WaveRiders Updates & Reminders
Last week: extreme heat; this week: meet cancelled due to storms. Mother nature may have had other plans, but that didn’t stop our 8&Under Relay team (Brohl, Byerson, Williams, and Talley) from setting a new WaveRiders team record for the medley relay! Thank you to all of our parents and volunteers for pitching in to help clear the pool deck as quickly and efficiently as possible once the decision was made to cancel. We appreciate your support!
Please see below for this week’s updates and reminders.
MEET #5 (AWAY): WAVERIDERS @ MAGNOLIA GREEN 7/8
- 4:30PM: Swimmer and volunteer check-in begins
- 5:25-5:45PM: WaveRiders Warm-ups
- 6:00PM: Meet starts
- Details are on our calendar page and on Mag Green’s page.
MEET #6 (HOME): WAVERIDERS VS. QUEENSMILL 7/14
- This meet is on a MONDAY
- Deadline to RSVP is Tuesday, 7/8
- We still have many volunteer jobs to fill!
END OF YEAR CELEBRATION 7/16
- Details will be available on our calendar page as they become available.
- Please RSVP by Saturday, 7/12 so that we can get an accurate headcount for food.
- Be sure to RSVP for swimmers AND family members - i.e. siblings not on the team - who plan on attending.
- Volunteers are needed for setup, serving food, and clean-up. Please consider signing up to help out our social committee!
- Desserts will be potluck style. Please sign up to bring your favorite dessert to share via the event “Job Signup” button on our calendar page.
CAL CHAMPS 7/21-22
- Details are posted here on CAL’s website.
- RSVPs are OPEN for eligible swimmers on our calendar page.
- If your swimmer has attended two or more meets and has a QUAL, SLVR, or GOLD time, they are eligible to swim in the Champs meet.
- If you are unsure if your swimmer has qualified, the website will indicate whether they have qualified when you try to RSVP them (see attachment).
- Monday: Session 1 (8&under) and Session 2 (9-10yo)
- Tuesday: Session 3 (11-12 yo) and Session 4 (13-14 & 15-18yo)
- Deadline to order is Tuesday 7/15
PRACTICE REMINDERS
- 4:00-4:45PM practice is open for ANY swimmer to come work on specific skills or strokes in addition to their regularly scheduled practice.
- A CAL Champs practice schedule will be shared once finalized.
CHANGE TO 8&UNDER RELAY STARTS
We understand there have been some questions on this topic and apologize for not communicating details sooner. USA Swimming’s rule for diving starts states that in pools with water depth less than 4’ at the starting end, the swimmer must start in the water. CAL follows USA Swimming’s rule while also allowing for swimmers to start from the deck. Without clear guidance on what “from the deck” means, the Board voted to err on the side of caution and only allow in-water starts for swimmers swimming legs 2 and 4 of the 8&under relays where the starting end is less than 4’. This decision was made with our youngest swimmers’ safety in mind, and we are not the only team in the league to require in-water starts. Based on results available so far this year, relay times have not been negatively impacted when compared to results over the past two years.
VOLUNTEER REMINDERS
- If you have not met your volunteer requirement for the season, please sign up for a volunteer job!
- Any unfilled volunteer jobs will be assigned the Sunday prior to a meet.
- Priority will be given to families who have not met their volunteer requirements for the season
- If you know your family will NOT be attending a meet, RSVP your swimmer(s) as “Not Attending” so that you are not assigned an unfilled volunteer job.
- If you have a 9 or older swimmer, please consider signing up for 2nd half volunteer jobs as many of our 8 and under swimmers only swim in the first half.
- Contact our volunteer coordinator with any volunteer-related questions or concerns.
SWIM CAPS
- Silicone swim caps will be available at the meet check-in table.
- All NEW-to-the-team swimmers receive a FREE cap.
- Caps are $10/each for returning swimmers.
- Cash or Venmo @Waveriders-SwimTeam2213 and specify “swim cap.”
SWIMTOPIA PRO APP UPGRADE
- The pro version is NOT required but offers some great features, such as heat sheets, live results, estimated start times, and alerts for favorite swimmers.
- The app offers a free 7-day trial if you would like to try before you buy.
We Need Your Help to Clean Up our Record Books!
With the transfer to the new SwimTopia system, we have access to WaveRider records going all the way back to 2008! But, while we have records of times, we don’t have all the swimmers names for relays. Please check the WaveRiders record books, and if you have any heat sheets or result sheets that might show what swimmers were in a relay, please send them over to us!
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