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Hello Torpedo Families, On Saturday, we are swimming
our Time Trials and having our Surge for Success
Swim-a-thon. Date: Saturday, June 7,
2025. Location: Lackey High
School Pool, 3000 Chicamuxen Rd, Indian Head, MD 20640. Important Times: Arrival: 7:15 a.m. Warmups: 7:35 and 7:45 a.m. Meet Begins: 8:00 a.m. Concludes: 12:00 noon Team Communications/SwimTopia: If you have not already done so, please download
the SwimTopia app and create a login for your family. This will be our
main forum for team communications. Each week, you will be asked to do 3 things in
SwimTopia by noon Tuesday: 1.Indicate whether your swimmer(s) will be
participating in Saturday’s meet. 2.Indicate which job your family member(s) will
fill to run the meet. 3.Indicate which item you would like to donate to
sell at concessions (home meets only). Coach Mel must seed each meet and submit her
entries to the Data Managers by Thursday evening, so she needs your
participation input by Wednesday noon. For regular season meets, the
swimmer attendance section will close on Wednesday at noon. Swimmers who
are not signed up by that time will not be able to participate
in the following Saturday’s meet. Swimmer Attendance: Here’s how you register whether your swimmer(s)
will participate in each meet in SwimTopia: 1.Sign in to SwimTopia. 2.Hover over the “Meets & Events” tab at the
top, in red. 3.Click “Sign-up Calendar.” 4.Click “Meet Entry” to the right of the meet,
the green button. 5.Under your swimmer(s) name, click “Edit.” 6.Edit your swimmer’s status to “Attending” or
“Not Attending.” 7.Hit “Save.” Job Sign Up: Job sign up in SwimTopia works similarly to
swimmer attendance. From the Sign Up Calendar, which you navigated to
above: 1.Click “Job Sign Up” to the right of the meet,
the other green button. 2.Under your adult’s name, click “Sign Up for
Jobs.” 3.Tick the box next to the job you would like to
fill. 4.Click “Save Assignments,” blue, below. Grandparents, aunts, uncles, big brothers or
sisters, or family friends are all welcome to fill meet jobs on your
family’s behalf. Feel free to sign “you” up in SwimTopia with the
intention of one of them filling the role. Concessions Donations Sign Up (home meets only): Concessions will be available for purchase and
are one of our team’s biggest sources of income. If you’re able to donate
items, please check off what you plan to bring on the sign-up sheet.
Every purchase and donation go a long way. Donation requests will be embedded in the Job
Signup. You can volunteer for both in the same place. Know Before You Go: The Lackey HS pool is our home pool, so you are
all familiar with it: Park in the pool parking lot, as you always do. Family members are invited to sit in the
mezzanine, overlooking the pool. Swimmers are encouraged to use the limited
seating on the pool deck, behind the ropes; swimmers with wet suits and
feet are not permitted on the mezzanine for safety reasons. Bring shade canopies and chairs if you wish to
set your family up outside on the patio. You may also use your own chairs
behind the ropes on the pool deck. Bring your own drinks, breakfast, and morning
snacks. Upon arrival, have your swimmer check in with the
Coach to get their race assignments. Parent Volunteers: check in with Abbegail Tasic or
Janice Patterson, your Meet Managers, about your meet job. Suits and Caps: Your swimmer(s) will need a team cap
for Time Trials on Saturday, and for all our future meets.
These can be ordered through our Online Store in SwimTopia. Our order for
custom caps (with your swimmer’s name on them) has already been placed.
At this time, plain, non-custom caps are available. Latex caps
(available now) are $5. Silicone caps (expected before the first meet)
are $10. Kim Isreal, our Gear Manager, will get them to you
before Time Trials or will have them for you on Saturday
morning. We will have some at Time Trials for last-minute
purchase, also. Please get your swimmer a competition suit.
Parents will obtain their swimmer’s suit individually. Indian Head Swim
Team has a team store on SwimOutlet.com (https://www.swimoutlet.com/collections/indianhead). Our team colors are red, white and navy. Our
coaches identified several suits that fit the bill; they are shown in our
team store. You may pick one of those or get the navy, red and/or white
suit of your choice.
Thursday Night Business Meeting: Please attend our start-of-season business
meeting on Thursday at 6pm at the Lackey pool. We urge every family to
please send at least one adult representative as we will impart crucial
information about the season then. Friday Night Meet Set Up: Every Friday evening before a Saturday home meet,
we will ask families to help us set up the pool deck for the next day’s
meet. This will take place during 2nd evening practice.
We will ask the 1st evening practice parents to stay
after to help the 2ndpractice parents with set up, if
possible. Morning swim parents are welcome to come help with evening set
up if you can. We need everyone’s help after the meet to tear down and
put everything away. Surge for Success Swim-A-Thon: Reminder: You may continue collecting donations
through Saturday, June 22, 2025—a full two weeks after Surge for Success
takes place. Please note: In SwimTopia, there's no need to
RSVP for the Swim-A-Thon only RSVP for Time Trials. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me at
practice! Go Torpedoes! Abbegail Cornwall Tasic IHST Meet Manager Janice Patterson IHST Asst. Meet Manager | 
