Hey Fins Families!

We have a couple reminders for this week:

Spirit Night (Friday, May 22)

Please join us for our Spirit Night on Friday, May 22 at Giovanni's, 7 Tequilas and/or Ice Cream Social, 11am - close! Let's kick off summer with some team spirit!  Please invite friends and family and don't forget to mention "Fieldstone Fins"! 

Time Trials: Wednesday, May 20
Please plan to attend practice Wednesday or Thursday this week if at all possible! We will be having time trials during practice on Wednesday, May 20. Time trials are a chance for all swimmers to swim a practice race so that Coach Asheley has a baseline of their times when planning for the first meet. Please do not stress about this! This should be fun and low pressure! The swimmers will swim races of the events they may swim during meets. 6 & under swimmers will only swim freestyle and backstroke. All other groups will swim all four strokes. Please plan to come for your normally scheduled practice time. We hope to finish time trials Wednesday. If needed, Thursday will be time trials for those that could not come Wednesday, and then have a normal practice once time trials are completed. Plan on your swimmers staying the entire scheduled practice times both days.

Timers:
We need parents to help time during time trials! We need 8 parents per practice time on Wednesday (2-3 per practice time on Thursday) to help with timing during your child's practice only. This will not count towards any volunteer hours, but it is a great chance to practice timing and watch the swimmers up close. Parent help will also allow the coaches to get the swimmers on the blocks and make the whole process run more efficiently.

If you are willing to time, please go to "Meets & Events"-->Time Trials-->GREEN Sign-Up

Year Round Swimmers:
Please use the YEAR ROUND SWIMMERS ONLY form to provide your times and USA Swimming Number for Coach Asheley.

Make-Up:
If you have a scheduling conflict and cannot be there on Wednesday, we will offer a make-up opportunity on Thursday, May 21 during practice.

Other Reminders:

RSVP for 1st Meet:

Please let us know if your swimmer will be at our first meet on Thursday, May 28. Use the "Meet & Event" tab then click on "Lake Forest" meet & "RSVP" to declare for each swimmer. The deadline to RSVP is Sunday, May 24.

Parking:
Please only use the POOL parking to the left of the clubhouse. The right side is reserved for tennis only.

Swim Caps:
Please wear your personalized caps with names for practices (especially time trials). This greatly helps coaches learn names and get to know the swimmers.

Bad Weather: 

It looks like we do have the possibility of afternoon storms later this week.  Please be sure to check your email and social media for updates on practice cancellations.  We will also send alerts through the Swimtopia app so make sure you have it downloaded on your phone.

Thank you for a great start to the season! Please email if you have any questions!

Katherine & Dana