SHST Weekly Report - May 16, 2022

SHST vs Novato Riptide - 05/14/2022 - by Nilli Hapuarachchi

The Sea Lions were back on home turf Saturday to host the Novato Riptide in another fantastic meet. The morning started off just right with a beautiful rendition of the National Anthem on the trombone by a talented Sea Lion, Stas Cornwell. With the powerful notes of the melody still lingering in the air, the 8&Under mixed medley relay kicked off an exciting day of races. Even while the temperature steadily climbed up into the high 70s, the swimmers kept up their energy and high spirits. Maybe the delicious, heat-quenching Jamba smoothies helped a little! The Sea Lions ended yet another meet on a high note. Results are attached and can also be found on the Sea Lion website. 

Congrats to this week's Triple Crown Winners! 

• Hailey Bennett, Girls 8&Under Freestyle, Backstroke & IM 
• Winston Olson, Boys 8&Under Freestyle, Backstroke & Breaststroke
• Zayne Wachelka, Boys 11/12 Freestyle, Breastroke & IM

Once again, some impressive improvements in time  - below is a snapshot of the top 25 time drops out of almost 240 this week! 

• Lamphier, Evelyn: 8 & Under 25 Back -14.64
• Fisk, Ryan: 8 & Under 25 Breast -7.27
• Lamphier, Evelyn: 8 & Under 25 Free -6.67
• Smoot, Imogen: 9-10 50 Free -6.3
• Churchill, Madeline: 11-12 50 Back -5.99
• Spilger, Johan: 11-12 50 Fly -5.85
• Dricken, Katherine: 9-10 50 Back -5.32
• Hertel, William: 8 & Under 25 Free -4.97
• Allen, Ashley: 9-10 50 Breast -4.94
• Dixon, Baxter: 9-10 100 IM -4.91
• Williams , Easton: 9-10 50 Breast -4.9 and
• Clarke , Christian: 9-10 50 Free -4.89
• Celis, Oliver: 11-12 50 Back -4.84
• Smoot, Imogen: 9-10 50 Breast -4.49
• Luck, Charlotte: 9-10 50 Back -4.1
• Hamerski, Beckett: 8 & Under 25 Back -4.01
• Williams , Easton: 9-10 50 Free -3.84
• Terstegge, Andrew: 11-12 50 Free -3.82
• Nelson, Owen: 8 & Under 25 Back -3.68
• Sobieraj, Sebastian: 8 & Under 25 Free -3.58
• Friedman, Owen: 8 & Under 25 Back -3.32
• Porter, Finn: 9-10 50 Free -3.25
• Hovey, Holly: 13-14 50 Breast -3.23
• Bermak, Leona: 11-12 50 Free -3.18 and 11-12 50 Breast -3.16
• Diamond, Quinn: 9-10 50 Breast -3.12

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SHST vs Marinwood - Saturday, May 21st at 8:30 AM!

• Group 1 Swimmers swim Free Style and Backstroke only.  All other swimmers can sign up for max 3 events only if they master the stroke. If you have any questions if your swimmer is ready for a stroke, please email Coach Mark.​

• If your child is not swimming, please DECLINE so our coaches don't have to track you down. Thank you!

Congrats to last week's Swimmers of the Week!

 

Group 1: Sophie Filice and Benton Davis

Group 2: Katie Alberton and Finn Porter

Group 3: Baxter Dixon and Sonia Berberich

Group 4: Zayne Wachelka and Caroline Hyer

 

 

Get into the team spirit and treat your self and the family to some new gear from our 2022 Sleepy Hollow Team Spirit Wear line! The Spirit Wear will be sold at our home meets until we sell out so don't miss out! 

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Volunteer Positions Needed

HERE you can find our Spring and Summer practice groups and times. Stay up to date on our strict Covid 2022 Protocols and Team Policies.

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Parking and Driver Safety

Please SLOW DOWN! Be aware of increased pedestrian traffic around the Clubhouse and drive carefully. Use your common sense while walking on and crossing Butterfield Road. Help teach our Sea Lions to be responsible pedestrians. The Sheriff’s Office will be making extra patrols the coming weeks to watch for speeders, illegal parking and unsafe drivers. When dropping off your swimmer and/or parking for practice:

• Do not park in front of the Clubhouse, this is strictly for drop off.  

• Park perpendicular (not parallel) in the gravel spaces to maximize space for other people.

• Please don’t ever park in the fire lanes/no parking zones across from the Clubhouse or in the handicapped parking spot/no parking zone in front of the Clubhouse - not even to wait for your swimmer after practice/if you remain in the car.

• Please do not let your child "jump quickly out of the car" in the middle of the road.  This is not safe!  Please take the extra minute and use the drop off circle.

• Use the walkway on Butterfield from Katrina Ct. to the clubhouse.  

• Remind your swimmer(s) not to walk behind parked cars. 

• Do not block gates, driveways or mailboxes.  Please be respectful of our neighbors! 

• And again, please slow down, and watch out for Sea Lions and parents crossing Butterfield and riding and walking in the bike lanes. Our swimmers all thank you!

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Bikes

 

Bikes are NOT allowed inside the gated pool area. Please use the bike racks outside of the main black gate and do not block the Fire Zone/No Parking area. Don’t forget to bring bike locks! SHST and SHHA are not responsible for lost or stolen bikes.

Please remember that the Sleepy Hollow Homes Association forbids dogs at the Clubhouse and pool area.  Swim team families MAY NOT BRING DOGS to practices or meets. Dogs may not be tied up or left outside the gates and fence in front of the Clubhouse, even if you are just running in to drop off your swimmer. Please help us abide by this SHHA rule and leave your dog at home. Thank you!

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Raising the Bar Initiative

Sleepy Hollow Swim Team is proud to partner with Raising the Bar, Keep Youth Events Substance Free, a county wide initiative dedicated to keeping youth events substance free. Sleepy Hollow Swim Team is encouraging an alcohol and substance free environment for all sporting events, team celebrations, and other activities that are youth focused, in person or virtual. This is an opportunity for you as parents to continue being positive role models for your kids and their class/teammates, both in person and at home, by showing them that we can all--adults and youths alike--have a good time without drinking or using substances when participating in youth events as a family. Please visit Raising the Bar and reach out to us for more information. Thank you for your support. We are looking forward seeing you Friday and if you haven’t responded yet, here is the link.

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Donations

If you didn’t get a chance to donate during the registration process, please help us maintain and build upon our incredible community. Donations to our team help us do this while expenses continue to rise. Please donate to the Sea Lions – thank you!

The SHST board feels strongly that we do not want our registration fee to prohibit or deter families from joining our team. We want to maintain and build upon our incredible community; donations to our team help us do this while expenses continue to rise. Donations to our team also help us fund the many FUN events that we host during the season where kids build camaraderie and get to know each other outside of the pool. As we are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, your donation will be tax deductible to the extent permitted by law. You can donate any amount to our team HERE and if you would like to sponsor a specific event, you can donate HERE.    

 

A huge thank you to Zamira Solari, Realtor Compass for sponsoring all of our Fun Fridays! 

 

Another massive thank you to Sushi69 & Mi Pueblo for sponsoring some of our fun events!

 

Thank you for these very generous donations!