Good Morning Swim Team Members!

We are excited to get this season started on Monday June 2, 2025 with practices (and the weather for the upcoming week seems to bring with it a little bit more heat). This email is going to contain important information about the upcoming season, so please take the time to read the whole email.

Practice Times:

AM Advance/Intermediate: 8:55 - 10:00 Monday - Friday

AM Porpoise Pups: 10:00 - 10:30 Monday - Friday

PM Porpoise Pups: 7:00 - 7:30 Monday - Thursday

PM Intermediate/Advanced: 7:30 - 8:30 Monday - Thursday

Your child will need their swim suit, googles, and a cap for practices. Along with a towel for after practice is done. Something else we suggest is a water bottle as swimming is great exercise.

Meets: (You must compete in a minimum of 3 league meets to compete in CHAMPS.)

Meet 1: at Baltimore 5:30 pm on 6/4/25

Meet 2: at Pickerington 8:00 am on 6/14/25

Since our first meet is on Wednesday June 4th, feel free to check in with our coaches on what your swimmer should swim. The cut off to sign up for this meet is Tuesday June 2, 2025 at noon.If you are new to our program, I would suggest checking out our website on Meets & Events (under Swimming Meet 101) to help you understand how meets run and what to expect (https://past-a.swimtopia.com/swim-meet-101).

You will need to sign your child up for the swim meet and for jobs and here are the instructions on how to do that. Reminder that you will need 4 points before the end of the season (to not get the $100 charge). I have opened the first three meets for jobs along with ribbon day and snow cone sign up. We will need lots of help for our home meets.

How to Register for Swims and Jobs:

• Log in to the website (upper right hand corner)
• If you can’t remember your password, click "Forgot your password" to reset your password.
• Under the Meets & Events tab, select "Signup Calendar" to sign up for a swim meet.
  • https://past-a.swimtopia.com/swim_meets

Job Signup:

• Click the green JOB SIGNUP tab and sign up for volunteer shifts (note one parent may sign up both parents for jobs -- scroll down and you’ll see the other parent listed). If you know you and your spouse will not be at this meet, skip to Swimmer Signup.
• Click Save Assignments.
• Click Back to Signup Calendar.

Swimmer Signup:

• Click the green MEET ENTRY tab, and then click the green Edit tab under your athletes' names.
• For each of your athletes, select an option from the drop down list next to their names.
  • (undeclared)
  • Attending
  • Not Attending

• Select the appropriate events from the list shown. Swimmer may be able to choose either 2 or 3 individual events, depending on the meet. Coaches will assign swimmers to relays.
• Click Save to record your choices
• You can even leave a note for the coach at the bottom before you click save

Stack App:

Make sure you are signed into our STACK account (group called Pataskala Porpoises), so that you can get reminders and alerts (i.e. cancelled practice, jobs still needed).

Family Fun Night:

Our family fun night will be Monday July 14th from 7:00-8:30 pm at the Pataskala Pool to get our swimmer excited about the upcoming CHAMPS meet that week on Wednesday. More information coming soon about it.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to myself or Valerie Kellett (our VP).

Thanks!

Cassie Lauvray