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Final Swim Week Updates!

July 23rd

TEAM AND POOL RECORDS: Congratulations to all our record breakers this year! What a fantastic end to the season, truly one for the books! If you have records that aren’t listed here, or these are inaccurate, please email the board and we will address it as soon as we can! These may be the first time we’ve set records at Cary City, at least in recent memory.

Team Records

  • Boys 8 & Under 100 Medley Relay on July 15 at Cary City Meet with a time of 1:31.11, Lee Lowther, Roland Pelc, Zachary Gorni, Lucas Espinoza
  • Boys 7&8 25 Backstroke on July 5 against The Reserve at Oxxford Hunt with a time of 20.66, Lee Lowther
  • Men 15–18 200 Medley Relay on July 15 at Cary City Meet with a time of 1:41.61 Bobby Elder, Avery Delcambre, Benjamin Eischeid, Tyler Jones
  • Men 15–18 50 Backstroke on July 15 at Cary City Meet with a time of 25.38, Benjamin Eischeid
  • Men 15–18 50 Breaststroke on July 15 at Cary City Meet with a time of 27.93, Avery Delcambre
  • Men 15–18 200 Freestyle Relay on July 15 at Cary City Meet with a time of 1:32.01, Avery Delcambre, Tyler Jones, Bobby Elder, Benjamin Eischeid

Pool Records

  • Men 15–18 200 Medley Relay on July 5 against The Reserve with a time of 1:49.41, Benjamin Eischeid, Avery Delcambre, Tyler Jones, Mark Baric
  • Men 15–18 50 Breaststroke on July 18 against Amberly with a time of 28.21, Avery Delcambre

BANQUET RECAP: This year’s illustrious Coaches Awards went to Linus Mapes and Maggie Lowther! Congratulations for a job well done!

6 and under awards:

  • Outstanding Attendance - Miriam Galloway
  • Outstanding Effort - Amelie Molyneaux
  • Most Improved Boy - Owen Beddingfield
  • Most Improved Girl - Lainey Galloway
  • Outstanding Leadership - Rebecca Lowther
  • Cheerleader - Liv Espinoza

7 and up awards:

  • Outstanding Attendance - Brigid Richards
  • Outstanding Effort - Hayden Miller
  • Most Improved Boy - Vinny Zonruiter
  • Most Improved Girl - Ally Schisler
  • Outstanding Leadership - Ian Lowther
  • Cheerleader - Caroline Cassell

PARENT VOLUNTEER AWARDS: Congratulations to our hard working parents. These nominations are brought forward by fellow parents and board members to recognize those that went above and beyond for our team. WE APPRECIATE YOU!

  • Right on Time Award: Liz Miller - For jumping into any scenario and helping out, always at the exact moment that we needed it.
  • Last Call Award: Toby and Jessica Gaskin - For putting in WORK at the swim meets and shutting the place down every night.
  • Bikini Bottom Award: Dave and Carla Delcambre, and Jeannette Selvaggi - For flawless implementation bringing a kids cartoon show to real life at the Cary City meet. Helping us WIN the coveted SPIRIT AWARD!
  • Don’t Say Profit Award: Katie Richards - For championing the non-profit status for us, and navigating a complex landscape to get us this status.
  • Photomaniac Award: Elena Movchan - For always being at the right place at the right time for the perfect shot, and for doing an EXCELLENT job with the team photos!
  • Snack Attack Award: Isabelle Walsh - For jumping into a new board role as the swamp shack chair, managing inventory, prices, and food orders for swim meets.
  • Congratulations to the Vanderbroek’s, the Millers (Chris and Liz), and the Gaskins for earning the top points for volunteering this season.

