All,

After a lot of back and forth and changes due to the COVID-19 guidelines for pools, we have established a swim schedule for this year. Please read the entire email, as there are a lot of important details.

1. Swimmer Evaluations: For all new swimmers ages 8 and below (never swum as a Glider before), we are having swim team evaluations tomorrow, Monday, June 8 at 4pm at the pool. There, the coaches will evaluate your swimmer to make sure they can be independent enough to be on the swim team this season. As a reminder, due to COVID-19, coaches will not be in the water with the swimmers except for emergencies. Please let us know if your swimmer needs to be evaluated and you can't make this time. 

2. Glider Practices: Due to pool limitations, we are currently only able to hold practices in the mornings. We are also limited to the number of swimmers in the water at a time, due to the current phase 2 guidelines. We will be managing this by splitting the team into 3 practices.

Practices start Wednesday morning, June 10

Mites (ages 8 and under) will practice from 8:30am - 9:00am
Midgets (ages 9-10) and Juniors (ages 11-12) will practice from 9:15am - 10:00am
Intermediates (13-14) and Seniors (15-18) will practice from 10:15 - 11:15am.

Please note some new procedures we have in place due to COVID-19.  

1. All swimmers will enter through the side gate (to the left of the front office) and will place their stuff in the designated area.
2. Swimmers will check-in with Coach Kelly and be assigned a lane. They will then sit in a chair behind that lane until told to enter the water.
3. During practice, swimmers must listen to coach instructions so that we can have a safe and fun practice.
4. Once practice is over, swimmers must quickly clear out of the pool via the gate next to the snack bar so that coaches have time to sanitize and rearrange the deck for the next practice.

Due to deck capacity limitations, we are requesting that parents not attend practice if at all possible. Parents are welcome to wait in the parking lot for practices to finish.

Exceptions may be made for parents of very young swimmers, but we request that they remain socially distanced from the swimmers and other parents while in the pool area.

Note that the bathrooms will be closed during practices except for emergencies, so please have your swimmer use the bathroom before leaving home. Also, no changing will be possible at the pool for practices.

If there are any questions, please reply to this email and we will respond to all questions by Tuesday evening.

Thanks for everyone' patience as we work through the new guidelines and work to get our swimmers in the water!