The Waynewood Dolphins Update

June 14, 2022

In this message:

1. More Volunteer Sign-Ups Now Open! (And a note on volunteering)

2. Swimmer Sign-ups: B Meet @Hollin Meadows, Fort Hunt Sportsman Relays

3. Upcoming Calendar items

1. Volunteer for Saturday (6/18) Home A Meet, Away B Meet (6/20)

Volunteer opportunities for the next two meets are now open here.

A note on volunteering for newer families:

For many meets, we divide work responsibilities into shifts. To help you plan, we post “start” and “finish” times for these shifts. While we try to give accurate guidance, factors like weather, meet size, and technical difficulties aren’t something we control and -- like baseball games – meets end when everything is done rather than at a specific time. For this reason:

First shift volunteers: It’s important that you be ready and arrive by the stated “start” time but your “finish” time isn’t necessarily going to be exactly what sign-ups say. We try to cut the meet responsibilities into equitable parts and we often do a shift change after backstroke (concessions roles typically follow clock times closely).

Second shift (or later) volunteers: We do need you to be on site and ready at the designated “start” time for your shift but it might not happen exactly at this time. If you are on the last shift, please be prepared to stay until your job function is no longer required.

For all volunteers, if you have a “hard stop” need, that doesn’t mean you can’t or shouldn’t volunteer but please reach out to let us know this before the event. If your shift sign-up just isn’t a fit for your potential conflict we’ll let you know and might recommend a different role. Often, another volunteer might actually be willing to help by starting a little early.

In addition, if your plans change and you can’t make a shift you signed up for that starts in less than 24 hours, please make an effort to find a friend or neighbor on the team who might be able to take your shift. It is a hardship on the team to find last minute replacements.

2. Three Swimmer Sign-Up Opportunities:

Next Monday’s B Meet @Hollin Meadows (6/20)

Sign-up here for ONLY 2 strokes (plus optional IM) for Monday’s B Meet. We don’t know yet whether IMs will happen or not. 10 & Unders must be cleared by coaches to sign up for Breast, Fly or IM. A meet swimmers may want to wait until after Saturday’s A meet because they are not permitted to sign up for a stroke in which they placed 1^st, 2^nd or 3^rd. but don’t forget to sign up by 6 pm, Saturday 6/18!

Indicate Availability for the Fort Hunt Sportsman Relays meet on Wednesday, June 22 at 6:15pm at Stratford Landing, 2300 Brinitzer Way, Alexandria, VA 22308

The Fort Hunt Sportsman Relays will be held Wednesday, June 22. Waynewood warm-ups will be at 5 pm. It is a seeded meet (swimmers are selected by the head coach, like an A meet). However, Coaches try to focus on B meet swimmers and don’t work off the ladder in seeding this meet.

• This meet is ALL relays.
• Instead of swimming against just one team, there are a bunch of area teams represented (MVP, Stratford, Riverside Gardens, Little Hunting Park, Mansion House….)
• There are relays where boys and girls swim together, ones that include different aged swimmers
  

Indicate Availability for Saturday (6/25) A Meet @ Dominion Hills

Make sure that you have indicated your Swimmers’ availability or non-availability by 11pm on Monday 6/20! Swimmers will be notified no later than Thursday (6/23) if they are participating in this meet.

Please indicate your swimmer’s availability for this meet on Swimtopia before 6 pm, Saturday, June 18. Your swimmer will be notified on Sunday night if they will be swimming in this meet.

3. Upcoming Calendar items:

Thursday, June 16th

First Teen Night – Water balloon battleship

For this week’s teen night, we will be playing battleship on the wallball courts! We will split into teams and take turns throwing water balloons over the wall to “sink” the other teams ships. Make sure to wear clothes you don’t mind getting wet.

IMPORTANT: Participants must be registered Waynewood Dolphin swimmers and be 13 or above on the date of the teen night to attend. Please respect that no exceptions will be made.

Friday, June 17th

First Pep Rally – “Motivational T-shirts” – 6 pm

Coach Dylan asks that everyone bring a plain Blue or White T-shirt to the pep rally on Friday to decorate with Dolphin Spirit. The results are always really cool. Paint and masking tape will be provided. If our more artistic Dolphins want to get a head start, they are welcome to make stencils ahead of time and bring them to the Pep Rally. It will be great to see our Dolphins sporting these T-shirts at practices and events! In addition, there will be cheers and the announcement of the week’s practice monsters ....don't miss it!

Helpful hint: contact paper makes for an excellent stencil.

Saturday, June 18th

A Meet – Fairfax Station @ Waynewood – 9 am (8 am warm-up)

Swimmers will be notified no later than Thursday if they are participating in this meet. Warm-ups for Dolphins begin promptly at 8 am. If you have indicated availability for the A Meet it is absolutely essential that you notify us immediately if your status changes. We have a limited ability to substitute given time but (rare) no shows result in plain to see vacant lanes that hurt the team and happen in plain view.

Monday, June 20th

Away B Meet – Waynewood @ Hollin Meadows – 6 pm

We’ll share more details on this meet this weekend.

Don’t hesitate to contact our Team Reps Frederick & Tom at [email protected] with any questions.

Go Dolphins!