Hello Rockshire Sharks!

What a great weekend of Swimming! We have a lot to look forward to this week; see below for lots of details:)

1. Coaches Long Course Tuesday, July 11
2. B meet HOME vs Tally Ho Wednesday, July 12
3. FRIDAY FUNday- grill out and team event
4. A meet HOME vs. Daleview Saturday, July 15- **Senior meet**
5. PIRC relays at Tally Ho Sunday, July 16
6. Divisionals and Divisionals T shirts
7. Share your pictures on the team folder for the slideshow!
8. Team outing Monday July 17- Six Flags trip
9. Minimeet Sunday July 23 8:30am-9:30am
10. Swimathon Sunday, July 23 9:45am-11:45am
11. Banquet Sunday July 23 4:30pm-6:30pm

1. 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 6:00pm. We will still have an abridged practice: 11&up 4:15-5:00 pm and 10&under 5:00-5:30pm and the preteam schedule will be normal on this day, and 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. Volunteer reminders will go out tomorrow morning. ***We are still looking for a head timer and two additional timers to fill out all of our lanes! This is our last B meet of the season; let’s have a great one!***

5pm-5:15pm- Rockshire warmup

5:15-5:30pm- TH warmup

5:30-5:45pm- late warmup

5:40pm- timers and officials meetings

5:45pm- National anthem and kickboard races

6pm- meet start time

And don't forget about Parents Night out at Quincy’s after the meet! :)

3.FRIDAY FUN NIGHT! -This Friday we will have a grill out 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:)

4.Saturday, July 15- A meet HOME vs Daleview ***Senior meet***. Theme: Halloween in July. Be on deck at 7:45am. Meet details to follow. Please RSVP by Tuesday, July 11 in Swimtopia!

5.Sunday, July 16- PIRC relays AWAY at Tally Ho Theme: Tie dye. Be on Deck at 7:45 am and RSVP by Tuesday, July 11 in Swimtopia. This meet is a meet full of relays only so it is a little shorter and 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!

6. 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!

7.Divisionals are Saturday July 22 at Regency Estates. Theme: Green out. Be on Deck at 6:45am. Details to follow; t shirts will be sold AT the pool- no preorder this year! Volunteer positions will be needed but are not opened up at this time. Stay tuned!

8. Pictures to share! If you have pictures from this summer swim team and want to see your swimmer in the slideshow, 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.

9. This year’s minimeet will be on Sunday, July 23 from 8:30-9:30am. Minimeet is for all preteamers and preteam coaches. Families are all welcome to come to cheer on our preteam swimmers and for awards afterwards!

10. Rockshire Swimathon will be on Sunday, July 23 from 9:45am-11:45am. For more details on the swimathon, please see this link and please share it with neighbors and friends!

11. Save the Date! Our team banquet will be at 4:30pm on Sunday, July 23 at North Potomac Community center. This event is for the swim team only; awards will be given out by the coaches and we will see our summer slideshow! Please RSVP on the team website.

Go Sharks!

Your A-Reps,

Kat and Patrick Hussmann