sign up by July 5th @ 5PM.

CHAMPS DEADLINE: SUNDAY JULY 9TH @ 10 AM

Champs closes on Sunday July 9TH @ 10:00 AM so please sign up now here for events and here for jobs (preferred jobs will go quickly - don’t delay!). This is a hard stop since they need to combine data from all teams. THERE WILL BE NO LATE ENTRIES ALLOWED.

CHAMPS ELIGIBILITY: NEED 2 DUAL MEETS TO ENTER

You must swim in at least two dual meets to swim at Champs (the Practice Meet does NOT count). If you have only attended one meet so far, swimming at the Brookside meet on July 8th will be your last chance to get in your second meet to qualify for Champs.

If Brookside is your second dual meet, you will not be eligible to enter Champs until that meet is finalized. Jr. Marlins who have participated in two dual meet are as welcome to Champ too.

Swimmers can swim up to 3 individual events. Each team can only enter 1 relay per age group, which will be mixed gender and selected by the coaches.

CHAMPS PROGRAM ADS/SPONSORSHIP: Due June 30

This is an opportunity for families to create an "ad" in the Champs program to celebrate their swimmer, or thank the coaches, or show team spirit, or... the possibilities are endless! You design the ad, and you can be as simple or creative as you want to be. AND/OR, you can opt to sponsor an event. You choose the event, and your sponsorship is listed on a page in the program. Families can sponsor an event, and so can businesses!

How much does it cost? Ads cost only $15, $20, or $30 for 1/4 page, 1/2 page, full page, respectively. Sponsorships cost $10 per event. Payment is Venmo payment to @Jenny-Dixon-3 (add “Champs Ad” and your name and email in notes). All proceeds go to help the league offset the cost of the Championship meet (which is considerable). And, athletes love to see their names in the program.

The ad form is attached, which you will need to complete and send to [email protected]. All forms, artwork, and checks are due Friday, June 30th.

CHAMPS VOLUNTEERING (Q? Contact Christine Hodson @ [email protected])

We will need all hands on deck for volunteering, with everyone volunteering for 1 job with 1 kid and 2 jobs with 2+ kids (if you have only Jr. Marlins you are still exempt). This is a big meet that usually runs from 9 - 2 or 3 PM, with earlier shifts for warm ups. This means the shifts for 1st half and 2nd half are going to be longer than dual meets (closer to 3 hours each half). For families with young swimmers, Set up (Saturday at 6pm) or Tear down (at the end of the meet) or the pre-meet marshall jobs are good job options.

In addition to the usual jobs (timers, clerk of course, etc.), we have several "runner" and marshall jobs that are good if you like to be moving around :) Here is a link to the descriptions of all of the Champs jobs (this includes jobs that are not assigned to our club). Please do not sign up to be a Lane Timer if you have not been a Timer at a dual meet this season.

Marshalls: (monitor swimmers & parents on and around pool deck to ensure safety rules are being followed).

• Warm-up Pool- before meet (7:15- 9am)
• Pool Stairs- before meet (7:15- 9am)
• Upper Deck Marshall before meet (7:15-9 am)
• Bleacher Marshall- first or second half
• Bathroom monitor- check bathrooms 2x per hour to make sure swimmers are not playing in restrooms rooms and that bathrooms have supplies (first or second half)

Runners: (take papers or swimmers from point to point)

• Table: Data Runner- pick up result printouts and deliver to ribbons table, post results
• Table: DQ or Event Sheet Runner (pick up DQ slips from S&T, pick up event sheets from recorders to Data Table)
• Finishing Block Worker- lead swimmers from race to exit stairs

You will want to sign up quickly for your jobs, so don’t delay.

Please let me know if you have any questions about the meet and please reach out to Christine @ [email protected] about the meet jobs.

Thanks,

Donna