In This Recap:

• Swimmers of the Week
• 6/13 Meet Recap/Records
• Volunteer highlight
• Ribbon and Prize pick-up
• 11+ Practice Sign-up
• Coaches Spotlight
• Upcoming Event Highlights: Saturday's practice+clinic, Ice Cream Social RSVP, and 6/20 Home Meet Entry is Open. 

Hello Killer Whales!

You started off the swim season with a fantastic splash Tuesday Night. Great job on cheering on your teammates and putting your best effort into your events! It was a close race but your hard work paid off and our Killer Whales chased the Lochmere Monsters back to their underwater cave with a 15-point lead!

Our final score was Lochmere Monsters 247 and SV Killer Whales 262. 

Give your teammates a high five when you see them and keep up the good work this week at practice as we prep for our next meet. 

See you on Deck!

The SVKW Board

Meet Recap: 

Congrats to the Swimmers of the Week:  Robin Lemanski and Caleb L'Hommedieu. 

They join last week's winners: Isaac Embry and Clara Ellis (correction from last week). Click here for past winners and SOTW Criteria. 

Congratulations to our Double Winners:

Amersyn Schneider and TJ Keller

Congratulations to our Triple Winners:

Connor Nguyen and Izzie Kohler and Everett McKone

Biggest Personal Time Drop Winners

We would like to shine our spotlight on the swimmers listed below who had the largest time drops in their age groups for each event. 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 every week (highlighted in red). Prizes will be placed in your family’s ribbon folder within the next week. Congratulations swimmers!

6 and Under Boys and Girls

15 Yard Freestyle - Gage Creager (-8.01) and Olivia Orr (-13.75)

15 Yard Backstroke - Ben DePlatchett (-15.20) and Mackenzie Fuller (-23.05)

15 Yard Breaststroke - Dale Murray (-7.11) and Blakelee Rothbard (-13.72)

7-8 Boys and Girls

25 Yard Freestyle - Braxton Allen (-11.12) and Emerson Harris (-6.86)

25 Yard Backstroke - Luke Murray (-16.14) and Izzy Orr (-11.90)

25 Yard Breaststroke - Braxton Allen (-10.04) and Adelaide Thompson (-14.10)

25 Yard Butterfly - Luke Murray (-4.88) and Jordan Freeman (-10.16)

9-10 Boys and Girls

25 Yard Freestyle - Peyton Hungarter (-1.82) and Naomi Ehresman (-4.03)

25 Yard Backstroke - Isaac Embry (-9.56) and Lucy Young (-4.45)

25 Yard Breaststroke - Isaac Embry (-18.62) and Ava Delehanty (-0.84)

25 Yard Butterfly - Will Dunn (-3.00) and Emma Starritt (-3.29)

11-12 Boys and Girls

50 Yard Freestyle - Miles Eljdid (-4.50) and Cora Dodge (-4.52)

50 Yard Backstroke - Cal Helmedag (-1.12) and Gretchen Bradley (-6.35)

50 Yard Breaststroke - Nasier Armstrong (-4.19) and Cora Dodge (-3.90)

50 Yard Butterfly - Lucas Cross (-5.80) and Teagan Parker (-6.64)

13-14 Boys and Girls

50 Yard Freestyle - Marcos Lyon (-3.26) and Suzi Strickland (-4.28)

50 Yard Backstroke - Marcos Lyon (-2.08) and Audrey Ehresman (-3.45)

50 Yard Breaststroke - Krew Snoke (-0.40) and Hannah Bradley (-0.99)

50 Yard Butterfly - Alex Boss (-0.30) and Grace Richards (-4.33)

15-18 Boys & Girls

50 Yard Freestyle - Cameron Sheppard (-0.97) and (girls-NA)

50 Yard Backstroke - Caleb L'Hommedieu (-4.09) and Tori Strickland (-4.91)

50 Yard Breaststroke - Caleb L'Hommedieu (-4.03) and Alysia Joyce (-1.15)

50 Yard Butterfly - NA

Shout Out to Our Volunteers!

Volunteer Highlight: Thank you to all the Timers last night for your patience with the new Dolphin Timing system. Special thanks to Todd Joyce, Meredith Kolk-Tomberlin & Jeff McKone for stepping in at the last minute with your timing expertise!

Picking up Award Ribbons after Meets

By Friday ribbons and prizes should be in your family folder each week. Check your folders weekly for your Personal Best (ages 12 and under) and Meet Placement (all ages) ribbons.  You can ask the life guards for the box if it's not out at practice. 

If you think you’re missing a personal best ribbon, or have other questions, please contact Lily Wan: [email protected]

Additional Little Whales Practice Helpers

Calling all 11-18 aged Swimmers! Do you love hanging out with the younger SVKW swimmers and getting to know them? Then we'd love to get some extra hands to volunteer to help out during their practice times. This volunteer spot is a great opportunity to get experience mentoring younger kids and would look great on any future job applications.

Sign up here to help with either the 6/unders or 7-8s practice times.

Coach Highlight:

Over the next few weeks we'll be highlighting your coaching team with some fun trivia facts.  This week's spotlight is on:

Head Coach: Meg Giuliano (Bio) 

How old were you when you joined your first swim team? I first joined the Killer Whales when I was 7 years old!

What made you want to coach the SVKW? I started helping out with practices when I turned 13 and realized how much I loved it. It was so cool to learn not just about how to swim the strokes, but how to teach them to all types of kids as well. 

What is your favorite event to swim? My favorite individual events are the 100 back and 50 free, but I absolutely love both the medley and free relays because of how loud everybody gets when they’re cheering. 

Which stroke took you the longest to master? Definitely breaststroke. I still have a lot of room to improve in that stroke because it’s also one of my least favorites. 

What is your favorite at-the-pool food/drink? Right now, the pineapple-flavored popsicles. Those are great, especially on a really hot day. I also love the Uncrustables, but I haven’t seen them this year, which is probably a good thing - I’d eat them all.

What’s something coming up this season that you’re excited for? I’m super pumped for the Cary City Meet! I love dressing up for the themes and seeing the kids swim against a bunch of different teams. It’s a long day for us coaches, but it’s a great time. I’m also really looking forward to the ice cream social - that’s always a good day!

Upcoming Events and RSVP's

Coming up this week is our Butterfly Clinic, our 6/20 Home Meet, and our Ice Cream Social (RSVP if you're coming!).  

Reminder: no sign-up is required for clinics. Just show up!

• Saturday, 6/17: 9:30am - 10:00am regular practice 6/unders
• Saturday, 6/17: 10:00 - 10:45am RSA Butterfly Clinic: 11 & up
• Saturday, 6/17: 10:45-11:30 am RSA Butterfly Clinic: 10 & Under
• 6/20 Meet Entry is Open. Declare your swimmer before Sunday Noon.
• 6/20 Romeos' Pizza at SV 
• RSVP is open for our ice cream social on 6/22.