1. brianstonge.sharks@gmail.com

2. Welcome to the 2016 Season!

3.  You must purchase a team swimsuit and team swim cap to participate in meets (if you have long hair)  Swimmers must have goggles and a kickboard for practices  All new swimmers must pass a tryout on 31 May  Swim one length of the pool unassisted and without touching the sides or bottom of pool –must be a recognized swim stroke  30 second tread without touching bottom of pool or wall What to Expect

4.  We are a volunteer organization  Parents have to volunteer in order to conduct meets  Each family must complete their required number of volunteer points  Each family must mail a volunteer deposit check to Kerri Niehaus prior to participating in team events  Checks are only deposited if you fail to meet the season total – last season we did not keep any What to Expect

5.  Everyone needs to log onto the website (stoneridgesharks.org and ensure you update your profile in the system o Contact Information : Email Addresses, Address, SMS (Text Messaging) o Emergency Contact o Medical Concerns o Swimmers T-Shirt Size o T-Shirts Orders will be placed on 11 May – Last day to update your swimmers sizes will be 9 May  Spiritwear is available for purchase

6. 2016 Season Start Up  31 May: New Member Tryouts 5-6 PM Greenstone Pool  1 June: Evening Practices Start at Greenstone Pool  11 June: Time Trials at Greenstone Pool  June 15: Morning practices start  June 18: First Meet @ Lenah Run  Full details on the schedule can be viewed on the team site  All Wednesday meets at home – All Saturday meets away  Home Meets will begin at 5:30

7. Team Suits and Cap Options Dolfin Speedo

8. Sharks Coaches  Dale Heather Bostwick– Head Coach  Emily Williams– Assistant Head Coach  We will have two additional assistant coaches

9. Junior Coaches  Accepting 8 Junior Coaches (volunteer position) - Junior Coaches will be announced on 11 May, so I need all interested names by 8 May  Must be 13 years or older  Assists at all practices & meets  In the pool support to swimmers  Junior Coaches will be assigned to assist the Clerks of Course this season  Assists with swimmer areas

10. Board and Committee Leads Committee Leads Events Committee ……..........Maria Wergley & Tricia Rice Concessions ……………………Rachel Chintala Historian…………………………….Nona Hunter Swimmer Recognition…………….…Jenn Suh Pre Meet Operator ……………..Marc Wergley Meet Operator …………………………Jim Levri Volunteer Coordinator….......Carlos Escobar Board *President………………………………..Brian St. Onge VP of Communications……..Maureen Thiavappil Team Representative ……………………..Jon Peiken Member at Large/Parent Liaison….Nona Hunter Treasurer ………………………………….Kerri Niehaus Secretary ……………......................Tracey Moriarty *All expiring terms -

11. Evening Practices Due to size of team and the amount of pool time provided by HOA we will again do split practices What does this mean? As an example?  If your swimmers last name ends in letters A-M then you will be considered in the A group. We will then decompose that A group further and divide the group in half therefore creating an A1 and A2 group. A1 will swim on night 1 from 5-6pm; A2 will swim on night 1 from 6-7. Group A will then swim every other night alternating practice nights with group B For evening practices Coach Dale will not be attending 6- 7 PM Monday Night Practice or Thursday Night Practices due to prior commitments. Coach Emily will run all practices in her absence

12. Example of Evening Practice Schedule Week 1 MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday A1 No Practices5-6 PMNo Practices5-6 PMNo Practices A2 No Practices6-7 PMNo Practices6-7 PMNo Practices B1 No Practices 5-6 PMNo Practices5-6 PM B2 No Practices 6-7 PMNo Practices6-7 PM Week 2 MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday A1 5-6 PMNo Practices5-6 PMNo Practices5-6 PM A2 6-7 PMNo Practices6-7 PMNo Practices6-7 PM B1 No Practices5-6 PMNo Practices5-6 PMNo Practices B2 No Practices6-7 PMNo Practices6-7 PMNo Practices Everyone will get an email with which evening practice group they are in and the actual schedule

13. Morning Practices June 15 – June 23  Coach Dale and Coach Emily are both employed by Fairfax county. There schools do not let out until June 23, as a consequence we are going to modify morning practices until they are on summer break and can resume normal practice sessions  Also we are going to have to change swim groups for all morning practices due to the very large number of swimmers between the ages of 9-12

14. Morning Practice Schedule Ages12 +9-118 – Under Times07:00 – 07:4007:40-08:2008:20-09:00 June 27 we resume practices from 07:00 – 10:15

15. Morning Practices June 15 – June 23  Coach Dale and Coach Emily are both employed by Fairfax county. There schools do not let out until June 23, as a consequence we are going to modify morning practices until they are on summer break and can resume normal practice sessions  Also we are going to have to change swim groups for all morning practices due to the very large number of swimmers between the ages of 9-12

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17. Stroke and Turn/Referee STROKE & TURN This year ODSL will be only offering one “live” training  Sunday, May 15 th from 3:00-5:00pm at the Potomac Club (43459 Riverpoint Drive, Leesburg).  League is also offering Stroke and Turn training online this season. Please Jon Peiken’s email  Testing must be completed by June 11 th STARTER & REFEREE  Training will be held on Saturday, MAY 21 st from 9:00- 9:45am (STARTER) and 9:45-10:30am (REFEREE).