Happy Labor Day Stingray Family! We hope you enjoy your day off and spend quality time with the family today! Fall Swim Reminder Practice starts tomorrow, Tuesday, September 3rd! Practice will run 3 days per week, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Practice Times 6/unders: 4:30-5:15 7-10 year olds: 4:30-5:30 11 and ups: 5:30-6:30 During the last week of practice, October 22-October 24th, the pool will close at 6:00pm. Practice adjustments will be made to accommodate the early 6:00 pool closure time. Stingray Team Store The Stingrays have a team store! Please...

Awards Ceremony Thank you to all of our coaches, parents, and swimmers who attended our annual Awards Ceremony! It is always fun to celebrate the hard work that EVERYONE has put into the season. A special thank you to Ava and Apollo Ambrose's grandparents (Lolo and Grandma!) for donating and delivering all of the lumpia for our ceremony! The lumpia they have donated to this particular event NUMEROUS times over the years is always so appreciated and definitely a highlight we all look forward to! Fall Swim Tryout Reminder As...

What time is the Awards Ceremony? There have been questions about what time the Awards Ceremony is at. The times were sent out via email a couple of times. We all get a lot of emails with our kids' sports info, school updates, etc so it is easy to miss a Splash. If you ever miss a NewsSplash, they are all posted on the website under the NewsSplash tab on the front page. Additionally, all event and meet information is posted under the Events & Meets tab (where you register...

Hi Team, We have a bunch of random updates for you. Awards Ceremony We still need some volunteers, particularly to work the fundraising table. Please sign up for a shift here if you can work on Sunday. Medal Times New this season, we will present swimmers with bronze, silver, honor, and gold time bands in their award bags. If your swimmer achieved a medal time, look out for these super cool bands! What is a medal time? Most of us are familiar that to swim at County Championships, a swimmer...

Awards Ceremony Raffle Here is an updated prize list for the Awards Ceremony Raffle. Please note that first prize is your choice--$1,000 gift certificate to Wheels in Motion OR $1,000 cash!!!! Raffle tickets are $1 each and will be on sale at the Awards Ceremony. Please purchase a few raffle tickets when you arrive. You can turn $1 into $1,000!!!! Awards Ceremony Bake Sale Auction We only have 2 signups for the Bake Sale Auction :(. We can't have a bake sale auction with no baked goods! If you can,...

Hi Team, We are finalizing plans for the annual Awards Ceremony and Ice Cream Social on Sunday, August 25th from 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM. Raffle Don't forget that this is your last chance to purchase raffle tickets. Bring your dollar bills!!! There will be many prizes, including the grand prize of a $1,000 gift certificate to Wheels in Motion and Benicia restaurant gift certificates! We are up to 20 prizes so make sure to get your raffle tickets!!! Bake Sale Auction We will be hosting a bake sale auction...

Hi Team, As promised, we have the Fall Swim Program ready to go! First, we have a big announcement. With Coach Mariska resigning to focus on her family and health, we are excited to announce that Steve Mainini has stepped back in as the Benicia Stingrays' head coach. Coach Steve has an extensive history with the Benicia Stingrays. He was co-head coach of the Stingrays for 8 years before he stepped down for a break in 2020. In addition, he has decades of swim experience, swimming and coaching for Pinole...

Hi Stingrays, Please see below for an important announcement from Coach Mariska: Dear Stingray Families, It is with regret that I must step down as the head coach of the Stingrays. Personal reasons have presented themselves and I must attend to them, with my family and health taking precedence. It has been a dream come true to be the head coach of your amazing athletes for the last four years. As most of you know, I grew up swimming with a summer recreation team here in the Bay Area. I...

Hi Stingrays, It's time to celebrate our swimmers and prepare for the Awards Ceremony and Ice Cream Social! Date: Sunday, August 25th, 2024 Time: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Location: The Clocktower Volunteer: Sign up for volunteer jobs as you would for any other meet or event. This is your last chance to get credit for a social volunteer job. All volunteers please check in with Audrey Vargas. Failure to check-in and fulfill your shift will result in your credit card on file being charged $150. Ice Cream Sundaes: Please...

Congratulations to all of our Stingray County Qualifiers! The season is now officially over! It was such a long hot weekend. The T-shirts are an odd mustard yellow color. There were stinging wasps in camp. AND it was Coach Miguel's birthday AND we had a great weekend of swims AND two team records were broken! For those of you wondering, between 40-50 teams compete at County Championships every year. This is about 10 times the number of teams that compete at our League Meet. County includes rec teams from all...