MSST - Team Update 24 November 2025
FYI New information is HIGHLIGHTED
Important Upcoming Dates:
27-29 November 2025 - No Practice - Thanksgiving
8 December 2025 - Monthly Team Tryouts
13 December 2025 - Odd Age Group Meet (Team Hosted) - Entries Due 3 December 2025
13 December 2025 - Team Holiday Party @ Hamme immediately following our meet until 3:00pm
18 December 2025 - Monthly Team Spirit Day
22 December 2025 - Thursday practice held today at normal time
24-25 December 2025 - No Practice - Christmas
29 December 2025 - Wednesday practice held today at normal time
31 December 2025 - No Solar Flares and Aurora practice
1 January 2026 - No Practice
9-11 January 2026 - Yellow Snow Invite (Team Hosted) - Entries Due 13 December 2025
9-10 January 2026 - No Practice
12 January 2026 - Monthly Team Tryout
15 January 2026 - Monthly Team Spirit Day
17 January 2026 - 10 and under postal meet
19 January 2026 - No Practice - Martin Luther King Day
23-25 January 2026 - Senior Champs - Entries Due 7 January 2026
6-8 February 2026 - Sweetheart Meet - Entries Due 28 January 2026
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Annual Team Registration for 2026 is now open
Our annual registration is now open for all members. Please register with the team as soon as you can for 2026. Reminder that all swimmers must register annually with the team and agree to any policy changes that were made from last year.
Here is the link to our team registration: https://www.gomotionapp.com/team/asmst/page/team-registration?reg_id=109746
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Annual USA Swimming Registration is now open for 2026
USA Swimming’s annual registration is now open for 2026. Reminder that all swimmers must register annually with USA Swimming for insurance purposes and so their times in meets count. Younger swimmers not swimming more than 2 meets a year can get away with doing the “Flex” membership, but if they are participating in more than 2 will need to upgrade to the premium membership. I believe that if you have the flex and then upgrade you pay the difference.
Here is the Team’s unique link to our USA Swimming Registration: https://omr.usaswimming.org/omr/welcome/7DB841C19B0820
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Hello All,
I am the new swim shop volunteer. My son, Quinn, has been swimming with MSST for the past year. As he moves up, so do I. Got to earn those points!
I’m continuing Jaunelle’s practice of having swim caps available in my folder (Schutte) at Hamme. Please leave $3 when you grab one.
You can email [email protected] or text 907-590-2630 when you need an item from the swim shop. I will respond as quickly as possible.
Looking forward to another great year of practices & meets.
Sincerely,
Jen Schutte
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Happy Fall MSST friends & families!!
It’s time for our annual Coffee Fundraiser ! The time has come, and we are partnering with North Pole Coffee (NPC) to bring you your favorite local coffees for the holiday season!
This fundraiser will take place from October 20, through November 3. The flavors that we will be offering are St. Nickerdoodle, Crème Brûlée, French Roast and Ethiopia Yirgacheffe. We are selling each bag for $20 and our ‘special bundle’ we will offer is 6 bags for $100. You can order the coffee whole or ground, just please specify what you would like on your order form. For each bag you sell, MSST makes $8.75. The ‘special bundle’ is a little different because of the deal (MSST gets $32.50 which goes towards your fundraising goals), however the team still makes money!
The timeline will be as follows:
October 20 - November 3 - SELL SELL SELL
Order forms will be collected at the Hamme Pool from 5:45-6:15 PM on Monday, November 3
Coffee takes 2-3 weeks to process
*you should have your coffee by the beginning of December which should give you plenty of time to ship off to your friends and family for holiday gifts!
Just a reminder, any fundraising that you do for the team is split between your personal account and the team! That’s right 50% goes to your account as a credit and the other 50% goes to the team!
Attached is the order form along with a flier to help you sell!
Just remember - coffee makes EVERYTHING possible!
Much love,
Jaunelle Celaire
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Recruiting incentive for families:
New swimmers who join the team that let us know that they were referred by a family on the team will receive one month of free dues after the new swimmer pays for their 3rd month with the team.
New families just need to let coach Patrick know they were referred to the team by you and we will make sure that after they pay for their 3rd month of dues we will credit you for a free month of dues, for one of your athletes.
Get out there and start recruiting!
Any questions let coach Patrick know.
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Monthly Team Spirit Days, 3rd Thursday of every month
Wear your team gear around town and show your team spirit!
