It’s officially spring, and we’re getting ready for the 2024 Welch season:

• 2024 Detailed Welch Calendar — We’ve added all the meets, practice times, meet themes, and some fun team events. Check it out!
• 2024 Family Contact Form — Please provide your contact information for this summer, so you don’t miss important team updates.
• 2024 Team Info — We’ve provided the latest information about the 2024 season. You can also find links to register your swimmer through CRPR.
• Team Suits — We’re using the same suit designs as last year. Suits are available for order from our SwimOutlet team store.

Mark your calendars for our team information session on Saturday, May 18th from noon-2:00pm at Welch Pool. Our coaches will be there to answer questions, try on team suits, purchase a limited number of cash-and-carry suits, and purchase team apparel. We can’t wait to see you there!

Regular practices will begin on Thursday, June 6th. We’ve got a quick start to the season this year!

Planning Vacations or picking a week for summer camp? Here is the tentative meet schedule to help your planning!

• Sat., June 8th – Shark Tank Inter-squad Meet
• Tues. June 11th – vs. Penns Valley
• Thurs., June 20th – vs. Park Forest
• Sat., June 22nd – Day of Joy Relay Meet
• Thurs., June 27th – vs. SPRA
• Tues., July 2nd – vs. Park Forest
• Thurs., July 11th – vs. SPRA
• Thurs., July 18th – vs. Penns Valley
• Tues., July 23rd – Big Kid Champs
• Thurs., July 25th – Little Kid Champs
• Fri., July 26th – Team Awards Brunch!

Due to the pending weather this evening we have moved our gathering tonight, Monday August 14th at 7:30 PM to the State High Auditorium. Please park and enter at the rear entrance to the High School Building located on the same side of the road at Welch Pool back by the athletic fields. Parking and entrance map was sent out in a Remind! Contact Coach Marion with questions!

7:30 PM – Catch up with teammates and pick up Champs Awards at the High School Auditorium

8:00 PM – Team Slide Show!

Swimmers may also pick up their awards after the slide show!

Hope to see you there!!

How is it possible that we are at the last week of swim team for 2023?! What a great summer it has been! Let’s finish strong with a great week of Champs and Team Celebration Brunch. See you at the Pool!

Practice Schedule:

• Monday: Normal AM and PM practice
• Tuesday: Normal AM practice
• Wednesday & Thursday:
  • 13 & Over come help coach a practice at 8am or 9am
  • 10 & Unders: Normal Practice Time 8:00-9:00am
  • 8 & Unders: Normal Practice Time 9:00-9:45am
• Friday: Team Celebration Brunch with families (details below)

Champs Information:

Tuesday, July 25^th: 11 and Over Champs at Park Forest

• Morning Breakfast: Surprise we are having another Pancake Day for our 11 & overs!
• Meet Details:
  • Meet Volunteers needed
  • Meet Times:
    • Arrive: 5:15pm 
    • Warm Ups: 5:30pm
    • Timers/Officials Meeting: 5:45pm
    • Meet Starts: 6:05pm
  • Meet Theme: Super Hero Night – this is for swimmers and parents!

Thursday, July 27^th: 10 and Under Champs at Penns Valley

• Morning Breakfast: Goldfish!!
• Meet Details:
  • Meet Volunteers needed
  • Meet Times:
    • Arrive: 5:00pm 
    • Warm Ups: 5:15pm
    • Timers/Officials Meeting: 5:45pm
    • Meet Starts: 6:05pm
  • Meet Theme: Super Hero Night – this is for swimmers and parents!

Team Celebration Brunch and Awards – for swimmers and families

• Friday July 28th 8:15-10:00am at Welch Pool ***Updated Time***
  • Join us for a fun morning as we celebrate a great season!
  • Each swimmer receives their top times and a team gift! There are also addition awards: coaches award, most improved, most dedicated and the sought after Cheeze-it award!
  • The team will supply juice, paper goods, and dessert.
  • Families are asked to bring an individually packed breakfast item to share that will serve 12-15 hungry swimmers:
    • A–H: Breakfast muffins or coffee cake
    • I-Q: Individual Quiches
    • R–Z: Fruit, Fruit Cup, Jello Cup or Yogurt
    • Please remember no glass containers are permitted at the pool! This includes Pyrex and other breakable serving dishes!
    • Don’t forget to bring chairs!
  • We want everyone to attend!
  • Please RSVP!!

