Hi Eaglerays!! I hope your are resting up and getting ready for the 2019 swim season!!

Please read in its entirety. Its long but full of info.

Schedule 

I wanted to get a few dates on your calendar so you can start your summer planning. These dates are also posted on the website for your reference. NOTE!! We have a Tuesday swim meet!!! The reason for this is to accommodate our new Divisional swim meet on that following Thursday and Championships on Saturday. Both Divisionals and Championships are held at the Georgia Tech campus pool. More information is coming about those two fun events (they are also optional but we do compete as a team). 

• May 6 – Practice begins, dry land exercise for 1 1/2 weeks  (bring a towel, water bottle, apply sunscreen, tennis shoes, and shorts)
• May 15-- first day in the water (bring a towel, swim cap, googles, swim suit, wear sunscreen, and a great attitude) GIRLS - only one piece swim suits allowed. 
• May 30 – Meet 1 - Home vs. Wildwood Springs
• June 6 – Meet 2 at Deer Run
• June 13 – Meet 3 at Wyngate
• June 20 -Meet 4 at Towne Lake Sharks
• June 27 - Tuesday Meet 5 Home vs Woodmont
• June 28 - Divisionals (At Georgia Tech) - more info to come
• June 30 - Championships (At Georgia Tech) - more info to come

Practice times are posted on the website! Check it out!

Swimsuits

We are wearing the same suits as last year (Speedo Taper in Green). If your suit still fits, awesome!! If not, please consider passing it on/selling to a younger athlete. New suit orders will be placed through Atlanta Swim Academy. Since I cannot guarantee a certain number of suit orders they will not come do a fitting like in the past. You will need to order directly from their website or in person at 32 Johnson Ferry Rd. Marietta, GA 30068. I will get further information and send out a specific swim suit email by the end of the week. 

Athlete numbers

We currently have 85 athletes on our roster and that is great! We do have lots of openings for our older divisions (13 and up)! We would love to have full relay teams for each gender and age group so tell your friends!  There are scholarship opportunities for our older athletes as well. I will be sending that out as soon as I get more information (but put a bug in the ears of your junior and senior swimmer friends).

We are currently at max capacity for 7/8 boys and 9/10 girls but feel free to tell your younger athlete friends to sign up with us!

Coaches

We are happy to have Caitlyn Pallas back as our head coach and Lily Zumarano back our assistant coach!!!!! So happy these two experienced and wonderful ladies are sticking with our athletes this year. We will have two new coaches joining us as well. Katie Thrift and Kat Kochansky!! These two are wonderful swimmers and bring great experience and skills to our deck. I will be sending out a more in depth introduction shortly. 

ASA

I have a rules meeting this Thursday with our new governing organization, so I hope to be able to send out further information out asap! This is a great move for us!

I will be ordering t-shirts and swim caps (included with your registration) after we finalize our numbers. 

I covered a lot but feel free to contact me with any questions you may have [email protected]. I will do my best to answer them all!

Have a great day and I will see you all soon!

Dionna Walker

Coordinator of Eagle Watch Eaglerays Swimteam