In This Meet Recap:

• RSVP for Saturday's RSA Breast Stroke Clinic (special times)
• Swimmers of the Week
• 6/11 Meet Recap, Records, and Personal Time Drops
• Reserve an individual swimmer photography session
• Cary City Meet Update
• Practice Assistance Sign-Up (13+)
• Ice Cream Social
• Three Free Water Polo Trial Lessons
• 7/2 Meet Volunteer Openings
• Upcoming Events

Hello Killer Whales!

We appreciate those who braved the heat to volunteer and attend our Meet this week.  The Killer Whales served up a plate of bubbles to the Wahoos once again and came home victorious. The final score was Killer Whales, 310; Wahoos 204.

We hope to see you tonight at our Tie Dye Event (flier attached). Showing up is fine if you forgot to RSVP. Bring your own shirt or purchase a $5 SVKW white shirt (as supplies last). 

If you took any fun pictures, upload them here for consideration in the EOY Slide Show. 

The 7/2 Meet Entry is open, make sure you declare your swimmer today and check for open jobs if you still owe volunteer credits to the team. 

See you on Deck!

SVKW Swim Board

Saturday's RSA Clinic (no regular age group practice times):

RSVP and join us This Saturday, 6/29,  for a special Breast Stroke Clinic with RSA Coach Megan. Between the 11+ clinic and the 10/under clinics, there will be time for a Q&A for all ages swimmers and their families to find out more information about swimming year round at RSA. Coach Megan can also do on-site evaluations if any of our swimmers are interested in joining the RSA team.

• 11 and Up Clinic: 8:45am - 9:30am
• 10&U Clinic: 9:45am - 10:30am

Congrats to our Swimmers of the Week: Camden Fuller (9) and Hadley Meiburg (9). You have earned a red swim cap! Click here for past winners and SOTW Criteria.

6/25 Meet Records: 

Congrats to our Double Winners (6&U)

Eli Strawbridge (6) - 15yd Freestyle & Backstroke

Congrats to our Triple Winners (7&up)

Stella Sullivan (7) - 25yd Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke

Carter Stone (8) - 25yd Freestyle, Breaststroke, Butterfly

Lily Sullivan (9) - 25yd Freestyle, Breaststroke, Butterfly

Jarrett McKone (10) - 25yd Freestyle Backstroke Butterfly

Izzie Kohler (14) - 50yd Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke

Everett McKone (14) - 50yd Freestyle Backstroke Butterfly

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. (name 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 – Kane Bradt (-5.19) & Julie Freeman (-1.10)

15 Yard Backstroke – Mack Keller (-9.68) & Adelaide Cunningham (-9.65)

15 Yard Breaststroke – Mason Herndon (-3.91) & Brynn Barthelson (-3.89)

7-8 Swimmers

25 Yard Freestyle – Andrew Embry (-4.47) & Emma Witte (-10.72)

25 Yard Backstroke – Noah Tyburski (-5.96) & Mackenzie Paul (-19.55)

25 Yard Breaststroke – Tripp Ausenbaugh (-9.23) & Fenna McCormick (-8.67)

25 Yard Butterfly – Hudson Meiburg (-12.22) & Emmeline Barber (-5.66)

9-10 Swimmers

25 Yard Freestyle – Wyatt Velarde (-2.97) & Naomi Ehresman (-3.15)

25 Yard Backstroke – Carter Paul (-3.27) & Molly Ellis (-3.14)

25 Yard Breaststroke – Christian Alexe (-4.28) & Abigail Barber (-3.74)

25 Yard Butterfly – Grey Betancourt (-7.74) & Luciana Klinger (-3.56)

11-12 Swimmers

50 Yard Freestyle – Isaac Embry (-0.96) & Sarah Ausenbaugh (-1.80)

50 Yard Backstroke – Isaac Embry (-8.11) & Olivia Sherer (-2.07)

50 Yard Breaststroke – Isaac Embry (-3.64) & Shiloh Klinger (-2.85)

50 Yard Butterfly – NA & Abigail Dickerson (-5.73)

13-14 Swimmers

50 Yard Freestyle – Josh Piontek (-2.02) & Katelyn Alexe (-2.73)

50 Yard Backstroke – Miles Eljdid (-4.42) & Grace Richards (-3.50)

50 Yard Breaststroke – Malachi Vaughan (-8.27) & Elle Stone (-5.61)

50 Yard Butterfly – Malachi Vaughan (-3.21) & Kylan Creager (-10.65)

15-18 Swimmers

50 Yard Freestyle – Paxton Ausenbaugh (-0.35) & Aven Burgin (-1.01)

50 Yard Backstroke – Paxton Ausenbaugh (-5.89) & Callie Kolk-Tomberlin (-3.12)

50 Yard Breaststroke – Paxton Ausenbaugh (-5.97) & Callie Kolk-Tomberlin (-1.55)

50 Yard Butterfly – James Chapman (-1.01) & Tori Strickland (-0.77)

Photographer for Hire: 

Luke Eiles will be available to hire to take individual pictures of swimmers for specific heats/strokes at our last home Meet on 7/9. Please email him ([email protected]) for pricing and to reserve your spot(s).  Act fast since he can only focus on one swimmer per heat at a time!

Cary City Meet: July 13

Meet Entry/Sign Up for the Cary City Meet (July 13th) is now open and the deadline will be here before you know it! Click here for the information email that was sent out previously. Please consider signing up, as we'd love to make this a fun event with lots of killer whales and a relay team in each age group! Individual events cost $6 each, while relay participation is covered by the team. 6 and under swimmers can swim up to 2 individual events (please note that these are 25 yards not 15 yards). All other swimmers can swim up to 3 individual events. As of right now we do not have enough swimmers in ANY age group to form a relay team, so please talk to your teammates and sign up! We also need a tent theme, so consider if you have any great ideas! Any questions or ideas, please email Kara at [email protected]. 

SVKW Practice assistance

Sign-Up for 6 and under practice helpers is looking a bit lonely this week. 13+ swimmers: Sign up to help here:  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B094FAEA82FABF49-50078078-volunteers

Ice Cream Social (Thursday, July 11)

RSVP on the signup calendar and come celebrate the season with ice cream! We will start serving at 5:30 pm during evening practice and encourage all 11 & Under age groups to eat after practice. 13+ need to arrive before practice. Event ends at 7:30pm (or however long it takes to get the 11-12 through the line).

Water Polo: 3 Free Trial Sessions

It’s an Olympic summer and Carolina Water Polo is looking for strong swimmers to would like to try out water polo as a potential sport. See the attached flyer for contact information and more details. 

Upcoming Events: 

• 6/29: RSA Breast Stroke Clinic
• 7/2 AWAY Meet 
• 7/9 Senior Night / Home Meet
• 7/11 Ice Cream Social (RSVP is helpful)
• 7/13: Cary City Meet
• Save the date: Papa Murphy’s Spirit Night 7/14