Latest win, Final Dual Meet ... AND MORE!
Good morning Sharks Families!
Wednesday was exciting but our Sharks pulled out yet another win! Highlights from the meet:
Top Time Improvements:
- Lincoln Kam: -19.84 on her 100m IM
- Juliana Mina: -10.21 on her 50m BK
- Ann Vaynshtein: -9.71 on her 25m BK
- Callum Ray: -8.26 on his 100m IM
- Olivia Slobodkin: -8.15 on her 100m FL
Records Broken:
- Lincoln Kam: 25m FL (22.64)
- Natalie Malyszko: 50m BK (38.56)
- Deanna Pkhrikyan: 50m BK(47.04)
- Callum Ray: 50m BR (40.72)
- George Shinkevich: 50FR (38.33) & 25BR (23.68)
- Daniel Skurzynski: 50FR (32.06)
- Evan Skurzynski: 25m FR (19.2) & 25m BK (22.5)
- Ella Wang: 50m FL (38.45)
- Emma Wong: 100m BK (1:15.94)
- Lyla Wong: 50m FL (37.15) & 50BK (35.92)
FINAL DUAL MEET
Tomorrow's final dual meet is a HOME meet, held at the Freehold YMCA Outdoor Pool Club. EVERYONE 18+ NEEDS TO PRE-REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT through the YMCA by "purchasing" a free ticket. The photo attached to this email shows the steps to register. It is VERY easy. Just don't forget to click the QUICK CHECKOUT option in step 2. DO NOT LOG IN!!
Please click here to "purchase" your free ticket for our upcoming meet. REMEMBER: Everyone coming to the meet who is 18 years old or older will need a ticket registered in HIS OR HER own name. The name on the ticket must match the name on the ID of each person. You cannot put everyone's ticket under your own name!
**Arrival time for Saturday is 7:15. Please do not be late! Warmups begin at 7:45 and the meet starts at 8:25.
**THERE ARE 16 SWIMMERS NOT DECLARED FOR THIS MEET! If you have not declared your swimmer, please do that ASAP.
**VOLUNTEERS: We are still short 8 volunteers for this meet. We need 1 Across the Board, 1 more person on Event Turner, 1 more Marshaller, 1 Runner, 1 Timer, 1 more Swim Management and 2 more for Parent Check In. If you are still in need of points (MANY of you are!), please sign up for one of these spots ASAP.
Volunteers signed up for this meet:
| job_name | count | volunteer_first_name | volunteer_last_name |
| Across the Board | |||
| Backup Timer | 1 | Jason | Bellinger |
| Backup Timer | 2 | Susan | Doerrler |
| Data Entry | 1 | Dina | Brimshan |
| Data Entry | 2 | Claudia | Pradel |
| Event Turner | 1 | Rachel | Rotella |
| Event Turner | |||
| Hospitality | 1 | Karine | Seviyants |
| Marshaller | 1 | Edward | Garland |
| Marshaller | 2 | Bindu | Yalagach |
| Marshaller | |||
| Parent Check In | 1 | Kruti | Patel |
| Parent Check In | |||
| Parent Check In | |||
| Ribbons | 1 | Tony | Bui |
| Runner | |||
| Swimmer Management | 1 | Aleksey | Kretov |
| Swimmer Management | 2 | Prem | Prakash |
| Swimmer Management | 3 | Laxmi | Reddy |
| Swimmer Management | |||
| Timer | 1 | Iryna | Halaburda |
| Timer | 2 | Kelly | Kim |
| Timer | 3 | Dmitrii | Rosinschii |
| Timer | 4 | Yekaterina | Slobodkin |
| Timer | 5 | Archana | Srinivasan |
| Timer |
SILLY OLYMPICS
Today is our annual Silly Olympics! Please note the change in practice times. Our team is broken into 10 and Under and 11 and Over swimmers. Each group will have a 90 minute Silly Olympics session on Friday. Attendance is not mandatory, but the event has been a super fun one in the past! There will be games, races, prizes... it is a good time for our swimmers to have a little fun before the Championships push! 10 and Under session is from 4:45-6:15. The 11 and Over session will be from 6:15-7:45. No extra gear or team suit is required. You can declare on Swimtopia, just like a regular meet. This event is just for the simmers. Parents can watch but they will not participate :-)
CHAMPIONSHIPS
CHAMPIONSHIPS ENTRIES ARE DUE BY TOMORROW AT 8PM. NO EXCEPTIONS!! Champs works a little differently... your swimmer gets to choose in which events he or she would like to swim. There is a $5 entry fee to participate and then each event and relay is $5. You may select up to 3 individual events and 2 relays for your swimmer. There is no TIME requirement for the championship, however... your swimmer must have a legal time (not a DQ) during the season. For example: Your swimmer has tried the breaststroke and butterfly at a meet but has gotten DQ'd both times. He cannot choose those events for champs. He can swim the FREE and BACK and the FREE RELAY. That would be 3X$5 plus the $5 entry fee. Your total entry fee will be $20. ALL ENTRY FEES MUST BE PAID BY CASH, CHECK MADE PAYABLE TO CASH OR VENMO. Entries are due the evening of Saturday, July 18th!! IF YOU DO NOT DECLARE, YOUR SWIMMER WILL NOT SWIM... NO EXCEPTIONS! Please see a parent rep at practice if you have any questions. This is a FAST turnaround! If paying by Venmo, please note that the payment is for CHAMPIONSHIPS!
Coaches' Gift
PLEASE do not forget about our amazing coaches! We have 18 coaches total who show your swimmers so much kindness and care. Please consider contributing a couple of dollars per coach (or more if you are so moved) to show them how very much we appreciate them. My family has been a Sharks family for nearly 15 years and this truly is an exceptional group of coaches. One of my favorites! Cash, check made out to cash or Venmo whatever amount you are comfortable contributing :-)
PIZZA PARTY!
Our annual end of the year team party will take place on Tuesday, July 28th from 6-8PM at the Freehold YMCA Outdoor Pool. We will have the whole swim club to ourselves to celebrate one last time as a family. All awards won at Championships will be distributed at this event. There is a declaration open so that we know how much pizza to order :-)
SUMMER LEAGUE A PALOOZA TRI-MEET
Please declare your swimmer for the Summer League a Palooza swim meet!! This will be a fun Y of the Jersey Shore summer league teams meet and will be held on Saturday, August 1st. If your swimmer is interested in year-round club swimming, this would be a good meet to attend. This meet will take place at the Old Bridge YMCA, located at 1 Marino Park Drive in Old Bridge. It will be an indoor meet with (optional) block starts. Warmups will begin around 8:30AM. More details will follow!