See you at the pool! Let’s go Sharks!

Coach Marion

Another great week to be a Shark! Lots of teamwork was required for Thursday’s win over SPRA! Congratulations team, you did it! It was great to see you cheering each other on, getting best times and shaking hands at the end of your races! A special THANK YOU to all our parent volunteers! We have the best parents around. It is really great to have so many helping hands at the meet!

Monday, July 17th:

• Delgrosso’s Day: NO AM or PM Practice!
• We’ll be providing ice cream sandwiches for our swimmers and their families during our day of fun on Monday, July 17th at Delgrosso’s. We meet at 2:00pm on the water park side to enjoy our cool treats together. Please RSVP so we have enough ice cream for your family next Monday!! Don’t forget that you can get your discount tickets from the CRPR office this week! Get excited!!!

Tuesday, July 18^th:

• Welch Coffee Morning! Bring your Welch Cup!
• Post Card Addressing!
  • We have a tradition of writing and sending post cards to teammates the last week of practice to get excited for Champs, but you don’t have to be going to Champs to participate!
  • Tuesday and Wednesday we will address a post card to yourself! At the meet on Thursday there will be a table that you can pick a postcard and write a message to a teammate! We will mail them out on Friday!!
• Champs sign-ups will be posted at practice near the flag pole
  • Sign up before July 20^th
    • Tuesday, July 25^th – Big Kid Champs at Park Forest (11 and older)
    • Thursday, July 27^th Little Kid Champs at Penns Valley (10 and younger)
  • Swimmers may swim up to four events, maximum of three individual events.
  • Coaches will determine relays.
  • If you have competed in two swim meets this summer you qualify for Champs!
  • Championships are for EVERYONE!!! Sign up by Thursday, July 20th
  • If you are traveling this week but can make it to Champs next please email Coach Marion your events! There will be no adds after the CPSL deadline of Friday at 5PM.

Thursday, July 20^th: Home Swim Meet vs Penns Valley

• Morning Practice:
  • Cereal Breakfast Snack – We need a few parents to help, please sign up here!
• Afternoons of meet days are great for some down time and rest. Stay hydrated and eat some healthy carbs to have some good energy for the meet!
• Meet Details – HOME vs Penns Valley:
  • Deadline to sign up is Wednesday, July 19^th at practice. The meet lineup will be posted Thursday morning at practice—changes are accepted until 10:00am.
  • Pizza Pre-Order: Pre-order your pizza(s) for your family at the meet!
    • Place your order by Wednesday, July 19th at 10am!
    • 5:30pm pickup at the concession stand on meet day!
  • Fresh concessions food donations needed
  • Meet Volunteers needed
  • Meet Times:
    • Arrive: 4:45pm 
    • Warm Ups: 5:00pm
    • Team Meeting: 5:35pm
    • Meet Starts: 6:00pm
  • Meet Theme: Pajama Night – this is for swimmers and parents!
  • Writing Team Postcard Station!
  • Team Apparel Sale 6:00-7:30pm near the lifeguard table. This is the last time it will be out this season!

Friday, July 21^st:

• Modified practice times

Looking Ahead:

• Champs are coming up!
  • Tuesday, July 25^th – Big Kid Champs at Park Forest (11 and older)
  • Thursday, July 27^th Little Kid Champs at Penns Valley (10 and younger)
  • Please sign up to volunteer at the Champs meets!
• Team Celebration Brunch and Awards, Friday July 28th 8:30-10:30 at Welch Pool
  • Join us for a fun morning as we celebrate a great season!
  • The Team will supply juice, paper goods, and dessert.
  • Families are asked to bring an individually packed breakfast item to share that will serve 12-15 hungry swimmers:
    • A–H: Breakfast muffins or coffee cake
    • I-Q: Individual Quiches
    • R–Z: Fruit, Fruit Cup, Jello Cup or Yogurt
  • We want everyone to attend!
  • Please RSVP!!
• Check out these cool CRPR events happening at Welch: Youth Triathlon!
• CRPR is also offering an Adult Swim Meet on Saturday, August 5th at Welch

See you at the pool! Let’s go Sharks!

