Good evening!

Welcome to week 5 of our summer swim season! The board has a few important reminders for the upcoming holiday week.

GENERAL

As a reminder, if your family's schedule changes, please make updates to your RSVPs one week in advance of our swim meets. Coach Shelby works very hard to place swimmers in events and often these entries are due to the other teams far in advance of the meet. We will not be able to make exceptions for late adds if you have not RSVPd your swimmer for upcoming meets. Additionally, please be considerate in making changes in advance because scratches (late cancellations or no-shows) make it very hard on our coaches, especially if your swimmer is entered into relay events.

Again, if anyone is in need of a size 24 boys swim suit (speedo style), please contact Rachael. We have a swim family who ordered the wrong size and has a new suit for sale.

VOLUNTEERS

Thank you to those of you who have already signed up for volunteer jobs on our website! There are still volunteer opportunities at each of our July swim meets - home and away! If you haven’t already, please visit our website to sign up: https://sycaquatics.swimtopia.com/swim_meets

The city dive and city swim meet concession volunteer slots are live on our website: https://sycaquatics.swimtopia.com/swim_meets

As a reminder, Sycamore is responsible for all aspects of the concession stand for both weekends this year, including providing all food, drinks, and volunteers! We need your help! This responsibility rotates through each FWSSDL team in alphabetical order, so we will not have this fundraising opportunity for several more years. We need to fill all available volunteer spots to make this a success. *If volunteering during a session that your child is swimming in, you are absolutely able to step out to cheer on your swimmer!*

You can find the list of available volunteer slots on our website, but we wanted to provide the information to you in this email, as well:

City Dive meet weekend:

Thursday: 3:30-7 (setup–subject to change)

Friday: 2-6 (1 shift: 2 kitchen/1 cashier)

Saturday: 7 am-3 (2 shifts: 7-11/11-3: each shift 1 cashier/2 kitchen)

City Swim meet weekend:

Thursday: 3:30-6 (setup)

Friday: 3-8 (1 shift: 3 kitchen/1 cashier)

Saturday: 6:30 am-5 pm (2 shifts 6:30-11/11-5: 00 1 cashier/4 kitchen)

Sunday: 11:30-4:30 (1 Cashier and 4 kitchen)

TEAR DOWN 4:00-6:00

Please reach out to us if you have any questions or would like to help.

COMMUNICATION

Please follow us on Instagram and Facebook! All delays and cancellations, including for inclement weather, will be communicated in a timely manner through Swimtopia. Please watch your email and push alerts!

SWIM MEETS

Home Swim Meet (re-cap) - Columbia City on June 27th

Another successful dual meet with Sycamore coming out on top! We had an awesome meet with a lot of great swims. Results were posted at the pool as well as sent by email on Friday.

Leigh Ann Palmer Memorial Swim Meet (re-cap) - at Orchard Ridge on June 29th

Even with the several hour rain delay, our 10 and unders were ready to swim on Saturday! Due to technology issues, we are waiting on official results and ribbons from ORCC. Congrats to Drew Gildea, Nick McEntee, and Maddie Grizzle for earning high point trophies for their age groups!

CITY MEET INFORMATION

The city swim meet is right around the corner! The city apparel store is open now and will close on July 7th! Only a small amount of inventory will be available for purchase at the meet. Please visit to order:https://fwcityswim2024.itemorder.com/shop/home/

HOLIDAY WEEK

Reminder: NO SWIM MEETS or PREP MEETS THIS WEEK! There will be no swim practice for big team or prep team on July 4th and 5th. We will resume regular practices on Monday, July 8th.

Please don’t hesitate to reach out to the board with any questions. GO SYC!!!