So many ALL CAPS and exclamations below… you know we mean business. Or I just had one too many cups of coffee. My bad. 

PARENT MEETING TONIGHT! 

🗓TONIGHT @ 4:30pm at the pool shelter. Julie and Megan will go over what the season looks like, what a meet entails and Justine will go over volunteering. If you have general swim team or swim meet questions, this is the place to be!! Be there or be square. 

DECLARE YOUR SWIMMER! 

✔️For the first meet, we are asking you to declare your swimmer earlier than normal (because of Memorial Weekend). Please declare your swimmer's intent by TOMORROW Wednesday, May 25. The coaches will choose events for this meet, but feel free to leave a note for the coaches when you declare. 

CALLING ALL TIMERS! WE NEED YOU!!

⏱We need a TON of timers to certify for us to even run a meet - like at least 30 of you guys… It is SUPER EASY! (And we only have about 7 who have so far… ruh roh.) Here is the deal:

1. 🤓 Read up on the info here: https://sail.swimtopia.com/education-materials (Select TIMERS CLINIC)
2. ⌨️ Take a quick test: https://sail.swimtopia.com/training (Select TIMERS CERTIFICATION TEST) - You can take the test with the Timers Clinic info open in a different tab to help...
3. ⚡️Put Botany Bolts as your team.
4. You can take it more than once and it’s not timed - it’s not like your drivers license…
5. At the end, you’ll get your score. You have to get 80% to pass (and it will give you the answers you got wrong, so you can quickly take again if you need to.)

If you have questions, you can contact me or Justine Liebana ([email protected]). A review of the other roles we need are here: https://botanybolts.swimtopia.com/parent-roles-slash-volunteering

WEATHER

⛈The weather is bonkers this week. If you haven’t yet, sign up for Remind alerts so you know if a practice is canceled due to weather.

• Remind (Bolts): Text @bwbolts to 81010 to receive updates and reminders on your cell phone
• Remind (Guppies): Text @bwguppies to 81010 to receive updates and reminders on your cell phone

BOLT BUDDIES🥳 Brooke Teague reached out to all the Bolt Buddies parents. You should be connected with your buddy. If not, contact Brooke Teague ([email protected]) We start the first swim meet with Bolt Buddies - note, treat, drink.