Hi Parents,

Welcome to the 2025 Summer Swim Team season.  And welcome back to our returning swimmers!  Many of our swimmers that participated last year signed up with our year round team the Wasatch Front Fish Market so at this time we have a much smaller team compared to last year.  With that in mind I am going to combine our practices into 1 time slot so both groups will occupy the same space.  The J2 group will swim Monday - Thursday 7:45 - 8:45am and the J1 group will swim 8:00 - 8:45am.  

I would like to welcome back Coach Mikaela to the team this year. Mikaela coached with us last summer and has worked with the Wasatch Front Fish Market year round team since September of 2023. I would also like to introduce Coach Aiden to everyone. Aiden is a member of the member of the Wasatch Front Fish Market Senior Group and a recent graduate of Mountain Ridge High School.  He has coached with the Salt Lake County Rec. Swim programs for a couple of years now and is eager to share his knowledge with your swimmers.

If you have not downloaded the Swimtopia app please consider doing that. The app will allow you to declare your swimmers to participate in meets or opt out of others. This is useful for coaches so that we know who is available and planning to attend the meets. I would encourage EVERYONE to participate in the swim meets. Not participating is like going to school and not taking a test. It helps the coaches know what needs more work and it also allows your swimmers to flourish in controlled environments under manageable amounts of stress. Best of all, swim meets are where your swimmers will bond with each other and create fun, meaningful, friendships and this elevates everyone's experience.

If you have not picked up gear yet, we will have that available on Monday, June 2. I will be at the pool at 7:30am to start giving gear out to new swimmers. Please come early to practice that day so that we can get swimmers sized for suits, fins and get swim caps delivered. 

We will need and expect parents to help volunteer at meets this summer. Being a part of the action is fun and helps you witness some of the special moments of young people in competition. You see the smiles, the high fives and hear the "good jobs" after a race. You also hear some of the nervous chatter and get to offer a calming remark that helps a young person through a challenging moment. Who could hate that? Please login to aquaticsacademy.swimtopia.com to check out the meet schedule, view coach bios and update any contact information. Please make sure your swimmer's t shirt size is somewhere on your profile. We will have t shirts delivered before the first meet!

We are still taking new members so please feel free to reach out to friends and neighbors about joining the team!  Looking forward to a great summer, see you at the pool-

Allen