Hi Blue Crabs!

Thanks for making our first week a great one! We had some great weather (most of the time), great practices, great conversations, and an all-around great time! Special thanks to Megan Brown and Katie Thomas for encouraging our swimmers to just keep swimming with a goldfish treat on Thursday.

This post contains important information about our time trials, concession stand, and the schedule for the week.

Time Trials (for Blue Crabs swimmers only)

Time Trials are a meet-like event that gives our team and swimmers a chance to get ready for the upcoming season. At Time Trials each swimmer participating gets an opportunity to establish their times in each event before heading into the season. To run an effective Time Trials we need both swimmers and volunteers.

Swimmer Entry:Whether you are able to attend time trials or not (or any other meet this season), every Blue Crab family must declare your swimmer(s) as either “attending” or “not attending.” Only those swimmers marked as “attending” by Wednesday at 1 PM will be eligible to swim on Saturday. To declare your swimmer follow these simple instructions:

• Start by going to the Swim Meet & Event Sign-Uppage and then click on the green "Meet Entry" button located next to the event labeled "Time Trials."
• Next click the "Edit" button at the bottom of the page.
• For each swimmer select an option from the dropdown list next to his/her name: "Attending" or "Not Attending."
• You should select the shortest freestyle event for your swimmer (25 freestyle or 50 freestyle), as well as any other events you are reasonably confident your swimmer(s) can complete (up to 4 events). If you're not sure if they can swim breaststroke, butterfly, or 100-meter freestyle then you should not enter them in those events. Please note that coaches have final say in what events a swimmer will or will not swim.
• Click the "Save" button at the bottom of the page.

Volunteer Sign-Up: Job signup is now open for Time Trials. Job signup takes place on our website on the same Meets & Events page where you enter your swimmers. Simply click on the green "Job Sign-Up" button and then you can sign up for a job.

***If you need help with swimmer entry or job sign-up, you can check out this page for additional details and instructions.

The Crab Shack

One way we make our swim meets more fun (and delicious!) is with our concession stand. Under the leadership of three dads in our community (Brian Carr, Greg Blake, and Jim Higgins), we are excited to be opening up The Crab Shack this season!

The team will be purchasing items to sell at The Crab Shack, but we would also be so grateful to have some donations from our generous families to kick-start the season. The Crab Shack is a fundraising effort for the team, so make sure you visit "The Shack" during our home swim meets to purchase some delicious food and drinks.

Here is a link to our sign-up genius where you will see the items on our wish list as well as additional information.

Thank you for supporting the Blue Crabs in this way!

The Week Ahead

Our schedule for this week consists of afternoon practices on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, followed by a summer kick-off pool party on Friday, and Time Trials on Saturday. Additional details below.

Monday, 6/3

• 9-10 year olds practice from 4:00-4:40 PM
• 11+ practice from 4:45-5:30 PM
• Mini Crabs (group A) practice from 5:40-6:10 PM
• 8 and under Blue Crabs practice from 6:20-7:00 PM

Tuesday, 6/4 (same schedule as Monday)

• 9-10 year olds practice from 4:00-4:40 PM
• 11+ practice from 4:45-5:30 PM
• Mini Crabs (group B) practice from 5:40-6:10 PM
• 8 and under Blue Crabs practice from 6:20-7:00 PM

Wednesday, 6/5

• No practices or swim team events
• Blue Crabs families: Please declare your swimmer(s) as “attending” or “not attending” by 1 PM (details on how to do this are above)

Thursday, 6/6 (same schedule as Monday & Tuesday)

• 9-10 year olds practice from 4:00-4:40 PM
• 11+ practice from 4:45-5:30 PM
• Mini Crabs (group A) practice from 5:40-6:10 PM
• 8 and under Blue Crabs practice from 6:20-7:00 PM

Friday, 6/7

• Summer Kick-Off Pool Party from 4:30-6:30 PM at the Stone Barn Pool.

Saturday, 6/8

• Time Trials: Swimmers should arrive for warm-ups by 8:00 AM. Volunteers should check-in at 8:30 AM. Our first event will begin at 9:00 AM and we are hoping to be finished by 11:30 AM.

It looks like it will be another fun week!

See you soon,

The Blue Crabs