Hello Gator Families!

First of all, happy Father's Day to all of our amazing Gator Dads! We hope you enjoy your day!

We had another great meet yesterday! This week our team won, with a team score of GVR:1199/BC:576/CK:757, and once again our swimmers set PR's, earned State and KCI qualifying times, and several kids completed their first races in a meet! You can see the meet results on the website!

Next Meets: Our next meets are broken into two parts. You received an email last week from Meagan explaining the difference between the Gator Open and the Ken Caryl Invitational.

Race entries are due today at 2pm in order to participate in the Gator Open and The KCI. If you will not be attending, please make sure to mark that.

The Gator Open is this Tuesday at 7am at our Governor's Ranch pool. It will be a virtual meet, meaning that all swimmers will participate at their home pool, and then times from all teams will be combined for scoring. We will not have practice on Tuesday for swimmers not participating in the Gator Open, however we encourage everyone to come cheer on their teammates!

The KCI will be held this Friday and Saturday at Ken Caryl. Meagan sent the meet timeline out, which is different from a normal meet. It is also on our website. You received an email yesterday if your swimmers qualified for this. We will not have practice on Friday, however we encourage everyone to come cheer on their teammates if they are not swimming!

Movie Night:The weather struck again and we had to cancel our movie night this past week. Thank you to everyone who came out with high hopes! We are hoping to reschedule this event in July, we'll send information out when we can!

Swim History in SwimTopia app: In the SwimTopia app there is a section where you can view all your swimmer(s) prior swim times. However, the default is for the times to be for 25 yard pools, not 25 meter pools. All the pools we swim in are meters, not yards. So the times look faster than what they actually are. To change to the correct size of pools just follow these steps:

Click on your swimmer's name > "Swim History" > "Converted" > "Course" > Select "Short Course Meters (SCM)" > "Done" > "Done"

Swim Across America: You received an email from Coach Meagan this past week about our participation in fundraising for Swim Across America. Our actual Endurance Challenge event will be on July 6th, but you can start now by setting up an account and sending it out to friends and family, or bringing change to practice for the coin jars! Fundraising is totally optional, but if you want to participate, it gives our kids another purpose for swimming and provides service to others, which is one of our team values.

To learn more about SAA and our team’s participation in the fight against pediatric cancer you can go to the Gator’s SAA website: https://www.swimacrossamerica.org/site/TR;jsessio...

If you would like to participate you have two options. You can either choose to make a donation to our team, or you can create your own page to send out to friends and family so they may donate under your swimmer’s name. To create your own page click the “Register” button and then “Join a Team” and type Governor’s Ranch Gators

Our practice schedule on July 6th will be:

7 - 8 am Senior and Silver swim

8-9 am Green swim, upper division breakfast

9-9:30 am Purple swim

9-10 am green and purple breakfast

10-10:15 am clean up

This is a really fun day and parents are welcome to come watch. We will also be sending out a sign up genius to bring breakfast items for our swimmers, so please look out for that. 

40+ Reunion: We want to celebrate our incredible Gator history of over 40 years. We will be holding an Alumni Event on Sunday July 16th at 8am at the pool. We want to invite all of our current Gators, and anyone who has ever been a Gator swimmer or parent to come celebrate. We will have games and swimming, so please wear a suit! Please share this with any neighbors or friends you know who have been Gators. If you are planning to come, please RSVP to: [email protected].

Lost and Found: We have a growing collection of goggles and clothing that have been left behind at practices and meets. We put this out on the picnic table every day at practice. Please come check it out, especially if you know you are missing something! 

Coaches Corner: Setting Your Course 

Our lives go in the direction of our strongest thoughts. To put this another way, where you stare, you steer. Think about riding your bike or driving your car. Where you look, your vehicle will go. The same is true for our lives. What we choose to focus on, or stare at, has the power to significantly impact our path. The swimmer whose thoughts are consumed with fear of failure, often defeats herself before she ever enters the water. The person who is only concerned with what he achieved, misses the chance to celebrate the success of friends and teammates. The wonderful thing is, we get a choice everyday on where to direct our thoughts. Where are you staring, and what course are you setting today?

Ongoing reminders:

• Our Water World Day is July 11th. Only the senior and silver groups will have practice that morning.
• If you would like to purchase a swim cap they are $5 for latex and $15 for silicone. Please email Jillian, or find me at practice if you want one.
• You can get discounted tickets to Water World anytime this summer. You can find this information under the "Resources" tab on our website.
• Each week we will set out a box of folders at practice where you will find the ribbons your swimmer earned at the meet as well as anything else we need to get to you.

As always, please reach out if you have any questions!