Hi Blue Crabs!

We had an outstanding first home meet as a team this past Saturday! Despite the weather being less than ideal, the Blue Crabs showed up, swam hard, and had fun. You can view the complete results here and some wonderful photos from the meet (these are also available by clicking the "results" or “photos” link on our “Meets & Events” page).

Once again, this meet would not have been possible without the dozens of you who stepped up in significant ways to pull this off. Special thanks to Linda Amato who coordinated our pep rally, Leslie Yi who oversees set-up and take-down for the meet, Stephanie Buchs who is doing a fantastic job organizing our concessions, and Sam & Pilar Nevares who have been amazing at running everything IT and making our meets run as some of the smoothest and most efficient in the FSSL (according to our opponents!). It really does take a village, and it’s great to be a part of this together!

As a team, we are all about recognizing hard work and growth and we want to recognize the 64 swimmers who improved their times this week. They are as follows: Tyler Amato, Elijah Baker, Avery Blake, Axel Blosom, Ada Brown, Lily Brown, Katie Buchs, Lizzie Buchs, Aubree Carr, Talia Chandy, Vivaan Chintawar, Brenna Davies, Kendall Davies, Abhi Devineni, Sumi Devineni, Reese Douty, Eric Du, Evan Du, Agnes Duan, James Duncan, Anabella Edgar, Ema Edgar, Oliver Edgar, Leigh Emery, Max Fedewa, Mia Feng, Sophia Fernandez, Mason Garmon, Matix Garmon, Emma Gigena-Sola, Maxwell Harding, Griffin Herzfeld, Phoenix Herzfeld, Lilly Higgins, Amir Hussein, Kaitlyn Kauflin, Knox Kauflin, Korey Kauflin, Kyleigh Kauflin, Micah Kim, Moses Kim, James Knapp, Arya Kuhn, Annabelle Lett, Rosie Lett, Caitlyn Menjivar, Abby Mosher, Alberto Nevares, Carmen Nevares, Grace O’Malley, Charlotte Ortman, Ellie Ortman, Eloise Polesnak, Makayla Randolph, Suleiman Rashid, Lali Sampson, David Shen, Anastasiya Skakun, Daryna Skakun, Maddy Thomas, Matthew Thornbug, Nathan Thornburg, Eric Yi, and Olivia Yi.

A big shoutout also goes to our high point scorers for the meet, two impressive pairs of siblings. Amir Hussein, Alberto Nevares, and Carmen Nevares each took first place in all four of their individual events and each of them scored 20 points each for our team, while Amir's brother, Tarek, added another 18 points of his own to our total score!

Outstanding swimming Blue Crabs!

This week is on the lighter side, as there is no dual meet for the Blue Crabs (a meet where we compete against another team), but we have a full week of practice and a fun meet planned for our youngest swimmers this Saturday! Here are a few notes and the schedule for the week:

Notes

• T-Shirt Pick-Up: If you have not yet received your team t-shirt, please find Devon or Kristine Kauflin at during a swim practice this week.
• Concession Donations: Thank you to all of you who donated to our concessions stand this past Saturday. The sign-up link for donations is still live and we would love some donations for our last two meets (7/1 and 7/15).
• Mighty Mini Meet: The Mighty Mini Meet will take place this Saturday from 9:00-11:00 AM. This meet will be for swimmers—both Blue Crabs and Mini Crabs—8 and under. This will give our younger Blue Crab swimmers an opportunity to try out some different events, and our Mini Crab swimmers an opportunity to make their way across the pool with a kickboard or with the help of a coach. Additional details and information on signing up for Saturday’s meet will be sent in a separate email.

Monday, 6/26

• Mini Crabs Practice: 10:15-10:45 AM.
• Blue Crabs Practice: 9-10 year olds from 8:30-9:15 AM, 11 and older from 9:15-10:15 AM, and 8 and unders from 10:45-11:30 AM

Tuesday, 6/27

• Mini Crabs Practice: 4:45-5:15 PM
• Blue Crabs Practice: 8 & under from 4:00-4:45 PM, 9 & over from 5:15-6:00 PM

Wednesday, 6/28

• Mini Crabs Practice: 10:15-10:45 AM.
• Blue Crabs Morning Practice: 9-10 year olds from 8:30-9:15 AM, 11 and older from 9:15-10:15 AM, and 8 and unders from 10:45-11:30 AM
• Blue Crabs Afternoon Practice: 8 & under from 4:00-4:45 PM, 9 & over from 5:15-6:00 PM

Thursday, 6/29

• Mini Crabs Practice: 4:45-5:15 PM
• Blue Crabs Practice: 8 & under from 4:00-4:45 PM, 9 & over from 5:15-6:00 PM

Friday, 6/30

• Mini Crabs Practice: 10:15-10:45 AM.
• Blue Crabs Practice: 9-10 year olds from 8:30-9:15 AM, 11 and older from 9:15-10:15 AM, and 8 and unders from 10:45-11:30 AM
• Friday Treat: One of our wonderful sponsors, Urbana’s Indulgence, will be providing cookies to all of our swimmers after their practice session!

Saturday, 7/1

• Mighty Mini Meet: The meet will begin at 9:00 AM. Please plan to arrive with your swimmers by 8:30 AM so that we can be ready to go. The meet theme will be superheroes.

We’re looking forward to a great week!

Go Blue Crabs!