Shark updates 7.10.2025
Hello Rockshire Sharks!
Thank you to all who attended the Coaches Long Course meet! Let’s hope that tonight's weather holds out and we can run our last home B meet vs Tally Ho! Also, see details below for this weekends A meet and B relay meet at Tally Ho.
- B meet HOME vs Tally Ho Thursday, July 10
- Friday FUNnight- Grill out!!! Friday July 11
- A meet Away @ Lakelands Saturday, July 12
- PIRC relays @ Tally Ho Sunday, July 13
- Rescheduled B meet @ Montgomery Square Wednesday, July 16
- RSVP for the minimeet (preteamers and coaches) on Sunday, July 20
- RSVP for the team banquet on Sunday, July 20
- Need reminders for volunteering and events? Sign up for our WhatsApp messaging service
- Become a sponsor for the Rockshire Sharks!
- Share your photos for our slideshow! DUE SUNDAY!!!!!
- RESCHEDULED B meet HOME vs Tally Ho: TONIGHT Thursday, July 10. Theme: Togas! Be on deck at 4:45pm. Preteamers be on deck by 5:45. We will start with kickboard races!
Schedule:
5:00-5:20 Rockshire warm up
5:20 Stroke and Turn Officials Briefing with the Referee
5:20-5:40 Tally Ho team warm up
5:30 Timers Briefing with the Head Timer and Starter
5:55 Preteamers, IMs called to the blocks/National Anthem
5:58 Preteam races start
2. Friday FUNnight- Friday July 11 at 6:45pm- come join the team for a grill out and team activity after practice! We will also be making decorations for PIRC so bring empty boxes and paint! Please sign up on the website to bring an item to help with the grill out or as a side, drink or dessert!
3. A meet away at Lakelands Saturday, July 12. Theme: Royalty/princes/princesses. Be on deck at 7:45 am. Lunch afterwards at Noodles & Co in the Kentlands. Info from the team reps:
Location:Lakelands Pool – 960 Main Street, Gaithersburg, MD 20878 (located behind the clubhouse)
Approximate Schedule:
Lakelands Warm-Ups: 8:00–8:20 AM
Rockshire Warm-Ups: 8:25–8:45 AM
Officials & Stroke & Turn Meeting: 8:30 AM (snack bar near baby pool)
Timers Meeting: 8:40 AM (same location)
Scratch Meeting: 8:50 AM (at the announcer’s table on the competition pool deck)
Meet Start: 9:00 AM
Concessions: Breakfast items and snacks will be available for purchase (cash or Venmo).
4. PIRC relays are Sunday, July 13 at Tally Ho. Be on Deck at 7:45am. Theme: Minecraft. Lunch afterwards at Shake Shack in Cabin John plaza! We will be decorating at Tally Ho either the evening before or morning of our team area; see below for details!
Tallyho is excited to host the Potomac Invitational Relay Carnival (PIRC). I have outlined below what we need from each team to make this a successful relay carnival.
SAME FORMAT AS LAST YEAR:
We are not using timers or relay cards for PIRC. We will have finishing judges determine places 1-6 for each heat of each event and hand out ribbons accordingly. Ribbons will be pre-printed with the event name and slots to write in the members of the relay team receiving that place. Each participating PIRC team will need to provide ribbon writers to write in the names of swimmers from their teams.
MEET START TIME: 9:00 AM
ARRIVAL TIME: You may enter the pool at 7:00am to decorate your team area or the night before anytime between 7-9pm. If you are not decorating your team area, please have those swimmers and families arrive at 745am.
WARM-UP INFORMATION:
8:00 AM to 8:15 AM: Tallyho and Regency Estates
8:15 AM to 8:30 AM Old Farm and Rockshire
8:30 AM to 8:45 AM Inverness
PARTICIPATION:
We recommend that any swimmer who participated in two events (or more) at the A Relay Carnival should not participate in PIRC, but we defer to coaches’ decisions.
