Hi Barracudas,

what a great first meet, we are so proud of all of our swimmers and volunteers! Please see below important notes for this week and in general:

- Our regular season practice schedule starts this week! We practice on Monday & Thursday evenings, and Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday mornings! Check here for your time slot!

- We have 2 HOME meets this week. Deadline to sign-up for Wednesday is TONIGHT 6-16; deadline for Saturday is Wednesday 6-19. We have a couple of JOBS that still need to be filled PLEASE.

- We have our 10&u age group party Tuesday, 6-18 from 6-8pm at our pool. Please rsvp so we can plan. 

- Our first Mini meet is coming up on Monday 6/24 at our pool -- come cheer on our minis!

- We are still waiting on CAPS, so sorry for the delay!

- Make sure to check our growing Lost & Found collection!

Weekly Shoutout:

- Congrats to Luke Riley who broke the Boys 6&u 25 breast team record at last weekend at Time Trials, and to Lauren Johnson for breaking the records in the Girls 9-10 events 50 free, 50 back and 100 IM!

- We also have our first All Stars qualifiers: Luke Riley (25 free/ 25 back); Lauren Johnson (50 free, 50 back, 100IM), Olivia Orton (50 breast), Owen Orton (50 free, 100IM) and Tyler Karg (50 fly). Way to go! Many more of our swimmers are already so close! Keep up the good work Barracudas!

Coaches' Corner 

Congratulations Barracudas on a great first dual meet of the season! It was great to see so many swimmers race what they have been practicing at practice! 

The coaches want to remind everyone that swimming is a team sport. When your swimmer doesn’t swim in a meet they were declared for it impacts the team negatively. Relays may have to be scratched or altered that disrupt and take away from the focus of the meet. I would like everyone to please remember that when you declare your swimmer for individual events you have the option to opt out of relays. We all hope families will stay for relays, it is the most fun part of swimming! But we do understand it may not work out on some days. If your child is competing in a tournament where you do not know if they will be able to participate in a relay or finish their individual events, please add a note to your meet declaration and select the opt out of relays button. 

We understand emergencies happen and kids get sick. If your swimmer is unable to participate in the meet, please text Coach Jill at 703-963-3919! The earlier we know the better we can plan! 

Fins!!! They are so important and we do utilize them! Please make sure your swimmer has their fins at practice! Looking forward to our first full week of swimming and meets this week!!! 

Coaches Jill, Adam & Brendan

See you at the pool!

Tina Johnson