Welcome from swim coach Tollefson
From Coach Tollefson
The snow is gone, the grass is green, the leaves are out, there is water in the pool, and we are excited about swimming this summer. This year the Sharx compete on Saturday meets in Division I with Connecticut Belair, Carderock Springs, Inverness Forest, Somerset, and Little Falls. On Wednesdays we will swim Old Georgetown, CCRA, Rock Creek, Kenmont, and Garrett Park. These are all good teams with plenty of competition and loads of fun!
Find your suits and goggles and be ready for our safety check for swimmers 10 years and younger that are new to the team on Tuesday, May 29 at 4:30 pm. Our first full team practice is Wednesday, May 30, in the afternoon; morning practices begin Friday, June 15. Practicing is important, so commit to yourself now to attend at least four practices each week this summer.
Time trials this year are Saturday, June 9. Your times from trials and from the first Wednesday meet on June 13 will determine our line-up for our first Saturday meet on June 16. Be sure you are ready to swim your very best at time trials and on Wednesday.
It is hard to get some place if you don’t know where you are going and how you are going to get there. Swimming is no different. I would like you to spend some time over the next two weeks considering what you want to accomplish this summer and how you are going to do it. Your goals are personal and yours alone. They could include improving one or more of your strokes, improving your starts and turns, making best times every time you swim an event, making at least one A meet, swimming our Divisional Meet in July, or making All-Star times. You can accomplish what you set your mind to. I, JP, and our other coaches are here to help you reach your goal; but in the end, you are the person in the water making it happen. No one can take anything away from you, if you make it happen.
I am excited about working with every member of our swim team this summer. We have an opportunity for a lot of success this summer and we will have a lot of fun along the way.
See you May 30!
