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TEAM SUIT UPDATE
 
Team suits finally arrived!  They will be available Thursday and Friday morning during practices.  For those of you who already sized and paid for your suits, they will be with Bryan Snyder and ready for pick up.  If you did not get sized during the first two weeks of the season, or have not paid, all remaining suits will be available on a first come/first serve basis.  Thanks to everyone for your patience as we dealt with the delays.
 
If you will not be at practice, please call Bryan Snyder to make arrangements to meet you at the pool at another time.
 
TEAM PHOTOS UPDATE
 
We had scheduled photos for this Wednesday, July 1st.  Due to the suit delivery issues, photos are now postponed until Wednesday, July 8th at 8:30 AMThank you for your understanding.
 
MORNING PRACTICES WILL BEGIN JUNE 19th at the following times:
7:00 am to 8:15 am 13 years and over
8:15 am to 9:15 am9 to 12 years
9:15 am to 10:00 am8 and under, Minis
 
 
Attention Swim Team Parents
 
We will conduct suit sizing Saturday, June 13th at Time Trials.  If you have any questions, or can not make this time, feel free to call Bryan Snyder at 240-533-5907
 
Parents, be sure to look over the Swim Team Documents for 2009.
 
Evening Practices begin June 1st!

 

Due to limited time and lane availability, these evening practices are for the more experienced swimmers who come ready and able to swim at least 100 meters (four lengths of the pool) without stopping.  If you are not ready for this level of swimming, please wait for morning practices which will start Monday, June 15th.
 
Evening Practice Times
 5:30-6:30pm10 years and under
6:30-7:30pm11 years and over 

 

2009 Meet Schedule

(For directions to away matches, check out the Prince-Mont Swim League website. Click center result to see official meet scores.)

June 13th 

Time Trials ( Home)

June 20th

 Win

A Meet- vs. MC (Home)

June 23rd

 

B Meet- vs. BBT (Away)

June 27th

Loss 

A Meet- vs. BSR (Away)

June 30th

 

City Relays (Home)

July 4th

Win 

A Meet- vs. SSST (Away)

July 7th

 

B Meet- vs. PR (Home)

July 11th

 

 A Meet- vs. WOW (Home)

July 14th

 

City Meet- Away at BBT

July 18th

 

A Meet- vs. GM (Away)

July 21st

 

B Meet- vs. BSR (Away)

July 25th

 

Divisionals- Away at BSR

August 1st

 

 All Stars- Home

2009 Special Events

 July 27th

Team Trip

July 30th

Team Awards Banquet 

 Swim Lesson Information

 

Week-Long Swim Lesson Sessions

June 22 to June 26 
July 6 to July 10
July 13 to July 17
July 20 to July 24
July 27 to July 31

 

For each available week, there are three different half-hour sessions to choose from:

 

10:00 to 10:30 am

10:30 to 11:00 am

11:00 to 11:30 am

 

Parent-Child Lessons

July 6- July 10 from 11:00 to 11:30 am

July 13- July 17 from 7:00 to 7:30 pm

 

Swim Lesson Sign-ups
May 30th-31st from 11:00am-2:00pm
June 6th-7th from 11:00am-2:00pm


New for 2009: Mini Team Requirements
Swimmers must be able to do the following in order to be on the swim team "mini" team:

 

Level 1

- Blowing Bubbles

- Dunking/Bobbing- series of 3, 5, 10 dunks in a row.

- Flutter kicking while holding onto the wall and focusing on not bending the knees too much.

- Touch the bottom of the pool with one hand.

- Retrieve submerged objects from the bottom of the pool.

-Kicking around the pool, assisted by an instructor.

- Jumping from the side safely into the pool.

 

Level 2

- Everything from Level 1

- Surface dive in three feet

- Kicking around the pool while holding onto either a noodle or a kickboard while blowing bubbles in the water.

- Float unassisted on both the front and the back.

- Roll from front to back and vice cersa unassisted by both an instructor or the pool bottom.

- "Superman" push off the wall on front.

- "Superman" with flutter kicks off the wall on stomach.

 

Swim Team "Mini" Team Try-Outs
June 1st-June 4th from 7:30pm-8:00pm