Happy Monday, makos! 

I know that all of you are chomping at the bit as spring break is nearly 4 days away. I'd like to encourage attendance this week as much as possible since we will be out of the water until Monday, 4/21. I did offer spring break practices last year, but there were few athletes present, so I am going to continue to follow the city school schedule in terms of schedule. 

If you have not already, registration for summer swim is available to all OB residents! I strongly encourage our current swimmers to grab a spot before tomorrow, as that is when registration will open to the public. The summer schedule is up on both the city website and SwimTopia. If you would like to see the swim meet schedule, that is also published here: https://obstmakos.swimtopia.com/swim_meets

I am happy to report that all of our arena gear is now available on Swim & Tri! The bundles are not compiled yet, however, if you are missing a single piece of gear you can now order what is necessary a la carte. Please visit the following link in order to ensure your child has the appropriate equipment required per group (especially ahead of summer so that orders arrives in a timely fashion): https://obstmakos.swimtopia.com/uniform-and-equipment

On that note, I will have a sizing kit for our team suits in hand by 4/15. If you are in town for spring break, you are more than welcome to swing by the pool and measure/try on suits. Otherwise, we will definitely do so the following week during practice when all return. 

CHANGE OF DATE! I have been informed that there is a baseball game on Thursday, May 1st that some of our athletes are involved in. We are going to move our intrasquad meet to Thursday, April 24th. This will be very low key and really a test run for all equipment and structure of hosting swim meets at our home pool. Please look out for the meet on the sign-up calendar via SwimTopia as I will update information there as well as open parent volunteer positions. 

It will be here before we know it, but the last practice of the Winter/Spring session will be on Friday, May 2nd. I look forward to kicking off summertime after Memorial Day weekend! 

As always, my door is open if you need me! 

Best,

Coach Dakota