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Upcoming Meets
Solar Storm Intersquad Meet - 20 February 2026 - Entries Due 18 February 2026
Solar Storm Intersquad Meet - 1 May 2026 - Entries Due 29 April 2026
Solar Storm Intersquad Meet - 10 July 2026 - Entries Due 8 July 2026
We have added several team intersquad meets on the schedule this year. All swimmers should plan to attend each one as they will be held during practice time on Fridays, with the exception of one on Saturday morning. It will only be our team that participates in the meet. This is also a great opportunity for parents and swimmers to meet others on the team, and for parents to gain some experience in meet jobs they may be nervous to try out. These meets are targeted as team building meets and early competition opportunities for swimmers who may have not done a meet yet.
The format for these meets is that all swimmers signed up will be split evenly into several teams and they will compete against each other to see which team wins.
Our goals for this series of team meets are:
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Fun for our swimmers and parents.
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Low stress/pressure competition for all of our swimmers, especially those who have little to no experience in competing.
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Team cohesiveness and building.
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Educational opportunities for parents to learn different roles for meet jobs.
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Short duration meets, to be done in under 2 hours including warm up.
The cost for these meets are $5 entry and $1.50 per event swum.
These team meets will be very fun for the team. The times will count as they will be sanctioned events. Hopefully everyone on the team can compete in all of them.
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Odd Age Group Meet (Team Hosted) - 13 December 2025 - Entries Due 3 December 2025
MSST Odd Age Group Meet is a team hosted one day event that all swimmers are expected to participate in. This meet will be scored in non traditional age groups to see where swimmers who are typically in the older side of the age group stack up when they are on the younger side.
This being a team hosted meet we will need family help to put the event on. Please sign up to help with a job while your swimmer is competing.
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DOES MY SWIMMER QUALIFY FOR THAT MEET? CLICK HERE
Updated 10 January 2024
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12 AND UNDER TECH SUIT BAN FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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Midnight Sun Swim Team is an Arena Sponsored team. Swimmers have access to discounted racing suits depending on the highest level meet they have qualified for. Regardless of the level meet your swimmer may or may not have qualified for they are entitled to a discount listed below.
Remember when purchasing racing suits for swimmers 12 and younger they cannot compete in a tech suit. There is a link to more details on this ban lower in the email.
ARENA discount on select racing suits for swimmers:
If you would like to take advantage of the discount on the Arena tech suit (one per swimmer), please email me at [email protected].
· Swimmer’s name + Qualifying Meet (Sectionals, NCSA Juniors, Age Group, etc.)
· Arena Suit name and style, size, and preferred color (product code is helpful)
· Shipping & Billing address
· Once I receive the email, I will put together the quote, and send it to you for verification.
· Once you give the okay, I can process the order with payment. If you have a credit card on file, you can provide the last 4 digits as verification and I can process the order. If not, you can call SwimOutlet Team Division at 1-800-691-4065 and give them the order number that I email you.
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Band Communication App
Swimmers and parents should sign up for a band membership and then follow our “Band”. We primarily will use this app to communicate with our senior group from the coaches but anyone can use it and the info we post can be pertinent to everyone. We periodically will post test set results as they happen at practice in there also. Parents and swimmers should each have their own account for access.
The Band Page we have is private and anyone wishing to join will need to be approved by me before they have access to the page and see what we have posted in there.
Please share this info with your swimmers so they and you can make an account on here:
-Go to the band website or download the app
-Search for Midnight Sun Swim Team or Click here on your computer
-It should be self explanatory from there to request to join.
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Fred Meyer’s Rewards for the team
1. Create a digital account.
A digital account is needed to participate in Fred Meyer Community Rewards. If you already have a digital account, simply link your Shopper’s Card to your account so that all transactions apply toward the organization you choose.
2. Link your Card to an organization.
Selecting the organization that you wish to support is as simple as updating the Fred Meyer Community Rewards selection on your digital account.
1. Sign in to your digital account.
2. Search for your organization here.
3. Enter the name or NPO number of the organization you wish to support.
4. Select the appropriate organization from the list and click “Save”.
Your selected organization will also display in the Fred Meyer Community Rewards section of your account. If you need to review or revisit your organization, you can always do so under your Account details.
3. Your organization earns.
Any transactions moving forward using the Shopper’s Card number associated with your digital account will be applied to the program, at no added cost to you. Fred Meyer donates annually to participating organizations based on your percentage of spending as it relates to the total spending associated with all participating Fred Meyer Community Rewards organizations.
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See you on the deck.
Patrick Burda
Head Coach
440-570-8586
PO Box 83625
Fairbanks, AK 99708
