Hi, Tomahawks!

What a great first week! It was so great meeting all of you, and for those I have yet to meet, I can’t wait to meet you! Thank you for your patience and kindness as we worked out the first-week kinks. Hoping the rest of the season will be smooth sailing! Here’s what to expect this week:

Normal practice schedule on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday:

• Monday, Wednesday, Thursday:
  • 8:15am-9:00 am - 8 & Unders
  • 9:00-10:00 am - 9-10s
  • 10:00-11:00 am - 11 & Ups
• Friday (Doughnuts! - yes, we will have them this time. I didn't know I was in charge of getting them LOL):
  • 9:00-10:00 am - 10 & Unders
  • 10:00-11:00 am - 11 & Ups

Tuesday, June 2nd - Pancake Practice Meet:

We will be running a mock meet for experience and times, so swimmers will be expected to try all four strokes. There is NO PRESSURE for this meet! It’s just to give us coaches a visual on what the kids are capable of and to give them the meet experience prior to our first meet on June 9th. We will run relays at the end as numbers per age group allow. Keep in mind - we may not have enough swimmers per age group to make up a relay, so we may be aging up some kids or swimmers in that particular age group may need to swim twice on a relay. Swimming twice on a relay will disqualify a relay in an actual meet; again, this is just for fun and experience. This meet will also allow you all (parents) to get the experience needed to volunteer in a meet. For further descriptions of meet worker positions, please click here. Volunteer questions can be directed to Brittany Dilworth! Signups for this meet close 6/1 at 11 am.

FIRST SWIM MEET - NEXT TUESDAY, JUNE 9TH @ CCC! ENTRIES ARE DUE BY TUESDAY, 6/2 AT 11 AM. Please declare on Swimtopia your intentions for swimming in that meet. If you do not declare by 11 am on Tuesday, 6/2, you will NOT be entered into the meet.

Photos for Competitive Team: Carol Lee Stephens of Wild Blossom Photography will be doing our photos again this year. Photos will take place prior to our first meet warmups on June 9th. Please scan the QR code on the attached document to sign your child(ren) up for individual photos. All information can be found in this document and any questions can be directed to Carol Lee!

Team Store: If you want any additional apparel or equipment, the deadline for ordering on our team store is June 5th. Required equipment for 11 & ups - kickboard, buoy, fins, paddles. Required equipment for 10 & under - kickboard, buoy, fins. You can find the link here and the login information is: Username: cherokeecc, Password: club. If you’re unsure of fin size, you can go to Swim and Tri.

**I know this equipment has been requested, but not used in the past. We WILL be using the equipment listed above per age group as it's crucial to stroke development and refinement.**

Team shirts, bag, and caps can be picked up at practice any time! Please come find me after practice so that I can mark you off my spreadsheet.

GroupMe: I’ve been told that GroupMe is the way to go for team communication! Join our group here: https://groupme.com/join_group/115109980/ssoObUj0.

Please note schedule change: Due to the meet schedule, we will not begin evening practices with a buffet until Monday, June 22nd. However, due to camps scheduled in the mornings that are hindering some from coming to morning practices, I’d like to get started on Wednesday evening practices on Wednesday, June 10th. These will be all team from 7:00-8:00 pm. This change is reflected in Swimtopia. Practices will be on Wednesdays only until June 22nd. At that time, evening practices will be Mondays and Wednesdays.

Pre-Team Schedule: Pre-team will begin on Monday, June 15th at 8:30 am. Pre-team practices will be Monday-Wednesday from 8:30-9:00 am until July 15th. This is now reflected in Swimtopia. Information on pre-team photos will be sent at a later date.

Swim Lessons: If you’ve inquired about swim lessons, or want to get some additional swim lessons for your child, I’m handing those off to Emma and Gabrielle so they can make extra money (and they’re just really good at it!). Gabrielle is out of town this week, but Emma is creating a Calendly of her availability. Pick a time that works best for you according to her availability, then just show up during that allotted time! I will send that link when I have it.

Please note: We will NOT have practice the morning of a swim meet. The ONLY practice that will take place the morning of a swim meet is pre-team (and scheduled swim lessons).

This will hopefully be the only super long outlook I send, so thank you for reading to this point. As always, please feel free to reach out with any questions. Text is the quickest way to get a response: 865-680-2318.

Coach Marlee