Swim Team News ~ Week of May 13
WEEK OF MAY 13, 2024
Dear Swim Team Families,
We hope you had a wonderful weekend and that all the MVP mommas enjoyed a relaxing Mother’s Day!
Today is the deadline to commit/decline to Time Trials, happening this Saturday at Miramonte High School. We are so excited for Time Trials, our first “meet” of the season! Arrival time is 8:15am, with an event start time of 9:00am. There will not be a food vendor onsite, so please pack snacks, lunch, water bottles, towels, sunscreen, and games to keep your swimmer occupied between events. We will send a reminder email later this week.
Did you forget to pick up your caps last week? Emily Polcari will distribute orders at Time Trials on Saturday. If you ordered caps later in April, those are not in yet. We will let you know when they arrive.
Attention parents of junior coaches and CITs - We plan to reach out today to start coordinating summer coaching schedules. Please be on the lookout for that email.
“In School” season practices continue this week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The age group times are below and on www.mvpswimteam.com. If your child is registered as a Mini Marlin, practice starts on Monday June 3.
In School Season
April 22–May 30 (Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays)
Time Trials on May 18 at Miramonte High School:
Time Trials is on Saturday May 18 from 9:00am-1:00pm (arrival time is 8:15am) at Miramonte High School. Time Trials is the first “meet” of the season, but it involves only our team. It gives each swimmer an opportunity to swim all of the events to establish base times and gives the coaches information to begin scheduling meets. It is important for all swimmers (except for Mini Marlins) to attend. Swimmers are encouraged to swim all events, but will not be required to swim an event they are uncomfortable or unfamiliar with.
For new families: swimmers will be at time trials from 8:15am (arrival time) to 1:00pm (the approximate ending time of the meet). Each event runs through every age group before the next event starts– IM ~ 7/8-15/18; Freestyle ~ 6U-15/18; Breastroke ~ 6U-15/18; Backstroke ~ 6U-15/18; Butterfly ~ 6U-15/18.
Mini Marlins do not swim in Time Trials. Please note that your swimmer does not have to swim an event they are not comfortable swimming in. We know that many of our new swimmers will be in various stages of learning how to swim the different strokes. Our coaches enter swimmers in the events that are most appropriate for their skill level.
Commit/Decline to Swim Meets:
Did you know that all of the season’s swim meets are already in the Events section of www.mvpswimteam.com? If you know your summer schedule, you can edit your swimmer’s declaration for each meet of the season.
To sign a swimmer in or out of a meet on www.mvpswimteam.com: On the homepage scroll down to Events and click on More Events. All meets will appear in a list. Click on the Edit Commitment button for a swim meet, select your swimmer, and change the declaration to “declined” or “committed”.
If you are new to swim team, guidance on how to do this is in the Swim Team Handbook on page 14. Generally you need to commit/decline to a swim meet at least 5 days in advance and 2 weeks in advance for invitationals. Deadlines are on the 2024 Swim Team Calendar. Get in the habit of editing commitments well in advance. If you do not edit your swimmer’s commitment by the deadline then they will not be entered into the meet.
Upcoming Key Dates*:
*complete 2024 calendar can be found on www.mvpswimteam.com
Swim Team In School Season - April 22 to May 30
Time Trials - May 18, 9:00am-1:00pm (8:15am arrival time), at Miramonte High School
No Practice on Memorial Day - May 27
Swim Team Out of School Season - June 3 to August 1
Mini Marlins - June 3 to July 26
MVP at MRSC (A/B, 11 & up) - June 5 (deadline to commit is June 2)
MVP at MRSC (A/B, 10 & under) - June 8 (deadline to commit is June 5)
MVP Picture Day - June 21
MVP Lap-a-Thon - June 24
Go Marlins!
Jenn Curran & Hadley Mickel
MVP Swim Team Co-Presidents
