Evening Tiderider Family... a few announcements...

1. Monday night begins the split for morning and evening practices, now that school is out. I have tried to touch base with everyone in the last two days to confirm your practice time preference, but there are still a few families that I have not seen. Going forward, families are to select either morning or evening practices so that we can ensure that we have adequate staffing at each practice.
2. Morning practice will run Tues, Wed, and Thurs from 7:30am-9am. Evening practice will run Mon, Tues, and Thurs from 6:30-8pm. We have extended evening practice by 30 min (from the original 6-7pm) to make for a crucial change. Since we are super heavy in non-swimmers on evening practices, from 6:30-7:15pm, non-swimmers (who swim lane one with Coach Bonnie) will have their practice in the pool with coaches. During this time older swimmers will have warm ups and dry land practice. At 7:15pm, non-swimmers will exit the pool and swimmers will enter for their practice from 7:15-8pm.
3. We are in the process of adding lifeguards to the Monday evening practices, out of an abundance of caution.
4. This Monday night, we will NOT have practice, but instead have our team's time trials. Coaches will have the time trial event open on Swimtopia by tomorrow morning. Please log into your Swimtopia acct, declare that your swimmer will or will not be there, and select any volunteer role you want to practice. Sarai, our volunteer coordinator, will be on hand to help train parents on the various positions needed to effectively run a swim meet. Swimmers are to arrive at 5:15pm for warm-ups and the time trials will start promptly at 6pm. We are hoping to wrap up by 8pm.
5. We have met and exceeded capacity for our team and coaching staff this year. From this point forward, no new members will be added to the swim team. We are working very hard behind the scenes to make sure we have a safe and successful year. Any suggestions for improvement are welcomed, but we ask that you please bring them with kindness, patience, and grace as the board is made up of parent volunteers who just want their kiddos to have a fun summer swim experience.
6. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel to reach out to me via phone or text at 803-840-2510.                                                                         -Vanessa Smeltzer