COACHES CORNER AND SWIMMER OF THE WEEK:

• Coach Hope: Hello everyone! This past week we successfully competed in our first in person meet! I am so proud of everyone, swimmers and parents, for swimming fast and helping out around the deck. We’ve been working on our strokes to prevent further disqualifications, and it is definitely paying off. This coming week we will be away competing against the Regency Riptides! I want to remind everyone that we need to be good sports and respectful especially because this is not our pool. That would include staying in the water until everyone is done with their race, saying good job to the people next to you, cheering on your teammates, and cleaning up after ourselves. Thank you all again for another great week! I will see you all next week!!
• Coach Mary: Hello parents! Everyone did so well at the meet this past Tuesday and I’m so excited for this week's meet! This week we will be focusing on our starts and prepare Monday and Tuesday morning for the meet. As this week starts please remind your swimmers of these two important rules: make sure to always use walking feet on the pool deck and most importantly to not jump in the water until one of the coaches tells them to. I love that all the swimmers want to be in the water, and while I want them in the water as much as possible, this rule is for safety reasons. It allows for us coaches to efficiently help the swimmer in the water and move on to the next swimmer. I am so excited for this week and look forward to seeing everyone on Monday’s
• Swimmers of the week: Elliot Mapes and Taylor Wiener for continuously pushing themselves in practices!

NEW POOL/TEAM RECORD: At our first home meet the 15-18 Boys Freestyle Relay broke our team and pool record by about 2 seconds with a time of 1:37.84. Congratulations to Avery Delcambre, Benjamin Eischeid, Tyler Jones and Matt Dodson!

FIRST AWAY SWIM MEET: Is this Tuesday June 21! Here are a few important details about away meets:

• Arrive by 5:15pm to get settled and numbered
• Warmups will begin at 5:30pm sharp.
• Meet will start no later than 6p
• Swim meet officials meeting at 5:45pm at the deep end of the pool near the scoring table that includes TSA Reps, Stroke and Turn, Place Judges and Timers.
• Swimmers should wear their team suit, swim cap, and goggles. Note: any swim cap you wear must be plain or an Oxxford Hunt team cap.
• ADDRESS: 101 Killingsworth Drive, Cary, NC 27518, Located off Penny Road
• Important Information from Regency Riptides: PARKING: Our pool parking lot is available to your team as our guests. Additional parking will be along Killingsworth Drive and Royal Glen Drive, but only on the sides opposite of fire hydrants. There is additional parking at the Danbury neighborhood pool parking lot, located directly across Penny Road, off Tattenhall Drive. Our swim team families will park on the street.
• SEATING: Your team will use the right hand side of our pool deck as you enter, near the kiddie pool. There are large, round tables and umbrellas but you may want to bring extra seating and/or tents for shade. We will have overflow areas outside of the pool for your team to spread out if you’d like. (Looking at pool door from parking lot, overflow is to the right side)
• FOOD: We offer concessions including water, sodas, gatorade, candy, chips and frozen treats. We will also be selling sub sandwiches and pizza this swim meet.

MEET VOLUNTEERS: We do have volunteer responsibilities for away meets. While there are not as many jobs, there are still jobs that need to be filled by parent volunteers. Please sign up for a parent job for Tuesday’s meet if you haven’t already: https://oxxfordhunt.swimtopia.com/swim_meets. Contact Diane Johnson ([email protected]) if you need to make changes to your job.

FACEBOOK PAGE: Did you know the Swampfoxxes have a private Facebook group for parents? If you have a Facebook account, be sure to request to join as another way to get updates, see photos from events, and more!

MOR SWIM CLINIC: On Saturday, June 25th at 9am, Marlins of Raleigh (MOR) coaches will host a FREE CLINIC for our Swampfoxxes. The MOR coaches will be consulting with our own coaches to plan a more focused and individualized session for each age group that aims to improve stroke performance and efficiency in the water. This event is completely optional, but please RSVP with your attendance so the clinic can be properly organized.

TEAM PHOTO: Bring your Swampfoxx swimsuits and a smile to our group photo shoot. This event will occur at 10am after the completion of the free MOR clinic on Saturday, June 25th. Individual photos will also be offered, and photo packages available for purchase.

LIVE ACTION PHOTOS:You’ve probably seen the wonderfully talented Elena Movchan (Adam and Anastasia’s mom) taking photos at meets. Elena puts photos in the following album: https://evm-photo.com/disk/2022-oxx-swimteam.