5th Newsletter with important information for Saturday's meet and prelims

 

Holly Park Sharks Newsletter

Week of July 4th, 2022

 

Hello Sharks!  
Hope you all had a wonderful July 4th Holiday with family and friends! It’s hard to believe we have come to the last regular dual meet of the season and are super excited it’s at Foxridge! It is always a fun meet and they are very gracious and accommodating hosts!

 

IMPORTANT UPDATES AND INFORMATION:

 

NEXT AND LAST REGULAR SEASON MEET:

This Saturday July 9th at Foxridge with the Foxes.The pool address is:

7070 East Mineral Ave.

Centennial, CO, 80112 

Gates will open at 6 a.m. and warm ups are as follows: 

Foxridge: 6:20-6:50 a.m.

Holly Park: 6:50-7:20 a.m. The meet will start at 7:30

Here is their welcome letter with everything you need to know for the meet! Foxridge Foxes Welcome Letter

 

PRELIMS: 

Remember the deadline to declare for prelims is tonight (Wednesday) at midnight. Sign up for up to three individual events. There are no relays. The top 12 swimmers advance to Champs, however if your swimmer places 13th or 14th- they will be an alternate for Champs and you should plan to attend. Alternate swimmers often get in to swim and may also be needed for a relay. Make sure you still declare you swimmer for Champs and note that they would be available for a relay! The host teams are getting the information to me but the schedule is below. I will share the welcome letters in another update as soon as I receive them. Patty will not be able to attend prelims due to work, however Shannon Parish, your other parent delegate will be your contact at Southglenn and Dannie Greenleaf, our volunteer coordinator will stand in as parent delegate at Castle Pines. 

 

Monday July 11th:  @ Southglenn 8:00 a.m. start

Age Groups: 7-8, 11-12, 15-18

Warm ups:

Southglenn & Foxridge: 6:50am-7:10 am

Wildcat & Holly Park: 7:10am-7:30am

Castle Pines & Clark Farms: 7:30am-7:50am

 

Tuesday July 12th: @ Castle Pines 7:30 a.m. start  Welcome letter is linked here: Castle Pines Prelim Welcome Letter

Age Groups: 6 and unders, 9-10, 13-14

Warm-ups: Due to the early start, they will be combining warm-ups into 2 groups, giving each team 2 lanes.  It is up to each team to decide, but we are encouraging our 8 & unders to skip warm-ups as they just end up cold anyway.  

Warm-Up for Castle Pines, Wildcat and Southglenn:  6:40am-7:00am

Warm-Up for Holly Park, Foxridge and Clarke Farms:  7:00am-7:20am

 

CHAMPS: 

July 16th @ Holly Pool- more information coming next week!

 

VOLUNTEER SHIFT SIGN UPS -

You have one more meet to get your regular season volunteer shifts in, so contact Dannie Greenleaf  at [email protected] if you have questions or concerns. There are still open shifts for the Foxridge meet, prelims and Champs. All of the events are open so families can sign up to work two shifts if needed. There will also be additional opportunities to stuff bags for Champs as well as some shifts at the Banquet. Prelim and Champs volunteer shifts are in addition to your regular season shifts. If you have a swimmer at prelims and/or Champs, you are required to volunteer. These volunteer shifts are divided up equally between all 5 teams in the division and we are expected to provide volunteers at both.
 

RIBBONS:

Look for your ribbons and speeding tickets in the boxes/file folders under the awning on the tables this week! Make sure you dig deep into those pockets to make sure you get all of your ribbons/speeding tickets etc. If you got a wrong ribbon or didn’t get your ribbons and placed 1st-6th, please email our awards chair, Erika Drake at [email protected].

 

CAPS: 

We still have caps for sale and are now on sale for $5.00 each!  I will have them at Foxridge and will be sure they are at prelims as well. 

 

LEADERSHIP POSITIONS FOR NEXT YEAR:

We will likely have open positions on the leadership team for next year. If you are interested in getting more involved, please see/email Patty or Shannon. We would be excited to get you on board!! There will also be open positions on the Mountain High Swim League Board which will give us needed points in order to stay in the league. 

The open positions with descriptions are linked here: Mountain High Swim League Open Positions and will be voted on in September. Please let us know if you are interested in one of these positions and we can submit your name to the league. 

 

STAY INFORMED -

Please refer to our Team Website for:

All the Newsletters or other announcements posted under News

All our handouts are posted under Links

The complete practice and meet schedule posted under Calendar

 

Also please join our Holly Park Sharks Facebook group for other up-to-date information!

 

 

REMAINING Swim Meet Schedule and Additional Dates:

 

Regular Season Meet Schedule:

TEAM BANQUET: July 17th at Holly Pool from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Bring your picnic dinner and kids/adults can swim and enjoy themselves while also attending awards presentations for the different age groups. We will also likely have some gift baskets that will be raffled off. More to come regarding raffle ticket prices etc. 

ALL STARS: July 23rd @ Lifetime 

All Stars information is posted on the Mountain High Swim League Website  Go to Documents> All Stars

 

Contact Us:  Please feel free to contact Parent Delegates Patty Kreinbrink or Shannon Parish at [email protected] with any questions.

 

PRACTICE SCHEDULE:

Morning Practices:

M-F Ages 11 & over 7-8 a.m.

M-F Ages 10 & under 8-9 a.m.

 

Optional Evening Practices:

Mon/Wed all ages 5-6 p.m.

T/TH 13 & over only 5-6 p.m

 

See you at the pool!

GO SHARKS!