Good afternoon!

To all of our families who participated in our fall season, thank you for making the start of this year successful! We had so many new swimmers and returning swimmers who made our team great! If your swimmer is not swimming with us this winter, we wish you all a great winter season and hope to see you all in the Spring!

To all of our new winter season swimmers and families, welcome to Triton! We are excited to get started with practices this upcoming Monday (11/17). Be sure to check the times for your child's group practice! I will send out updates typically Sunday evenings or Monday mornings each week with important upcoming dates. Each update may include info about cancellations, practice changes, meet updates, and more.

Please see the following updates below as we enter the winter season:

Last Day of Fall Season - Friday (11/14)

Our last Fall practice will be this Friday. There is no practice on Saturday due to a swim meet. 

BHA Fall Splash Meet - Saturday (11/15)

Reminder that the only meet happening this Saturday is the BHA 11 and over meet at University of Delaware. Those swimmers 11 and over who originally signed up for the JW meet were added to this meet. If you have questions about the meet, please reach out. The times for the morning session are different from the original meet file so please be sure to follow the timeline below.

NPAC Stroke Distance Meet - Sunday 11/16

Swimmers attending the Sunday Distance meet please arrive at Upper Dublin High school by 8:30am for warm ups. The meet will begin at 9:30am.

Equipment for Practices

All swimmers must bring fins to practice every day. Please do not rely on the bin of old fins at the pool for your swimmer. 

You may purchase any brand of training fins but here are some good options if you are unsure what to get.

Finis Long Training Fin 

Gintenco Kids Swim Fins

Speedo Adult Fins

Platinum, Royal, and High School swimmers are required to bring a snorkel to each practice by December 1st.

Snorkels should be training snorkels similar to the link below

Training Snorkel 

We highly recommend writing your swimmer's name on their equipment in the case it gets mixed up or misplaced at practice. 

USA Registration

All new members received an email invitation to register for USA swimming for our team today. This is a mandatory fee for all swimmers whether you are participating in meets or not. New families will need to use the link to create an account on USA swimming's website, then register their swimmer(s). This is a yearly fee so you will pay it once each fiscal year. You will have two options for registration:

Flex Athlete - 12 and under Flex Athletes can participate in two regular season meets (No Championship meets) 

Premium Athlete - Premium Athletes may participate in unlimited meets including championships if they have qualified. 

Please reach out to me if you did not recieve the link.

Winter Season Begins - Monday 11/17

We will begin our Winter season this upcoming Monday. If you are new to the team this season, please be sure to double check practice times and bring necessary equipment to each practice. 

Below is the link to our Winter Practice schedule.

https://www.gomotionapp.com/team/matst/page/practice-times/winter-training

Thanksgiving Break (11/24-11/30)

There will be no practices the week of Thanksgiving. We will start back up on Monday (12/1)

Swim Meets

We will be holding a practice swim meet for all swimmers on Saturday (12/20). USA swim meets will begin in the new year for our team and will go through the end of February. March is USA champs season so swimmers must qualify for those championship meets if they would like to attend. We will be offering 1-2 meets for each age group each month. Meets will be posted on our website this weekend with a walkthrough on how to sign your swimmers up. 

Meet our Coaches!

We have several amazing coaches helping coach your swimmers! Depending on the days and practice groups, your swimmers may be working with: 

• Coach Ala
• Coach Kaitlin 
• Coach Voy 
• Coach Paul 
• Coach Dave
• Coach Tim

Thanks!

-Coach Tim