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...

I forgot to say in the last Final (?) County Update that we obviously will not have space for every family to have their own personal tent. Once we have 4 tents set up, everyone will just cram in and share the space. There is no personal space at County and we will share sweat and food all weekend. Today, we already have 2 parents going out to set up 4 team tents in the assigned Stingray Camp at noon. We can all share these tents. If you want to...

Alright, the big weekend is almost here! It's what our swimmers have worked so hard for all season! Thank you coaches for the extra week of practice. This is always the best week of practice and the swimmers all appreciate everything you do to make this week just a little bit extra! Program and Apparel Sales These will be available today at Acalanes High School from 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM outside the northeast entrance to the pool. They will be back on sale tomorrow morning. The more common sizes...

Team Camp Info No updates yet. I will send out info once it is available. One House Post Practice Brunch Per our annual tradition, the kids will walk to One House after practice tomorrow to get a light brunch with the team. Please send your swimmer with enough money so they can purchase a small treat, and plan to pick them up a little later than normal. Friday Night Pasta Feed: Friday, 5pm at the Shaw Famliy Workshop (479 East L Street, Benicia) Please bring the car you plan to...

Hi Team, Please disregard the old survey link. That was the wrong link. Please use this link to answer the parent survey!!!! Thank you!

Hi Team, Thank you everyone for a successful and fun season! Parent Survey As always, we value parent feedback. We appreciate the cheers, and we also appreciate the constructive criticism. Please take the time to fill out this short survey so that we can make next season the best and most successful season ever! Fall Swim We are actively planning Fall Swim. It will happen, we just need to iron out the kinks before we open up registration. Fall Swim will run from Tuesday, September 3rd through Thursday, October 24th....