Good Evening AP Dolphins,

NOTES FROM THE COACH

Hello Dolphins! What an amazing meet Dolphins! Congratulations to all Dolphins that swam in our last duel meet of the season. The coaches couldn’t be prouder of all of you! We had 161 athletes beat their times with 206 best times. It was a fun meet, we came out with a win against West Sacramento 358.5 to 470.5!

Swim Champs

We are excited to see how well we do at Championships in two weeks! We expect ALL of our athletes to go to Championships! Now is your time to show off how far you have come this season. There have been many years we have athletes final who did not expect to! The only way this can happen is if you come to Championships, ready to swim your heart out! Sign in deadline is tonight!!!! We only have 88 swimmer out of 210 committed to Championships! You need to sign into both days to commit to the event. Again, I can’t stress enough how important your attendance is for the biggest meet of our season!

Over the next two weeks we will be tapering. We have had some discussions with our athletes about what it means to taper. This next two weeks of swim practice will be taper weeks. A taper is a steady decrease in yards. Tapering refers to the practice of reducing exercise in the days just before an important competition. Tapering is essential for optimal performance.

A taper is also a lifestyle change. Over the next two weeks we encourage all of our athletes to sit at home and do a whole lot of nothing! Swimmers should be eating healthy, drinking a ton of water, and staying out of the sun. This is the one time coaches recommend our athletes to sleep in, sit around the house, watch Netflix or YouTube and just hang out.

Practices over the next two weeks are designed for swimmers who are attending championships! Focusing on preparing mentally and physically for our races.

The 2025 Eureka Championship Packet has just been released and is attached to this email. This packet includes all the details concerning this year’s Championships. Please take a moment to read it over.

AP Champs Shirts

Champs shirts are preorder now! Orders close Thursday. There will not be another time to order. Order here: https://www.apdchamps.com/

See you at the pool.

Coach Sabrina

Sabrina Henley

AP Dolphins Head Coach

[email protected]

CHAMPS JOBS SIGN-UP

You should have received multiple emails from our Jobs Coordinator regarding Champs Jobs Sign-ups. Sign-ups for parent volunteer jobs for the 2025 Championship opened this morning (Sunday July 13^th) for 6U ONLY families and will open for all other families tomorrow (Monday July 14^th). Champs Job sign-ups will close on Tuesday July 15^th at midnight so please sign up ASAP. To sign-up for your volunteer shifts, please visit www.apdolphins.org and follow these steps:

1) Sign into Swimtopia. You will need your login email and password.

2) Click on the Swim Meets & Events tab

3) To sign up for Saturday Jobs, click on "Job Signup" under "Championships DAY 1".

4) To sign up for Sunday Jobs, click on "Job Signup" under "Championships DAY 2".

5) Then follow these Steps: Click the Sign-up for jobs link - A list of all meet jobs available for sign-up will be displayed with shift times, slots filled, and points (if applicable) - Make your changes by selecting or deselecting the checkbox next to each job, and clicking the Save Assignments button.

PASTA NIGHT

Champs Pasta Night will be Thursday, July 24 at the Arden Park BBQ/Picnic area. Pasta Night is our annual pep rally to get pumped up and carb-loaded for Champs! Please note: there will be no swim practice on Pasta Night.

Parent Relays - Start stretching, AP parents! After a season of hard work by all these swimmers, it is going to be your turn to throw on the Speedos and hop in the water for a chance to be on the AP Dolphin Parent Relay at Champs on July 26th. This will be a perfect opportunity to relive your glory days and get your kids to cheer YOU on for a change. Join us at Pasta Night (July 24th) to race against other AP parents to try to earn a spot on the AP Dolphin Parent Relay. More info to come.

Car Decorating – Following the carb-loading and parent relays try-outs, it will be time for another fun Arden Park Dolphin tradition . . . Car decorating! It’s time to clean your car windows (clean windows work best for this) and decorate your car windows to offer well wishes to our athletes and teammates! Grab your chalk markers and get ready to decorate!

IMPORTANT DATES

• 7/24/25 – Champs Pasta Night & Parent Relay Try-Outs
• 7/26/25-7/27/25 – League Championships at American River College
• 7/30/25 – Awards Night
• 8/6/25-8/7/25 – Meet of Champions at Roseville Aquatic Complex

Please check out our website for more details www.apdolphins.org. Be sure to download the mobile app platform for our site, SwimTopia. You can also follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/APDolphinsSwimTeam and on Instagram at https://instagram.com/apdolphins

See you at the pool!

Leah Lind

AP Dolphins Communications