Good morning Piranhas families,

Happy Memorial Day weekend! Hope everyone is able to enjoy the awesome weather this weekend and is excited for summer swim season to begin!

Volunteer and Meet Sign Ups

Volunteer and Meet Sign Ups open on Tuesday, May 27 at 8 am. Questions about how to sign up? This help article goes through the basics, but please reach out if you have questions.

Practices

Our afternoon practices begin for team members (not minis) on Thursday, May 29 at the Community Center pool. Looking at the forecast, the weather may not cooperate this week, so please check your email or the SwimTopia app for notifications about cancellations. Please see the times below:

Practice Reminders

• During the first week or so of practice, use a sharpie put your swimmer’s name on their arm, back or cap. We have over 240 swimmers and the coaches are doing their best to learn their names
• Please sit on the north end of the pool, towards the pool house, and away from the lanes and coaches (as best as possible as the community pool has less space)
• Do not go up to your swimmer or a coach during practice
• Bring all your equipment to practice. This includes goggles, fins and a cap or at least a hair tie for long hair
• Do not record/video practices - you can record/video your swimmer in a meet but not at practice
• During practices and swim meets, swimmers (and their siblings) are NOT allowed in the shallow end of the pool or in the baby pool. This is a safety issue as there are no lifeguards on duty during our practices

Weather alerts

Our website allows us to send alert notifications directly to team members via the SwimTopia mobile app. In the event of thunderstorms, if we need to cancel practices we will send out mobile alerts as well as emails. Please download the mobile app to ensure you get these notifications.

Minis Evaluations

We will be holding evaluations for our minis swimmers on Monday, June 2. The evaluations are to ensure that our minis swimmers have basic swim skills so that everyone can be safe during our minis practices, which will begin on Monday, June 16.

Please bring your minis swimmers to practice at the Community Center at 5 pm on Monday. Please have swimmers in their suits with goggles and fins, ready to swim. If you are unable to make the evaluation on Thursday, please reach out so we can schedule an alternative time.

Swimsuit Orders

The swim suit online store is still open for suit orders. Please contact Metro Swim Shop directly if you have any questions about sizing.