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Happy Friday, Killer Whales!

   This past week's home meet was full of all the things that we love about summer swim. Teammates having fun together, spectators cheering, recognizing dedicated swimmers who lead the way in supporting their teammates, good food, and, as a bonus, a breeze to break up the humid summer air.  We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! 

Our final score from this past week was: SV Killer Whales 274 and DD Dolphins 240. With 4 wins and 1 loss, this moves us to the top of the Southern League Division 3 teams. Way to go, SVKW!

You can submit any photos you took for consideration in the EOY Slideshow here. 

We'll be cheering on our Cary City Meet team this Saturday, which means no Sat. morning practice tomorrow. But we hope to see you this morning for Fun Friday at 9am  and then again for our final two days of practice on Monday and Tuesday next week.  

See you on Deck!

SVKW Swim Board

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7/10 Meet Recap and Records:

Congrats to our Swimmers of the Week: Darby Vaughn & Greyson Bentancourt.

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

Our Volunteer of the Week goes to William Kearney. 

He helped with the setup and then stepped up to be a first-half timer when we were short a timer last night. Thank you for helping us keep our meet running smoothly and on time!

Congrats to our Triple Winner: 

15/18 Boys: Rigs Helmedag (17) - 1st in 50yd free, breast & fly

Congrats to our Swimmers with the Biggest Personal Best Time Drops:

The swimmers listed below 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 – Cole Mills (-3.93) & Sunny Stovall (-1.93)

15 Yard Backstroke – Lincoln Harris (-9.80) & Lenna Gratton (-4.86)

15 Yard Breaststroke – Matthew Thompson (-10.99) & Cora Elphic (-7.73)

7-8 Swimmers

25 Yard Freestyle – Calvin Christian (-6.91) & Lyla Wrenn (-10.15)

25 Yard Backstroke – Aiden Kearney (-13.52) & Deniz Sakir (-6.82)

25 Yard Breaststroke – Amro Elhetami (-3.54) & Hope McGarvey (-13.56)

25 Yard Butterfly – Liam Herndon (-3.54) & Deniz Sakir (-19.90)

9-10 Swimmers

25 Yard Freestyle – Hudson Mitchell (-1.42) & Brynn Richards (-0.93)

25 Yard Backstroke – Tres Whitehouse (-1.92) & Olivia Unger (-5.52)

25 Yard Breaststroke – Ephraim Austin (-3.41) & Edie Ulbright (-2.30)

25 Yard Butterfly – Ephraim Austin (-3.18) & Emery Barthelson (-3.67)

11-12 Swimmers

50 Yard Freestyle – Sam Upton (-7.79) & Abigail Dickerson (-1.18)

50 Yard Backstroke – Knox Lair (-6.82) & Cassi Gardner (-0.02)

50 Yard Breaststroke – Gurthrie Payne (-14.64) & Naomi Ehresman (-1.62)

50 Yard Butterfly – Nick Blackman (-11.00) & Naomi Ehresman (-3.04)

13-14 Swimmers

50 Yard Freestyle – Jacob Chapman (-0.30) & Olivia Sherer (-0.75)

50 Yard Backstroke – Connor Nguyen (-0.20) & Merry Grover (-1.17)

50 Yard Breaststroke – McCoy Kilby (-0.62) & Merry Grover (-0.12)

50 Yard Butterfly – Connor Nguyen (-0.04) & Sarah Ausenbaugh (-2.06)

15-18 Swimmers

50 Yard Freestyle – Malachi Vaughan (-1.11) & Alysia Joyce (-0.89)

50 Yard Backstroke – Paxton Ausenbaugh (-3.79) & Libby Austin (-0.73)

50 Yard Breaststroke – Paxton Ausenbaugh (-2.17) & Libby Austin (-0.45)

50 Yard Butterfly – Paxton Ausenbaugh (-2.48) & Elizabeth Vaughan (-0.37)

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]

Beluga Whales Mini-Meet

Our Beluga Whale swimmers have worked really hard this year also! They are having a mini-meet on July 19, 9am - 10am to show off their skills. Coach Rosemary sent out this note, if you can help, contact her to sign up! 

Hello all! The Beluga meet is coming up soon, and we need volunteers to be big whales in the water on the day of the meet. For high schoolers, this would also be a good opportunity to get a community service hour. If anyone is interested, please let me know so that I can get a head count! Thank you so much! Coach Rosemary (email)

2025 Awards Ceremony:

Save the date for our end-of-year awards ceremony on Saturday, July 19 at Hope Community Church, Apex, starting at 2 pm. 

7/13 Papa Murphy's Fundraiser

Make dinner easy and pick up a delicious take and bake pizza from Papa Murphy's on Sunday, 7/13.  Mention the SVKW with the code GIVE30 between 11am and 8pm and they will donate 30% of sales back to our team (or show them the flier attached). 

Thank you to everyone who supported our last Papa Murphy's Spirit Night Fundraiser in June. Thanks to your pizza orders, we received a generous $94 donation from PM! These funds will go toward ongoing team needs — such as training equipment updates, meet fees, team gear, awards, software upgrades and more — to help our Killer Whales succeed in and out of the water.