Upcoming Deadlines and Meet schedule
Hello,
Just a gentle reminder that we have some deadlines coming up that need action! This is a blind carbon copy message, so it goes out to the entire team. If you have already signed up or ordered a suit, just disregard and scroll down to the Meet Schedule.
In order of importance:
Bathing Suits: We are placing our bulk team suit order with Jolyn before season kicks off to ensure that suits arrive before our first meet.
If you are interested in purchasing a team suit, please follow the link below and place your order by August 10, 2023. TOMORROW!
Swim & Dive Team Suit Order | ArbiterSports (familyid.com)
**Please note that if you provided a size to our team captains earlier this season you will still need to officially place your order via the FamilyID link above. If you would like to know what size you requested, feel free to email me.
Please feel free to reach out to Mrs. London with any questions.
Summer Retreat: Please, go into Heja app and RSVP by the 14th. The Summer Retreat is at Seward Park, August 19th from 1 pm – 3 pm. Parents are welcome to come and stay. No one is looking at Heja right now so if you get this message, tell your friends please. I do not know how else to get the information out.
REGISTRATION: I need an accurate count for the team roster. We have 41 registered so far and many of those are new names. Please, don’t wait. It doesn’t take that long. Get it done, so you don’t have to think about it. :)
Here are the steps.
1.Register for FinalForms. Go Eligibility & Registration for Holy Names Academy Athletics (holynames-sea.org)
2.Make sure you have a current physical. Physicals are good for 24 months. Go to WIAA Sports Physical Form to download a pdf file to take to your doctor.
3.Please, register for SwimTopia, our swim website. To get register for Swimtopia, which everyone needs to do whether you were registered last year or not, go to http://holynames.swimtopia.com
4.Go to the Home Page and click on Registration. Parents also register as this is how we sign up for swim meets and how I communicate with you.
5.Upload the Heja app. This is how we schedule practices and send out quick information. https://heja.io/download/EK781066
The following is our preliminary schedule.
As you register for Swimtopia, you will fill out forms that you understand our rules and policies. On the first day of swim practice, we will go over these again so that everyone is on the same page.
SWIM PRACTICE TIMES 2023
Pre-Season - August 21 – September 1 (at Medgar Evers Pool)
(Address: 500 23rd Ave, Seattle, WA 98122, next to Garfield HS)
Monday – Friday 5:30 am – 7:00 am
Monday & Wednesday afternoon practice 4 pm - 5:30 pm
September 4th - Labor Day Hike at Snoqualmie Falls
September 5 – September 11th (at Medgar Evers)
Monday – Friday 5:30 am – 7:00 am
Monday & Wednesday afternoon practice 2:50 pm - 4:00 pm
September 11th – November 9th (at Medgar Evers)
Tuesday – Thursday 5:30 am – 7:00 am
Monday & Wednesday afternoon practice 2:50 pm - 4:00 pm
(Must attend 10 practices in order to compete in first swim meet on September 9th. 2 practices in one day are not allowed.)
Dive Practices:
TBD
Occasional dive practices at Medgar depending on Coach Ed's schedule.
(Must attend 10 practices in order to compete in first swim meet on September 8th.)
DUAL Meet Preliminary Schedule – All Meets are on Fridays at 4 pm unless noted otherwise. Meets last 2 hours.
September 8th Home vs Roosevelt at Meadowbrook
September 15th Away vs Eastside Catholic at Queen Anne
September 22nd Away vs Garfield at Medgar Evers
September 29th Away vs Lakeside at Evans Pool
October 6th Home vs Lincoln at Queen Anne
October 8th Mukilteo Invitational (Special Invite due to size limits) at KCAC
October 13th Home vs Mt. Rainier at Tukwila Pool
October 17th Away vs Mercer Island at Mary Wayte
October 20th Home vs Seattle Prep at Queen Anne (SENIOR NIGHT)
We are trying to schedule a few more meets. We are hoping to attend the Mukiteo Invite (and I have added it to the schedule in hopes that it can happen) and maybe schedule a few more dual meets so that we have more meets to get qualifying times.
Parent Volunteers – We are going to have the parents be more involved with planning events after swim meets this year. And hope to make the season more fun for everyone. We have such a great team and do not get to spend time with each other due to the time restraints on the meets. Hopefully, we can plan some more social time, so we can get to know each other better. At our first meeting, we will be looking for officials, timers, and stroke and turn refs and will try to do assignments before the meets.