Hello Gators!

Another big week - we'll have two meets (hopefully)! Here's everything you need to know.

Tuesday's meet is away against Preble County. Gator warm ups begin at 5:30pm and the meet starts at 6:00. Thursday's meet is at home vs. Vandalia. Gator warm ups begin at 5:00pm and the meet starts at 6:00.

Please make sure to sign your swimmer up for this week's meets ASAP. To sign up online, go to http://germantowngators.swimtopia.com/swim_meets and click on "Meet Entry" for each meet and choose "attending" or "not attending." If you'd like, you may choose your swimmer's individual events at that time. You can edit your entries online until 8am the morning of each meet. After that point, please contact Coach Lemke directly if your availability changes. It is very important to let Coach Lemke know as soon as possible if your child won't be able to attend a meet he/she is scheduled to attend, as it impacts relay teams. By the same token, if your child gets sick or injured and needs to leave a meet early, let Coach Lemke know immediately so he can rearrange the relays.

We need donations for the concession stand on Thursday. Items like fruit or veggies and baked good (individually wrapped) sell very well. If you are able to donate something, please bring it to the concession stand (which will be held in the pool's concession area this year) before the meets. Also, we will need people to make Gator Taters. If you're willing to bake a bag of potatoes, please pick them (and a set of instructions) up at Thursday's practice.

The weather this week is looking okay, but please keep in mind that practice and meets take place rain or shine, but we will postpone for thunder/lightning. Any weather-related announcements will be made via OneCallNow. To opt in for text message alerts, text "Alert" to 22300. If you did not receive the call(s) last week, please reply to this email or contact Emily Berry at 937-657-9164.

Heat Sheets (which include the swimmers' heat number and lane assignments) will be available online before the meet, once we receive the opposing team's line up. We will email them and put them on the website. Hard copy heat sheets and the event board will be available as usual as well.

Gators gear has been delivered. It will be passed out at practice again tomorrow and at tomorrow's meet. 

Thank you for all you do! We are looking forward to a fun season!

The Gator Board