Hello, Demon Families!!

Potomac Woods hosted Calverton for our fourth A Meet of the season. It was a hot, humid meet but we were able to honor our Graduating Seniors. Final Score – Potomac Woods 367, Calverton 425. And, today, we placed fifth in our Division’s Relay Carnival.

Results have been posted on the home page of our Team Website and times are in SwimTopia as well.

Week 5 Information:

MCSL Coaches Long Course Meet - Tuesday, July 11 at 6:00pm

• Come out to the Rockville Swim and Fitness Center to cheer on Andie Young and Connor McCullough as they represent Potomac Woods!

B Meet – HOME versus Country Glen this Wednesday, July 12!

• Sign-ups CLOSE Monday, July 11 at 6 p.m.
• Please declare your swimmer’s attendance (attending/not attending) and sign up for their events.
• Sign up to Volunteer!
• Meet Theme: Decades:
  • 8 & Unders: 2000s
  • 9-10s: 1980s
  • 11-12s: 1970s
  • 13-14s & 15-18s: 1920s
  • Coaches: Future
• Arrive by: 4:45pm
• Warm-ups: 5:00pm
• Officials and Timers Meetings: 5:30pm
• PreTeam Kickboard Race: 5:45pm
• Meet Start: 6:00 pm
• Snack Bar: The PW snack bar will be selling hamburgers, cheeseburgers, hot dogs, pizza and buttered noodles, as well as the usual snack bar snacks and beverages.
• Hospitality: will be available for volunteers at the break.

Team Meeting and Social - Friday, July 14

• Team Meeting - 6:00pm
  • Join your teammates and coaches for our weekly Friday Team Meeting! Our Coaches will announce Swimmers of the Week, Time Droppers of the Week and Spirit Award Winners!

• Team Social - 6:30pm - Minute to Win It!
  • Minute to Win It - Our social chair extraordinaire, Sharon Sutton, along with the coaches will lead the team in so fun Minute to Win It games!!

A Meet - AWAY this Saturday, July 15 at Olney Mill

• Sign-ups CLOSE Thursday, July 13 at Noon.
• Please declare your swimmer’s availability (Available/Not available). Doing this helps Coach Jonny create the lineup with swimmers that we know are available.
• Meet Lineup will be emailed on Thursday.
• Please sign up to volunteer if your swimmer makes the A meet.

Swim Banquet

• Save the date for July 23 for our end of season Banquet. More details will be shared tomorrow but you can RSVP now for it, here.

Congratulations to the following swimmers for getting All Star Times in yesterday’s meet:

• Connor McCullough in 100 IM, 50 Free, 50 Back & 50 Fly
• Lily Heitzmann in 100 IM, 50 Free, & 50 Back
• Charlie Finnegan in 100 IM, 50 Free, 50 Back & 50 Fly
• Laura Hahs in 25 Free & 25 Fly
• Natasha Drunsic in 25 Free & 25 Breast
• Hugh Cohen in 50 Free
• Maeve McCullough in 50 Free, 25 Back & 25 Breast
• Andie Young in 50 Free, 25 Back & 25 Fly
• Ella Templeman in 25 Back & 25 Fly
• William Wood in 25 Breastroke
• Jackson Rankin in 50 Fly

We had two relays who won at today’s Relay Carnival and have qualified for the County All Star Relay Carnival on July 29th!

• Mixed 9-10 Freestyle: Maeve McCullough, Hugh Cohen, Preston Neches & Andie Young
• Girls 9-10 Medley: Andie Young, Maeve McCullough, Ella Templeman & Samara Jayawardhane

And, a special thank you to Will Hicks, Erika Galvin, Brian Hahs and Mara Cskomay for swimming the parent relay! You represented us well!

Go, PW! Swim Fast!!