Dolphin End-of-Season Meets - Summer 2019

There are 3 very important meets coming up next week that mark the end of our swimming season: The Little Dolphins Mini-Meet, The Dolphin Duel and Divisionals.  

• ALL Our swimmers will be eligible to swim in one, and only one, of these meets. We have included a description of each with info about signing up. Of course, more details will be forthcoming.

• We will need Volunteers to support both the Dolphin Duel and the Divisionals meet. These are both fun community events that require a lot of manpower from our volunteers. These events are great opportunities for Little Dolphins parents and others who may not have fulfilled their 4 shifts yet to contribute to the team and wrap up their obligation. Thanks for filling these critical spots!
• We will also need additional musicians for the National Anthem.  Please contact the Team Reps if you are interested in performing at these events.

Little Dolphins Mini Meet 

Wednesday, July 24th - 9am at Home

• All Little Dolphins will be able to swim in this meet . There are no stroke and turn judges for this meet (and therefore no disqualifications!) It’s a very positive atmosphere for our youngest swimmers. Our older swimmers participate by helping adults set up and run the meet and by cheering on their teammates.
• There is no sign up for this meet. We are assuming that all the Little Dolphins will swim freestyle and backstroke. We will make time cards for all of them. If they don’t want to swim a stroke that’s fine. This is all about the fun! Swimmers will have a very short warm-up and the meet will start at 9:00am.

The Dolphin Duel 

Thursday, July 25th – 6pm at Home

• The Dolphin Duel will only be open to 14 & Under swimmers on our team who are not participating in Divisionals. It will be a very spirited event with lots of cheering, swimming and fun. Each swimmer can swim two events. There is no IM, but there is a humongous relay at the end that all participants will compete in. Please Sign up for your two strokes by Tuesday, July 23rd at 8pm.
• IMPORTANT: The sign up for this event was redone recently. We apologize if you signed up earlier in the season, we need for everyone to re-enter their information.

Division 7 Individual Championships (Divisionals)

Saturday, July 27th – 9am at Home

• This is a division-wide meet where the fastest 2 swimmers from each team in each stroke for each age and gender come together (e.g. each team gets to enter two 8 & Under boys backstrokers). Each swimmer is only allowed to choose 2 strokes to swim in this meet. Individual Medley’s (IMs) are included in this meet and IM DOES count as one of a swimmer's 2 choices. 8 & Under swimmers do not swim IM. There are no relays.
• If your swimmer wants to be considered for this meet, they should indicate availability on the Swimtopia site ASAP. The coaches will be asking swimmers for their decisions on what they want to swim at Divisionals over the next few days. Depending on the selections of the 2 fastest swimmers on the ladder (and absences), some swimmers further down on the ladder may be eligible to swim. Coaches need a final decision as soon as possible and no later than Monday, July 22nd. If it helps with your swimmers' decision making, the order of Divisionals (and therefore All Stars) for 2019 is Free, Back, Breast, Fly, IM. If you are in doubt as to whether your swimmer will be eligible to swim in this meet, go ahead and sign them up for the Dolphin Duel (see more info below). If they make it into Divisionals they will be scratched from the Dolphin Duel.

As always, please feel free to contact us with questions regarding these meets or any other issues.

Thank you for all your support as we enter this busy and fun final stretch!

Jenny Morris & Coleen Mortimer

Waynewood Dolphins Team Reps