Good Evening Crocs!

Thank you for continuing to bring the energy and spirit last night despite the heat of the day! We are incredibly proud of all the new events swum, sportsmanship, and positivity happening in/out of the pool. We only have one regular season meet next Tuesday, July 7 at home before we celebrate the team successes and our qualifiers head to CHAMPS! I know we aren't done quite yet but I want to start the thank you early to everyone for everything done to help make this summer season a success! Reminder that there is NO practices tomorrow morning- please stay cool, safe and have an enjoyable 4th of July holiday weekend! We will resume practices next Monday morning, July 6th! Please read below and let me know if you have any questions.

Green Caps

Green Caps are given at the start of every meet to a few swimmers who the coaches would like to recognize for their performance in practice, sportsmanship, and team spirit throughout the past week. This week the coaches recognized Callie Druff (9) and Joey Geisel (14)!

Callie – Callie is a positive, hardworking, and kind teammate. While she just aged up to the 9-10 group this season, she has worked hard this season to give every practice her best effort and bring the positivity to swim meets! Last week after practicing her freestyle flip turn at practices, she finally went for it at the meet! We are proud of you and appreciate your positive spirit in/out of the pool!  Keep it up, Callie!

Joey – Joey is an extremely committed teammate, friend, and swimmer! He gives every practice/race his all and manages to also mantain a smile through it all! He never complains and always finds a way to bring his energy, his effort, and his love for swimming to every lap he does. Way to go, Joey!

Coaches Highlights

Coach Aurora - “My swim of the meet goes to all three swimmers in the 8 & under boys 100 IM! Wells Francisco dropped over 3 seconds, and got a senior varsity time. Isaac White dropped over 13 seconds and got a varsity time. Everett Spigelmyer swam it legally for the first time and qualified for champs in it! Great work, guys!"

Coach Ellie - "My swim of the meet goes to Thomas Butrico for his awesome swims last night! He has been putting in a lot of effort in practice and it is showing in his races! He swam his first legal 25 breaststroke last night as well as dropping 3 seconds in both his 25 freestyle and 25 backstroke! Way to go, Thomas!"

Coach Kate - "My swim of the meet goes to Rose Cimino's amazing CHAMPS qualifying 50 fly!!! Rose has been determined to get this cut and was so focused on the little details that come along with the race by asking the coaches everyday at practice what she could improve on. We are so excited and proud of you, Rose!"

Coach Lauren – “My swim of the meet goes to Liam Garcia Whitlock for coming back from his beach vacation to swim his first ever 100 IM. Not only did he do amazing in the race, swimming every stroke legally on a hot day, but he earned a 5th place finish! He also managed to drop 2 seconds in his 50 free, then helped the team by swimming in a relay when we need a last minute replacement! I also wanted to give an honorable mention shout out to Jack Horn for his amazing 25 breaststroke last night! Jack dropped 2 seconds and earned a 3rd place finish in his swim! He has been working really hard at practice to perfect his stroke and it was amazing to see it pay off! Way to go, Liam and Jack!"

Coach Steph - “My swim of the meet goes to Emma Waite for her 25 breaststroke! Emma comes to practice with the biggest smile on her face and is always ready to work hard. Last night in her 25 breaststroke she dropped 4 seconds and earned an advanced time! Emma's love for the water is contagious, we are so proud of her!"

Coach William- "My swim of the meet goes to Opal Shea for her outstanding performances last night. She dropped a whopping 22.96 seconds in her 100 IM, 2.62 seconds in her 50 breast, and 3.96 seconds in her 50 free. We are very proud of her for these amazing time drops. Keep up the good work, Opal!"

Meet #6 Availability

Reminder with our last meet of the season being this upcoming TUESDAY, July 7 at home, I need your availability by tomorrow, Friday, July 3 at 11:59PM. This will be our Senior Recognition Night and the theme is SUPERHERO! Please include any specific requests for events, any notes about arriving late/leaving early, or needing to opt out of relays if necessary. If having trouble, please email me at [email protected] or text me at (434)238-0284 to make sure your swimmer(s) get entered into the meet.

Practice Schedule for next week

• Normal Morning practice times on Monday, July 6 and Tuesday, July 7:
  • 8:00-8:45am for 13 and older swimmers
  • 8:45-9:30am for 11 and 12 swimmers
  • 9:30-10:15am for 9 and 10 swimmers
  • 10:15-11:00am for 8 and under swimmers

• Last DONUT/Fun Morning Practice of the season on Wednesday, July 8:
  • 9:00-10:00am for 11 and older swimmers
  • 10:00-11:00am for 10 and under swimmers

• NO more swim practice, except for those who are CHAMPS qualifiers after Wednesday morning practice next week.
• CHAMPS Registration (only for those who qualify with JV time or higher) will be held next Wednesday, July 8 in place of holding afternoon practice. Those who have qualified will receive an email with more information about this and CHAMPS soon.

COMFORT ZONE CAMP Fundraising update

Thank you for participating in our team swimathon and fundraiser for Comfort Zone Camp. So far our team has raised an amazing total of $2,914.90 It would be amazing to hit 3,000 as Matt Tonga noted it costs roughly $1000 to send one camper for a weekend. Our page remains live and open for donations through August 31. Thank you all for your help with making our third year of participation a success!

Pictures from this Season for Banquet!

We would love to have some pictures for our end of season banquet/CHAMPS video. If you have pictures you would like to be included in these videos, please use this link to add your pictures/videos here! Please upload them by next Wednesday, July 8 so that there is time to put the video together. Shout out to Emilie White for helping us out this season again with the videos and spirit wear this season! YOU ROCK :)

CHAMPS SHIRT CONTEST

Don't forget to submit your design for the 2026 CHAMPS t-shirt contest! Submissions will only be accepted through next Tuesday, July 7 so be sure to read Emilie White's email to get it submitted by the deadline! We know we have a team full of very creative and talented Crocs! We are excited to see what awesome ideas you come up with!

BANQUET SAVE THE DATE

Reminder our Swim Team Banquet and Pictures will be on Wednesday, July 15. We would love to see you there and celebrate all of our wonderful swimmers this season!

Sincerely,

Coach Lauren