Hello Swim Team Families,

We have a very busy week coming up! In this update, you will find the following:

• Picture Day Schedule - Tuesday, June 10
• Chipotle Night - Tuesday, June 10
• Time Trial - Thursday, June 12
• Stingrays Merchandise Orders and Distribution
• Taharka Fundraiser

Picture Day Schedule - Tuesday, June 10

Picture day is this Tuesday, June 10. Individual photos will be offered to all swimmers at no cost, unless you choose to order prints. We will also take a team photo, which will become a banner that hangs at the pool. We would love to have all swimmers, both Stingrays and Junior Stingrays, present for the team photo! Swimmers can wear their team suit, a different suit in team colors, or their Stingrays t-shirt for the team photo.

Here is the schedule for Picture Day:

4:00 - Individual Photos

4:45 - Team Photo

5:00 - Finish any remaining Individual Photos

Stingrays practice will follow the normal practice schedule after the team photo.

Chipotle Fundraiser - Tuesday, June 10

To make dinner a little easier on Picture Day, we are hosting a Chipotle fundraiser at the 6314 York Road location of Chipotle on Tuesday, June 10 from 5:00 - 9:00 pm. If you mention that you are supporting the Swan Lake Stingrays, 25% of your purchase will be donated to the team. You can also order ahead for pickup with the code VKGXT69.

Time Trial - Thursday, June 12

The Stingrays Time Trial is on Thursday! All Stingrays are invited to swim in this meet, and Junior Stingrays are welcome to come out to cheer and learn what a swim meet is all about. Our sponsor Pizza Bravo will be selling pizza by the slice, and the snack bar will be open.

Swimmers who are participating in the Time Trial should expect to be at the pool for the entire duration of the meet. Warmups start at 5:00, and events will begin at 5:45. We expect the meet to end around 8:00.

All swimmers who plan to swim in the meet need to declare in Swimtopia by this Tuesday, June 10. If you do not sign your swimmer up in Swimtopia, they will not be entered in the meet. Currently, 42 swimmers have signed up.

Thank you to the many parents who have already signed up to volunteer! We still have many volunteer positions open, including 6 first-half timers and 9 second-half timers. You are welcome (and encouraged :)) to sign up for both a “first half” and “second half” shift.

Please declare whether your swimmer is participating and sign up to volunteer under the “Meets and Events” tab on our website.

Stingrays Merchandise Orders and Distribution

The Stingrays Team Store is back open by popular demand! We are accepting a second round of orders for hoodies ($30), trucker hats ($30), and baseball caps ($30) through Tuesday, June 10. We will only be able to place the second order of hoodies if we meet the printer’s minimum of 24 orders. We are currently about halfway there.

The final organized distribution of t-shirts and previously-ordered hoodies is at practice this Tuesday, June 10. We hope hats will be available on Tuesday as well. If you know you won’t be able to pick up your merchandise, please ask a friend to grab it for you.

Taharka Fundraiser

This is a reminder to order your Taharka ice cream and share our fundraiser link with your friends! For $65, you’ll receive 8 pints of delicious flavors, such as Salted Honey Graham, Chocolate Love, Black Cherry Chunk,...the list goes on! And as an added bonus, Taharka will donate $10 to the Stingrays for each order! We are almost halfway to our goal of raising $750 from this fundraiser. You can continue to place your orders through June 16. Make sure you see the code SWANLAKE2025 when you check out.

Feel free to email me at [email protected] if you have any questions about this week.

Let’s Go Rays!

Linn