South Carroll Swim Team

    July 8th Bulletin

    South Carroll SC

    Here’s the South Carroll Serpent Ssssskinny!
     

    July 8, 2024

           

    Coaches Corner

     

    What an awesome meet!  Final score Serpents 264, Sea Dogs 223!  Way to swim fasssst!  Please start signing in and out for Divisionals and Straehle, so I can begin to put together alternates for relays and get a sense of who will be able to swim!  The end of the season is quickly approaching and the last few weeks are packed with swim events!

     

    Spirit!!!- Show your Serpent pride with Serpent wear!  If you don't have Serpent wear, please show your team spirit with a plain black or yellow shirt!  We want to show community and team support!  Summer swim is fun!

     

    Sign up for CCI- this is the meet you can swim under the lights!  It is SO fun and nice to see all our friends from around the county!

     

    Upcoming meets: I am looking through what each swimmer has not gotten a chance to swim yet this season and will be making my best effort to get those events in for most the next two meets!

     

    Divisionals: Please remember to qualify you must have swam in 3 DUAL meets!

     

    Can’t wait to see everyone this week for some hard work and fun!

     

    Swim fassssst!

     

    Coach Ashley


     

    Updates for the week

    • Hot Dog Wednesday July 10th

    • BONUS Hot Dog Wednesday on TUESDAY July 16th

    • PICTURE DAY Is July 12th! ALL Swimmers arrive by 8:45, and pictures begin at 9:00 am. wear your team suit (or black suit) for pictures.

    • Fun Friday is July 12th! The activity will be cookie decorating! Bring your own cookies to decorate!

     

    Meet Reminders/Updates:

    • NO photography/videos behind the blocks- don’t pull your cellphone, watch, etc. out behind the blocks.

    • Dual Meet @ Crofton Swim and Tennis is July 13. Swimmers must arrive and check in by 8:00 am.

      • Address is: 1719 Reynolds St, Crofton, MD 21114

     

    • Don Schaub: July 10 @ Five Oaks Swim Club, arrival by 4:30 pm. 

     

    • Carroll County Invitational: July 17 @ HOME: 

      • Arrival time is 2:30 (you MAY NOT set up your tents prior to this time because the pool is still open to members- please be respectful!) We also cut our space in half to accommodate the rest of the teams, so we may ask you to move closer to other tents/shift your location as people are setting up. Thanks for being understanding!

      • Warm Ups begin at 3:00 pm

      • 1st-3rd places will receive medals and 4th-16th places will receive ribbons.  Each swimmer is given a participation ribbon for swimming

      • Swimmers may enter a maximum of 4 events, and each event costs $5 (charged to your account).

      • Every family that has a swimmer swimming in this event will be required to do a volunteer job.  

      • The link for CCI apparel is:  2024 Carroll County Invitational – Crab & Anchor Apparel (chesapeakedistribution.com) Please use the discount code " 2024CCI " for free shipping for event pick up.  The Code will expire on 7/10/24 at midnight.  

      • The deadline for signing in to this meet and for pre-orders for the apparel is 7/10/24.  


     

    Swimmers may qualify to swim in EITHER Junior Champs OR Straehle (not both)

    • Jr Champs: July 22 @ Westminster Riding Club Arrival time by 2:30 pm 

      • Warm Ups begin at 3:00 pm

      • Swimmers are eligible to swim if they have not posted an individual event time that would have qualified for Straehle based on the 2024 qualifying times. (Please note that swimmers who have participated only as a member of a relay that posted a Straehle qualifying time are still eligible to participate.)

      • 8 and Unders may swim in 3 events. 9 and older may swim in 4 events. NT’s are accepted.

      • The entry fee is 5$ per event.

      • Medals will be given out for 1st , 2nd , and 3rd places and ribbons for 4th through 10th place. All swimmers will receive a participation ribbon.

      • Shirt Orders are due TODAY, July 8th: https://forms.gle/5dgQWRm6h8QH81sH6

    • Straehle: July 24 @ Andover Swim Club

     

    • Divisionals: July 27th @ HOME. You MUST swim in 3 dual meets in order to qualify, and qualification is based on time.

     

    Team Gear:

    • Please make every effort to wear South Carroll Spirit wear and/or plain black and yellow. We are here to support our summer swim team! 

    • If your swimmer is not wearing the team suit, they must wear a black suit.  All swimmers must wear the team cap.

    • Bathing Suits and caps: https://metroswimshop.com/pages/team-account?teamid=scsst

    • Team Shop:

    https://chesapeakedistribution.com/collections/south-carroll-serpents-swim-team

     

    Important Dates

    • Senior tribute: July 20th

    • Team Party: July 27th

     

    Reminders

    • Volunteers MUST wear SCST or black and yellow. If we have wardrobe issues, we will buy volunteer pinnies to wear. 

    • Code of Conduct must be signed by all swimmers and families.  Swimmers will not be permitted to swim in any meets until it is submitted.

    • Signup Genius for Evening Practices (June 25-July 18) is OPEN: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B054DABAF22A3FC1-50091244-evening?useFullSite=true#/

    • You MUST commit by Tuesday at midnight for each meet or your swimmers will not be entered. Directions for committing are in the June 17th bulletin.

    • All previous bulletins are available on the team website in the news section.