This Week at a glance:

Monday, July 1

• Regular Practice

Tuesday, July 2

• Regular Practice
• Away Meet at St. Bernard

Wednesday, July 3

• Regular Practice
• Deadline to register for the July 9 Home Meet and Championships on July 15-16

Thursday, July 4

• NO Practice
• Wyoming Community Parade and Celebration

Friday, July 5

• Fun Friday Practice, Modified Schedule!

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We have an amazing team and I appreciate how supportive everyone is for all swimmers and families. Here are some stats on our Wyoming Seadragons:

• There are 184 swimmers on the team!
• Our youngest swimmer is 4 years old. Our oldest is 17 years old.
• 5 sets of twins swimming
• There are more swimmers who are 8 and under than swimmers who are 9 and older. We have a super young team!
• We have 9 amazing coaches!
• Coach Jen has been Head Coach for the Seadragons for 8 years.
• And we have SO many great family members and friends cheering on our swimmers, too many to count!

This will be quite a long weekly message as it will contain all you need to know for July and the rest of the season.

Upcoming Away Swim Meet:
Tuesday, July 2 @ St. Bernard - 4700 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45217
Seadragon Swimmers report at 5:15pm, warmups 5:30pm – 5:55pm
Meet starts at 6:00pm

• Wyoming Seadragon Spirit Wear is encouraged
• Thanks to all the parent volunteers for the evening. Contact Parent Volunteer if you have any questions - Jen Rubi, [email protected].
• You can find all the information you need to know about the meet, including Heat Sheets (when we receive it from the other team the afternoon of the meet) and swimmer events on our Swim Meet 101 page.
• Also shout out to our social media/video crew. They’ve done a great job providing some tips, tricks and entertainment regarding preparation and what to expect at the swim meets. Check out the team posts on Instagram and Facebook!

Declare your Swimmer by Wednesday, July 3

In order for the Coaches to prepare for our last home meet and Championships, please mark your swimmer(s) as Attending or Not Attending for the upcoming Home swim meet on Tuesday, July 9 and Championships on Monday, July 15 and Tuesday, July 16. We must report numbers and prepare our entries to the league by the deadline. For Junior Families - Coaches will work with you when they are ready for meet participation and the Coaches will mark your swimmers accordingly.

City of Wyoming - 4th of July Parade: Calling all Wyoming Seadragon Families - join us in the City of Wyoming 4th of July Parade. Wear your Seadragon spirit wear and we will parade with our Red, White and Blue. Most creative and spirited will win a gift card to Cowboy Cones! This year's parade theme is "Wyoming 150th anniversary"! Let us know if you can make it by committing to the event like you do a swim meet. Participants can bring candy to give out to parade spectators. For the first 40 swimmers, we will have pool noodles as props for the parade (Not to keep, sorry. They will be for use at our upcoming practices)

9:30am - Meet at the Village Green.10am - Parade begins - The parade will follow west on Wyoming Ave, north on Springfield Pike, east on Wentworth and south on Burns and make its way back to the Village Green. After the parade there are games and an award ceremony.

For the 5th of July (Friday) modified practice schedule:
It’s an extra Fun Friday practice, especially since we might be a little tired staying up late for fireworks.
7:00am - 8:30am: 13 year old and over
7:30am - 8:30am: 11-12 year olds
8:30am - 9:30am: All kids 10 and under (Juniors, 8 and under, 9-10)
9:30 - 10:15: Waffle Breakfast for all

Home Swim Meet: Tuesday, July 9 @ the Wyoming Rec Center
Seadragon Swimmers report at 5:00pm, warmups 5:15pm – 5:45pm (Springdale warm up 5:45pm – 6:15pm) Meet starts at 6:20pm

• It’s Disney Theme – Wyoming Seadragons have a full catalog of characters to be royalty and villains! Dress the part and transform the pool deck into the Magic Kingdom.
• Seadragon Diner and Grill will be open! Come hungry! Cash and credit will be accepted.
• We do need a few more volunteers, specifically timers to make this meet happen.

