It's been a great week of welcoming our Eels back to the water! Yay for sunshine and warmer temperatures.

First, a schedule note: Coaches from SwimRVA will be special guests at practice on Friday morning. Fun Teamers are welcome to join morning practice on Friday for this special opportunity.

Our first meet is in ONE WEEK at our pool versus the Westerleigh Warriors. Here's what you need to do to prepare (good news: you can do it all on your phone):

1.) RSVP or "declare" your swimmers by NOON on FRIDAY. Our coaches need to know who's participating. You can do this on our website here. Find next week's meet and click on Meet Entry. If you already know your summer schedule, you can go ahead and RSVP for all the meets.

2.) Sign up for a job. Our meets are volunteer-powered -- if you have a swimmer in the meet, your family MUST fill at least one job slot! Most jobs require minimal training and last only half the meet. Returning families, try to save timer slots for new folks and if you'll be staying for the whole meet, take a second-half slot. The system will prompt you to sign up for a job when you RSVP; you can also go here.

If you have any questions or problems completing the above two steps, get in touch with me or Jen Ekiert ([email protected]). And if you don't sign up for a job, it's Jen's job to assign you to one.

Other items:

-The coaches recommend swim fins for practice -- not required, but a good way to help with stroke development. Here are some good ones on Amazon. If you have unused fins at home, bring them to practice and pass them down.

- Don't forget to get the SwimTopia mobile app (free version). Log in the same way you log in to the website.

GO EELS!