WAVE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER | MAY 7, 2025
WAVE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER | MAY 7, 2025
COACH’S CORNER
It is a busy time of year as we close out the school year and prepare for summer. Good luck to our Wave families a they navigate this sometimes chaotic season of life. But please be sure to review this newswletter carefully as there is A LOT of great information about the current season and the next.
We are waiting for final information from both the May Mania meet, and the VAST meet. Once we receive it, attending families will get more specific information. Thanks so much for your patience!
As a reminder, due to the multiple meets this weekend, there will be no practices or make-up practices on Saturday or Sunday, May 10-11th.
We appreciate everyone's effort to keep coaches posted with absences on the attendance form! If your swimmer will be late to practice, however, please be in contact with Coach Sandy directly ([email protected]) for approval or guidance, as some are arriving with very little time left in practice, which is not appropriate. Thank you!
WELCOME (and welcome back) COACHES
Jenna Abendroth has returned as a junior coach to assist in working with the swimmers during the last few weeks of her senior year, and throughout the summer! We are so excited to have Jenna helping our swimmers!
Amanda Beckman will be returning from college for the summer to help as a coach as well! She is always a welcome presence on the pool deck, and is able to give fantastic feedback to swimmers.
Natalie Kessler is trading in her swimsuit, cap, and goggles for a coaches shirt! Natalie has been a swimmer on the Wave for years, but will be returning this year as a helper coach. Natalie's positive attitude and wanting to stay involved with Wave in a different capacity is extremely admirable and appreciated. Thank you Natalie!!
Congratulations to Coach Jill for graduating from college this weekend at UW-Madison. We are so excited for you!
WELCOME NEW TEAM ADMINISTRATORS
We are excited to announce the hiring of Shana Ward and Chris Johnson to the Wave staff as our new Team Administrators! Shana and Chris have been passionate swim parents in our Wave community for several years already and are excited to serve our membership in this expanded capacity. Please welcome them!
Shana and Chris will share Administrator responsibilities in a seamless way, where families can continue to think of it as a single function/person as they interact with [email protected] for their questions and assistance needs. Having two share the role ensures greater coverage, continuity, and level of service to the members which is why the Board moved in this direction. Their onboarding has already begun and we hope to have them fully operational by the end of the month.
Lastly, the Board was so impressed by the number of Wave parents who expressed interest in stepping forward to serve in this role; it speaks to the strong team culture we've built together! Thank you to all that expressed interest!
UP AND COMING
WAVE SWAG NOW AVAILABLE
Stock up on Wave branded merchandise by shopping with our partners at Simply Swimming. Click the link here to browse amazing Wave t-shirts, swimsuits, pajama pants and more! The order deadline is May 14th! Orders will be delivered to the pool.
ANNUAL TEAM CELEBRATION MAY 18th!
Don’t forget, we need you to RSVP by May 12th for our Annual Wave Celebration. Please click the link here and fill out the reservation form so we know how many mouths we’re feeding.
And we are still looking for volunteers!! We need all hands on deck to pull off this annual event.
ISCA MEET in St Petersburg, FL
Waunakee Wave is excited to return to Florida at the end of the summer session for the ISCA Elite Summer Showcase August 6-9th. Coach Sandy has sent out emails to swimmers who have current qualifying times to the meet. HOWEVER, we still have months before the meet to qualify!! Please see attached for the meet information and qualifying times for each age. Reach out to Coach Sandy if you have any questions!
SUMMER SESSION - COMING SOON!
Final details on our Summer Session are almost complete and coming out next week! But knowing family eagerness, we are trickling out some pieces a week early. Our meet schedule has already been published to the website and we just added a DRAFT of our practice schedule (link), which could see some final tweaks in the next week, to be clear.
Evaluations for new summer swimmers are also now open (link), scheduled for Wed 5/14 and Tues 5/20. Please share if you know any interested families!
The full summer registration timeline as follows:
Wed 5/14 - All Summer Details Published including Fees, Schedules, & Group Assignments
Sun 5/18 - Registration Opens for Returning Families
Wed 5/28 - Registration Opens for New Families
Mon 6/9 - Summer Session Begins
REMINDERS
MEET DEADLINES
Don’t forget to stay on top of the meet sign up deadlines. You simply need to declare “yes” or “no” for your attendance. Coaches will select individual races for swimmers.
Approaching Deadlines
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May 7th (TODAY) Sign up for FMC Meet
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May 10th Sign up for the Jack Pettinger Invite (qualifying times required)
HELP SUPPORT A TEAMMATE IN NEED
Wave Swimmer Sorelle DesRivieres and her family are seeking volunteers to participate in their Meal Train to help support Sorelle. Friends of Sorelle's and anyone within our Wave community are encouraged to participate to assist her and her family, by signing up to deliver a homemade dinner.
If you are interested in participating please contact Sorelle's mom (Brook) at #715-207-3667 or [email protected] for more information.
TAKEAWAYS
5.7 TODAY Last Day to declare for FMC meet
5.8 Waunakee Girls High School Swim Meeting
5.10 Last Day to declare for Jack Pettinger Invite
5.10-5.11 No practice (meet weekend)
5.12 Last Day to RSVP for the Annual Team Celebration
5.13 Board Meeting
5.14 Wave merchandise order deadline
5.17 No practice (pool unavailable)
5.18 Annual Team Celebration | no practice
5.25-5.26 No practice (holiday weekend)
