THE STINGRAY SPLASH, June 25 2023 Edition
It’s the 3rd Edition of THE STINGRAY SPLASH
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B MEET RECAP VS GLEN COVE PIRATES - JUNE 21
The first official day of summer did not start so summery and while we got some much needed rain, it was not ideal weather for an outdoor swim meet. Still, our kids persevered and we were able to get the Freestyle and Backstroke in before we had to stop the meet. Kudos to everyone who braved the weather and many swimmers even dropped time!
A MEET RECAP @ BURKE CENTRE PENGUINS - JUNE 24
The clouds finally parted
on Saturday morning and the meet went on as scheduled. On paper, the prediction was not favorable for us with a 150 point difference. However, our swimmers stepped it up in their fast pool and while we did still lose the meet, it was only a 52 pt difference (251 - 199) with 58 time improvements seen by our swimmers!
TEAM RECORDS
Brace yourselves for more falling records, this may be an exciting refrain throughout the season.
Emma Cigna bested her 15-18 50M Girls Backstroke record set just 2 weeks ago with a new time of 32.43.
Yaron Li again bested his 13-14 50M Boys Freestyle record set just last week with a new time of 25.40.
Jason Xin broke an 11 year old 13-14 50M Boys Fly record with a new time of 27.90.
The 13-14 Boys 200M Medley Relay (Kyle Gadsby, Jason Xin, Yaron Li, Noah Sharabi)proved they still have a lot of gas left in the tank and broke their record from last week with a new time of 2:00.90. This means they broke their own CSL Record as well!
Congrats to all these amazing swimmers!
REMINDER FOR B MEET VS FORT MYER SQUIDS — WEDS JUNE 28
The Squids are coming to town on Wednesday and the deadline to declare your swimmers AND pick their events is
Mon June 26. Remember, only 3 events total (this includes the IM) can be swum. The stroke order for this meet will be Back, Breast, Fly, Free, IM.
REMINDER FOR A MEET VS ASHBURN VILLAGE AQUA JETS — SAT JULY 1
This will be our 1st Home A Meet of the season and we are hosting Ashburn Village. The deadline to declare ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ for availability is
Weds June 28
. Coaches will select the swimmers for this meet.
DONUT FRIDAY
Come get donuts after practice on Friday!
TEAM SOCIAL EVENT AND PEP RALLY — FRIDAY JUNE 30, 6-8PM
Come join us
on Friday night at the pool for a pizza and tie-dye pep rally! Swimmers will get pizza and parents/non-swimmers will be offered any left over. The Kona Ice Truck will be in the parking lot too and will have treats for purchase. Please bring a plain white t-shirt to dye and a gallon sized plastic ziploc bag to take the shirt home in.
SWIMMERS OF THE WEEK
Every Friday the Coaches pick a swimmer from each practice that exemplifies the Stingray Spirit of hard work, motivation, and positive attitude. They receive a snazzy t-shirt and their name on the pool board. This week the Stingray Swimmers of the Week were:
1st practice — Madison Cole
2nd practice — Amaya Enright
3rd practice — Emma Shyu
Great job swimmers!
VOLUNTEERS
Yes, we sound like a broken record on this but PLEASE VOLUNTEER. The family commitment is 20 hrs per season. We are almost halfway through our meets and many families have below 10 hrs of volunteer time logged. PLEASE STEP UP TO SUPPORT OUR SWIMMERS!
VISORS/MAGNETS FOR SALE
We will have some AFST purple visors for sale at Concessions
on Weds nightfor $6. We also have car magnets for $3. Show your Stingray Spirit!
GO STINGRAYS!!