Junior Seadragon Meet, ALL Team Picture, Breakfast of Champions
The schedule for Friday, July 12 is:
7:00am - 8:30am: 13 year old and over
7:30am - 8:30am: 11-12 year olds
8:15am - 9:00am: All kids 10 and under (Juniors, 8 and under, 9-10)
9:00-9:15 - Team picture
9:15-9:30 - Juniors warm-up
9:30-10:00 - Juniors meet (older swimmers will serve as timers)
10:00-10:30 – Breakfast for swimmers

Please gather and help cheer on all of our Junior Seadragons!

Sign up for a picture time slot, volunteer or donate items>>

ALL TEAM Picture Info:
Our big group picture (ALL age groups) will be from 9 - 9:15am. Individual/sibling/friend pictures will be both before and after the group picture and sign ups are open. Everyone will receive a digital copy of the group picture that you can print at your favorite picture printing location. Individual/sibling/friend pictures taken will have download/rights to print and will accept monetary donations to the Seadragons.

Upcoming Championships:
[] Commit your swimmer as attending by Wednesday, July 3
[] Make your game plan for champs
[] Sign up to volunteer

Our Championship meet is just around the corner, July 15-16 hosted at Sharonville. This is the end goal for ALL of our swimmers…to swim our best individual and relay times at Championships. What I love seeing is everyone cheering each other on and the exhilaration of the race.

Our team has 184 swimmers. I’d love to see all our swimmers there. If your swimmer can be there to swim, please commit them to be there. Every swimmer can contribute to points earned at Championships. If your family needs help - rides, taking turns watching over kids, settling nerves, please let us know how we can help. I didn’t get through any of our past championships without asking questions or for help.

Champ Details (More information will be provided when we receive the details from our meet hosts)

Monday, July 17 - Prelims
Day 1 Morning Session is for all 10 and under swimmers. Facilities open at 6:30am, meet starts at 9amAges 6 and under compete in a Timed Finals Session along with the 8 and under 100 Freestyle Relays. Timed Finals mean there is no separate Finals Session. All other events for ages 7-8 and 9-10 will swim in this Prelims Sessions....those swimmers that qualify will compete during the Day 2 Finals Session.

Day 1 Afternoon Session is for all 11 and older swimmers. Facilities open at 2pm, meet starts at 4:30pmThis is a Prelims Session....those swimmers that qualify will compete during the Day 2 Finals Session.

Tuesday, July 18 Day 2 is our Finals Sessions. Facilities open at 10:30am, meet starts at 1:30pmQualifying swimmers Ages 7 and older from the Day 1 Morning Sessions and qualifying swimmers Ages 11 and older from the Day 1 Afternoon Session will swim at Finals. All Relays are contested except the 8 and under 100 Freestyle Relays from Day 1 Morning Session as they were the Timed Finals format.

During Champs, we will need assistance on deck for timers/relievers and backups during all sessions. Please sign up to help if you can or use a Helper for Hire (or other trusted friend/neighbor) in your place. This is the Task/Role that Wyoming is responsible for with the League.

End of the Season Celebration – Our end of the season celebration will be on Wednesday, July 17 and we are at the POOL! The main part of dinner will be on the Seadragons, Tacos from Tortilleria Garcia! Our Jr. Seadragon families will supply the desserts and juice boxes for the kids. We’re asking the rest of the families in attendance to contribute to the meal by bringing a dish to share - appetizers, salads, and your own beverage. Awards, Medals, and Ribbons will be distributed. Let us know if you can be there and add a note to let us know how many family members can attend so we can plan. RSVP here>.

Do you have pictures to share from Practices and Meets? We don’t have a team photographer again, but we have lots of families taking pictures and videos that might be willing to share. Feel free to upload them to our Wyoming Seadragons - 2024 Season photo album.

Parent Board: We have an awesome group of parents who serve on the board and official volunteer capacities. This is the strongest most spirited group of people around and they hustle behind the scenes like no other! All families are invited to join the parent board and take on a role within the swim team. If you are interested in filling a role on the Parent Board or an official volunteer role, please send an email to April, [email protected] as soon as possible. There are some opportunities to shadow before the end of the season.