Coach Marion

What a fun week to be a Shark! July 4th fun, a yummy yogurt breakfast, a super win at PF, late night swim games, and five great practices! Thank you to all our parent volunteers that make all this fun work!! Thank you for being there for your teammates this week! A well deserved weekend…hope you get some rest!

Monday, July 10th:

• Delgrosso’s Ice Cream RSVP: We’ll be providing ice cream sandwiches for our swimmers and their families during our day of fun on Monday, July 17th. We meet at 2:00pm on the water park side to enjoy our cool treats together. Please RSVP so we have enough ice cream for your family next Monday!! Don’t forget that you can get your discount tickets from the CRPR office this week! Get excited!!!

Tuesday, July 11^th:

• Welch Coffee Morning! Don’t forget to bring your Welch coffee cups for free coffee!
• Champs T-shirt rrder due July 11th by 8pm
  • Orders not paid by the end of practice Wednesday, July 12th will be removed from the order
  • Please place payment in the team wooden box at the lifeguard table or pay by Venmo (@welchsharks)

Thursday, July 13^th: Home Swim Meet vs SPRA

• Morning Practice:
  • Pancake Breakfast – We need a few parents to help, please sign up here!
• Afternoons of meet days are great for some down time and rest. Stay hydrated and eat some healthy carbs to have some good energy for the meet!
• Meet Details – HOME vs SPRA:
  • Deadline to sign up is Wednesday, July 12^th at practice. The meet lineup will be posted Thursday morning at practice—changes are accepted until 10:00am.
    • We need our swimmers this week for a big meet!
  • Pizza Pre-Order: Pre-order your pizza(s) for your family at the meet!
    • Place your order by Wednesday, July 12th at 10am!
    • 5:30pm pickup at the concession stand on meet day!
  • Parent Relays at End of Meet
    • Everyone is welcome to participate
    • We will match swimmers together at the meet
    • Look for a sign-up sheet at the meet, so we can plan for the number of lanes/heats to run
  • Fresh concessions food donations needed
  • Meet Volunteers needed
  • Meet Times:
    • Arrive: 4:45pm 
    • Warm Ups: 5:00pm
    • Team Meeting: 5:35pm – We will be honoring our seniors!
    • Meet Starts: 6:00pm
  • Meet Theme: 80’s Night – this is for swimmers and parents!
  • Team Apparel Sale 6:00-7:30pm near the lifeguard table. We have a fresh batch of sweatshirts available!

Friday, July 14^th:

• Modified practice times
• Champs sign-ups will be posted Friday, July 14th
  • Sign up between July 14^th – 21^st
    • Tuesday, July 25^th – Big Kid Champs at Park Forest (11 and older)
    • Thursday, July 27^th Little Kid Champs at Penns Valley (10 and younger)
  • Sign-ups for Champs will be on the board near the flag pole.
  • Swimmers may swim up to four events, maximum of three individual events.
  • Coaches will determine relays.
  • Championships are for EVERYONE!!! Sign up by Friday, July 21st

Looking Ahead:

• Delgrosso’s Day – Monday, July 17th
  • Water park and rides open from 11am-7pm
  • Purchase your own discounted tickets through CRPR and we will see you there!
  • Meet at the front entrance of the park (water park side) at 2:00pm for ice cream sandwiches with the coaches! Please RSVP so we have enough ice cream for your family!!
  • There will be no morning or evening practice at Welch Monday, July 17th. 
  • This is not a drop off event—swimmers must attend with a responsible adult.
• Check out these cool CRPR events happening at Welch: Youth Triathlon!
• CRPR is also offering an Adult Swim Meet on Saturday, August 5th at Welch

See you at the pool! Let’s go Sharks!

