Hello Rockshire Sharks!

Thank you to all of our volunteers who made our fourth of July events and B meet amazing! Great job swimmers against Old Farm last night in the heat!

1. FRIDAY FUNday- pasta night and team event **Please Sign Up!**
2. A meet AWAY at Regency Estates Saturday, July 8
3. Relay Carnival AWAY at Inverness Sunday, July 9
4. Coaches Long Course Tuesday, July 11
5. B meet HOME vs Tally Ho Wednesday, July 12
6. Needed: day-of director for banquet
7. Share your pictures on the team folder for the slideshow!
8. Team outing Monday July 17- Six Flags trip!
9. Shark Gear links
10. MCSL adult swim league: more details!

1.  FRIDAY FUN NIGHT! -This Friday we will have pasta night after practice! There will be a fun team event run by the coaches between dinner and dessert. Please sign up to bring something to eat on the website by Thursday. Please also pick up your team picture if you didn't get it on Wednesday. You can sign up under the jobs button for the event in “meets and events”. Please sign up so we have enough food and drink for everyone:)

2. Saturday, July 8- A meet AWAY at Regency Estates. Theme: Western. Be on deck at 7:45am. Please RSVP by Tuesday, July 4 in Swimtopia! *** We are still looking for a Clerk of Course for this event. Please help fill this position for our swimmers!***

Meet details:

Address:

Regency Estates Swim Club is located at 11511 Gainsborough Road, Potomac, MD 20854

Parking:

We have a relatively large parking lot, so there should be enough room for everyone in the lot. If the lot fills up, there is curbside parking along Gainsborough Road.

Schedule:

8:05-8:25 – Home team warm up

8:25 – Stroke and Turn Officials Briefing with the Referee (Black top)

8:25 - 8:45 – Visiting Team warm up

8:40 – Timers briefing with the Head Timer and or Starter (Black top)

8:45 - Scratch meeting under the Regency tent where automation is set up

9:00 – Start First Event

Team Area:

The designated team area for you is on the grass by the shallow end of our pool, next to the slide, under the green awnings. It is very shaded, so there is no need to bring a tent.

Concessions:

We will have a concession stand selling the typical variety of breakfast food, small snacks and treats as well as coffee, Gatorade, water and soda.

We will have lunch at Shake Shack at the Cabin John shopping area after the meet.

3.  Sunday, July 9- Relay Carnival at Inverness (10820 Deborah Drive, Potomac, MD)! Theme: Circus. Be on Deck at 7:45 am and ****RSVP by Tuesday, July 4 in Swimtopia.*** This meet is a meet full of relays only so it is a little shorter and it is a blast! We have also opened up volunteer positions in swimtopia that we will need to fill for this meet. Please sign up by Thursday!

Meet details:

8:00am Warm-up #1: Inverness and Regency Estates

8:15am Warm-up #2: Rockshire and Little Falls

8:30am Warm-up #3: Daleview and Kenmont

***Officials please be on deck at 8:00am for meetings

Meet begins at 9:00am

We will head to lunch together afterwards in Cabin John at California Tortilla.

4. Coaches Long Course- Congratulations to all of our swimmers, Brandon and Dylan Pino and Jordan Kelly, who made the CLC meet! The meet is on Tuesday, July 11 at Rockville Swim Center (355 Martins Lane, Rockville, MD). Meet begins at 6:30pm. We will still have practice and preteam on this day, but swimmers are encouraged to attend to cheer on our teammates participating in this event!

5.  B Meet HOME vs Tally Ho Wednesday, July 12. Theme: Wacky Wednesday. Be on deck at 4:45pm. RSVP by Sunday July 9. Preteam races will begin at 5:45pm. More details to follow! Parents- its the last meet! Come together at Quincy's for Parents night out afterward!

6.  The Banquet is approaching and we have a lot of people working behind the scenes already! Thank you! However, we are in need of a day-of contact and coordinator of the banquet. If you like telling people where to go and what to do (cake here, tablecloths there!) Please sign up to help out! You can find the signup in the event in swimtopia or email us.

7. Pictures to share! If you have pictures from this summer swim team, please upload them into the team drive here. *** Seniors, please upload your photos into this folder: Senior folder. These photos will help to make the slideshow at the end of the year.

8. A Rockshire tradition! We will head to Six Flags on Monday, July 17 for a fun team bonding day instead of team practice. Signup is on the team bulletin board at the pool. Join for a fun day at the park with the swim team!

9. Shark Gear! Don’t delay! In preparation for summer, we will have the same suits as last year. You can buy them HERE. we also have shark gear available via squadlocker here

10. MCSL Adult swim league: The MCSL is organizing an adult swim league this summer after the 18U league is over. Details will be released as they are available, and minimal volunteering will be necessary. The league will be organized through the DMV chapter of Grown up swimming. Please see their website for details: grownupswimming.com

Go Sharks!

Your A-Reps,

Kat and Patrick Hussmann