Review of this past week and Important details about whats coming up this week.
It was another week of many activities and another week closer to the end of the 2013 summer season. Whew…
- Monday’s B meet which was hosting Dowden Terrace was a great success! Thanks to Bob Elkins for his great leadership in these B meets!
- Wednesday – All Star Relays were delayed by the heat but continued on successfully. We were thankful for the close proximity at Lincolnia to our pool.Congratulations to our 11/12 girls who swam at the meet- Kyla Grigg, Rachel Shogren, Julienne Chollette & Anne Whelan. Thank you to our 15 & 18 Boys who were at the ready as 1st Alternates – Dylan Gore, Aaron Boyd, Marco Perdomo, Andrew Boyd
- Thursday Splashdown fun…need I say more except thanks to Laurentia Ruby & Tammy Murphy for organizing, attending, and keeping the tradition alive!
- Friday Potluck – Senior recognition night for our 4 graduating seniors; Swimathon and All Star Relay Recognitions, a great Retro Feast, and a skit to remember..so nice to that Rico Suave visited again! Thanks to all who helped organize!
- Saturday A Meet– Who would have thought at the beginning of the season when we were wet with rain and storms that this past week and on Saturday we would have had such a heat wave! While the Gators did not win over Ravensworth or any of our other meets, it was a GREAT meet, GREAT season, fabulous sportsmanship, and positive way to end our dual meets in Division 6! I am very proud of all our swimmers who swam hard all season long at every meet! Results can be seen in Meets & Results page at www.foresthollow.com remember that you must be logged in to view results. You can also go to the NVSL site to see our team scores within our Division at http://nvsl.nvblu.com/standings.html?sel_lg=3 and view who the leaders are in events by age goup at nvsl.nvblu.com/leaders.html
- Yesterday Mini Meet – a fabulous turnout and fabulous swims for our 3rd Annual Mini Gator Meet! Thanks to Assistant Coach Caroline Peterson for organizing; thanks to all our coaches and other swimmers who came out to help and support; and thanks to all the parents who came out to get the feel for a meet! These swimmers are the Gators future and Bob Elkins and I were quite impressed with their performance! They not only braved the events, even when hesitant, but showed pride and great sportsmanship! This is the Gator Way!
Coming Up
Monday B Meet – July 22, 2013 – SHRA 6pm – Bob Elkins sent out all the details about our last B Meet – We look forwarding to visiting our close neighbors at SHRA.
Winter Swim 2013-2014 – More info will be out this week with all the details and the pricing.. Let’s keep our Gators in the water from season to season.
Potluck – Friday, July 26, 2013, 6pm is our last Potluck for the season – It’s Gator Greats an we look forward to going back and celebrating great things. More info will be posted on the website in the next few days.
Individual Divisional Meet, Mantua – Saturday- July 27, 2013- 9am
This meet is not a dual meet – it is an individual meet where the swimmers with the best times from all 6 teams in our division compete. We are allowed two swimmers per each event. The selections are based on times swum first at A meets with certified times allowed from B meets if the swimmer has not swum at the A meet in that event. No swimmer may swim more than two events. Depending on which events some of our swimmers with the fastest times in their events select, other swimmers have an opportunity to participate as well. So there are opportunities to swim Divisionals for swimmers other than the ones with the two fastest times.The meet begins at 9am, is split into two halves starting with IM, Free, Back and then Breast & Fly. There are two heats of each event for each age group so it’s about an hour for each event. Coach Elvin and I were busy yesterday contacting our swimmers about their events and we anticipate completing our preliminary entries today as they must be finalized by tomorrow. We will be sending our Preliminary List of Swimmers late this evening after the B Meet or very early tomorrow. Please respond as soon as possible if you receive a call or email regarding your swimmer. IF YOUR SWIMMER WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE TO SWIM THIS MEET PLEASE NOTIFY US VIA THE WEBSITE AT www.foresthollow.com/swimmer-not-available-for-meet/
Awards Ceremony – Sunday, July 28, 2013, 2pm – 4pm – we will have our celebration at the Holmes Middle School at 6525 Montrose Street, Alexandria, Va. This is where we celebrate our community of volunteers, coaches and swimmers. Please come out and join us at this special event. We need our families to volunteer to bring food items and to assist with this team event so please visit the volunteer page to sign up at
https://www.foresthollow.com/volunteers/
https://www.foresthollow.com/volunteers/
Individual All Star Meet – Saturday, August 3, 2013 – Annandale Pool – This meet is for the swimmers that have the fastest times in the NVSL through the Individual Divisional meets. Should we have any swimmers make it to this meet, they will be announced at the Awards Ceremony. There are a few that already appear to have made it but anything can happen at Divisionals so it will be exciting to see which of our swimmers reach this level in 2013.
13 & Over Lock In – Saturday, August 3, 2013 and is in need of a parent volunteers, we still need three more adult chaperones (1 male and 2 female) to make this happen for our swimmers. Please email me directly at teamrepfhsc@gmail.com if you are willing to help out. Our SWIMMERS really want to make this happen so let’s not disappoint… Parents, please step up!!
13 & Over Lock In – Saturday, August 3, 2013 and is in need of a parent volunteers, we still need three more adult chaperones (1 male and 2 female) to make this happen for our swimmers. Please email me directly at teamrepfhsc@gmail.com if you are willing to help out. Our SWIMMERS really want to make this happen so let’s not disappoint… Parents, please step up!!