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Free Swim Caps If you STILL haven't received your free team cap (and your purchased your team suit online this year), the caps will be in a labeled box near the family folder cart starting on Monday. Please do not take one if you already took one or you did not purchase a new full price team suit this year from the Q website. League Program Ad Sales The League is selling ad space in the League Meet Program to individual families to allow them to wish their swimmer good...

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Happy almost July 4th! Great job at the Martinez meet yesterday!!! Parade Details Assembly area for all entries will be staged on East Second, B Street, and on First Street promenade. They have not given us our exact number for the parade so let's meet at the same place we did last year--on B Street near the First Street Greens. Be on the lookout for swim team families/t shirts and if you’d like to bring a wagon you’re welcome to. Rememebr if you are a volunteer wagon puller bring your...

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Hey Stingrays, Here is the Meet Program for the Martinez Meet on Wednesday! Please make note of the combined events so you do not miss your heat! Here is the Athlete Entry List. The Martinez Meet Info was already sent out in a previous NewsSplash. Time Drops Live will be used and the code is 6931 Of note for this meet: Junior coaches are not allowed in the water with the 6/unders. Wednesday evening meets are shorter than Saturday meets. As such, the majority of swimmers are limited to two...

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Lapapalooza Prize Sheets Don't forget to submit your prize sheets by Thursday, July 3rd to the Meaders Family Folder to get your prizes ASAP! If you do not submit the prize sheets by the deadline, your swimmer will be significantly delayed in receiving their prize for all of their hard work! Late order prizes will be distributed at the Awards Ceremony at the end of August. ECI Volunteer Shifts Just to prepare our families, we will likely need families to volunteer for a 2 hour shift on every day that...

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Great job at Battle of the Ages Stingrays! We were a smaller but mighty crew with so many PR's and great races. The weekend was highlighted by Valerie Vargas (11/12) setting 3 new team age group records and Claire Smith (15-18) qualifying for County in backstroke! Now it's time to move on to the next invitational meet! If you registered your swimmer for ECI, please verify that their name is listed below. The swimmers listed below are who we have registration forms from. It is too late to submit a...

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Hi Stingrays, Here are a your weekend updates! Raffle: Private Lessons With Our Coaches Get your $5 yellow raffle tickets for your chance at private lessons with Coach Steve!!! Tickets are $5 each and are sold at the snack bar on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday during practice. The first drawing will take place on Juy 3rd for one of 3 lessons on July 9th The second drawing will take place on July 11th for one of 3 lessons on July 16th The third drawing will take place on July 18th...

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Pleasant Hill Dolfins Battle of the Ages Swim Invitational Saturday & Sunday, June 28th and 29th 2025 Additional Meet Information Location: College Park High School 201 Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 SEE YOU IN A FEW DAYS!!! FOR OUR BATTLE OF THE AGES SWIM INVITATIONAL! PROGRAMS & SET UP: Available for purchase on Friday, June 27th between 4pm-6pm, they are $10.00 each (print), digital will be available once printed programs are sold out for ($7.00) along with early set up of tents at that time! SHOUT-OUTS: Give a "Shout...

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Lapapalooza A huge thank you to all of our swimmers and families for turning up big time yesterday for Lapapalooza! We just about met our goal and raised almost $16,000!!!! A special shout-out to Rylee Smith and Iris Patten, our top two fundraisers, bringing in over $750 each! Also, great job to our top lap swimmers. By age group: 13 and Up: Justin Magno and Claire Smith 11-12: Nate Tacdol and Eva Thomsen 9-10: James Sauve and Isocele Sabe 7-8: Kaleb Hammerquist and Mila Roldan 6/under: Roland Newton and Malia...

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Hi Stingray Families, It is a very busy week for the Stingrays! We have two quick updates: Lapapalooza volunteers We need a few more volunteers tomorrow. This will knock out one of your two social volunteer jobs if you work a shift! Please visit the job signup page to claim a shift! And, don't forget that the shift times have been updated: 8:00 Set up crew this should be quick! 8:30 timers 8:30 Food servers 8:30 Snack Table 8:30 Fundraising Table As a reminder, here are the swim times for...

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Thank you to everyone who signed up to work a volunteer shift at Lapapalooza! If you are signed up for a shift, please note that the shifts are a little bit shorter than what was originally listed on the job sign-up page. As swimmers will only be swimming from 9:00am to 12:00pm, please arrive per the below schedule: 8:00 Set up crew this should be quick! 8:30 timers 8:30 Food servers 8:30 Snack Table 8:30 Fundraising Table