In This Swim Meet Issue:

• Double and Triple Winners
• Swimmers of the Week
• Personal Best Time Drop Winners
• Volunteer of the Week
• Pick up Your Place Ribbons
• Submit photos from the Meet 
• Coach Margaret's gift
• Swimmer of the Week Criteria
• 6/23 Papa Murphy's SVKW Fundraiser
• Reminder: How to Find swimmer times in the app

Hello Killer Whales,

It was so awesome to host another team at our pool for our first in-person, dual meet in THREE YEARS!! We hope everyone had fun watching, racing, and cheering on your teammates.

Despite our swimmers’ best efforts and fast swims, The Medfield Sharks won last night’s meet with 280 points to our 234 points. Let’s continue working hard in practice this week as we prep for our next away meet against Prestonwood on Tuesday, 6/21 (details coming soon).

How are meets scored? Each team has three main event swimmers in the first heat of their age group events who have the opportunity to earn points for the team. First-place finishers earn 5 points, second-place finishers earn 3 points, and third-place finishers earn 1 point.

Here are some highlights from our 6/14 meet!

Congrats to our Swimmers of the Week who earned a red swim cap

Jordan Freeman (6) & Everett McKone(12)

Congrats to our Double Winners (6/unders)

Edison Wright (6) - 15yd Freestyle, 15yd Backstroke

Congrats to our Triple Winners (7/up)

Jarrett McKone (8) - 25yd Freestyle, 25yd Breaststroke, 25yd Butterfly

Everett McKone (12) - 50yd Freestyle, 50yd Backstroke, 50yd Butterfly

Izzie Kohler (12) - 50yd Freestyle, 50yd Breaststroke, 50yd Butterfly

Rigs Helmedag (14) - 50yd Freestyle, 50yd Backstroke, 50yd Butterfly

Sydney Smith (17) - 50yd Freestyle, 50yd Backstroke, 50yd Butterfly

Personal Best Times Shout Outs

Our swimmers just keep getting faster!

Congratulations to everyone that achieved the personal best swim time at Tuesday’s meet. 225 swimmers dropped their times and that is quite an accomplishment. 

If your swimmer did not drop time, do not be discouraged. We have five more meets to achieve those personal best times.

Swimmers with the biggest personal time drops (6/14):

Each week we'll shine our spotlight on a swimmer from each age group / per stroke that had the biggest time drop.  Additionally, each week we will be awarding a free ice cream voucher from FRESH Local Ice Cream to the MOST IMPROVED swimmer in each of the six age groups (highlighted in red below). Prizes will be given out at next Tuesday’s meet to the swimmers in red. 

Congratulations swimmers!

6/unders biggest drops

7-8s biggest drops

9-10s biggest drops

11-12s biggest drops

13-14s biggest drops

15-18s biggest drops

Shout Out to Our Volunteers!

Thank you to everyone who showed up and worked hard to make last night’s meet possible.

Special recognition goes to Kate Helmedag (our resident Meet Maestro guru) and to Meredith Nance & Lily Nguyen (our Ribbon Coordinators). This was our very first in-person, live-scoring dual meet with the new scoring system and these guys had their hands full last night, wrestling the system to make it work for everyone. THANK YOU!!!

Picking up Award Ribbons after Meets

Award Ribbons for Personal Best (for ages 12 and under) and Meet Placement (all ages) will start to be handed out this week. Ribbon folders have been made for each family and will be kept at the front lifeguard check-in station or snack bar.  When you check-in for the pool (anytime it's open) simply mention to the lifeguard on duty that  you have ribbons to pick up and they will check your family's folder for you. Our goal is to have the placement ribbon boxes available by 5pm on Wednesdays after the meet. Personal Best ribbons will arrive a few days later. Swimmers 10 and under should continue to receive a participation ribbon and/or heat winner ribbon at the meet itself. 

Placement Ribbons are awarded for places 1 through 6 of the main event heat and for the relays. If your swimmer was disqualified in a race, there will be no ribbon awarded.

Personal best ribbons If you do not have one in your folder, but feel you should have received one, please contact Meredith Nance.

Questions on ribbons? Please contact Meredith Nance ([email protected]).

RECOGNIZING COACH MARGARET - email photos

Thank you so much to the families who have already donated contributions to a team gift for former Head Coach, Margaret Geiger. We plan to recognize her during the Senior Night meet at our pool on 7/19. Please remember to email some photos of her with your kids to [email protected]. 

If you plan to make a contribution to her gift, please send Venmo donations to @lesley-kohler or PayPal donations to @kohlercash (please make sure the payment is between "friends" rather than a business transaction, so that we don't have to pay service fees.) Any gift is welcome, but 100% voluntary. Absolutely no pressure whatsoever to contribute money to this gift.

SUBMIT MEET PHOTOS FOR THE AWARDS NIGHT SLIDE SHOW

We are hoping to have a photomontage video of the 2022 swim season at the end of the Awards Night, so we need families to submit photographs. We are looking for action photos, individuals, and family and friends bonding. Please submit photos that are clear. Click the link below to access our album and then click on the “add photos” icon on the top right of the screen 

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Peoz2Rytcn1RWa2x7

Thursday 6/23 - Papa Murphy’s Spirit Night Fundraiser

Call a friend and drop into Papa Murphy’s on June 23 between 12pm - 8pm to order some awesome pizza and sides. At check-out, show them the attached flyer or give them the code GIVE33 and mention you’re there to support the SVKW and a part of the proceeds will be donated to the team. Address: 756 W Williams St, Apex, NC 27502.

Attached is a flyer you can share with local friends and family.

Criteria for Swimmer of the Week:

Each week, coaches will recognize one female and one male swimmer, from any age group. The Swimmers of the Week will be recognized before swim meets begin and receive a coveted red Swimmer of the Week swim cap.

SotW Criteria:

Behavior and Attitude: highest standards for behavior and manners at all swim team functions; positive attitude regarding all swimming-related programs

Effort: demonstrate a resilient, consistent, hard-work ethic both in and out of the pool

Attendance: attends practice regularly; participates in meets consistently

Learning: demonstrates excellent listening skills; responsiveness to instruction; improves skill development

Organization: demonstrates independence; self-motivator; arrives on time; has all "equipment"

Teamwork: demonstrates excellent teamwork helping all teammates; cheers for other swimmers during events; participates in buddy program

Swimmer Times Reminder:

Swimmer times are loaded in the app and you can, view all of the swimmers’ times in the SWIMTOPIA MOBILE APP. With the free version, you should be able to see times once everyone’s times are entered and collectively published. If you run into problems viewing these let us know.

To find the times in SwimTopia:

• Log in and select “Past Events”
• Click on the Meet you want to view.
• Next to “Swim Events”, click on the drop down arrow and select “SV Killer Whales”
• Select the event you want to see to view times. 

Stay tuned for more information about our first AWAY meet on Tuesday 6/21. We will be competing against Prestonwood.

See you all on the pool deck!

SVKW Board