COACHES CORNER AND SWIMMER OF THE WEEK:

• Coach Hope: Hello Everyone! This was a great past week!! We competed in our fourth regular season meet, and won a swim up in division! I am so proud of all of our swimmers for putting their best foot forward getting us our second win of the season! Additionally, this past Saturday our coaches hosted our final clinic of the season. We worked on improving power and ability in the three kinds of starts. Going into this next week, it will be quite busy. On Tuesday, we will have our last home meet of the season! On Saturday, we will be competing in Cary City! Even if you have not signed up to swim it is always so much fun to attend as a cheerleader and cheer on your teammates!! Thank you all for another great week!!
• Coach Mary: Hi 6&U Parents, It’s been another great week of practice! As we prepare for the meet on Tuesday we will continue to focus on our breaststroke and our starts/finishes. The Cary City meet is this Saturday, I’m so excited!! If your swimmer has signed up to swim at Cary City, please continue to check for emails with information. Even if your swimmer isn’t swimming this year, I recommend everyone dressing up and coming to support the team! Cary City is so much fun and this way the kids can get an idea of what its like since it has been awhile since we had one. Pup parents, we will be having our pups exhibition this week! This is the time for your pup to show off all their hard practice and get a feel of how a swim meet is ran. They will swim a 15 yd freestyle and we will have kid catchers in the water with them. Please arrive with your pups by 6:00. If your swimmer would like to participate, and you haven’t already, please send me an email! I’m looking forward to another great week. I will see everyone at practice on Monday, go Swampfoxxes!!
• Swimmers of the week: Connor Derby and Brigid Richards for continuing to push themselves out of their comfort zones to become better swimmers!
• Tuesday's Meet Theme: Under the Sea!!

EXCITING UPDATES AND RECORDS FROM WEEK’S MEET: We won a nail-biter this week against Brookstone. The final score was 252-248! Thanks to all the parents for helping out and being flexible as we moved to heat 1 only events to get butterfly and freestyle relays in before the storm came. We also had two team records broken at the meet. Elliot Mapes broke a new Boys 6 and Under Breaststroke record with a time of 0:16.44 and Avery Delcambre broke a Boys 15-18 Breaststroke record with a time of 0:29.84. Congratulations and keep those records coming!

FINAL HOME MEET: Tuesday July 12 against Dutchman Downs:

• Arrive by 4:45pm, warmups begin at 5p and the meet starts at 6p.
• Swim meet officials meeting at 5:45pm outside of pool entrance
• Swimmers should wear their team suit, swim cap, and goggles.
• Please walk or carpool to save parking spaces for our guests. Consider parking on Trappers Run to leave Fallsworth and parking lot for the other team
• Amanda Qiao, Swampfoxx Alumni, will perform the national anthem on the Violin!
• Our Swamp Pup swimmers are invited to attend an exhibition race to be held after the 6 and under Freestyle. Please have Pups arrive no later than 6pm, as their exhibition race could start lining up around 6:15.

MEET VOLUNTEERS: We still have qiute a few jobs that need parent volunteers on Tuesday. These include cashier, concession worker, kid pushers, place judges, ribbon writers, scorer, and starters. 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.

FREE ICE CREAM SOCIAL JULY 15th: Let’s take a breather and celebrate our accomplishments with ice cream! During afternoon practice on Friday, July 15th, we’ll have an ice cream booth setup for parents and swimmers to indulge themselves with a selection of ice creams and toppings. You read this right - this is completely free to swimmers and parents!

CARY CITY MEET ON JULY 16 (Rain date is Sunday, July 17, 2022)

• The 39th annual Cary City Invitational Meet will be on Saturday, July 16th at Scottish Hills Recreational Club, located at 1423 Tarbert Drive, Cary.
• Parking is restricted to designated streets and marked areas; a swimmer drop-off area will be designated along Tarbert Drive. Please look for parking volunteers to direct you to designated parking areas.
• Parents and swimmers should bring chairs/blankets for seating in our tent area.
• The tentative schedule for the meet is the following:
  • 10 and unders: warm-ups at 7a, opening announcements at 8a, first event 8:15a, conclusion of the session around 12:30p
  • 11 and ups: warm-ups at 1p, opening announcements at 2a, first event 2:15p, conclusion of the session around 7:30p
  • Awards presented at the conclusion of the afternoon session
• Food will be available from Jimmy Johns, Ty’s All Natural, Salvio's Pizza and Pelican’s Sno Balls. The snack bar offers candy, snacks, ice cream, and drinks.
• Those registered for Cary City Meet can pay the $6 per swimmer per event on the OXH Square site: https://checkout.square.site/buy/Q3UCP375MQGJI36OAB5FLQ26
• Liz Miller sent Swimtopia communications to families on Friday July 8th with relay information, t-shirt information, and needs. On Monday July 11 at the 5p practice, there will be a meeting to finalize pirate-themed decoration details.

BLOOD DRIVE: The Swampfoxxes are hosting a Blood Connection blood drive on Sunday July 17 from 12-5 at the OXH clubhouse/pool parking lot. Donate blood for our community and raise money for the Swampfoxxes at the same time! Each donation helps save 3 lives and the swim team receives a $20 donation. Please invite your neighbors and friends to sign up - we have 36 slots to fill! Make an appointment today at https://donate.thebloodconnection.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/194514. 

BANQUET: LET’S TACO ‘BOUT CELEBRATING OUR SWIM SEASON! It’s hard to believe we are down to the final two weeks of the season! Please be sure to save the date July 21 from 6pm - 8pm for the annual swim team banquet at Ritter Park. Moe’s Southwest Grill will be catering the event. Food, drinks, and desserts will be available. The cost is $12.00 per person, and free for anyone ages 3 and under. Payment can be made online or a check can be given to a swim board parent at practice. Please RSVP on the website (under Meets & Events → Signup Calendar) by July 18 to indicate if you will be attending.

2022 TEAM SHIRTS: If you have not picked up your swimmer(s)’ team shirt yet for the 2022 season, please check the Swamp shack! All swimmer shirts are bundled by family and have your swimmer(s) name(s) listed. Email Katie Richards ([email protected]) if you have any shirt related questions. We have a few extra shirts this year available for purchase. Shirts are $20 each and available first come, first serve. Check out the inventory and sizes available!

LIVE ACTION PHOTOS AND FACEBOOK PAGE: 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. And don’t forget our private Facebook group for Swampfoxx parents.