A Great First Dual Meet, Sea Lions! HIGHLIGHTS & NEWS Sleepy Hollow Sea Lions vs Marinwood Waterdevils Swim Meet 4/27/2024 Saturday in Marinwood saw the Sea Lions at their first official dual meet of the 2024 season. Our gracious hosts, the Waterdevils provided lots of yummy snacks for a full day of nail-biting races, and the weather set the perfect stage for some fun showdowns! First off were the mixed relays, where we saw the mixed 9-10 teams take first (2:22.91) AND second place (2:41.39), next, we were treated to...

It's Time to Kick Bootyakum HIGHLIGHTS & NEWS Saturday’s practice meet kicked off the 2024 Sleepy Hollow Swim season with a splash! The Sea Lions were treated to perfect, sunny weather as they huddled together for their cheer. Maggie Dyakovksi sang a lovely national anthem to start the meet. Veteran swimmers cheered on our youngest racers, and many handshakes could be seen across the swim lanes. A big thank you goes out to all of the volunteers for their hard work in making the meet seamless and safe! It was...

Hello Sea Lion Community! Get your sharpies out… this is your first official 2024 “Heat Sheet” email! BUT FIRST, A NOTE FROM COACH MARK AND COACH PAUL… All Sealions, First off, a huge thank you to everyone for all of their volunteering. Many hands make light work and we are so grateful to everyone that helps out. The clubhouse grounds look better than they ever have. Our board has been working extra hard, so please make sure to pat them on the back. Also we love the dinners, you have...

Practice (Meet) Makes Perfect HIGHLIGHTS & NEWS Please read this entire newsletter! It has important information to prepare you for this Saturdays Practice Meet! The PRACTICE MEET is this Saturday......Let's Go!! It’s time to get ready for our Meets! Meets are exciting, competitive events that are full of positive energy, camaraderie and incredible sportsmanship. We will have hundreds of people around the pool area cheering on our swimmers from the very start of the Team Cheer to the very last relay! To get a better understanding of what a swim...

Time for Spring Cleaning! HIGHLIGHTS & NEWS Hope everyone is enjoying their Spring Break! Practice will continue as normal throughout the whole week. We also have pool cleanup THIS SUNDAY! Please join us for the fun and to support your team in having a squeaky clean pool. See below for details. Upcoming FUN Sunday, April 14 9 am - 12 pm: Pool Clean Up Parents and swimmers, bring the whole family for pool clean up day! Every year before our first meet, we gather to get the pool area ready...

Spring Has Sprung! HIGHLIGHTS & NEWS Our swimmers safety is our number one concern. Thank you to those that are parking to pick up your child from practice. As a reminder, the circle drive is to drop off your child for swim practice. We are continuing to see families park in the circle and wait for their swimmers. This is causing a back-up on Butterfield and a concern for the safety of our swimmers and the local community on Butterfield. Please use the circle drive for drop-off only. Spring Break...

The Fun Keeps Coming HIGHLIGHTS & NEWS Our first SLIC Store this past Friday was a huge success! 8 & Under swimmers enjoyed using their SLIC’s to buy small toys, candy, and treats. A special thank you to Eveli Loveman for making our youngest swimmers smile and feel recognized as they traded in their hard earned SLIC'S! 9/10 Swimmers enjoyed a fun movie night watching The Sandlot and eating burritos with teammates. Thank you FUN volunteers: Tara McGann, Marina Edler, and Eveli Loveman for making this evening possible. Also, thank...

Loads of Family, Friends, Fun and...Pasta! HIGHLIGHTS & NEWS It was great to see so many sea lion families at the Pasta Potluck. Thank you for your yummy pasta dishes and salads! Thank you to OCN Culture, Kientz Hall, and Oleema Skincare for generously donating raffle prizes! And, thank you to the Fun Committee for organizing such a wonderful season kick-off event! Traffic Circle Guidelines & Changes on Butterfield Rd. Traffic Circle Guidelines We are implementing some new rules around the traffic circle. Parents- use the Traffic circle ONLY TO...

Prepare to Eat Pasta! HIGHLIGHTS & NEWS Last Week to Order Team Uniforms! On Wednesday, March 13th, our vendor T&B sports along with parent volunteers will be at the pool allowing swimmers to try on uniform swimsuits, sweats, and parkas. You can make all purchases of our Team Uniform & Swimsuits online NOW, including Sea Lion TYR swimsuits, sweatshirts, parkas, sweatpants, pajama pants and caps. The ordering window is quick, so please make sure you put in your order ASAP. The online store will close this Sunday, March 17th and...

A Great First Week Sea Lions! HIGHLIGHTS & NEWS Our dedicated sea lions braved the rain, cold, and hail and had a great first week of swim. It was great to see those smiling faces in the pool and enjoying their first Fun Friday. THANK YOU to Zamira Solari for sponsoring our Fun Fridays for the entire season! Congrats to the first Swimmers of the Week! Group 1: Uma Krieder & Will Skaff Group 2: Bobby Franklin & Aubrey Hazel Hecht Group 3: Ty Sellenreik & Ariana Biesecker National Anthem...