Rep Report #4
UPCOMING DEADLINES AND ACTION ITEMS:
- Declare availability for June 24 A-Meet by NOON TODAY
- RSVP for Senior Recognition Lunch by Wednesday
- Declare availability for ALL A-meets
- Declare availability for Divisional Relay Carnival
- RSVP for Field Day
- RSVP for June 23 Pep Rally
What a way to start the season! The Otters were triumphant on Saturday, winning against Vienna Woods with a final meet score of 266 to 154. The weather was picture perfect, as was the butterfly. The Otters swept several fly events, along with Women’s 15-18 50 freestyle. Full meet results are available on the NVSL website.
We look forward to additional fast swims tonight as we host Greenbriar for our first B meet of the season. Go Otters! Should you have any questions regarding tonight’s meet, please contact the B Meet Reps.
This Rep Report is long, which means we have a full week ahead. We appreciate your thorough review!
In this edition:
- Field Day
- Morning Practice and Otter Pups
- Dryland Training
- Tuesday Breakfast
- Progressive Dinner
- Senior Breakfast
- Friday Night Pep Rally
- Senior Recognition Lunch
- Saturday A-Meet vs. Mantua
- Divisional Relay Carnival on June 28
- Team Gear Pickup
- Year-Round/Club Swimming
- Meet Sheet Creation
FIELD DAY (Thursday, June 22)
Join the fun with your teammates for Field Day at OSRC! We will have loads of fun, including an inflatable obstacle course and back by popular demand - the dunk tank!! Participants should have a bathing suit, towel, and sneakers. Please RSVP by Wednesday night and PREPAY $10 to Lara Kaplan (cash/Venmo preferred - Venmo @Lara-Kaplan). Checks should be payable to OSRC Swim. Please put in the KAPLAN family folder by Wednesday at 6PM.
PRACTICES AND PUPS
Morning practices began this morning. Practice times can be found here. Parents are strongly encouraged to drop their swimmers off at practice. Beginning Monday, June 19, if you would like to observe practice, you are welcome to observe from the grassy areas outside of the pool deck fence. Parents will not be permitted on the pool deck during practices.
The Otter Pups begin their practices this week. Pups practice Monday through Thursday from 11-11:30am. Pups should all come with goggles. We encourage Pup parents to drop their swimmer(s) off and watch from the chaise lounges by the clubhouse.
DRYLAND TRAINING
Starting this week, swimmers aged 11+ will also have a dryland component to their practices. They should have sneakers and socks for all practices Monday-Thursday.
TUESDAY BREAKFAST TREATS, RIBBONS & BAG TAGS
Please plan on your swimmers staying about 15-20 minutes later after practice every Tuesday (this does not apply to Pups) for breakfast treats and “bag tags.” We will be serving donuts this Tuesday! If your swimmer is not able to attend Tuesday practice, please check your family folder for any ribbons or bag tags.
PROGRESSIVE DINNER (Wednesday, June 21)
Calling all Senior swimmers (age 13&over)! It’s time to get “dressed up” and gather at the pool for our second-annual progressive dinner. Swimmers will start at OSRC for pictures and to organize a caravan. From there, they will start their culinary crawl among three different houses. The evening's timeline is as follows:
The evening's timeline is as follows:
- 5:15-5:30pm: meet at OSRC for pictures & caravan
- 5:30pm-6:30pm: appetizers at the Wilson House (11602 Helmont Drive, Oakton)
- 6:30-7:45pm: main course at the Lim House (11010 Sweetmeadow Drive, Oakton)
- 7:45-9pm: dessert at the Mancusi House (11730 Flemish Mill Court, Oakton)
Parents will pick up swimmers at the Mancusi House at 9pm!! Please click HERE to RSVP. We will need donations to help feed our hungry teenagers - please click HERE to bring donations to the various houses! This event relies on parent help.
