Note: This is the last email 2023 swim team families will receive. Following this, we will only email families registered for the 2024 season.

Registration: Our last day to register in order to receive a 2024 T-shirt was May 1. However, it is not too late to swim! Visit https://foxcroft.swimtopia.com or contact Katie Kluttz with questions at [email protected].

Parent Meeting Tomorrow!: There will be a parent meeting for all families prior to practices beginning. This is an excellent opportunity for parents to get all the necessary information and updates about the season. Join us tomorrow, May 6, at 6 pm in the clubhouse.

Practice Starts Tuesday!

● After-school Practices: Tuesday, May 7 – May 23, Practices are M - F at the following times (with the spring weather, please send your child in tennis shoes in the event there is dryland).

- 4:30 - 5:30 PM - 10&Under (youngest swimmers dismissed at 5:00)

- 5:30 - 6:30 PM - 11&Up

● Summer Practices: Starting Tuesday, May 28^th, we will have both morning and afternoon practices (Monday - Thursday)

Mornings:

- 9:00-10:00 AM 10&Under

- 10:00-11:00 AM 11&Up

Afternoons:

- 4:00-5:00 PM 10&Under

- 5:00-6:00 PM 11&Up

Fish (practice begins May 28th):

- Mon - Thurs: 11:00 – 11:30 AM (younger) and 11:30-12:00 PM (older)

- Fri: 9:30–10:00 AM (younger) & 10:00 –10:30 AM (older)

Our team google calendar has been updated with start of practice dates and events for the summer. There is an option to subscribe.

Iron Man: Swimmers who swim all 6 individual events (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, individual medley, and long free) over the course of the season will receive the Iron Man award at the banquet. For swimmers who would like to receive this award, consider setting goals to include a new event at each meet.

Tuesday Treats: Each Tuesday, our swimmers enjoy a treat after practices. Thank you to Tracy and Meredith Ann Wingard for coordinating! This week, the swimmers will get hot chocolate!

Big Fox Breakfast - May 11, 10:00–11:30 AM: We are excited to kick off the swim season again with our Big Kid Brunch! All of our older swimmers (current 6th - 12th grade) are invited to the Kluttz’s house (6 King George Rd.) to connect with other older swimmers, give feedback about the season, discuss Divisionals theme/gift ideas, and find out about their new Fox Friends. Parents of swimmers in 6th grade and up...we would love your help with two things!

1.Get your swimmers there!

2.Sign-up to send in items we need for breakfast using the job signup button on the Meets & RSVP Calendar of our website (the same way we sign up for jobs at meets). Please send your items ready to serve.

Feel free to reach out to Katie Kluttz with questions at [email protected]. Thanks for your help in making the kickoff for this swim season a great one!

Volunteer info: Remember, each family is expected to provide a volunteer for two halves of each meet in which their swimmer(s) participate.

Certified officials (Stroke & Turn, Starter, Referee, Clerk of Course) must attend an in-person or training between. Find the dateshere. Officials must be certified (passed the test) by May 23.

ALL OTHER PARENTS, please read about the TIMER position on theSAIL Educations Materials website (under Timer Clinic), and then take the Timeronline certification test to be certified for this position during the meets. If every parent certifies for these positions, it helps our meets to run much smoother!

The other volunteer positions we have at each meet are concessions (home meets), runner, ribbons and tent parents. These positions do not require training or tests. You can sign up for these jobs, but if they are full, we will need you to take one of the other positions.

T-shirt Design Contest!For the T-shirt design for Championships and Classics this year, there is a swimmer design competition! Any swimmer or coach can submit a design for the t-shirt (shirt colors and artwork) for Champs and Classics this July!! The SAIL board will vote on the designs and choose a winner (designs will be anonymous when voting). Please submit shirt designs via email to [email protected] by Monday, June 3rd!

Sponsors:Thank you to our generous sponsors for supporting our team!

We have five Platinum sponsors (Means Wealth Management, Pecknel Music, Dr. Justin Roman - Clemson Eye, Spinx and Chick-fil-A, ), Eight Gold sponsors (Advisors Insurance Agency, Kenneth Cosgrove - Realtor, Crescent Valley Storage, Pool Scouts of the Upstate, Promising Futures, SouthState Bank, Rick Beltram - Proud Grandparent, Stephen & Barbara Cole - Pop & Gogo- Proud Grandparents), eight Silver sponsors (Access Realty, Big Air, Crossbridge Direct Primary Care, Sharon Gillespie-Real Estate Agent, Kennedy/Brannon, Little Abner Co, RobynNotes, Tim & Della Toates- The Toates Team), and 10 friends, family, and seniors sponsors for the 2024 swim season. Please take a moment to view our Sponsor’s Tab, click on the links to their websites, and support our wonderful sponsors.

Remind App: Sign up to get quick messages and weather updates in a group text through the Remind app. If you haven’t done so already, please sign up. Simply text @foxswims to 81010.

Facebook: We have a private Facebook group “Foxcroft Swim Team”. If you are not already part of the group, and would like to be, please request access. We post pictures and announcements to this group. We are also on Instagram: foxcroftswim.

GO FOX!