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 the schedule for your timeslot!

- We have 1 HOME and 1 AWAY meet this week. Deadline to sign-up for Wednesday is TONIGHT 6-15; deadline for Saturday is Wednesday 6-18. 

- Please sign-up for any open volunteer jobs. Check-in when you arrive.

- We are taking our Team Photos tomorrow, June 16th at 5pm. Swimmers please arrive at 4:45pm. Please wear your team suit and team t-shirt. Use this link for ordering and more information. www.novaportraits.com/potomac-barracudas-swim-tea...

- We will have practice as soon as we get done.

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

Weekly Shoutout: While final All Star cut times are not set until after the second meet, we have our first potential qualifiers: Benny Lutz (25 free); Nick Sverchek (25 back), Tanner Adamchak (25 back), Levi Kennedy (25 Back), Ezra Beal (25 breast, 25 fly), Joey Sverchek (100 IM), Lauren Johnson (50 free, 50 back, 100IM), Olivia Orton (50 breast), Seraphina Thompson (50 breast), Owen Orton (50 free, 50 fly, 100IM), Lucy Beal (50 fly), Shawn Mitchell (50 free, 50 fly) and Tyler Karg (50 free, 50 fly). We will confirm once final times have been published, but way to go! Let me know if I missed anyone. Many more of our swimmers are already so close! If you intend to swim All Stars or Divisionals, please submit the form sent earlier this week!

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. Everyone 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.  

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 

See you at the pool! 

Tina Johnson