Congrats on surviving the first week of swim season 2025! It was a tough one with the wacky weather and cool pool temps, but we are thankful you decided to “just keep swimming!”

A few items of interest:

Saturday, May 24 - (Memorial Day weekend) – Saturday practice is on!

Monday, May 26 - No swim practice!

Tuesday, May 27 - Time Trials (all swimmers will come to the pool at their normal time to warm up then swim each of the four strokes + 100IM for time. Shrimpers will just swim one length of freestyle (and backstroke if able). Ice pops will be provided after time trials are complete!

**During Tuesday's Time Trials, parents new to swim team are invited to chat with Team Manager, Ashley Swistak, and other parents to learn ‘best practices’ for summer swim meets between 4:30-6. Meet near the picnic table closest to the baby pool to ask questions and learn about the swim meet atmosphere.

Saturday, May 31 - Special Saturday Practice with SwimMAC coaches

Next up: Meet Week!

Sunday, June 1 - Team Pics (and Popsicles) at the Pool (wear your team shirt … to be distributed as soon as we receive them!) - Gather for the team picture near the deep end by 7:55; picture will be taken by 8:10 at latest; exit the pool deck by 8:15!

Monday, June 2 - Time Trials (all swimmers will come to the pool at their normal time and will warm up then swim each of the four strokes + 100IM for time. Shrimpers will just swim one length of freestyle (and backstroke if able). Ice pops will be provided after time trials are complete!

Thursday, June 5 - Our first home meet! Swimmers arrive at 5; volunteers check-in by 5:30; meet starts at 6! Be sure to take pictures near our personalized Queen City Yard Art (@queencityyardart) display and post and tag @cameronwoodsharks on Instagram! Also visit our special vendor Happy Hats (@happyhats_clt) between 6-8pm. Start planning a unique hat to make your head happy! 

Finally – on Sunday, June 22 at 6pm, we will take part in the first ever GCSL Division 3 Relay Carnival. All of our division rivals will meet at Raintree’s pool for a special relay-only meet. Participation will be decided on best times, behavior/sportsmanship at meets and practice, and availability. Four boys and four girls from each age group (7 and up) will make up a freestyle relay, and four boys and four girls from each age group (7 and up) will make up a medley relay. In addition, there will be a mixed age/mixed gender freestyle relay. We are so excited about this event and are planning on some extra fun prizes and entertainment during the meet. You will see that this event has been added to Swimtopia. Please declare whether your swimmer is available (RSVP ASAP) for this event (and others if you know your schedule), and Coach Chris will begin building teams once we enter the competition part of the season! We are also required to bring a certain number of volunteers to make this meet successful, so we will rely on parents of participants to help fill those spots once teams are released.

Have a great week!