SENIOR BREAKFAST (ALL SWIMMERS 13 & OLDER)
Senior swimmers (age 13+) are encouraged to attend Senior Breakfasts. This week, they will be dining at the IHOP on Blake Lane immediately following their practice.
PEP RALLY (Friday, June 23)
You won’t want to miss the annual (and most popular) pep rally theme: WILD THINGS! The fun and spirit begin at 5:30pm, we’ll be serving swimmers pasta for dinner at 6:00pm, and cheers and awards will wrap up by 7:00pm. Feel free to drop your swimmer(s) off, or stay and enjoy happy hour with other swim team families. (Please use discretion for younger swimmers.)
SENIOR RECOGNITION LUNCH
Please join us for a luncheon honoring our graduating Otters. A BBQ lunch will be held at OSRC immediately following Saturday’s A Meet. The cost is $5 per person (families of seniors are no charge). RSVP here no later than 9AM on Wednesday 6/21.
Please PRE-PAY for the luncheon by Friday (6/23):
- Venmo Kristy Reynolds @Kristy-Reynolds-8 (last 4: 9551)
- Cash/check in the Reynolds family folder (payable to Kristy Reynolds)
DUAL A-MEET vs MANTUA/SENIOR RECOGNITION (Saturday 6/24)
We will be hosting Saturday’s second A-meet of the season vs. Mantua. Selected swimmers will be notified via email no later than NOON on Wednesday. Come and cheer for your teammates - the meet starts at 9AM. Please note that we reserve the OSRC parking lot for the visiting team. Oakton spectators should park on the street. Please respect no street parking areas, marked by orange cones. This meet will also be our Senior Recognition meet. Following our Otter tradition, we will honor our graduating seniors during the meet and at the luncheon following.
DIVISIONAL RELAY CARNIVAL (June 28)
This year’s relay carnival is earlier than in years’ past! Please declare your swimmer's availability ASAP for the Divisional Relay Carnival @ Little Hunting Park on June 28. Selected swimmers will be notified on Tuesday, June 27. We recognize that this is a tight turnaround time, but relays are seeded after the results of the B Meet on Monday, June 26.
TEAM GEAR AND SPIRITWEAR PURCHASES
If you have not collected your team shirts, caps, and/or spirit wear purchases, please contact us to arrange for pick-up.
RESULTS
The results from all A meets can be found here each week. The swim team ladder for all swimmers can be found in a binder in the pool lobby. It is updated by Wednesday each week.
YEAR-ROUND/CLUB SWIMMING
Many of our Otters love summer swim so much that by the end of the season, they are eager to join club teams that swim during the school year. Please note that 2023-2024 registration is now open for many local club swim teams and it fills up fast. Many of our coaches and reps have experience with several local clubs. Please reach out to any of us if you’d like to learn more about the various options. While this is not a comprehensive list, please see registration timelines for 3 club teams popular among Otter families:
- York Swim Club (registration opens this week)
- Mako Swimming (registration open now through Aug 1)
- Machine Aquatics (registration open now)
SWIM LESSONS
If you are looking for private swim lessons for your child, please contact one of our coaches. You can read their bios and get contact information here. Any OSRC members can arrange for lessons with our coaches.
HOW IS A MEET SHEET CREATED?
Have you ever wondered how a meet sheet for an A meet is created? It takes hours for our coaches to plan and develop a meet sheet for an A meet. They look over our ladder, as well as the competitor’s ladder. They place our swimmers in the events that they feel give the Otters the best chance to win. The coaches are looking at your child’s availability to make the meet sheet. It is a challenge for our coaches to place a swimmer in an A meet and find out later they are not available. Our coaches want all of our swimmers to be available if they are called on for an A meet.
It is very important that you declare your swimmers’ availability for all A Meets. Even if you don’t think they have the “fastest times” to swim, you never know - we may need them if that helps the Otters! Please mark your child(ren) AVAILABLE or UNAVAILABLE. If you know for certain that your child is not available to swim, please enter “unavailable”.
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