CCAC/Dalton Dolphins Update 6/21/24
No Dryland/Weights Friday, June 21st
We will swim practice Friday morning at the Elks Lodge, but there will be no dryland/weights in the PM.
Update on the Dalton High School Pool
Thursday evening, I received an update on the filter project at DHS. The manufacturer says they are shipping the control unit to make the pool operational. I do not have a timeline for installation and completion. I will let everyone know as I get more information.
Dalton Dolphins vs. Ridgeside
Our meet against Ridgeside, originally scheduled for Monday, June 24th, has been postponed. Their pool has developed a leak, and they cannot practice or meet either. Once we know the status of our pool, we will see if we can reschedule with them.
Dalton Dolphins at Waterdogs Thursday, June 27th
Our meet with the Waterdogs is still on! Please declare if your swimmer will or will not attend by Monday, June 24th at 11:30 PM.
Picture Night/Ice Cream Social Friday, June 28th
We will have picture night and the Ice Cream Social on Friday, June 28th. If the DHS pool is open, we will let the swimmers play in it. We will give out T-shirts that night before we take the team picture. We will do individual pictures first, beginning at 5:30 PM. Team pictures will be taken as soon as all individual pictures have been taken. We will post the sign-up for items we need for the Ice Cream Social Monday. Parents are welcome and encouraged to attend the Ice Cream Social.
GRPA District 5 State Qualifier
Whew! This meet has been a doozy to put together this year. We were supposed to host it, but as the DHS pool project was delayed, I asked DPRD to look for other options. In the last 24 hours, the meet has changed locations and dates at least thrice. We hope we have landed on a solution. Nothing is firm, but I need anyone who wants to attend to sign up by Sunday evening. We can take your swimmers out if the schedule changes again. We need to submit entries and birth certificates by 10:00 AM on Tuesday. We need entries turned in on Sunday and copies of birth certificates by Monday morning.
Districts are scheduled to be hosted at Cherokee County Aquatic Center on Saturday, June 29th. They have not given us firm times, but I estimate warm-ups will begin at Noon and competition will start at 1:00 PM. Once I know the exact times, I will send them. Please don't wait to sign up. It's way easier for us to take swimmers out of this meet than to put them in the meet at the last minute.
A few things about districts:
1)The top three overall finishers in each individual event will advance to the State Championships. Each relay event's top three overall finishers will advance to the State Championships.
2) Please only sign up if you can commit to attending the GRPA State Championships in Columbus, Georgia. It creates many problems if swimmers qualify for the State Championships and do not attend. The State Championship preliminaries will be on Friday, July 19th. If your swimmer places in the top 8 in one of their individual events and/or their relay places in the top 8, they will advance to the finals on Saturday, July 20th.
3) Swimmers can swim a maximum of three individual and two relay events. We try hard to put swimmers in the best possible events, not only to qualify for the State Championships but to place as high as possible at the State Championships. Relays largely depend on how many swimmers in a given age group attend. We will build the fastest possible relays with the available swimmers.
4) If you have not previously attended the GRPA District meet with us, we need a copy of your swimmer's birth certificate by Monday morning. You may email a scan of the certificate. Please do not send a picture of the birth certificate from your phone. They do not print well enough to read the required data.
Weight Room Coupon Books
I dropped the ball and didn't get coupon books distributed Monday night. If every swimmer sells 3-5 coupon books, we should hit our goal of selling 300. Please text me at 706-980-4080 or email me at [email protected] to let me know how many you want, and I will get them to you. I hope everyone will participate, as the weight room is essential to our program.
