Hi STAR Families, We have a few fun and important updates to share with you today: �� Movie Night Experiment at Practice – Tonight! Yesterday we tried something new with our White and Blue groups and watched half of a Christmas movie during practice. It was a big hit, so we’ll be continuing the experiment tonight! All swimmers are welcome to stay starting at 6:00 PM We will restart the movie from the beginning at 6:00 PM White and Blue swimmers will rejoin after their dryland The movie will run...

Hi STAR Families, I hope everyone is having a great week! I wanted to share an exciting recap from this past weekend and highlight what’s coming up next for our STAR community. Single Age State Meet Recap This weekend, Erica R. was the sole representative of STAR competing at the Single Age State Meet, and she delivered an outstanding performance. Out of the 6 events she qualified for, Erica achieved 6 personal best times — a 100% improvement rate! She placed 13th, 14th, 15th, 21st, 22nd, and 23rd, with each...

Hi STAR Families, We’re excited to announce a Team Suit Try-On Event next week! Tracy Kussmaul (Ellie’s mom) will be available in the pool hallway on the following dates for swimmers to try on and order team suits: Monday, December 15, 2025 — 5:00–6:30 PM Wednesday, December 17, 2025 — 5:00–6:30 PM Friday, December 19, 2025 — 5:00–6:30 PM If your swimmer would like a team suit, please make sure their style preference (suit or jammer) and size are submitted to Tracy no later than noon on Tuesday, December 23,...

Hi STAR families, This Sunday, 8 swimmers represented STAR at the WAT Polar Plunge Meet and delivered an outstanding performance! �� Meet Highlights 14 new legal times across individual events and relays 7 personal best times 1 new STATE CUT! Huge congratulations to Erica R. for earning the 100 IM state cut — amazing job! As a team, we dropped a whopping 71 seconds, including an incredible 52-second drop in the 500 Free by Becca! Please join me in celebrating all our swimmers for their effort, energy, and great racing...

Hi STAR families, I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend! Yesterday 13 of our swimmers represented STAR at the FAST Fall Frenzy meet. While we’re still waiting on the official results to be posted, it looked like everyone had a blast—and based on what we saw on deck, we definitely dropped a lot of time as usual! Great job to all our swimmers! ⭐�� A few important updates for the week: 1. Fall Session Ending Soon Our fall session will wrap up on November 24th. We truly appreciate all the...

Hi STAR Families, What an exciting weekend we just had! These past two days were full of big smiles, great swims, and amazing teamwork — especially in the relays! Even better, our swimmers showed tremendous improvement across the board. Out of 88 individual events, we achieved 58 personal bests or new legal times — that’s a 66% improvement rate, with a total of 250 seconds dropped as a team! ���� Here are some of the standout time drops from our STAR swimmers: �� Morgan S. – 77 seconds dropped ��...

Hi STAR Families, We hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween! �� We’ve attached some of the amazing costume photos our swimmers shared — it’s so great to see their creativity and smiles outside of the pool! ���� This week, we’ll be focusing our practices on preparing for our Home Meet coming up this weekend. Practices will include meet-specific work and some fun relay challenges to build teamwork and excitement. ��♂️��♀️ Please try your best to attend practices this week, as it will help our swimmers feel confident and...

Hi STAR Families, Wishing everyone a spook-tacular Halloween! ���� There will be no practice tonight so everyone can enjoy the evening with family and friends. To keep the fun going, we’re hosting a Halloween Costume Sharing Event! ��♀️ Parents and swimmers — share your Halloween costume photos with us! �� Send them to us to earn 3 extra pieces of candy to claim at practice next week! ������The entries will be shared with everyone later. �� Exciting update: starting next week, we’ll begin using underwater slow-motion cameras during practices to...

Hi STAR Families, This weekend, 10 STAR swimmers represented our team and competed in some not-so-favorite events against tough competition — and still came home with amazing results! Out of 27 individual events, our swimmers achieved 19 personal bests or new legal times, dropping a total of 66 seconds as a team! That’s still a 60% PB/PR rate — truly impressive for a mid-season meet. ��♀️�� And all of the other non-PB events are all within 3 seconds of PBs! Huge congratulations to all of our hardworking swimmers — we’re...