Pickerington Tiger Sharks
Week 6: Away Meet at Bexley & Fourth of July
Hi Tiger Shark Fam!
Fun week coming up with Fourth of July and an away meet at Bexley. I can't believe we have started packing up our home meet equipment. We really appreciate everyone who helps makes these home meets a success! Please read through as there are some practice changes this week!
Highlights for this week:
- Details for the Bexley meet. Declare your swimmer by MONDAY JULY 4th at 5pm (before you watch fireworks!) There are many of you who have qualified for Champs at the end of the season. Remember you need 3 regular season meets to participate in our end of the season Champs meet. Reminder if you haven't fulfilled your 3 volunteer credit hours for the season, now is the time to sign up.
- Parade information is below!
- We are looking for someone to take over Concessions next season. If you are interested, Lisa Winters will show you the ins and outs at our home meets, so you can get an idea. Email tigersharks.us@gmail.com for more info.
- Spirit Wear update: All orders should be shipped out to your house. Please let me know if you didn't get it.
- Shout out to two parent volunteers this weekend who went above and beyond: Mark Hensen and Cathy Louketis came and volunteered at the whole meet despite their kids not even swimming this weekend! THANKS so much!
Additional Reminders:
- Practices will NOT be canceled due to rain, please join our group on Remind for cancellations: https://www.remind.com/join/ptigersh
- Please do not drop off your swimmer before 7am on practice days, as a safety protocol from the city there will not be a supervised adult to be with your child.
- CHECK YOUR SWIMMER FOLDERS DAILY!!!!!
- If you have questions regarding swim team, please address board members or coaches (after practice). The pool staff is separate from the team and is unable to answer your questions.
- Parents and younger siblings, keep clear of the swimming deck during practice times. It is unsafe to try to hold a conversation with a coach while we have swimmers in the water. The same goes for trying to talk to your swimmer during practice. Family members are to remain in the grassy areas or under the awnings.
Away Meet against Bexley
Wednesday July 6th at the Bexley Pool: 2100 Clifton Ave. Bexley, Ohio 43209 (More information about the meet and parking coming along with the heat sheets)
Declare your swimmers by 5pm on MONDAY EVENING when the entries will be locked and loaded! ( We know everyone is busy, but please make every effort to get it in)!
Arrival: 4:45 pm
Warm Ups: 5:00pm
Meet start time: 5:30 pm
End time: approximately 9:30pm (Since we don't have practice in the morning, please stay for relays!)
Volunteer Opportunities: Swimtopia is having issues right now, but we will be adding a few additional jobs once the issue is fixed
- 1 (first half bullpen) and 2 (second half bullpen)
- 2 (second half timers)
- 1 awards (whole meet)
What to Bring:
- Purple competition suit, Tiger Sharks Swim Cap (will have some for sale), goggles, towels, sharpie (to write events on swimmer's arm and name and PTS on swimmer's back)
- Chairs, extra towels, snacks (concessions available), blankets
Before the Meet: How to do the following is in the slideshow presentation - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Af19iTmChFWvMSIYBXJwq6nE_nQQYujDHgCB6bhw7gw/edit?usp=sharing
- Declare your swimmer by 5pm on Monday (check out the slide show for instructions)
- Sign up to volunteer (check out the slide show for instructions:)
- Check your email for your swimmer's entries (check out the slide show for instructions)
- Check in your swimmer with our Junior Coaches when you arrive. Look for them near the Tiger Sharks banner when you enter.
During the Meet:
- Locate Bullpen numbers near the pool deck, these will tell you what events they are setting up in the bullpen. Bullpen workers will be calling out kids' names but be aware of when they are swimming, so they don't miss it. They will get your children to where they need to be. The bullpen is an area where they will be setting up the swimmers in their lanes several heats prior to their event.
- After your child swims their events, have them talk to Coach Alex so he can give them pointers on what to work on. BONUS: He will most likely have fun treats to hand out!
- Please keep your children out of the diving well and other pool areas. The only people who should be in the water are the swimmers in current events.
- Please do not crowd the timers while you are watching your child swim. They are there to do a job.
- Take lots of pictures and send them to TigerSharks.us@gmail.com, so we can post them.
- ENJOY AND HAVE FUN! We are here for the kids!
REMEMBER:
You are representing our team, please behave appropriately and be respectful to the facility and the staff.
