Hello GVST Families,

It has been great seeing our Dolphin swimmers back in the water for practice!

We are excited to announce that our league has proposed a calendar of swim meets for this summer. All meets are optional and the majority will take place with just our team in our pool.

Our annual Dolphin Classic will start things off on Saturday, June 5th. This intramural event will split GVST into blue and green teams which compete against each other. Virtual meets are scheduled for the remaining three Saturdays in June. For these events, GVST will swim in our pool, the other team will swim in their pool and times are compared via computer.

We have tentatively scheduled three in-person, dual swim meets for the month of July. For two of the dates, GVST will host one of the other teams in our pool and for one of the meets, GVST will swim in another team’s pool. The in-person, dual meets are pending approval by GVHRA. There will be no league relays or finals for the 2021 season.

Although these events are scaled down from our “normal” swim meets, we will still need the help of parents/family to run them. Any family with a swimmer who participates in meets will be required to work jobs. We are currently working on a list of the jobs which we need help with and will send more information as soon as we can.

Meet Calendar:

Dolphin Classic (modified intersquad meet) Saturday, June 5th, GV Pool

Virtual Meet vs. Lake Forest Saturday, June 12th, GV Pool

Virtual Meet vs. Greenbrook Saturday, June 19th, GV Pool

Virtual Meet vs. Newport Hills Saturday, June 26th, GV Pool

*Modified In-person Dual Meet (vs. Pacific Sands) Saturday, July 10th, GV Pool

*Modified In-person Dual Meet (at Harbor View) Saturday, July 17th, HV Pool

*Modified In-person Dual Meet (vs. Lake Forest) Saturday, July 24th, GV Pool

*(If these are not able to be in-person dual meets, they will be virtual meets.)

Proposed Meet Schedule:

In an effort to promote social distance, this year’s meet schedule has been revised. Swimmers will compete in all of their events back to back within a given timeframe. Swimmers will stay on deck with coaches for the entire event and then will be released back to parents.

5-6 and 7-8 girls

• 8:00 arrival, 8:20-9:20 am race time

5-6 and 7-8 boys

• 9:40 arrival, 10:00 – 11:00 race time

9-10, 11-12, 13-14, and 15 and up girls

• 11:15 pm arrival, 11:30 – 1:00 pm race time

9-10, 11-12, 13-14, and 15 and up boys

• 1:20 pm arrival, 1:40 – 3:00 pm race time

Revised Practice Schedule:

To free up Saturdays for meets, and to give our swimmers more practice time, we are shifting to a traditional five day (M-F) practice schedule beginning Monday, May 17th. After this date, all swimmers will have the ability to attend practice up to 5 days per week if desired. We will send revised practice times as soon as they are approved.

Thank you for your patience as we continue to make adjustments to provide our swimmers the best GVST program possible.

Jim and Scott