In This Meet Recap:

• Swimmers of the Week
• 7/11 Meet Recap, Records, and Personal Time Drops
• Share your Meet photos for the slideshow: The deadline is Sunday 7/16
• Team Photos Order Deadline: Sunday 7/31
• 10-year and 5-year pin awards
• Upcoming Events: Coach Appreciation (Friday) and Papa Murphy's (Sunday)

Hi Killer Whales!

What a great meet this week and what a finish! Our final score was Medfield 257 and SV Killer Whales 256. While we took just one too many shark bites to win, we hope you had a ton of fun while swimming each heat. 

Check your folders this week for your Personal best ribbons and top winners Fresh ice cream vouchers from the past two meets (travel plans delayed 7/5 rewards  but they are all caught up now.)

Good luck to all the swimmers heading off to Cary City Meet this weekend!

See you on Deck

SVKW Board

Coach Appreciation Reminder: FRIDAY, Tomorrow

It is time to show your 2023 Shepherd's Vineyard coaching team some LOVE!!

We will be providing Coaches Meg, Emma, Lauren, Jathan, James, Bryan, Callie, Josie, Tori & Hannah with lunch on Friday 7/14 to thank them for their hard work and dedication to the team this season.

We are sure our coaches would also be excited to get some notes, cards, and drawings from their Killer Whales Tomorrow. Encourage your swimmers to get arts & crafty to share their thanks with their coaches!

Submit your Photos by end of day Sunday, July 16. 

This is the last call for photo submissions: The deadline to submit them is this Sunday, 7/16 (click on “new” then “new file” then add your images to the folder below): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10GW3OGthnWC64lN6-zQN4m-VD2QeW-98?usp=sharing

Team Photo’s deadline: 7/31:

Team photo orders need to be placed by July 31st. Link: https://www.warlickphotography.com/SVSwimTeam.  Reply to this email if you need the team password to access them. 

RSVP for Awards Night and Pool Party on the sign-up page

The RSVP for Our Awards Night is now open. Please let us know if you are (or are not) planning to attend our Annual SVKW Awards Night on Tuesday 7/25 @ 6-8 pm at Hope Church-Apex Campus (2080 E. Williams St, Apex, NC 27539) so that we can plan for the appropriate number of attendees. There is a spot to indicate how many people from your family/friends will be attending with you. 

RSVPs for the pool party is also open! Let us know if you are / are not attending. 

5 Year and 10 Year Pins:

We're highlighting our swimmers who have reached 5 years or 10 years on the SVKW at our Awards Ceremony.   If you think your swimmer should be on this list, but they are missing years in Swimtopia, please reply to this email asap and let us know.

• 10-Year Pins: Alysia Joyce; Emily Nuss; Izzie Kohler; Gracie Sharpe; Taylor Sharpe; Bella Sharpe; Emma Holmes; Rigs Helmedag

• 5-year Pins: Seth Keen; Addison O'Neil; Cate Stone

Congrats to our Swimmers of the Week: Mac Louder (11/12) and Maggie Austin (15/18), You have earned a red swim cap! Click here for past winners and SOTW Criteria.

Meet Records:

Congrats to our Double Winners (6/unders): Stella Sullivan

Congrats to our Triple Winners (7/up): Seth Keen and Connor Nguyen

Swimmers with the Biggest Personal Best Time Drops: Here are our highest time drops per age group. If your name is in red, your free FRESH Ice Cream Voucher will be placed in your family’s ribbon folder within the next week. Congratulations swimmers! Pick up your awards from the Family Ribbon Box. 

If you think you’re missing a personal best ribbon, or have other questions, please contact Lily Wan. 

6 and Under Boys and Girls

15 Yard Freestyle - Eli Strawbridge (-2.82) and Mackenzie Fuller (-3.03)

15 Yard Backstroke - Caden Mahoney (-5.29) and Norma Coats (-4.19)

15 Yard Breaststroke - Jack Mashmann (-2.96) and Norma Coats (-10.59)

7-8 Boys and Girls

25 Yard Freestyle - Brody Hungarter (-14.24) and Emerson Harris (-5.14)

25 Yard Backstroke - Braxton Allen (-25.78) and Emerson Harris (-4.86)

25 Yard Breaststroke - Landon Dickerson (-8.65) and Madison Parker (-18.09)

25 Yard Butterfly - Mickey Burke (-9.76) and Abigail Barber (-1.79)

9-10 Boys and Girls

25 Yard Freestyle - Isaac Embry (-2.92) and Naomi Ehresman (-0.58)

25 Yard Backstroke - Cole Murray (-3.53) and Sophie Robbins (-3.92)

25 Yard Breaststroke - Cole Murray (-1.79) and Sophie Robbins (-6.19)

25 Yard Butterfly - Max Starritt (-4.57) and Abigail Dickerson (-4.03)

11-12 Boys and Girls

50 Yard Freestyle - Jacob Chapman (-1.75) and Adelyn Smith (-1.49)

50 Yard Backstroke - Naiser Armstrong (-6.79) and Cynthia Myers (-1.21)

50 Yard Breaststroke - Nasier Armstrong (-11.55) and Melanie Ehresman (-2.56)

50 Yard Butterfly - McCoy Kilby (-2.70) and Kennedy DelPiano (-1.73)

13-14 Boys and Girls

50 Yard Freestyle - Krew Snoke (-0.33) and Emily Przyblowski (0.53)

50 Yard Backstroke - Luke Keen (-0.66) and Callie Kolk-Tomberlin (-2.16)

50 Yard Breaststroke - Krew Snoke (-0.77) and Rachel Martin (-0.62)

50 Yard Butterfly - Everett McKone (-0.37) and NA

15-18 Boys & Girls

50 Yard Freestyle - Cameron Sheppard (-0.73) and Rosemary Helmedag (-0.22)

50 Yard Backstroke - NA

50 Yard Breaststroke - Cameron Sheppard (-2.46) and Tori Strickland (-0.74)

50 Yard Butterfly - Cameron Sheppard (.0.78) and Tori Strickland (-0.45)

Papa Murphy's Spirit Day: July 16, Noon - 8 pm

Make dinner easy this Sunday and pick up a Papa Murphy's (Apex) Take and Bake Pizza. Mention the Code GIVE33 and they will donate a portion of sales to the SVKW team (see flier attached).

UPCOMING EVENTS

• 7/14 Coach Appreciation Day
• 7/15 Cary City Meet - Check your email for details if you are signed up
• 7/16 Papa Murphy's Fundraiser: noon - 8 pm
• 7/18: Away Meet
• 7/20 Sky Zone (Defy) Spirit Night Fundraiser: 6 pm - 8 pm
• 7/25: Awards Night 6 pm - 8 pm
• 7/30: SVKW End of Year Pool Party: 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm
• 7/30: Empire Eats AND Bruster’s Ice Cream Food Trucks
• 8/1 Apex Chipotle: 4 pm - 8 pm