Happy Thursday Stingrays! 

The Woodland Waves vs Spring Cypress Swim meet will be this Saturday. We cannot wait to see you there! Please read through this entire email. It has all the information you will need for Saturday. Heat and Psych Sheets are attached. 

This week’s meet is brought to us by Longwood Village. Our team is very fortunate that the Longwood HOA allows us to use its pool as our pool for practices and meets. It is very supportive of our team. The Stingrays want to thank the Longwood HOA for its continued support! 

**** Since we had a lot of rain this past week the ground is going to be pretty muddy Saturday. It would be a good idea to bring a tarp to sit on so you can keep your things dry. 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PARENTS 

• Please make sure the younger swimmers know who their tent parent is before you leave them and that they know not to leave without their tent parent knowing. This is VERY important for the safety of your child. If you come to take your child to get food, go to the bathroom, etc… Please let the tent parent know when you leave and when you return. As for the older kids. Parents, please remind your children that they are NOT allowed to leave their tents and walk around without permission from their tent parent. We had issues at Time Trials with older children leaving their tents and not notifying the tent parent. Again this is for the safety of your child and also so the tent parent can make sure they make their events. 
• Once your swimmer is finished for the day, please do not leave without checking out with your child’s tent parent. We also ask that you make sure your child has cleaned up after himself or herself and make sure his or her tent area is clear. 
• You are responsible for cleaning up your own tent area. Please pick up trash you have and make sure you take anything you brought from home with you! We want to keep our neighborhood clean. Anything left behind will be put in the lost and found bin. 
• Also any help is greatly appreciated the morning of the meet or after the meet is over. There are so many things that need to be done to get going in the morning and to break down in the afternoon. If you would like to help out please find a board member in a bright pink shirt and we will let you know what needs to be done. Thank you so much to the families that helped us out at Time Trials last weekend. Your efforts did not go unnoticed. 

If you are not going to make the meet or have a sick swimmer, please email Coach Emily ([email protected]) or use the REMIND app to send her a message. 

THIS WEEKS TENT BREAKDOWN FAMILIES 

13-May Woodlands @ Spring Cypress - Setup: A & B Breakdown: D, E, & F

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED 

We still have a few shifts open for Saturday 

• Timer - 2nd shift 
• Ready Bench - 2nd shift (2 slots) 

If you are interested in any of these shifts please email the board at [email protected] 

TIMELINE FOR SATURDAY 

Upon arrival if you are volunteering, check in at the Volunteer table set up when you walk into the Pool area. ALL volunteers must check in at the volunteer table before the swim meet begins. Once checked in, take your swimmer to his/her designated tent and check him/her in with the Tent Parent. 

If you are not able to fulfill your volunteer shift please email the board at [email protected] 

Swimmer Timeline 

6:45 Swimmers check in at your tents 

7:00 9/10 warm up 

7:05 11/12 warm up 

7:12 13 & Up warm up 

7:20 7/8 warm up 

7:25 6 & Under warm up 

Volunteer Timeline 

6:00 Roadies arrive / Tent Set up begins 

6:30 Concessions start setup 

6:45 Volunteer check-in 

8:00 Officials meeting 

8:15 Timers and Scribes meeting 

8:20 Load the ready bench 

8:25 National Anthem 

8:30 Meet Starts 

Based on the meet schedule it is scheduled to end about 2:45pm. 

PENTATHLON INFORMATION 

If you would like information about invitationals please visit the First Aid Table during Saturday’s meet. Joyce Cheung will be there to answer any questions you may have. 

CONCESSIONS 

There will be breakfast and coffee from McDonalds as well as Donuts & Watermelon. For lunch there will be Pulled Pork Sandwiches & Nachos, Hot Dogs, and Pizza. Cash and Venmo accepted! 

Yeti Sno will also be serving sno cones for a cold treat!! 

**We strongly encourage that you and your swimmers begin hydrating Friday and continue to do so throughout the meet.** 

TEAM STORE AND SHIRTS 

If you purchased any spirit gear from the Team Store please have these items picked up by this Friday during practice times. Venmo or Check only! Team t-shirts for swimmers that were not picked up at Time Trials will be available for pick-up Saturday at the meet. 

MUST HAVES FOR THE MEET 

Suit, cap, goggles (bring an extra pair in case first pair gets broken or lost), towel, team shirt (put swimmer’s name in the shirt when you pick it up), healthy snacks, water, sunscreen (wait to apply until after race numbers have been put on your swimmer by the tent parent) 

SUGGESTED BRINGS 

Sports drink (Gatorade Zero is good, but you must also bring water; swimmers need to drink BOTH), games, book, blanket, playing cards, other forms of entertainment that encourages them to be with teammates. Bring a chair for your swimmer to sit under their designated tent. 

MORNING OF THE MEET 

Eat a nice light, but healthy breakfast. Fruit, toast with jam, water, juice, lean meats like ham, eggs. If you plan to buy from concessions the breakfast tacos served from McDonalds will have eggs and sausage. Stay away from milk due to swimmer nerves. 

And last of all, get some rest!

See you all bright and early Saturday! 

If you have any questions regarding this email please contact the board at [email protected] . 

Stephanie Mixon 

Secretary