In this Post-Meet Email

• Mid-Season Check-In: Would It Be Helpful?
• Swimmers of the Week
• EOY Slideshow Google Photo album link: 
• 7/1 Meet Recap, Records, and Personal Time Drops
• Volunteer of the Week
• Pick up your Meet Ribbons 
• Upcoming Events and Raffle Prize Collection

Hello Killer Whales!

While the Piranhas flashed their razor-sharp teeth, the Killer Whales came out at the top of the food chain once again.  Our final score from this past week was: Killer Whales 304 and Prestonwood 210. Most importantly, your team spirit was equally as high, and that helped your teammates swim their best. Great job, Killer Whales, we hope you enjoy this win as a result of your hard work and encouragement this past week. 

You can upload meet photos to be considered for our EOY slide show to our team album here. 

In other news: the votes are in, and our final theme for the July 8th home meet will be:  Hawaiian Luau. Dust off your leis and bring some tropical fruit to snack on!

Have a relaxing July 4th weekend, and we'll see you back on deck on Monday. 

SVKW Swim Board

Mid-Season Check-In: Would It Be Helpful?

In past seasons, we’ve heard from families that a Mid-Season Check-In would be helpful, especially for those who are brand new to the swim team experience. While we hold New Family Orientation meetings before the season begins, we understand that sometimes, you don’t know what you don’t know until you’ve been through a few home and away meets. That’s why we’re considering hosting a more informal Q&A session now that the season is in full swing.

If you think a mid-season check-in would be helpful, we’d love to hear from you!
Shoot us a quick email at [email protected] and let us know if you’d be interested in connecting with some of our more seasoned swim parents. If there's enough interest, we’ll be happy to set something up. Please also know that you can always reach out to that same email if you have a specific question that you would like the swim team board to answer.

7/1 Meet Records:

TSA League Score Update: The SVKW are in Division 3 of the Southern League of the TSA. Currently, our division's standing is 0/3.  Our next two in-division meets are on July 8 and July 15. The teams' division and their scores are all tracked on the TSA website

Congrats to our Swimmers of the Week: Addie Betancourt (8) & Noah Keen (15) 

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

Congrats to our Triple Winners (7/up)

7/8 Girls - Arlo Jerkins - 1st in 25yd free, back & fly
11/12 Boys - Greyden Snoke - 1st in 50yd free, back & fly
13/14 Girls - Lyla Ulbright - 1st in 50yd free, breast & fly
15/18 Girls Izzie Kohler - 1st in 50yd free, back & breast

Swimmers with the Biggest Personal Best Time Drops:

Congratulations to the swimmers below who dropped the most time from their personal bests. Swimmers highlighted in red, who had the biggest time-drop overall, will be awarded a free ice cream voucher from FRESH Local Ice Cream. Prizes will be placed in your family’s ribbon folder within the week. 

6 / Under Swimmers

15 Yard Freestyle – Jackson Hester (-11.84) & Zoey Mertens (-4.08)

15 Yard Backstroke – Cole Mills (-18.23)& Leanna Gratton (-5.86)

15 Yard Breaststroke – Cole Mills (-5.18) & Cora Elphic (-5.42)

7-8 Swimmers

25 Yard Freestyle – Porter Allen (-7.73) & Julie Freeman (-4.47)

25 Yard Backstroke – Eli Strawbridge (-2.34) & Julie Freeman (-9.33)

25 Yard Breaststroke – Porter Allen (-7.08) & Adelaide Cunningham (-7.53)

25 Yard Butterfly – Gage Creager (-2.54) & Rea Mills (-9.31)

9-10 Swimmers

25 Yard Freestyle – Andrew Embry (-2.80) & Brynn Richards (-2.36)

25 Yard Backstroke – Greyson Betancourt (-2.61) & Salem Vaughan (-2.45)

25 Yard Breaststroke – Brody Hungarter (-3.10) & Jordan Freeman (-2.49)

25 Yard Butterfly – Knox Hanlon (-3.99)& Abigail Barber (-2.64)

11-12 Swimmers

50 Yard Freestyle – Guthrie Payne (-5.40) & Abigail Dickerson (-1.24)

50 Yard Backstroke – Gurthrie Payne (-1.48) & Darby Vaughan (-1.68)

50 Yard Breaststroke – Peyton Hungarter (-2.62) & Cassi Gardner (-2.26)

50 Yard Butterfly – Guthrie Payne (-10.98)& Darby Vaughan (-4.88)

13-14 Swimmers

50 Yard Freestyle – NA & Cate Stone (-0.26)

50 Yard Backstroke – Henry Bowers (-0.86) & Reese Spencer (-1.86)

50 Yard Breaststroke – Jacob Chapman (-1.22) & Lyla Ulbright (-0.83)

50 Yard Butterfly – NA & Callie Hofler (-3.45)

15-18 Swimmers

50 Yard Freestyle – Malachi Vaughan (-0.57) & Elizabeth Vaughan (-1.05)

50 Yard Backstroke – Tripp Bowers (-0.29) & Elizabeth Vaughan (-0.31)

50 Yard Breaststroke – Rigs Helmedag (-1.06) & Maggie Austin (-1.00)

50 Yard Butterfly – Krew Snoke (-0.15) & Libby Austin (-0.86)

Volunteers of the Week:

Nick Sullivan - Thank you for enhancing our meet setup guide with clear visuals and helpful diagrams. Each meet brings new challenges, and your support in documenting those evolving details ensures we don’t lose track week to week or season to season.

Greyden Snoke gets a loud shout-out for doing a fantastic job singing the National Anthem.  He continues to step in cheerfully, over and over, when we don't have a singer lined up.  Thank you, Greyden!

Picking up Award Ribbons after Meets:

Check your family folders after a meet for your Personal Best (ages 12 and under) and Meet Placement (all ages) ribbons. You can ask for the file box from the concession attendant or lifeguard front desk anytime you’re at the pool. Ribbons are typically filed on Fridays. If you think you’re missing a ribbon or have other questions, please get in touch with our ribbon coordinator, Lily Wan [email protected]

Upcoming Events:  

make sure you RSVP yes or no for the 7/10 Ice Cream Social on the SignUp Calendar so we can make sure to have adequate ice cream on hand.

We're collecting Raffle prizes for our EOY banquet! If you or someone you know would like to donate, let us know. 

• No practice 7/4 and 7/5.  
• 7/10 Ice Cream Social
• 7/13 Papa Murphy's Fundraiser