Evendale Eagles 2025 Newsletter #2

Caroline Razzano

June 4, 2025

Today is the Apples and Bananas meet! The meet will start in the earlier timeslot: arrive at 5:15, and warmups will begin at 5:30 for a 6:00 meet start time.  Bring extra towels, warm clothes, cards, activities to entertain younger swimmers, and find your Sharpie!  If you paid for pizza, your ticket(s) will be handed to you during the meet. I updated event informationincluding the team picture (June 12) and the 13-and-up canoe trip (June 27). Also, pick up your team shirt from the Rec Center front desk if you have not done so yet. Go Eagles!

Upcoming dates to know:

June 5: Apples & Bananas Intra-Squad Meet at Evendale Pool, followed by the pizza party

            Arrival: 5:15

            Warmups: 5:30

            Meet Start: 6:00

June 8: Sign out deadline for Springdale meet

June 9: Practice start time moves to 8:00-9:30 AM for 13 and over

 

Morning Practice times

8:00-9:30 – 13 and over

***NEW*** for the first week, June 2-6, 13 and over will practice 8:30-9:30 AM to ease into practice.

9:30-10:30 -10, 11, and 12 year olds

10:30-11:15 – 7, 8, and 8 year olds

11:15-11:45 – 6 and under (starting June 5)

Reminders:

Coaches:

15 & Over: Head Coach Debbie Walker ([email protected]); 13-14: Jake Senter; 11-12: Nick Stroh; 9-10: Hannah Eversole; 7-8: Jen Schell;6 and under: Ashlyn Hoffman and Mallory Green; Luke Wilkens is working computer entries.

Hershey First Lappers: The tradition of “Hershey First Lappers” will continue this year for our 8 & under swimmers completing their first lap starting with the first official meet next week (Apples and Bananas is not an official meet). For those new to the team, a Hershey bar is awarded to young swimmers completing their first lap, at the discretion of the coach.

Private Lessons: Sign up for private lessons with the coaches. Signup sheet is linked on the website.   

Childcare for HOME Swim Meets: Childcare is available for your young non-swimmers during home meets. You must pre-register for this service at least 2 days prior to the meet. There is a fee and a 2-hour time limit 

Activity Sheet Sign-Up Form: The activity form will again be used to sign up for the pizza party, the Senior Night ice cream social, the pre-championships party, the post-championships party, and the 13 & up canoe trip. New this year, the form can be completed on-line or dropped in in the box at the pool. If using the paper form, the form and fees (checks made payable to Evendale Swim Team) should be turned in via the pool drop box (not to the Rec center front desk). ***If at all possible, please complete the form for the entire season with payment.*** This makes bookkeeping for the season more manageable.

Activity Form Survey: https://forms.gle/otPnhPeD6V65FDHn8

Excel worksheet:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RLVpBM_dV3MThpcnMQ6H_0GXpo4w6G8AZZBeJ0zaz98/copyPayPal  https://www.paypal.com/pool/9eRaiVGdGc?sr=wccr

PDF Form https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ChqAyx-F4ridxJl73pOLb11sSiB0Z28r/view?usp=drive_link

Thank you to Diana Busam for taking this on! Please reach out to her (513-368-1440) if you need help.

Volunteer Requirements:  THANK YOU to everyone that has signed up! Your child will not be allowed to swim in meets until you have signed up to volunteer. Remember that each family is required to volunteer for 2-3 meets and 1 activity, unless your OLDEST child is a 6 and under; then the requirement is 1 meet job and 1 activity. Championship jobs will also need to be filled at a later date.

Meet Sign-Outs:  The coaches will assume your swimmers will be swimming in a meet unless you say otherwise. The coaches do meet line ups up to two days prior to a meet so if you do not change the committed status on the website and your swimmers do not show up; it can cause problems, especially when it comes to relays. Of course, some situations cannot be avoided or planned. If this happens and you are within that 2-day window prior to a meet, please text Coach Debbie at 513-379-0683 as soon as possible and she will remove your children from the meet. Here are the steps to signing your swimmers out of a meet:

  • On Evendale Eagles’ website, click “Eagles Events”, and find the meet in which you wish to sign out.
  • Click on “Attend/Decline”
  • Under “Member Name” find and click on your swimmer’s name
  • There is a drop box under “Declaration”, select “no”
  • Click on “save changes”
  • Repeat for each swimmer if you have more than one

Meet Schedule: Generally speaking, all meets begin at either 6:00, 6:15, or 6:30, depending on the size of teams. Warmups start 30 minutes to an hour before the meet. There could be a slight change in start times / warmup times which will be communicated in each Monday morning newsletter for the meets that week.

June 5 – Apples and Bananas 6:00 with pizza party to follow

June 10 – @ Springdale

June 12 – Home vs. St. Bernard. Team picture will be taken at this meet so arrival time will be early

June 17 – Home vs. Sharonville

June 19 – Home vs. Wyoming

June 26 – @ Greenhills

July 1 – Home vs. Blue Ash. Senior Night and Ice Cream Social  

July 8 – @ Norwood

July 14 and 15– Championships at Norwood (must swim in 2 meets to qualify). This meet is during the day, so block your work calendar off now!

*Directions to pools are on the Eagles’ website.

 

Activity Schedule:

June 5: Apples and Bananas Pizza Party following meet (sign up deadline June 1)

June 27: 13 and up Canoe Trip

July 1: Senior Night and Ice Cream Social (sign up deadline June 24)

July 13: Pasta Dinner @ 5 PM (sign up deadline June 29)

July 15: Championship Party following Championships @ Evendale Pool (sign up deadline July 8)

July 17: Awards @ 6:00 PM @ Evendale Rec Center (time updated - no sign up required)

 

Note: If you have contributions to the newsletter, please email Caroline Razzano at [email protected].