PIRANHA FAMILIES —-

Julia sent out a great summary of the meet on Saturday.  I wanted to focus on Friday night and the Damascus Parade.  I want to thank Korinne Panchura, Cyndi Gregory, Shannon Dietrich, and David Gonzalez for all of the work to make this event happen.  Most of all I want to thank the swimmers and their families for showing up in huge numbers to represent the Piranhas!  It was a fun event and the weather held off for us to watch the fireworks.  We learned a few lessons for future years and I am sure we will be participating for years to come.

Now on to our busiest week of the season.  All the details are below, but the most important item is:  If you plan to participate in any of the meets between now and the end of the season, PLEASE DECLARE BY 6pm, Monday July 11th.  Julia and I will be formulating those rosters tomorrow evening and it will help us greatly if you are declared now.

SWIM MEETS THIS WEEK:

1. Weekly B- Meet:

WHEN: WEDNESDAY, July 13th @ 6pm. Swimmers arrive by 4:50pm and check in with Coach Julia. Warm-ups will start at 5:10pm.

WHERE: Plantations II Pool

WHO: Lake Marion Lasers

SIGN UP: Please make sure to sign your swimmers up by Monday, July 11th at 6pm. If you wish to make changes after that deadline, please e-mail Coach Julia at [email protected].

Eligibility Guidelines:

Swimmers may sign up for as many events as they want as long as they didn’t swim that event in the A meet, with the exception of freestyle. Swimmers can swim freestyle at the B meet as long as they placed outside the top 6 in freestyle if they swam it in the A meet.

You cannot swim any event you have an all star time in.

A swimmer should not sign up for a stroke the my are not legal in. See the coach if you have a question.

A swimmer cannot swim rhe B meet in any stroke for which they are usually an A meet swimmer, but missed this past weekends A meet.

VOLUNTEER: We will definitely need volunteers!!! When you sign your swimmers up, take a look and volunteer to help us out!!!

2. B-Relay Carnival: 

WHEN: THURSDAY, July 14th @6pm; Arrive by 5:20pm; Warm-ups: 5:30-5:45pm.

WHERE: Quail Valley, 18701 Quail Valley Blvd., Gaithersburg, MD 20879

WHO: B-League (Lake Marion, North Creek, Whetstone, Quail Valley and Flower Hill)

SIGN UP: Please make sure to sign your swimmers up by Monday, July 11th at 6pm. If you wish to make changes after that deadline, please e-mail Coach Julia at [email protected].  Julia will be posting a line-up Tuesday or Wednesday AM.  Swimmers who did not compete in the A relays will have priority.

VOLUNTEER: We need:

1 Stroke and Turn, 1 Runner, 2 Side Judges, 3 Timers, 1 Awards Person, 1 Automation Person

3. A-Meet

WHEN: SATURDAY, July 16th @ 9am.  Arrive at 8:10am, Warm-ups at 8:20am.

WHERE: Upper County Dolphins, 8211 Emory Grove Rd., Gaithersburg, MD 20878

SIGN UP:  Please declare your swimmers availability by 6pm, July 11th.

VOLUNTEER:  Please sign up to Volunteer when you sign your swimmers up for the meet.

4. PIRANHA RELAYS:

WHEN: SUNDAY, July 17th @ 9am.  Warm-ups at 8:30am.

WHERE: Plantations Pool

WHO: All Piranhas including the Pre-teamers for a fun Intersquad Relay Meet.

CALLING ALL PARENTS:  I need every parent who can participate in some fun relays to let me know you plan to participate.  We will have a parents against coaches relay and then maybe some float relays, so please wear your suit and be ready to have some fun!!!

SIGN UP: Please make sure to sign your swimmers up by Monday, July 11th at 6pm. If you wish to make changes after that deadline, please e-mail Coach Julia at [email protected].

TEAM ACTIVITIES THIS WEEK:

1. BEAVER DAM - See Separate E-mail for Full Details

WHEN: Tuesday, July 12th, We will probably meet at the pool around 9:30am to carpool to the Site.

WHERE: 10820 Beaver Dam Rd; Cockeysville, MD 21030

LUNCH: Recommend everyone pack a lunch, snacks, and plenty of water for the day.  We will likely be back late afternoon.  We will share more details on timing tomorrow.

12-18 year olds: $20

11u: $16

2. PIRANHA BOWLING

WHEN: Friday, July 15th 3:30pm-5:30pm

WHERE: MT. AIRY Bowling Lanes; 304 Center St.; Mt. Airy, MD 21771

COST: $16/swimmer - and there is a 72 swimmer limit for this activity.  10u must be supervised by an adult.  Please see the team calendar for more details.

Team Practice:

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (NO Pre-Team Friday):

8:00-9:30am: 11-18 year olds

9:30-10:30am: 10u

10:30-11:00am: Pre-team

Afternoon Practice: Monday Only -

5:45-6:45pm: Practice for all ages that miss morning practice. Please let us know if you plan on attending afternoon practice so we can have the correct amount of coaches available.

GO Piranhas!!!!

Mike, Katie, and Cindy