Happy Monday Blasters! Congrats on our first win, we’re starting the season off strong! If you are looking for the results from the swim meet on Saturday, please check our website where results are posted generally the Sunday after the meet. In addition, the PWSL posts all meet results and top time on their site here. This coming Saturday, June 13 we have our first away meet at Dominion Valley Sharks. Today is the deadline to declare for the meet. If you are unsure how to declare, please check out thisinstruction guideline.

Please note, we will NOT ADD swimmers to events after the declaration deadline tonight. Attached is a list of those who have declined or are undeclared. PLEASE CHECK THIS LIST, EVEN IF YOU BELIEVE YOU DECLARED, DOUBLE CHECK TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE NOT ON THE LIST.If you appear on either list but plan to swim this weekend, please edit your swimmer(s) commitment on the website by 11:59 pm tonight! Very important, we had an unprecedented amount of no shows this past weekend. If you plan to be out of town this weekend and know you can not make the meet, please make sure to DECLINE the meet. We understand that illnesses and last minute changes happen, but we are trying to avoid all other scratches. Additionally, if you would like to suggest an event your child should swim, please include that in the notes while declaring. These are just suggestions, but the coaches will pay attention to them.

Events this week: As a reminder, unless specifically stated, all events are for both Micros and Blasters.

1. Monday, June 8: Spirit night at Panera in Gainesville. Having to not worry about dinner and supporting the Blasters is a win-win. Stop by anytime between 4 - 8 pm and bring the attached flyer or order online using the code Fund4u.
2. Friday, June 12: No practices due to the last day of school.

Here are a few additional reminders:

1. Our Micros start on Monday, June 15 at 11:00 am and Tuesday, June 16 at 6:00 pm.
2. Ribbons will be available at Iona Sound pool only. This week they are available starting today. Next week, they will be available starting on Tuesdays.
3. Don’t forget, volunteering for Blaster families is MANDATORY. Our swim meets cannot run without volunteers, so please make sure you are completing your selected roles and communicating with your committee head. If you have missed shifts, you will be called upon to make those up by doing double shifts or filling in as necessary. If you are currently assigned to a non-meet committee but plan to be at the meet, we strongly encourage you to sign up for a spot. While we would prefer for folks to not do duplicate volunteer positions–although several do already–we are short volunteers this summer and really need the extra hands.
4. Do not forget to bring your pool passes—resident and non-resident—to practices.

Anticipated Timeline for Swim meet 6/13:

6:25 am: Warm-ups

6:30 am: Officials meeting

6:45 am: Timers meeting

7:00 am: Meet Start

12:30 pm/TBD: Meet End

Volunteers

Volunteers are needed to run this meet and you should be hearing from your committee heads soon on your specific roles. Please pay close attention to the emails/communications forthcoming. If you CANNOT make it to the meet, please let your committee head know ASAP. As a reminder, the following committees have the ability to sign-up on the website/app when declaring their swimmers: computers, clerk of course, timers, ribbons, runners, and stroke & turn. A guide on how to sign-up for job shifts is available on our website.

Please do not hesitate to let us know if you have questions in the meantime.

Looking forward to seeing you all on deck!