Final score:
About all I can say after tonight is, WOW!!, what a great meet.
Stingrays, hold your heads high. You have so much to be proud of: We didn’t have a single scratch tonight, we started the meet early/on time, you swam so fast, you cheered so loud, your spirit was unbelievable, your pool area was beautiful with signs, streamers, and balloons, and we ended the meet early. Just so you know, there were 160 personal best swims tonight. That number doesn’t include faster relay times–just 160 individual personal bests. that is so great!! your coaches and this coordinator couldn’t be prouder of all of you.
Coaches, you seeded us a great meet tonight. I think those glow sticks really motivated those swimmers. Thank you so much for all the time and energy you put into our swimmers and our team. you are the best!
Parents, we couldn’t do all of this without all of your help. Thank you to all our volunteers tonight. a special thank you to Margo Tschirky for stepping up and being the 9-10 girls’ line-up parent at the last minute.
It was also so great to see former coaches Erin Cooper, Kelly Kramer, Mark Hudson, and Jeff Torbeck at the meet tonight– along with so many former swimmers and families. It felt like homecoming.
I also would like to thank Kim Beatty and the swim team board (plus a few extras who always help) for cooking up a great meal last night and for hosting a fun pasta feed. I told the kids that meal would guarantee fast swims. I think it worked.
Next Swim Meet
Our next meet is Saturday, July 19 (our last home meet of the season) against Ruby Hill at our pool. All swimmers need to be checked in with their coach by 8:00 a.m. the scratch meeting is at 8:15 and the meet will start at 9:00. Coach Julianne will be missing this meet (and these next two practice days). Coaches Jamie and Taylor will be helping out for her.
Please let us know asap if your swimmer will not be swimming in our last dual meet or at champs. As of right now we only have 5 swimmers out for champs. We need to have 17 out. If you know your swimmer won’t be swimming or if you’d like to volunteer not to have them swim at that meet, we would really like to know as soon as possible.
Well, that’s it for now. Tonight was so much fun. Rest well.
Happy and proud to be a Stingray,
Joan
PS. Swimmers, more photos will be posted later, as Sammy Stingray just received more photos from Steve Kruschke.