COACHES CORNER

  • Coach Hope: Thank you all for such an amazing season. I am so proud of all of our swimmers this year! We had a great winning season, 4-2. Everyone showed great improvement and sportsmanship! And to top it all off we won the Cary City spirit award!! I hope everyone has a nice relaxing rest of their summer.
  • Coach Sophia: Thank you all for a great season! Feel free to reach out if you have any questions at [email protected]

OPEN BOARD POSITIONS: We are now inviting any interested parents to become members of our board! There is not a requirement to have an official role, and there are typically monthly meetings throughout the year (with few meetings in the fall). Please email [email protected]for more information. We could use your help!

VOLUNTEER COMMITTEES:

  • Let’s taco ’bout what a huge success the banquet was!! A HUGE thank you to our Banquet Committee for putting together such a great evening to celebrate our swimmers and swim families.
  • Swamp Shack Cleaning and Inventory Committees, thank you for your continued support keeping our Shack clean and stocked with goodies through the rest of swim season. Please check in with Isabelle to ensure the rest of the pool season is covered. 
  • Fundraising and Social Committees, we’re open to any additional ideas to keep our swim families connected now that swim season is officially over, let us know if you have any thoughts we can help put into motion!

PARENT COMMUNICATION BOX: Please pick up your swimmer’s hard earned ribbons, pins, and medals from the parent communication box. The box lives in the swamp shack, and you can ask the lifeguards to get it out for you and claim your accolades.

HOW TO GET INVOLVED IN YEAR ROUND SWIMMING?

We have a few families who participate in year-round swimming, mainly at YOTA, TAC, RSA, and MOR. Please consider reaching out to other parents through the Swampfoxxes Parent’s Forum on Facebook if you are thinking about year-round swimming. The forum is a place for parents to connect with each other. Tim Pelc, swim team president, has also offered to help connect families to YOTA families.

LIVE ACTION PHOTOS: Our photographer, Elena Movchan, has published photo albums from the season on her website at: https://evm-photo.com/swampfoxxes-2023?fbclid=IwAR2X0AxHzTO8nF1sjmuht5uoCqIwnGhBDmHzcRbicmqjNNk_eov_N4yGt_Y. The lower res images are free for you to download and share on social media, but please tag Elena as the photographer (Elena Movchan). High resolution print files can be purchased separately within each album.

THANKING OUR SPONSORS: Sponsors help keep our fees low, so please consider liking, sharing, and/or engaging with our sponsors to thank them for their support. This year, the Swampfoxxes were sponsored by Frank Fortunato at Geico, Liz Fortunato of exp Realty, Pulse FM 96.9 and 102.5, 8M Solar, Graceful Expressions, K20 Auto Repair and Performance, Haywood Design & Landscaping, Gill Zonruiter of Streets of London Antiques, Dana Cassell of Dana Cassell Business & Marketing Strategy, Domino’s Pizza, and Elena Movchan of EVM-Photo.

BLOOD DRIVES: The swim team couldn’t function without the gracious help from our volunteers. For each donor, the swim team receives a $20 donation! Keep an eye out for additional donation dates on our social media accounts and the website.

NON-PROFIT STATUS: Our team received our Federal NonProfit status this season! As result, we are needing to update our 2019 ByLaws. Attached to this email are our current 2019 ByLaws and a Draft for our proposed new ByLaws.

The Board has decided to forgo the voting of these new ByLaws until the beginning of the 2024 Season. Many of the items outlined in these new ByLaws have already been procedures for our team for a while, and some are updated to new requirements. The Board will work on implementing more of the changes during the off-season. The main change our team will see is a vote for President, Treasurer, and Secretary during the End of Season Banquet every two years (beginning in 2024). Please send any suggested updates to Katie Richards ([email protected]), thank you!

OUTSTANDING PAYMENTS: Please be to submit any outstanding payments due (think Banquet, Cary City Meet, Cary City t-shirts). Invoices have been sent to all those who owe money.

Please let us know if you have feedback from the season - both praise and constructive criticism is welcome. You can e-mail feedback to [email protected]. We are always looking to make each season the best it can be. Until next year!

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