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Two more sleeps until County Meet!!! Reminders One House Bakery Brunch: 11:30 AM on Friday after the littles finish practice. Families are welcome to attend. Buy your own food. Car Decorating: 6:00 PM at the BMS parking lot. Come with clean windows. Please remind your swimmers to keep the windows appropriate and swim/Stingray/good luck themed. We should try to minimize the drawing of body parts and poop. Final County Meet Info There is NO PARKING on Pleasant Hill Rd. all weekend. Cars parked in the bike lanes on Pleasant Hill...
We successfully defended our TCSL championship! Our swimmers and coaches put in the work and it showed!!! Message from Coach Steve: WE WON LEAGUE MEET!!! CONGRATULATIONS STINGRAYS!!! Great way to end a great season!!! We had 374 swims and 168(45%) were for personal best times - OUTSTANDING!!! We had quite a few new County Times Justin Magno (15-18 Boys) IM Evan Magno (15-18 Boys) Breaststroke Naya Salindong (13-14 Girls) Fly Nate Tacdol (11-12 Boys) Free Olivia Tacdol (9-10 Girls) Back 13/14 Boys Freestyle Relay: Caden Clements, Apollo Ambrose, Kieran Smith,...
We all owe Gabe and John a high five, coffee, cookies, and beer as we do not have a volunteer requirement at County! The exact stroke and turn jobs for Gabe and John have not yet been assigned. The team camp map, estimated timeline, and any final meet reminders will be released tomorrow. Don't forget One House Brunch at 11:30AM on Friday after practice and car decorating at 6:00PM on Friday!!!
Hello! As this is such a big accomplishment for these swimmers, we always try to make County Week a little bit more special for our swimmers. One House Bakery Brunch After the littles finish practice on Friday (11:30), the County Qualifiers and coaches are invited to One House for a celebratory buy your own lunch. Parents are welcome to attend if they wish. Car Decorating Friday evening at 6:00pm, meet at the Benicia Middle School parking lot to decorate cars! Note, we picked this lot so that there is more...
Congratulations! Your swimmer has met the very difficult time standards and qualified to County!!!! County is one of the largest summer rec swim meets in the country and so many of our swimmers try so hard and never qualify. It is a huge honor that your swimmer has made it!!! Please read all the information below to stay informed about upcoming events, requirements, and other important details. County Practice Schedule is Monday - Friday: 9/ups: 9:00-10:30 AM 8/unders: 10:30-11:30 AM County Meet Date Saturday, August 2nd - Sunday, August 3rd...
GREAT job at League Meet yesterday team! Results will be sent out once we receive them. For those unaware, Benicia successfully defended our title and are League Champions! County Qualifiers Email List To avoid cluttering your inboxes with irrelevant emails, a separate email list will be made for County Qualifiers. Shortly after receiving this email, all County Qualifiers should receive a NewsSplash with County information. If you have a County Qualifier and do not receive this email today, let me know ASAP so I can add them to the email...
Just a reminder that League Meet will not give us a meet program to email out in advance. We will have programs for sale at $10 each at the breakfast table. There is a limited number of programs available and it is first come first serve. We will try to keep one copy for the breakfast table in case we sell out. We will accept Cash or Zelle. Don't forget that this meet will be on the Time Drops Live App. So even if you do not have a program,...
Thank you for making this last week of practice such a fun and spirited week! Thank you to the entire team for giving our coaches some well deserved love and thanks for the hard work that they have put in this season. The generosity of our families never ceases to amaze us! And thank you to the Knightrays for making their fun deliveries to our 12/unders yesterday! All of the League Meet Info has already been sent out. One slight update to the League info is that with such an...
Great job with your team spirit this week Stingrays! This is a reminder that the Knightrays will come to your swimmer's Benicia house between 4:00-6:00 on Thursday (tomorrow) to deliver their handmade good luck posters, a homemade sweet treat, and a special handmade gift for all of our 8/unders! If your swimmer is not home, the items will be left on your porch. If you live out of town or have already emailed that you will not be home, please have your swimmer pick up their items from the pool...
For those swimmers who have already qualified to compete at County, or those swimmers who may qualify for County at League Champs, here is the practice schedule so you can plan for next week. This practice is only for County Qualifiers; practice ends this Friday for the remainder of the team. 10/ups: 9:00 - 10:30 am 8/unders: 10:30-11:30 am