Hello, Demon Families!!

Potomac Woods hosted Daleview yesterday for our second A Meet of the season. Congratulations to all of our swimmers that worked hard to get best times! Final Score – Potomac Woods 359, Palisades, 430. Whew, it was a hot one!

Results have been posted on the home page of our Team Website and all times are also under your swimmer’s profile in Swimtopia on the website or in the app.

There is a lot of information in this email- please read carefully through it.

Week 3 Information:

B Meet – Away: Potomac Woods vs Potomac this Wednesday, June 26 at Potomac! (10531 Oaklyn Drive, Potomac, MD 20854)

• Sign-ups CLOSE Monday, June 24 at 5 p.m. Please declare your swimmer’s attendance (attending/not attending) and sign up for their events. (You can declare and sign up for ALL meets for the entire season NOW)
• Sign up to Volunteer! Volunteer sign-ups also close at 6pm on Monday.
• Meet Theme: Olympics- each age group dresses up in a different Olympic ring color. 8 & under- Blue, 9-10- Green, 11-12 Yellow, 13-14- Black, 15-18- Red. Coaches- All ring colors
• Arrive by: 5:00pm
• Warm-ups: 5:20 pm
• Officials and Timers Meetings: 5:30 pm
• Meet Start: 6:00 pm
• Hospitality will be available for volunteers at the break.

Please direct all Wednesday meet questions to Ellen Weiss and Rachel Ossman.

Team Meeting and Social - Friday, June 28, 2024

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

• Team Social - After the Team Meeting
  • Minute to win it games! Join in the fun and join your teammates for minute to win it games!

RMSC

Registration for RMSC tryouts begin on July 1st for tryouts at Olney, Germantown and MLK for the July 8th tryout. Registration for July 22nd tryouts for KSAC, Olney, Germantown and MLK opens on July 8th. Tryout spots tend to fill very quickly. If you think your swimmer may be interested in trying out, I encourage you to register them for a tryout and then you can cancel it if they decide they are not interested. Tryouts are free. There are several PW families who have swimmers swimming at RMSC and would be happy to answer any questions, feel free to reach out. Jonny is also a RMSC coach at Olney and could answer questions as well. Tryouts for the Rockville location have not been posted yet.

A Meet

A Meet - AWAY this Saturday, June 29 at Quince Orchard

• Sign-ups CLOSE Thursday, June 27 at 10AM. Please declare your swimmer’s availability (Available/Not available). Doing this helps Jonny create the lineup with swimmers that we know are available. You can declare your swimmer’s availability for the entire season now if you know your schedule!
• Meet Lineup will be emailed on Thursday. It is imperative that everyone check the line-up and let Jonny know if your swimmer is not available. There will be a lot of swimmers on vacation next week so it’s possible that your swimmer will swim in Saturday’s meet, even if they do not typically swim in A meets!

A Relay Carnival - AWAY this Sunday, June 30 at Olney Mill

•  All 6 teams in Division H, All relays, All morning!
• Please declare your swimmer’s availability (Available/Not available) Thursday, June 27 at 10AM. Doing this helps Coach Jonny create the lineup with swimmers that we know are available. If a swimmer is not declared, Jonny will not put them in. 
• If you are interested in being in the parent relay at the end, please email me back! This is such a fun end of meet race!

Looking Ahead- Team Movie & Fourth of July Breakfast

• Team Movie! We will be going to see the movie Inside Out 2! Buy your tickets online now!
  • Date: Friday, July 5, 2024
    Time: 1:15pm
    Location: AMC Montgomery 16 (Mall)
• We are going to have an all age practice on Thursday, July 4, from 8:30-9:30am. Then, we will follow it up with a Team Potluck Breakfast from 9:30-10:00am. Parents and siblings are welcome to join for breakfast.
  • Families with last names beginning with A - L- Please bring doughnuts or bagels and PLAIN cream cheese
  • Families with last names beginning with M - S- Please bring cut up Fruit (Grapes, Cantaloupe, Berries, Watermelon, etc.)
  • Families with last names beginning with T - Z- Please bring Bottled Water and one bag of ice

  Please be aware that families will have to leave the pool area and deck between 10-11 and cannot leave their things on tables as placeholders for the day. There will not be any afternoon practices.

• There are a few volunteer spots for the Breakfast that will open up at 10:00am today.

General Reminders

• If you are able to attend morning swim practice, please attend that practice.  Afternoon practices should be for those swimmers who are not able to attend morning practices due to camps or other obligations. And, swimmers should only attend one practice a day. If they come to morning practice, they should not attend the afternoon practice due to space limitations in the afternoon.
• Download the Swimtopia app for easy access to the schedule, volunteer sign-up, meet entry, get any practice cancellations and more!
• Please refrain from asking questions to the coaches during practices. Their attention and focus must remain on the swimmers. If you have questions, please email me, Jonny or consult the team website. There is a team handbook that answers many questions.

Photo Galleries & Team Photo

Michael Neches is our team photographer and he posts all of his photos on the website below. You may download them at no cost, this includes the fabulous team picture from Friday! They are uploaded following each meet and the link is shared on our Potomac Woods Swim Team Facebook group as well. Thank you, Michael!

https://pwdemons.smugmug.com/browse

Password: Demons

Go, PW! Swim Fast! 

Jenni