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Welcome to the 2016 Season!
What to Expect
 You must purchase a team swimsuit and team swim
cap to participate in meets (if you have long hair)
 Swimmers must have goggles and a kickboard for
practices
 All new swimmers must pass a tryout on 31 May
Swim one length of the pool unassisted and without
touching the sides or bottom of pool –must be a
recognized swim stroke
 30 second tread without touching bottom of pool or wall
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What to Expect
 We are a volunteer organization
Parents have to volunteer in order to conduct meets
 Each family must complete their required number of
volunteer points
 Each family must mail a volunteer deposit check to Kerri
Niehaus prior to participating in team events
 Checks are only deposited if you fail to meet the season
total – last season we did not keep any
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What to Expect
 Everyone needs to log onto the website
(stoneridgesharks.org and ensure you update your profile
in the system
o Contact Information : Email Addresses, Address, SMS
(Text Messaging)
o Emergency Contact
o Medical Concerns
o
Swimmers T-Shirt Size
o T-Shirts Orders will be placed on 11 May – Last day to
update your swimmers sizes will be 9 May
 Spiritwear is available for purchase
2016 Season Start Up
31 May: New Member Tryouts 5-6 PM Greenstone Pool
1 June: Evening Practices Start at Greenstone Pool
11 June: Time Trials at Greenstone Pool
June 15: Morning practices start
June 18: First Meet @ Lenah Run
Full details on the schedule can be viewed on the team site
All Wednesday meets at home – All Saturday meets away
Home Meets will begin at 5:30
Team Suits and Cap Options
Dolfin
Speedo
Sharks Coaches
 Dale Heather Bostwick– Head Coach
 Emily Williams– Assistant Head Coach
 We will have two additional assistant coaches
Junior Coaches
 Accepting 8 Junior Coaches (volunteer position) -
Junior Coaches will be announced on 11 May, so I
need all interested names by 8 May
 Must be 13 years or older
 Assists at all practices & meets
 In the pool support to swimmers
 Junior Coaches will be assigned to assist the
Clerks of Course this season
 Assists with swimmer areas
Board and Committee Leads
Committee Leads
*President………………………………..Brian St. Onge Events Committee ……..........Maria Wergley
& Tricia Rice
VP of Communications……..Maureen Thiavappil
Team Representative ……………………..Jon Peiken Concessions ……………………Rachel Chintala
Member at Large/Parent Liaison….Nona Hunter Historian…………………………….Nona Hunter
Treasurer ………………………………….Kerri Niehaus Swimmer Recognition…………….…Jenn Suh
Secretary ……………......................Tracey Moriarty Pre Meet Operator ……………..Marc Wergley
Meet Operator …………………………Jim Levri
Volunteer Coordinator….......Carlos Escobar
Board
*All expiring terms -
Evening Practices
 Due to size of team and the amount of pool time provided
by HOA we will again do split practices
 What does this mean? As an example?
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If your swimmers last name ends in letters A-M then you will be
considered in the A group. We will then decompose that A group
further and divide the group in half therefore creating an A1 and A2
group. A1 will swim on night 1 from 5-6pm; A2 will swim on night 1
from 6-7. Group A will then swim every other night alternating
practice nights with group B
 For evening practices Coach Dale will not be attending 6-
7 PM Monday Night Practice or Thursday Night Practices
due to prior commitments. Coach Emily will run all
practices in her absence
Example of Evening Practice
Schedule
Week 1
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
A1
No Practices
5-6 PM
No Practices
5-6 PM
No Practices
A2
No Practices
6-7 PM
No Practices
6-7 PM
No Practices
B1
No Practices
No Practices
5-6 PM
No Practices
5-6 PM
B2
No Practices
No Practices
6-7 PM
No Practices
6-7 PM
Week 2
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
A1
5-6 PM
No Practices
5-6 PM
No Practices
5-6 PM
A2
6-7 PM
No Practices
6-7 PM
No Practices
6-7 PM
B1
No Practices
5-6 PM
No Practices
5-6 PM
No Practices
B2
No Practices
6-7 PM
No Practices
6-7 PM
No Practices
Everyone will get an email with which evening practice group they are in and the
actual schedule
Morning Practices
June 15 – June 23
 Coach Dale and Coach Emily are both employed by
Fairfax county. There schools do not let out until
June 23, as a consequence we are going to modify
morning practices until they are on summer break
and can resume normal practice sessions
 Also we are going to have to change swim groups for
all morning practices due to the very large number of
swimmers between the ages of 9-12
Morning Practice Schedule
Ages
12 +
9-11
8 – Under
Times
07:00 – 07:40
07:40-08:20
08:20-09:00
June 27 we resume practices from 07:00 – 10:15
Morning Practices
June 15 – June 23
 Coach Dale and Coach Emily are both employed by
Fairfax county. There schools do not let out until
June 23, as a consequence we are going to modify
morning practices until they are on summer break
and can resume normal practice sessions
 Also we are going to have to change swim groups for
all morning practices due to the very large number of
swimmers between the ages of 9-12
QUESTIONS???
Stroke and Turn/Referee
STROKE & TURN
This year ODSL will be only offering one “live”
training
 Sunday, May 15th from 3:00-5:00pm at the Potomac Club
(43459 Riverpoint Drive, Leesburg).
 League is also offering Stroke and Turn training online this
season. Please Jon Peiken’s email
 Testing must be completed by June 11th
STARTER & REFEREE
 Training will be held on Saturday, MAY 21st from 9:009:45am (STARTER) and 9:45-10:30am (REFEREE).