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Updates week of 6/15

June 15th

Hi,

Happy Father's Day! 

We had a great swim meet yesterday! We finished in record time due to our fabulous team running the meet! Thank you all for your help volunteering to make the meet run so smoothly. The final score was Almaden 130.3 and Oaktree 118.1. The relays were so exciting to watch, and we maxed out our improvement times. Great work sharks! 

Race results are posted to the left of the boys bathroom. They will also be uploaded on Swimtopia and will show up under your swimmer's name, as well as whole team results posted under the swim meet results tab. Give us a day or two to get them uploaded.


VOLUNTEERING AND RSVPs are open for our dual meet on 6/21 at Los Paseos. This is an AWAY meet. This is due by Monday 6/16 night. Reminder: This is a team sport and we need everyone in attendance to help us win!



Please read carefully as a lot of important dates and information has been updated.
Coaches and Jr. Coaches gifts: Our coches give it their all! They have done a phenomenal job this season and have many more weeks to continue to help your swimmer's improve. Our coaches this year are Head coach Eric, Assistant coaches Andrew, Melanie, Lexi and Molly. They are ALL previous Oaktree swimmers and have really brought their knowledge, love for the team, and expertise to the team this year. We have 16 wonderful jr. coaches this year in the water with our 6 and unders and 7/8 swimmers. They have also been able to help our 9/10s a few times. They are imperative to getting our kids swimming better! They are the hands on help the kids need. 
The coaches definitely work extremely hard for our kids. We'd like to thank them with a generous gift from the parents at the end of the season. Since this takes time for Fiona to create, we are asking now for the donations. We are asking for a $50 donation per swimmer. This will go to ALL of our coaches as a huge thank you for their time, energy, and dedication to our team. You can Venmo Fiona (FionaEh), or Apply Pay (408-398-8505) or get her cash by the end of June.  Along with our donation to the coaches Fiona always makes a wonderful handcrafted gift for each coach that we will present to them at awards night. Thank you for helping us show our appreciation to the coaches. 

Upcoming events:

  • 6/16- Press on Sharks Logo to the Back of your Tie Dye Shirt- Bring your tie dye shirt Monday to practice. Give it to Fiona in the snack shack area BEFORE your practice time. She will hot press on the logo to the back of your shirt. You will pick it up after practice! If you can't bring your shirt on Monday you can give to it a friend to bring, or bring it to the pool another day this week and put it into the Marshall file, she will take it home and iron on the shark logo for you and return it to your family file in a few days. 
  • 6/16- Improved Time lollipops- We have a tradition at Oaktree that when the swimmers pick up their ribbons on Mondays after a meet, they will get a lollipop for every improved time. Remember our league not only counts top finishers for points, but EVERY improved time gains our teams points! If you are interested in knowing the scoring for a meet it is explained on our website under the scoring description tab. Lollipops and ribbons will be picked up AFTER swimmers' practice on Monday.
  • 6/17 Stroke and Turn $25 12:00-1:00 RSVP on Swimtopia
  • 6/17 Santa Cruz Boardwalk- see events email for more details
  • 6/19 Bring a Tshirt Starting the week of June 9th. 9/10, 11/12, 13/14 and 15/18 swimmers should bring an extra t-shirt and towel to practice on Thursdays. Thursdays will focus on dry land exercises and building leg strength— to be gained by wearing a t-shirt while doing kicking sets.

  • 6/19 Stroke and Turn $25 12:00-1:00 RSVP on Swimtopia
  • 6/21 Swim meet at Los Paseos
    • Check in 7:00- 7:30
    • If you are not checked in at 7:30 your swimmer will be dropped from the meet.

Practice Every weekday June 3-July 18th

8:15-9:15 6u and 7/8

9:15-10:15 9/10 and 11/12

10:15-11:45 13/14 and 15/18

Private Lessons and Stroke and Turn:

Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 12:00-12:30 or 12:30-1:00 for $35 per swimmer per 30 minutes during summer we will offer private lessons with our coaches. For liability and insurance we need you to book the dates and times with the coaches BUT pay via zelle or cash to the team at [email protected]

Every Tuesday and Thursday from 12:00-1:00 we will offer small group instruction via stroke and turn lessons. For liability and insurance we need you to RSVP through swimtopia and pay via Zelle or cash to the team at [email protected] These will max out at 40 swimmers per day. Please see dates on swimtopia and RSVP if interested in going!

Coaches will work on any strokes, turns, dives or individual swimmer needs for all of private lessons or stroke and turn lessons.

Oaktree Gear:

  • Swim Caps- You can still purchase the silicone Oaktree Sharks caps from the team during practice, swim meets or team events. They are $12 a cap and you can pay with cash or Zelle.
  • Yard Signs- I have yard signs for purchase! They are $10 and you can ask me anytime to get you one! I can even leave it with the coaches for you, if I am not at practice.
  • Oaktree Baseball hats- I also have black baseball hats for sale. Let me know if you are interested and I can pull them out for you. I believe we have 2 styles. $10 each.

Warmly, 

Liz Westgate

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