Good evening, Gators!

Last night was a great last home meet for the season! Ending the season with a terrific meet and a team win against Forest Hills was awesome! Way to go swimmers!!! One more dual meet (July 9, entries due by NOON on July 8) and then on to CHAMPIONSHIPS! We have LOTS of info in this email, so please make sure to read it carefully.

Speaking of Championships, we wanted to pass along information regarding the championship meet.

Championships

- Registration deadline to declare your swimmer is NOON THURSDAY, JULY 4 as we have to get entries to the league. Please make sure to mark them as going or not going, so coaches can plan accordingly. If you do not declare them by this date, we will assume they are not attending the meet as we pay a per swimmer fee for this meet. Coaches may need to move swimmers in events to make sure we have swimmers participating in each event.

- There is NO ASSISTED SWIMMING (Events 81/82) AT CHAMPS. If your swimmer is assisted, they must swim 1 league meet unassisted (Idle Hour) to be able to swim at Champs. Again, no catchers will be allowed in the pool during the Championship Meet.

- The league is selling spirit ads in the heat sheet/program [no digital heat sheets will be sent out] for the meet. If you would like to place a spirit ad please follow the link below. Each ad is $5. Payments will need to be sent to our PayPal account (memo: Spirit Ad) so we can get one check to the league for all orders placed. The deadline to place a spirit ad is Sunday, July 7 @ 8:00 P.M. with payments made by July 8 at NOON (or ad orders will be canceled). Spirit Ads Order Link

- PayPal Account: http://paypal.me/GermantownGators *Make sure that you select "sending to a friend" versus a business to avoid transaction fees for the team.

- Champs Jobs: We have wonderful news! We received volunteer assignments from the league and we DO NOT have to do clerk of course. Instead, we will be the bell heat winners. This means we will have a person sit at the announcer table and ring a bell for select heats. Whoever wins that heat will then come over to you to get a prize from the table. If you had already signed up for clerk of course, we will move you to this job once we know what events this is for as clerk of course will be deleted. We will also need to have 2 timers per shift (20 events) for lanes 1 & 5. Officials, be on the lookout for an email from either us or the league with championship information/assignments. They are asking for two officials on deck per team for each 20 event session, which is different from the past.

Team Dinner Information

Our team dinner at the Veteran's Park Shelter is this Friday, July 12, at 6:30 P.M. This year we are bringing back the tradition of Gator Taters! Since we do not have them at home meets, we thought having baked potatoes for the team dinner would bring back memories for many! Please RSVP by Thursday, July 11, at NOON, so we can ensure that there is enough food to accommodate all who are attending. If family members are planning on eating, please include them in your RSVP/count. The food sign up will be has been posted in the Team Dinner event, similar to how you sign up for volunteer shifts for meets.

Gator Board Information

As we begin to wrap up our 2024 season, it's time to start looking ahead to 2025! We are seeking applicants to be on the Germantown Gator Board. Serving on the board meets the full volunteer requirement for the season.

If you are interested in running for a seat on the board, please let us know via this form by Saturday, July 6, 2024, at 11:59 P.M.

Elections will be held via Google Forms from 7/7 to 7/14 (ballot will close at midnight).

We have five positions on our board:

• President
• Vice President
• Secretary
• League Representative
• Treasurer

Our team by-laws are posted on our website.

If you would like information about any of the roles, please reach out to a current board member!

Thanks,

The Gator Board and Coaches