Swim Team News ~ Week of April 22
WEEK OF APRIL 22, 2024
Dear Swim Team Families,
It was wonderful to meet so many new families at the New Family Orientation this past Saturday. Thank you for coming out and asking great questions. We are excited to welcome you to our MVP swim family!
We have lots of important reminders and upcoming events, please keep reading:
Swim team starts today. In School season practices are held on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. The age group times are below and on www.mvpswimteam.com.
Mini Marlins begins on Monday June 3. If your child was evaluated for this program, this is when they will start. If your child needs an evaluation, email us at [email protected]. The next opportunity will be in May.
Today is the last day to register for the swim team. If you have not done it yet, now is the time. You must be registered to sign up for parent volunteer jobs.
https://www.gomotionapp.com/team/recompamvpst/page/programs/team-registration
Volunteer job sign ups go live on Thursday April 25 at 7:00pm. Jobs are first come first served and go fast! Sign ups will close at 11:59pm on Sunday April 28. Volunteer Coordinator Sara Megson will assign jobs to families that are not signed up for the appropriate amount of points by end of day Sunday. Sara sent an email last week with instructions on how to sign up.
An important reminder about swim caps - they are not included in registration this year. Parents are responsible for purchasing them. Currently, only personalized caps are available to order. Caps will disappear from the MVP store end of day Sunday (production takes 4 weeks). This is your last chance to order caps for the season.
The final team suit fitting for the season will take place this Sunday April 28 at Elsmore Swim Shop (2054 Treat Blvd.) in Walnut Creek. Drop-in anytime 11:00am-4:00pm. Let them know you swim for MVP.
https://elsmoreswim.com/collections/moraga-valley-pool-005
Time Trials will take place at Miramonte High School on Saturday May 18. Have you committed or declined your swimmers yet? Mini Marlins do not participate. More information on Time Trials and how to do commit/decline is below.
In School Season
April 22–May 30 (Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays)
Time Trials on May 18 at Miramonte High School:
Time Trials is on Saturday May 18 from 9:00am-1:00pm at Miramonte High School. Time Trials is the first “meet” of the season, but it involves only our team. It gives each swimmer an opportunity to swim all of the events to establish base times and gives the coaches information to begin scheduling meets. It is important for all swimmers (except for Mini Marlins) to attend. Swimmers are encouraged to swim all events, but will not be required to swim an event they are uncomfortable or unfamiliar with.
For new families: All swimmers will be at time trials from 8:15am (arrival time) to 1:00pm (the approximate ending time of the meet). Each event runs through every age group before the next event starts– IM ~ 7/8-15/18; Freestyle ~ 6U-15/18; Breastroke ~ 6U-15/18; Backstroke ~ 6U-15/18; Butterfly ~ 6U-15/18.
Mini Marlins do not swim in Time Trials. Please note that your swimmer does not have to swim an event they are not comfortable swimming in. We know that many of our new swimmers will be in various stages of learning how to swim the different strokes.
Commit/Decline to Swim Meets:
Did you know that all of the season’s swim meets are already in the Events section of www.mvpswimteam.com? If you know your summer schedule, you can edit your swimmer’s declaration for each meet of the season.
To sign a swimmer in or out of a meet on www.mvpswimteam.com: On the homepage scroll down to Events and click on More Events. All meets will appear in a list. Click on the Edit Commitment button for a swim meet, select your swimmer, and change the declaration to “declined” or “committed”.
If you are new to swim team, guidance on how to do this is in the Swim Team Handbook on page 14. Generally you need to commit/decline to a swim meet at least 5 days in advance and 2 weeks in advance for invitationals. Deadlines are on the 2024 Swim Team Calendar. Get in the habit of editing commitments well in advance. If you do not edit your swimmer’s commitment by the deadline then they will not be entered into the meet.
Upcoming Key Dates*:
*complete 2024 calendar can be found on www.mvpswimteam.com
Swim Team In School Season - April 22 to May 30
Volunteer Sign Ups - April 25, 26, 27, 28
Time Trials - May 18
Swim Team Out of School Season - June 3 to August 1
Mini Marlins - June 3 to July 26
Go Marlins!
Jenn Curran & Hadley Mickel
MVP Swim Team Co-Presidents
