So many ALL CAP, bolds and exclamations below… swim team must have started. But we’re in this together folks!  

We had such a successful first week of swimming! Shout out to Prez Hunter Allen and Coach Director Brooke Teague for making it all happen! Thanks to the coaches (Weston, Brooks & Savannah) for kicking BOLT  at motivating our swimmers to take the polar plunge . Thanks to you for coming to the kick-off party and to your kids for a great practice week. We’ll be updating with more info about the upcoming swim meet (JUNE 1) and how to sign up 

BUT FIRST - We need your help with volunteering roles!

CALLING ALL TIMERS & RUNNERS ! WE NEED YOU!! DEADLINE IS FRIDAY, MAY 26!

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! If you have never done it, just take the test in case you decide to do it. That would be helpful!

Timer

Each lane during a swim meet will have four timers, typically two from each team. Three of the four timers will use a stopwatch to time their swimmer based on the strobe light start and their swimmer touching the wall. The fourth will be the Recording Timer. Online Certification Required

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
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.)

Runners

These volunteers will collect the blue cards from swimmers and deliver them to the correct timer during 25 meter events. For all events, a Runner will collect blue cards from the Recording Timers and deliver them to the records area of the meet. Online certification required

Here is the deal:

1. Read up on the info here: https://sail.swimtopia.com/education-materials (Select RUNNERS CLINIC)
2. Take a quick test: https://sail.swimtopia.com/training (Select RUNNERS CERTIFICATION TEST) - You can take the test with the RUNNERS 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 
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]).

(WE ALSO WOULD LOVE A VOLUNTEER FOR CHIEF TIMER. You get to carry all the stop watches and other super cool stuff . I’ll even find you a cool if it sweetens the deal.)

WEATHER

The weather was already 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

Bolt Buddies

You should have received your Bolt Buddy at the Kick Off Party. Each 10 & Under swimmer is paired with an 11 & up swimmer to build relationships among our swimmers. For Bolt Buddies, we ask that your swimmer bring a snack, drink and note of encouragement for his/her Bolt Buddy for every meet. We would also love for Bolt Buddies to cheer for each other when they swim their events. (Brooke Teague [email protected] will follow up with parents connecting Bolt Buddies.)

NEW INSTAGRAM

We added a new insta account to post fun stuff. Join HERE

If you made it this far, God bless you. Should we have a secret word for all the people that make it this far? Obviously. This week’s word is “literally.” Like “literally” thank you for reading all of this. I will give a high five to anyone who says it. Like “literally” every time. Now go take your test!!!

Emily