EVENTS:
Attached, please find the list of events for PIRC. We must have your relays by noon on 7/11/25 so that we can have the program completed in time for the event! Remind your coaches to email Coach Akshay with their meet sheets.
THEME:
The theme this year is Minecraft. Show your spirit! Dress as any Minecraft character and bring your arts and crafts skills! Map is included below so you have an idea of what area you will be decorating and using for your team area. They are the same as last year, and there will be a trophy for the best decorated team area that can be displayed at your club for the 2025-2026 until next year's event. If you need an individual picture of your team area, I can provide that in a separate email.
FOOD:
We will have a concession stand with breakfast sandwiches, muffins, fruit, coffee, juice, and other snacks for sale.
TEAM AREAS:
Please see the attached map and pictures for reference.
LANE ASSIGNMENTS AND OTHER RELAY INFORMATION
1. Teams will stay in same lanes. At halftime, teams will shift as noted below.
Lane assignments (first half)
Lanes 1 & 2 – Tallyho
Lane 3 – Regency
Lane 4 – Inverness
Lane 5 – Rockshire
Lane 6 - Old Farm
Lane assignments (second half)
Lanes 1 & 2 – Tallyho
Lane 3 - Old Farm
Lane 4 – Regency
Lane 5- Inverness
Lane 6 – Rockshire
Other teams may use Lane 2 if requested based on the number of swimmers in an event. Please let us know if you request Lane 2 for a particular event.
2. The fastest relay team goes in the last heat.
3. Some of the distances are shorter than in the MCSL Relay Carnival.
The 11-12 Medley Relay is only a 100m relay and not a 200m relay.
The 9-10 Free Relay is only a 100m relay and not a 200m relay.
The end relay is only a 150m relay and not a 175m relay, with 8 & unders swimming a 25, 9-10s swimming a 25 (starting at shallow end in water), 11-12s swimming a 50, and 13-14s swimming a 50.
4. 100m Medley Relays will start in the shallow end, with back and fly doing in-water starts.
5. 100m Free Relay will start in the deep end, with swimmers 2 and 4 doing in-water starts
6. Mixed relays can have 3 swimmers of the same gender.
TALLYHO WILL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING:
Referee
Announcer
Ribbons
Parking lot coordinators
WHAT WE NEED FROM EACH TEAM:
Ribbon writers: several people to write and hand out ribbons won by that team
Printouts of names and relays for each heat for the finishing judge to write down places
Finishing place judge: 1 person to help determine finishing placements for each heat
Coaches/parents to line up kids before their events
CHEERING AND SCORING:
Please know that Tallyho (and the MCSL) has a no-negative cheer policy.
This event should be fun and positive for all swimmers. For this reason, we don't keep score.
Please reach out if you have questions. We look forward to the meet!
6. Rescheduled B meet at Montgomery Square Wednesday, July 16. Be on deck at 4:45! Theme: Decades
7. Please RSVP for our minimeet on Sunday July 20 at 10am in swimtopia! This is a great way to celebrate our preteamers this year; we will have races followed by breakfast and awards.
8. Please RSVP for our team banquet on Sunday, July 20 at 4:30pm at the Nancy Dacek center. Please RSVP and volunteer to bring something for the potluck dinner in the website!
9. Sign up for our WhatsApp messaging service! The link to join the group is here: Rockshire Sharks WhatsApp we will be using this messaging for volunteer reminders as well as any last minute needs for volunteers and events. Biweekly emails will still be sent and should be checked for most thorough information.
10. Become a sponsor for the Rockshire Sharks! Own a business or know someone who does? Consider a sponsorship for the Rockshire Sharks! Sponsorships keep our registration fees low and our coaches salaries competitive, and we are looking for sponsors! Here is the form to fill out as a sponsor: Sponsorship Form
11. Share your memories from this season by sharing your photos for our slideshow! Please upload all team photos into this folder: Shark Team Photos 2025 ALL PHOTOS DUE THIS SUNDAY TO MAKE IT INTO THE SLIDE SHOW!!!
Any questions? Please contact us at [email protected].
Your A-Reps,
Kat and Patrick Hussmann