Hi Blue Crabs!

Wow! What a fantastic Blue Crabs weekend?! Thank you to everyone who came out for our pep rally on Friday night (thanks to Katie Thomas, Linda Amato, Megan Brown for pulling it all together!), and a big congratulations to all of our swimmers who participated in our season opening meet. The weekend embodied everything we want to be about as a team and community.

• Growth: our swimmers amassed a total of 194 improved times over their swims last year
• Encouragement: accomplishments were celebrated, teammates were cheered on, and it was obvious to everyone that we were there for one another.
• Service: The Crab Crew showed up! From all of our timers to everyone who helped set-up and take-down, from our officials and clerk of course parents to our coaches and everyone who helped out at the Crab Shack, as a community we came together, solved problems, met needs, and had a great time doing it.
• Fun! All of this amounted to just having a fun time together as a community. The sun was shining, neighbors were getting to know each other better, the Crab Shack was rocking, families were laughing and cheering, amounting to a super start to our summer season.

So, thanks to everyone for the part you played to make yesterday’s meet such a success. I am grateful we get to do all of this together. You can view the complete meet results here and you view photos from the meet here (these are also available by clicking “Meets & Events” in our website menu).

This email contains a list of Swimmer Shout-Outs, our meet this coming week, and our practice schedule as school wraps up.

SWIMMER SHOUT-OUTS

There were several outstanding swims on Saturday morning. A big congratulations to the four swimmers who set team records in our meet:

• Carmen Nevares set four team records in girls 13-14 100 IM, 50 breast, 50 back, and 50 fly
• Kyleigh Kauflin set a women’s 15-18 team record in 100 free
• Amir Hussein set two men’s 15-18 team records in 100 IM, 100 free
• Jarret Zhou set a men’s 15-18 team record in 50 breast

In addition to these four, two of our relay teams combined to set team records:

• Mixed 12 & under Medley Relay team of Lucas Chang, Ava Cecilia, Alberto Nevares, and Maria Molina
• Mixed 13-18 Medley Relay team of Conner Stanley, Carmen Nevares, Jarret Zhou, and Kyleigh Kauflin

Congratulations on these amazing swims! You can view all our team records here.

In addition to these team records, 21 swimmers achieved FSSL All-Star times. In alphabetical order they are Callie Carr, Ava Cecilia, Lucas Chang, Reese Douty, Lennox Gonzalez, Roman Gonzalez, James Huang, Amir Hussein, Knox Kauflin, Maria Molina, Alberto Nevares, Carmen Nevares, Will Pullen, Conner Stanley, Spencer Stanley, Cole Taylor, Miles Thomas, Jack Wright, Eric Yi, Olivia Yi, and Jarrett Zhou. Well done swimmers! You can see the full list along with the events they have qualified in here.

OUR FIRST AWAY MEET

This Saturday we will be swimming against the Frederick YMCA Tidal Force. Fortunately, we don’t have to travel far as the meet will be held at the Y right here in Urbana. We are still waiting on the Y to confirm some details about the meet, but we know the meet will begin at 8 AM with swimmers arriving by 7:10 AM to check-in and warm-up. One thing to note about the Y is that we will be swimming indoors and their pool is 25 yards, not meters like ours. 

Our team theme this week will be Blue Everything, so come decked-out in your Blue Crab best!

***Whether or not you are going to make the meet, please declare whether your Blue Crabs swimmer is attending or not attending the meet by clicking on the green “Meet Entry” button on this page. The deadline to do this is10:00 PM on Tuesday, 6/16 in order to participate in the meet. Even if you are not attending on Saturday, please complete this process by Tuesday. Thank you!

Crab Crew Sign-Up: We have a just TWO spots left for this Saturday's meet.They are for "automation." There are no special skills needed for this task—all you really need to be able to do is count to 10, something that most of us shouldn't have trouble with. You can sign up here to help out. Thank you!

🦀 THE WEEK AHEAD 🦀

Monday, 6/15

• 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

Tuesday, 6/16

• Declare your swimmer(s): Please declare your swimmer as either “attending the meet” or “not attending the meet” by 10:00 PM on Tuesday.
• 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

Wednesday, 6/17 - we kick-off our summer schedule!

Morning Practice Session:

• 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 unders practice from 11:00-11:45 AM

Afternoon Practice Session:

• 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

Thursday, 6/18

• 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

Friday, 6/19 - DONUT FRIDAY is SO back!

• 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 unders practice from 11:00-11:45 AM

Saturday, 6/21

• Swim Meet @ the Y: The meet will begin at 8:00 AM. Please plan to arrive by 7:10.

LOOKING AHEAD

• Tuesday, June 23 - Team Picture
• Saturday, June 27 - Home Meet vs. Ridge Seals
• Saturday, July 4 - no meet

We’re looking forward to another fun week!

Go Blue Crabs!