Coach Marion

An amazing win over SPRA! I just loved all those relays!! What a fun evening! Great to come away with the GOLD! *wink wink*

Monday, July 3rd – Normal morning and evening practices

Tuesday, July 4^th – Happy Independence Day!

• Welch Coffee Morning! Don’t forget to bring your Welch coffee cups for free coffee!
• 7:15-8:00am: Fun and games for 13 and overs
• 8:00-9:00am: Fun and Games for 9-12’s
• 9:00-9:45am: Penny Day for 8 and unders

Wednesday, July 5^th

• Morning: modified practice times
• Evening: Normal practice (8-9pm)

Thursday, July 6^th – AWAY swim meet @ Park Forest

• Morning Practice:
  • Yogurt Parfait Breakfast – We need a few parents to help serve, please sign up here!
• Afternoons of meet days are a great time for some down time and rest. Stay hydrated and eat some healthy carbs to have some good energy for the meet!
• Meet Details – At Park Forest:
  • Deadline to sign up is Wednesday, July 5^th at practice. The meet lineup will be posted Thursday morning at practice—changes are accepted until 10:00am.
  • Please note that in order to get through the whole meet before the 10pm noise curfew in the Park Forest neighborhood, swimmers will likely swim 2 or 3 races instead of the normal 3 or 4. Please let Coach Marion know if you have questions!
  • Directions to Park Forest
  • Meet Volunteers needed
  • Arrive: 5:10pm 
  • Team Meeting: 5:15pm  
  • Warm Ups: 5:30pm
  • Meet Starts: 6:00pm
  • Meet Theme: Red, White and Blue – this is for swimmers and parents!

Friday, July 7^th

• Modified Practice Times
• Late Night Swim at Welch Pool!
  • This is for the entire family!
  • Please bring a finger food dessert to share!
  • 7:00-8:00pm: General Swim
  • 8:00pm: Dessert Time!
  • 8:15-8:30pm: Team Relays
  • 8:30-9:00pm: Both Pools Open for Fun Swim
  • 9:00-9:30pm: Sharks & Minnows in the Lap Pool

Looking Ahead:

• Delgrosso Day – Monday, July 17th
  • Water park and rides open from 11am-7pm
  • Purchase your own discounted tickets through CRPR and we will see you there!
  • Meet at the front entrance of the park (water park side) at 2:00pm for ice cream sandwiches with the coaches! Please RSVP so we have enough ice cream for your family!! 
  • There will be no morning or evening practice at Welch Monday, July 17th. 
  • This is not a drop off event—swimmers must attend with a responsible adult.
• Make sure you mark your calendars for all the fun things happening in July!!
• Check out these cool CRPR events happening at Welch: Carboard Regatta and Youth Triathalon!

See you at the pool! Let’s go Sharks!

Coach Marion

A great win over Park Forest! It was great to see the team come together, swim fast and cheer each other on! A special thank you to all our PARENT VOLUNTEERS who ran an amazing meet—hosting over 320 swimmers and their families!! Seriously, we have the best parents volunteers!!

Please remember that it is important to stay to the end of the meet! If you must leave early, please check in with a coach to make sure you are not in or needed for a free relay! Thank you!

Normal practice times this week! Looks like some rain is in the forecast. Stay alert to Reminds that are sent out about possible delays or changes to practice times.

Tuesday, June 27^th – Welch Coffee Morning!

Thursday, June 29th – AWAY swim meet @ SPRA

• Morning Practice:
  • Pancake Breakfast – We need a few parents to help serve, please sign up here!
• Afternoons of meet days are a great time for some down time and rest. Stay hydrated and eat some healthy carbs to have some good energy for the meet!
• Meet Details – At SPRA:
  • Deadline to sign up is Wednesday, June 28^th at practice. The meet lineup will be posted Thursday morning at practice—changes are accepted until 10:00am.
  • Directions to SPRA
  • Meet Volunteers needed
  • Arrive: 5:10pm 
  • Team Meeting: 5:15pm   
  • Warm Ups: 5:30pm
  • Meet Starts: 6:00pm
  • Meet Theme: Gold Out – this is for swimmers and parents!

