In This Meet Recap:

• Swimmers of the Week
• 7/18 Meet Recap, Records, and Personal Time Drops
• Volunteer Spot Lights
• Belugas Meet: Come Cheer + Big Whale Catchers Needed
• Team Photos Order Deadline: Sunday 7/31
• RSVP for both End of Year Events
• Coach Highlight
• Upcoming Events
• Sponsor Shout Outs

Hello Killer Whales!

Here are all the details from our 7/18 meet as well as some upcoming events to take note of! First, congrats on the win! You served up a large plate of bubbles to the Wahoos last night. Our final score was Killer Whales 268.5 and Wahoos 244.5. Second, we are so proud of our Killer Whales, both for your hard work and for how you’ve conducted yourself at meets. Your sportsmanship and encouragement towards fellow SVKWs as well as the opposing team swimmers have made your coaches, parents, and swim board proud!  Check your folders this weekend for your Personal best and other ribbons and prizes. If you think you’re missing a personal best ribbon, or have other questions, please contact Lily Wan

We hope to see you at the Sky Zone Apex (Defy Gravity) tomorrow night (7/20) for our team spirit night from 6 - 8 pm.  You'll be able to fly through the air instead of the water. 

If you're free on Saturday, come cheer on our Beluga Whales during their mini-meet or sign up to be a kid-catcher (details below). 

See you on Deck!
SVKW Board 

Beluga Meet: This Saturday, July 22 at 10:00 am

Our Beluga Whales are having a mini-meet on Saturday morning at 10 AM at the SV Pool.  We need some Big Whales to serve as kid-catchers in their 15-yard races. Please email Julie Richards if you can serve in this role one more time. 

Everyone else is welcome to come to cheer them on as well! 

RSVP for Awards Night on Sign-up Page

 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.

The End of year Pool party RSVP is open as well. 

Look for more event details between now and the weekend

Team Photo deadline: 7/31: 

If you still want team pictures, orders need to be placed by 7/31. Reply to this email if you still need the password. https://www.warlickphotography.com/SVSwimTeam

Volunteer Shout-Outs: 

Thank you to Beth Chapman, Leslie Armbruster, Mitch Armbruster, Ashley Burke, Peter Thompson, David Snoke, and Patricia Denz who filled our 7 unexpected vacancies at the Walden Creek Meet. And to Jamie Sharpe and Meredith Kolk-Tomberlin for filing in on deck for additional surprise vacancies. We appreciate all those who offered to help!

Additionally, we'd like to give a shout-out to ALL of the volunteers who came together to make it possible for our Killer Whales to participate in Cary City Meet last Saturday. THANK YOU to all of our Kid Pusher and Timer volunteers and to the Dream Team of Decorators: MarAnna, Ruth, Cheryl, Kara, and Meredith. They put together our 'Fun Under the Sea' decorations and spent Friday evening decorating the tent for all of the kids and their families. THANK YOU ALL!!!!

Congrats to our Swimmers of the Week: Cate Stone & Krew Snoke

You have earned a red swim cap! Click here for past winners and SOTW Criteria.

7/18 Meet Records: 

Congrats to our Double Winners (6/unders) Stella Sullivan and Amro Elhetami

Congrats to our Triple Winners (7/up) Lily Sullivan, Seth Keen, Jarrett McKone, Connor Nguyen, and Izzie Kohler

Swimmers with the Biggest Personal Best Time Drops:

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 / Under Swimmers

15 Yard Freestyle - Eli Strawbridge (-2.25) & NA

15 Yard Backstroke - Eli Strawbridge (-2.57) & NA

15 Yard Breaststroke - Amro Elhetami (-0.60) & NA

7-8 Swimmers

25 Yard Freestyle - Jordan Cross (-2.22) & Melina Spain (-2.95)

25 Yard Backstroke - Howdy Friend (-6.35) & Adelaide Thompson (-7.41)

25 Yard Breaststroke - Brody Hungarter (-27.51) & Molly Ellis (-4.77)

25 Yard Butterfly - Adam Felegyhazi (-15.65) & Kaylee Green (-4.19)

9-10 Swimmers

25 Yard Freestyle - Peyton Hungarter (-3.71) & Stella Hunter (-0.83)

25 Yard Backstroke - Asher Austin (-1.49) & Ava Delehanty (-1.16)

25 Yard Breaststroke - Peyton Hungarter (-4.13) & Caroline Stealey (-2.11)

25 Yard Butterfly - Peyton Hungarter (-0.99) & Lucy Young (-2.35)

11-12 Swimmers

50 Yard Freestyle - Miles Eljdid (-5.65) & Cora Dodge (-4.15)

50 Yard Backstroke - Miles Eljdid (-3.29) & Parker Stealey (-1.17)

50 Yard Breaststroke - Max York (-14.58) & Charis Walker (-2.61)

50 Yard Butterfly - Max Spain (-4.92) & Kylan Creager (-16.68)

13-14 Swimmers

50 Yard Freestyle - Krew Snoke (-0.01) & Aven Burgin (-0.67)

50 Yard Backstroke - Everett McKone (-0.17) & NA

50 Yard Breaststroke - Marcos Lyon (-1.55) & Audrey Ehresman (-3.75)

50 Yard Butterfly - NA & NA

15-18 Swimmers

50 Yard Freestyle - NA & Alysia Joyce (-0.70)

50 Yard Backstroke - NA & Madeleine Ashford (-0.25)

50 Yard Breaststroke - Rigs Helmedag (-0.58) & Alysia Joyce (-0.60)

50 Yard Butterfly - James Chapman (-1.02) & Maggie Austin (-0.24)

Coach Highlight: Lauren Nance, Assistant Coach

We've been very grateful to all our coaches for their dedication to our SVKW team this past summer.  Here's another coach highlight from Coach Lauren (full bio here). She's had many years of being on year-round and summer swim teams and has also been the Captain of her high school swim team. 

How old were you when you joined your first swim team? I was six years old when I joined my first swim team, Shepherd’s Vineyard.

What made you want to coach SVKW? I found my love for swimming my first year on SVKW. I wanted to help kids feel the same joy of swimming and being a part of a team.

What is your favorite event to swim? My favorite event to swim would either have to be 50 freestyle or 100 backstroke. I love the events where I get to sprint!

What stroke took you the longest to master? That would have to be butterfly! Though, I still haven’t mastered it quite!

What is your favorite at-the-pool food or drink? My favorite pool food would have to be pizza! I’m always craving it after I go swimming!

Upcoming Events: 

• 7/22: Beluga Whale Mini-Meet at 10 am
• 7/20 Sky Zone (Defy) Apex Spirit Night Fundraiser: 6pm - 8pm
• 7/25: Awards Night 6pm - 8pm
• 7/30: SVKW End of Year Pool Party: 5:30pm - 9:00pm
• 7/30: Empire Eats AND Bruster’s Ice Cream Food Trucks
• 8/1: Apex Chipotle: 4pm - 8pm

Sponsor Highlights:

In addition to our 2023 Big Whale and Pod Sponsors, we'd also like to thank our Community Partners for supporting our Killer Whales: FRESH Ice Cream, Wegmans, Game On Escape Room, Kiefer/All American Swim, Mixed Desserts, and Hope Community Church. 

Big Whale Sponsors: 

Pod Sponsors: