Hi Blue Crabs! 

Well, the weather held out just enough for us yesterday to have a great time conducting our time trials! We had just over 130 swimmers participate and amassed 103 improved times over last year! Thank you to all those who came out, swam hard, showed your Urbana spirit, and made it a memorable Saturday! You can view the LINKcomplete results here and check out photos from the meet here (these are also available by clicking “Meets & Events” in our website menu).

A huge thank you to all the volunteers that made Time Trials possible, including all of our timers, officials, and clerk of course volunteers. These meets cannot happen without our outstanding community pitching in to help. Also, a special shout out goes to Tim Koehn for his enthusiasm as a clerk of course yesterday—keeping our swimmers warm in the rain by leading them in jumping jacks and dancing!

It really does take a Village to pull this off, and this is a great Village to be a part of. We are also grateful to all of our wonderful sponsors who are helping to make this swim season possible and whose support we are so grateful for. We have a wonderful community!

This email includes important information about picture night (& team t-shirts) on Tuesday, our first meet this Saturday, and our schedule for the coming week.

MINI CRABS

We are so excited to get our Mini Crabs season going this week! Afternoon practices will begin tomorrow at 6:35 PM and last until 7:05 PM. 

PICTURE NIGHT

Our team photo will take place THIS TUESDAY, 6/10 around 7:15 PM. There will be no swim practice for swimmers 11 and up on Tuesday. We will be handing out our 2025 team t-shirts prior to the picture so that the shirts can be worn for the picture. Please pick these up by 7 PM. This picture is for all swimmers, Blue Crabs and Mini Crabs.

We will be providing a digital copy of the photo to all of our wonderful swim team families. However, if you are interested in individual/sibling photo sessions, they will be available on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 5:15 PM. Sessions will be $20 for an individual photo session or $20 for a sibling photo session and payment will be collected on site. This cost includes an 8x10 memory mate.

OUR FIRST HOME MEET

We will be hosting the Windsor Knolls Wahoos this Saturday, 6/14. Our team theme will be Glowing back to the 80s/90s! Break out the scrunchies, fanny packs, neon colors, and anything else rad. Let’s start the season with a bang!

Volunteer Sign-Up: Every swim meet happens when several parents step up and give of their time to serve our kids and pull the event off. Thank you for helping us build a culture of service, fun, and community. Put on your leg warmers, your neon everything, and sign up here to participate!

*****IF YOU READ ONE THING READ THIS NEXT PARAGRAPH*****

Swimmer Entry: It is very important that you sign in and click on the green “Meet Entry” button on this page to declare your swimmer(s) as either “attending” or “not attending.” This must be done by 10:00 PM on Tuesday, 6/10 in order to participate in the meet. Even if you are not attending on Saturday, please complete this process by Tuesday. Thank you!

PARENT HALFTIME RELAY

Our parent relay is back! Sign-up to show off your impressive swimming skills this coming Saturday. Teams will be announced and there will be prizes for the winner and the most spirited team. Sign up here!

THE CRAB SHACK

Thank you so much to everyone who has donated so far to the Crab Shack! Your support has been awesome! We are still happy to receive more items from our Amazon wish list if you’d like to donate.

🦀THE WEEKLY CRAB🦀

This week we have practices on Monday through Thursday evenings and on Friday morning. Entry for every practice will be at the Blue Crab Gate where you will also sign-in your family each day. Thank you!

Practices from Monday, 6/9 through Thursday, 6/12

• 9-10 year olds practice from 5:00-5:40 PM
• 8 & under practice from 5:45-6:25 PM
• Mini Crabs practice from 6:35-7:05 PM
• 11 & over practice from 7:10-8:00 PM (picture night on Tuesday)

Tuesday, 6/10

• Picture Night at 7:15 PM
• And don’t forget to declare your swimmer(s): Please declare your swimmer as either “attending the meet” or “not attending the meet” by 10:00 PM on Tuesday.

Friday, 6/13 – DONUT FRIDAY!

• 9-10 year olds practice from 8:30-9:15 AM
• 11+ practice from 9:20-10:10 AM
• Mini Crabs practice from 10:20-10:50 AM
• 8 and under practice from 11:00-11:45 AM

Saturday, 6/14

Swim Meet: Our first home meet vs. the Windsor Knolls Wahoos will begin at 8 AM. We will be glowing back to the 80s for this meet! Please plan to arrive at 6:45 AM to get your swimmer(s) checked-in for the meet. Swimmer warm-ups will be from 7:10-7:30 AM. Full meet information is available here.

We’re looking forward to another fun week!

The Blue Crabs