Looking Ahead:

• Tuesday, July 4^th: Normal Practice Times – Games and fun! 8&U: Penny Day!
• Wednesday, July 5^th: Modified Practice Times
• Friday, July 7^th: Late Night Swim at Welch Pool! 7:00-9:30PM Bring a dessert to share!
• Make sure you mark your calendars for all the fun things happening in July!!

See you at the pool! Let’s go Sharks!

Coach Marion

Another great week of swimming ahead! Check out the details:

Monday, June 19th – Normal Morning Practice & Evening Ice cream Social

• Ice Cream Social
  • Monday, June 19^th
  • Holmes-Foster Park
  • 6:00-8:00pm
  • Ice cream will be served at 6:30
  • This is a family event – everyone gets ice cream!
  • Sign up so we have enough ice cream for everyone
  • NO PM practice for our 11 & Overs on Monday!

Tuesday, June 20th – Welch Coffee Cup Morning and Family Food Donations Due!

• Family Food Donations Due
  • Thank you to everyone who has already donated their family food items! If you haven’t done your’s yet, you still have time. You can drop off your donation during practice hours at the lifeguard house!
  • To prevent over buying, we ask that our families contribute at least one of the items on this sign-up for our team! These items must be delivered to practice by June 20^th, so we can be ready for our first home meet on June 22^nd! Thank you!

Thursday, June 22nd – Home swim meet vs Park Forest

• Morning Practice:
  • Bagel Breakfast: We need a few parents to help serve, please sign up here!
• Afternoon of meet days are a great time for some down time and rest. Stay hydrated and eat some healthy carbs to have some good energy for the meet!
• Something New: Pre-Order your Pizza for your family at the meet!
  • Place your oder by Wednesday, June 21st at 10 AM!
  • 5:45 Pick up at the concession stand on meet day!
• Meet Details – at Welch Pool vs. Park Forest:
  • Deadline to sign up is Wednesday, June 21^st at practice
  • The meet lineup will be posted Thursday morning at practice—changes are accepted until 11:00am
  • Meet Volunteers Needed
  • Home Meet Fresh Food Concessions Needed
  • Arrive: 4:45pm    
  • Warm Ups: 5:00pm
  • Team Picture: 5:40pm on the hill near the slides
  • Meet Starts: 6:00pm
  • Meet Theme: Sharks and Team Gear – this is for swimmers and parents!
    • Team Gear will also be on sale during the meet 5:30-7:30!

Friday, June 23th – Modified Practice Times!

• 12 and Overs: 8:00-8:45am
• 9-11 year olds: 8:45-9:30am
• 8 and unders: 9:20-9:55am

Saturday, June 24th – Day of Joy Relay Event at Park Forest for all CPSL Teams!

• WHAT: A morning full of fun relay events for all ages
• WHEN: Saturday, June 24^th – from 8:00am to noon
• WHERE: Park Forest Pool
• WHO: Everyone! All ages participate, parents too!
• Arrive at 8:00am. First event begins at 8:30am.
• Food available for purchase. Please sign up here so Park Forest has a head count for food prep!
• Let’s fill the pool with Welch Sharks!

A busy week for Welch Sharks! See you at the pool! Let’s Go Sharks!

Coach Marion

June 13th Meet vs. Penns Valley will be AT WELCH POOL

Due to the cold temps of the Penns Valley Pool we have decided to move the meet to Welch Pool!

• Arrive 4:45
• Warm ups 5:00
• Meet starts 6:00
• Extra volunteers needed
• Still Hawaiian Theme
• Penns Valley will be running the concession stand.

Please contact a team mate to make sure they know about the change!! Thank you!

Let’s Go Sharks! See you at WELCH POOL tonight!