Welcome Dolphins!!
Happy summer to all our returning and new Dolphin families!! We are just 3 days away from our first practice and being back together on the pool deck. I am so very excited to be returning this summer as head coach! For those of you who are new, here is a little bit about me:
My name is Briana LeBarron and this is my 16th year with CVST! I began swimming with the Dolphins at the age of 6 and began assistant coaching at 15. Last year was my first year as head coach and I’m honored to be able to return as head coach again this summer.
Coaching beside me will be all your favorite assistant coaches from last year: Lauren, Maddie, Lucy, Aleks, and Violet. We are all so excited to work with you this summer!
Now onto the important info:
Practices:
Practices will begin in the morning on Wednesday, June 14th.There will be 3 practice times in the mornings split up mainly by age groups, if the practice time assigned does not work for you, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me! I will be sending out the practice assignments by Monday afternoon. If you are unable to make it to morning practices, we offer evening practices on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6-7pm! A reminder that evening practices are for swimmers with schedule conflicts only.
Swim Meets
Our In-House Meet is this Saturday 6/17! I ask that you RSVP for this meet by Wednesday night at 11:59pm so that I can send out the lineup before meet day. The In-House meet is a meet with just our team and is used to introduce our new swimmers to what a meet would look like as well as get times for swimmers to place them in events when we face other teams. I encourage swimmers to swim in as many events as possible, but if they don’t swim in an event at the In-House meet it doesn’t mean they can’t swim it later in the season!
Again a reminder for all meets of the season, YOU MUST RSVP IN ORDER TO BE IN THE LINEUP FOR A MEET. I ask that everyone has RSVPed for Saturday meets by the Wednesday before the meet at 11:59pm so that I can get the preliminary lineup to everyone by Thursday to allow for any last-minute changes before I have to submit the final lineup. I will send a reminder in my post meet emails to RSVP for the next one, but I find it is easiest to RSVP for all the meets at once if you know your schedule for the summer.
Stroke/Dive/Turn Clinics
We are bringing back stroke and dive clinics! Times and days for these clinics may vary by the week so I’ll send out new links throughout the season. I am attaching the links to sign up for the next two weeks below:
Dive Clinics: https://www.
Turn Clinics: https://www.
Butterfly Clinics: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0e4eabad2da5fe...
Breaststroke Clinics: https://www.signupgenius.com/
Big/Little Buddy
Last chance to sign up for a Big/Little Buddy. Buddy registration closes Tuesday, June 13th at 6:00.
Swimmers will be given the opportunity to participate in our Big/Little Buddies!! Younger swimmers will be paired with older swimmers to provide each other encouragement by cheering each other on. Big buddies can be good role models and cheerleaders for their Little Buddies and will be a good resource for their Little Buddy especially if they are a first time swimmer. Little Buddies can be encouraged to watch and cheer for their Bigs during their events! All Buddies are asked to be creative and make posters, cards, or bring their buddy's favorite treats to each of our 3 HOME MEETS! At the end of the season party, buddies can provide one last final token of appreciation to each other too!! Note- this is totally optional!!!