Fourth of July Parade on July 4th
July 4th - Arrive by 9:30am Pickerington Central to line up for the parade. We are spot 25! Look for the shark decorated truck and balloons! The parade starts promptly at 10am. Just be aware they do shut down the streets well before the start of the parade.
Please bring a bag of candy to hand out on the parade route and wear your Tiger Sharks t-shirts. Change for pick up location. Please pick your child up at Pickerington Central (parking lot closest to Hill Road). Look for the truck!
Note: We will have the water guns. Please talk to your kids about etiquette (not spraying people's faces and don't spray people if they say no). We will not hesitate to take the squirt guns away if they become too much!
Practice Schedule and Events: July 4th - 8th
Monday- Friday (July 4th - 8th)
- 11 and up: 7:00am -8:00am
- 10 and under: 7:50am - 8:50am
No Practice on Monday July 4th and Thursday July 7th
Important Upcoming Dates
- July 4th - Parade at 10am (NO PRACTICE)
- July 6th - Away at Bexley
- July 7th - NO PRACTICE DAY AFTER MEET
- July 10th - Board Meeting (3pm at Combustion)
- July 13th - Away at Pataskala
- July 14th - NO PRACTICE DAY AFTER MEET
- July 19th - Last Day of Practice/ Donuts for Breakfast
- July 20th - Champs
- July 22nd - End of Season Banquet
- August 9th - Fundraiser at Chipotle
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Head Coach - Alex Rowles
Alex has been swimming for 9 years for club teams. He swam for the Tiger Sharks for 3 years and the Lancaster YMCA for 5 years. He is a 4-year letter winner for the Pickerington Central High School swim team and was a Senior Captain. He attends the University of Cincinnati.
Email: alexrowles8@gmail.com
Senior Assistant Head Coach - Sheri Rhodes
Sheri swam competitively for Bishop Hartley Hawks and Livmoor Sea Kings swim teams. She has been coaching the Tiger Sharks for 13 years. Sheri's favorite stroke is the backstroke.
Sheri is the Pre-School Director at the All Saints Academy where she also coached basketball and volleyball.
Email: sherbearswims@gmail.com
Assistant Coach - Megan Luallen
Megan swam for the Tiger Sharks for 9 years and at Bishop Hartley High School for 4 years. This will be her fourth year working as a lifeguard at the Pickerington Community Pool. She is very excited to continue being a part of the Tiger Sharks as a coach this summer!
Megan is studying medical sciences on the pre-med track at the University of Cincinnati where she will be a sophomore this fall. Her favorite events to swim are the 200 and 500 free, and the 100 IM. When not swimming, Megan enjoys reading, running, and camping with family and friends.
Assistant Coach - Paige Christy
Paige is currently a junior at the Ohio State University completing her major for biochemistry.
Although she is not competing on the collegiate level, she competed for thirteen years on two club teams, alongside some coaching here and there/swim lessons.
She swan for the Tiger Sharks/coached during her high school swimming career, and is so excited to be back and involved again.
She's looking forward to this upcoming season and meeting all the new swimmers!
Junior Coach - Mayson Reed
Mayson has been swimming for the Tiger Sharks for 8 years. In addition to the Tiger Sharks, she is currently a member of the Lancaster Youth Swim Team (LYST).
In the past Mayson swam for the Greater Columbus Swim Team (GCSTO) and the Unified Aquatics Swim Team.
She will be a sophomore at Pickerington North and plans to swim for the school team next year.
Junior Coach - Collin Jones
Collin has competed in swimming for 6 years and has 13 years of general swim experience.
Collin will be a junior at Pickerington North this fall.
Pickerington Tiger Sharks
President: Abbey Fatica
Past President: Sheri McClurg
Vice President: Amanda Orr
Secretary: Sheri McClurg
Treasurer: Amy Schiebel
League Representative: Dione Windle
Meet Director: Sherman Sutherland
Technology Officer: Wes Jones
Fundraising Chair: Lisa Winters
Communications Chair: Mindy Thomas
Banquet Chair: Kim Cappadonia
Fourth of July Chair:
Email: tigersharks.us@gmail.com
Website: members.tigersharks.us
Location: 11330 Stonecreek Drive, Pickerington, OH, USA
Phone: 740-963-6693
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tigersharks.us/
Twitter: @tigersharksus