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Benicia Stingrays

Great job team at Aquaknights!!! Special thanks to our current meet director, Leslie Clements, and former meet director, Gabe Salindong, for stepping up and heading over to the Aquaknights scoring table to help them fix their Colorado Timing System at the start of the meet. Leslie saved the day by knowing how to configure the system to work properly! Congrats to all of our swimmers who dropped time and had great swims. We have several swimmers and relays knocking on the door to County Qualifying Times and it is so...

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This one has a lot of information so please read through to the end! Lapapalooza Don't forget about our biggest and most enjoyable "FUN"draiser of the year!!! Lapapalooza will take place on Friday, June 28th during practice. Regular practice will not occur this day. For your swimmer to participate, they must register to participate on the website (as you would for a dual meet.) Please register ASAP--deadline to register is June 24th. Here is the link to collect pledges. Share with friends and family near and far!!! Volunteers are also...

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Thanks for your patience! Here is the Meet Program Here is the Individual Athletes' Event List

Benicia Stingrays

Otters' Meet Program Final--So sorry, Martinez sent an updated final program. Scrap the original version and print this one!!! Otters Meet Program Final Otters Individual Athletes' Entries Final Spirit Wear Update Quick announcement--for those wondering, spirit wear will be available for pickup all next week near the snack bar during practice! The items look AMAZING!!!! Aquaknights Meet Alright, it's time for our second meet of the season! Aquaknights has a beautiful pool and facility and the weather should be perfect! The meet program has not been sent to us yet,...

Benicia Stingrays

Sorry for the plethora of emails lately. As we get into the heart of the season, the emails will come frequently! Otters Updates Relay Changes: Please review the Relay Changes to ensure you stay until the end of the meet if your swimmer is assigned to a relay. Snack Bar: Come hungry for breakfast! Here is their menu. Competitive Swim Lessons Now that summer is here, our junior coaches will offer one-on-one private lessons for our swimmers. The days will be Monday/Tuesday OR Wednesday/Thursday. Each two-day session will have a...

Benicia Stingrays

Hello 8/Unders Families! Here is all of the Otters' Information and Meet Program. Date and Time Date: Sunday, June 9th 2024 Gates Open: 7:30AM Warmups: Benicia will warm up from 7:30-7:45 in lanes 5-8. Note gates open, and warmups begin, at 7:30. Please arrive early and line up with your swimmer ready to jump in the pool immediately for warmups while you set up camp. Meet starts: 8:40 Meet Ends: ~11:30, usually earlier than this Location Rankin Aquatic Center 100 Buckley Street in Martinez Team Camp: Benicia will share camp...

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Hi Team, With the upcoming change in practice times to the morning, Coach Miguel and Coach Karissa will give us their valuable assistance and motivation at meets only. They cannot be on deck for our morning summer practices as they have been during the afternoon spring practices. This makes us very sad AND we are excited to add 3 additional coaches to our staff to help with summer practices and meets! Coach Steve Mainini Coach Steve will be joining us on Tuesdays and Thursdays to assist with practice. He is...

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Reminders for the week! Timers for Aquaknights We have 3 open slots for Timers that we need to fill. If you are able, please sign up for a volunteer shift. Thank you! Battle Registration Due Now Battle of the Ages registration is due TOMORROW, Thursday, June 6th. Get those forms filled out and turned in ASAP. No late registrations will be accepted! Once Battle Registration closes, we will roll out registration for ECI. Be on the look out for this NewsSplash shortly! Ahi Home Meet Registration Deadline is Saturday, June...

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Battle of the Ages Registration Forms and Payment are due THIS Thursday, June 6th. Get those forms in ASAP!!!! Late registrations will not be accepted. Here is the meet info, which has a link to the registration form. Ahi Home Meet, Saturday June 15th Deadline to register for Ahi is Saturday, June 8th. Late adds will not be accepted. Otter 8 and Under Volunteer Assignments Here is all of the Otter Info in detail. Here are the Otter Volunteer Assignments. Remember that missing a volunteer shift will result in an...

Benicia Stingrays

Great job today team! We were a little short-staffed today but we made it work!!! Thank you to the junior coaches and Coach Inessa for stepping up and helping wherever possible. A big and special thanks to Coach Miguel for being in 17 places at one time as he managed our entire team without the assistance of our remaining adult coaches. Coach Mariska is on the mend and is anxious to return to the pool deck! Congratulations to 13/14 year old swimmer, Evan, for earning two County Qualifying Gold Times...