Please see the following email sent 1/16 reguarding our home meet:

Good Evening GBSA!

Thank you so much to all the families who contributed their time and energy to make our November home meet so successful. Your flexibility and teamwork did not go unnoticed. Special thanks to Mr. Wiggins for filling in when Coach Pat was ill, and to all of the parents who filled in last minute to ensure all jobs were covered. Everyone's point count should be updated to reflect all jobs.

It's hard to believe, but we are already coming up on our next meet, the Last Chance Qualifier that will be held on 2/7-9 at UMBC. A couple of things for you to mark on your calendars:

• Entries are due for the meet on Monday 1/20 by 8:30pm on our team SwimTopia site. All checks should be placed in the meet entry folder kept on the deck at CCBC.
• Both Saturday (2/8) sessions will be shifting later than listed in the meet notice. Those times didn’t take into account the Retrievers practice for that morning unfortunately. Coach Pat is actively working with their coach so that we aren’t shifting too late Saturday evening. Be on the lookout for updated times. There may be other time changes based on the number of swimmers attending each session, but otherwise the Friday and Sunday sessions will proceed as listed.
• Volunteer signups will open up on 1/25 at 8:00 am. Sign on early to get your preferred volunteer slot. If you didn’t volunteer at the last meet, please be ready to volunteer for this one. Note that even if your swimmer isn’t participating, your family is still responsible for getting their volunteer points each season.
• On that note, if you got 4 points at the last meet, you are not required to sign up to volunteer at this one. With the number of families compared to the number of volunteer slots available, 4 points seems to be more reasonable at this time with our current meet setup.
• Any questions can be sent to [email protected].

If anyone is interested in becoming a USA swimming official, please reach out to Coach Pat, and if anyone is interested in becoming a registrar for the team, please reach out to myself or Elizabeth. We would be glad to have you on our team.

Swim Fast this weekend GBSA!

Erica Shaw