Great meet on Saturday everyone - it was a relief from the intense heat and we took home another W against a great team.  Truly appreciate all the volunteers and parents who came up to ask what more they can do to help.  

This week is another busy one as we are in the last two weeks of the season! 

• 7/15 Wednesday - Home meet vs. Reflections - please declare today if you have not
• 7/18 Saturday - Senior Day and Home meet vs. our rivals Kingston Chase 
• 7/18 Saturday - Entries are due for All League Meet (held the following Saturday) 
• 7/22 Wednesday- - Final Meet, away at Bradley Farms
• 7/23 Thursday - End of Season Party on our pool deck
• 7/25 - All League Meet - Champs & Allstars

ALL LEAGUE MEET: 

For those who are not familiar or would like a reminder - our All League Meet is a culmination of the entire season for Herndon Swim League - all HSL teams come together for a full day meet on July 25th. Everyone can swim and is encouraged to do so. There is a different element of this meet however.....Let me explain.....

This is an "All League Meet" which means each team from Herndon Swim League comes together for this final opportunity to compete in 2025 Summer Swim. There are also awards handed out for Senior Scholarships and for meet volunteers. It's a great event, with our friends across all HSL teams - highly recommend your child attend for the experience and the fun medals/ribbons.

Here is what you need to know:

• Everyone can compete in the All-League Meet
• Entries are due by Saturday, July 18th (final meet to get a champs time will be 7/18)
• Times from 7/22 meet will not be eligible
• Your child can swim 2 individual strokes and the IM if they have a 2026 legal time.
• Entries will look a little different when you log in to SwimTopia. You will see the letter "A" or "C" after the event number, and you will only be able to mark them available for that race.
  • A=Allstar - any swimmer can swim these events with a 2026 time that is under the Champs qualifying time.
  • C=Champs - these are the swimmers that have a season qualified time that is considered fast enough to swim in the Champs arena
• Your child can be both an Allstar and Champ with various times in the 4 strokes
• Both Champs and Allstars receive medals and ribbons - they compete against their own cohort (Champs v Champs) (Allstars v Allstars) 
• Example
  Swimmer is 11-12 and qualifies for:
  Event 7C (freestyle champ) with a champ time
  Event 19A (backstroke Allstar) with an Allstar time
  Event 31C (breast Champ)
  Event 41A (fly Allstar)
  ~This swimmer wants to swim in Freestyle and Fly - one of their races will be a champs race and one will be an Allstar race, given their swim preference. The swimmer may also be selected for the 200M mixed age relay

Meet day details:

• Saturday, 7/25 @ Four Seasons Pool
• Warm-ups 7:25-7:35am
• Order of Events - PAY ATTENTION if you only want to attend half the meet
  • First Half:  IM, Breast, Back
  • Second Half:  Mixed-age Relay, Fly and Free
  • There are NO Medley Relays in this meet
  • Break and 2nd half warm up will be between Backstroke and Mixed-age relay
• Meet generally is over by 3:30pm

Volunteer Needs:

• 4 timers for each half
• 2 S&T - one for each half - Bryn Caraway and Melanie Brown have already stepped up 
• 2 Runners - one for each half
• 1 Awards Volunteer
• 1 Deck Marshall
• 2 Deck Clerks - one for each half - Brooke and Naomi will fill this for the team
• 4 Team Clerks - 2 for each half (sends kids over to deck clerk in time for race)
• 4 Parent Chaperones (but please do not just leave your kids with us for the day)

For more information on the All-League meet to include complete set of rules and details, check out the All League Meet homepage