Stingray families,
Lots of important info as we head into the last 3 weeks of our season!

PRACTICE CHANGES WITH POOL CLOSURE: No practice Monday
As most of you have seen, the Rec Pool is currently closed for emergency maintenance. We are waiting for an update on the timeline in the next few days. The board is exploring alternative practice sites if the closure extends past this week. For now we know that practice is canceled on MONDAY and we are hopeful we may be back in the pool as early as Tuesday. We will send out an update Monday afternoon or as soon as we have more info. 

Swim for Brandon on Wednesday (assuming the pool is reopened).
See previous email for full details
Swimmers can fundraise using the 2026 Swim for Brandon Donations link, then swim as many laps as they can during practice, and stay for team breakfast. 🍩
🏊♀️Why we fundraise: Help keep our registration fees low by offsetting team expenses!
🏅Funds raised in 2025 provided 4 summer swim scholarships, 20 new practice kickboards, team printer for meets, Junior coach support, and our graduating senior award.
🥇 Goal for 2026: Funding for scholarships, junior coaches, and a semi-automatic timing system!

Meet Schedule for this week:

🏊Wednesday 7/8- Willowood Glow invitation
Hempfield Warm-up time is 3-3:20pm.
Meet starts at 5pm
Spectator Admission: $5.00 CASH ONLY
Location: 600 West Bainbridge Street, Elizabethtown, PA 17022

🏊Thursday 7/9- Away meet at Woodridge
- Please arrive by 5:30 to get ready for a 5:45 warm-up. The meet will start a little after 6
Location: Woodridge Pool : 50 West 7th Street, Lititz, PA, USA
1 timer still needed!

🏊♀️Saturday 7/11- Manheim Fast and Furious invitational
- Warmup time TBA between 7am and 8:30
-Meet start at 9am
4 timers (2 each half) still needed!!
Location: Manheim Community Pool.
Spectator admission: $5.00 per person. Children under 12 accompanied by an adult admitted free.

RSVP for our End of Year party:
Please use the link below to RSVP for our end of year celebration. The sign up has key details so please review before submitting your RSPV. Please RSVP by Friday July 10th!!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904044FA4AA23A0F85...  

Also be on the lookout next week for another sign up for food/donations for the end of year celebration!!

****Coaches' gifts: Help us thank our coaches for a fantastic season. 

You can venmo (ALPopalis) or bring cash donations to Kathleen Romine or Alissa Popalis. Please have money/venmo in by July 16th, if you wish to participate!!****

Meet Declarations!
Please remember to declare your swimmer's attendance at our final 4 events in SwimTopia right now! .
• Thursday, July 9: Woodridge (Away)
• Tuesday, July 14: Skyline (Home)
- 🏆 Saturday July 18th- Division 1 Championship Meet at Skyline- all swimmers are eligible to sign up (event fees apply).
- 🏆 Friday- All-leagues Relays @ New Holland - all swimmers are eligible to participate.
- ***Please use the LSSL Saturday sign up to indicate your willingness to participate in relays, even if your child has no individual qualifying times. Coaches will build as many relays as possible for Friday based on availability.
- 🏆 Saturday- LSSL championships @ New Holland - swimmers must have made the League qualifying cut to be eligible to swim Saturday.


As always, if you have any comments, questions, or concerns, please don't hesitate to reach out to one of our coaches, email [email protected]. We're always happy to help!

Have a wonderful week, and thank you for your continued support of the Stingrays! 🏊❤️🖤

Thanks!
Rachel