Piranhas,

It’s time to declare for this Saturday’s (June 22nd) away meet vs. the Knolls Tsunami (warm ups begin at 7:15am, meet starts at 8am). The deadline to sign up is Wednesday, June 19^th at 12pm MT. Detailed instructions on how to declare your swimmer are located here: How to Sign Up for Meets. Even if you are unable to attend, please declare that in SwimTopia so coaches know attendees/absentees for relays.

Note: The Knolls pool is 25 yards (our pool is 25 meters). Seed times will be converted to yards in this weekend's Heat Sheet based on a SwimTopia calculation.

Reminder: your child must swim in 2 out of the 5 meets in June in order to be eligible to compete in Prelims in July.  The last two meets in June are June 22nd and June 29th.

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Detailed information on Rocky Mountain Swim League Guidelines for Prelims and Finals 2024

The RMSL will hold league championships (“finals”) on July 13, 2024 at Stonegate. The preliminaries are qualifying meets, separated into age groups and held the preceding week, that determine the top 16 entries for participation in the championship meet.

The championship meet conforms to USA and RMSL championship rules, which differ from the RMSL dual-meet rules in the following aspects:

1. Age up. The “age up” date is June 1, 2024, not the date of the meet. Per RMSL rules:  The legal age of a swimmer as of June 1 of the current season will determine the age group in which he/she will compete for the entire season.

2. Qualification. Both the Preliminaries and Finals have qualification requirements:

a. Prelims: Each swimmer must have participated (swum) in at least 2 dual meets

b. Finals: A swimmer or relay team must place in the top 16 finishers of the Prelim race,

without disqualification, to qualify for entry into the Finals.

3. Entries.

a. Entries are due on SUNDAY, JUNE 30th at MIDNIGHT.  Coaches have until July 2nd at 4pm MST to update relay entries to RMSL.

b. Swimmers are allowed to swim up one age bracket for “relays only”. However, they are not allowed to swim the same relay in two age brackets (i.e. only one medley relay and only one free relay). Swimmers are still NOT allowed to swim up in individual events; they must stay in their age bracket.

c. The usual entry limits per swimmer apply (3 individual events + 2 relay events; 5 total)

4. Alternates.

a. The 17th and 18th place finishers in Prelims qualify as Alternates for the Finals, and

should attend the Finals meet in the event that one of the top 16 qualifiers scratches.

Individual events will have 2 alternate swimmers; relay events will have 2 alternate relay teams (plus the four alternate swimmers for each relay team).

5. Finals Heats. Each Finals event is conducted in two heats: Championship, and Consolation.

Finish places 1-8 are awarded within the Championship heat, and finish places 9-16 are awarded within the Consolation heat, regardless of results times across heats. A swimmer in the Consolation heat cannot place higher than 9th.

6. Trophies. League trophies will be awarded to teams by gender for each age group. Trophies for 6 & under will be awarded separately from 8 & U; 6 & U swimmers will be excluded when computing trophy points for 8 & U.

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Reminder: Parent, Coaches and Swimmer Codes of Conduct

• Any incident of inappropriate or bad behavior will result in IMMEDIATE dismissal from a meet.
• Team will follow up with disciplinary action or submit to RMSL Grievance Committee if necessary.

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Upcoming Events:

• Sat, June 22nd @ 8am:  Dual Meet vs. the Knolls Tsunami (3400 E. Geddes Dr, Centennial). Warm-ups at 7:15am. Theme: Western/Cowboy
• Wed, June 26th @ Midnight: Deadline to order customized RMSL Championship T-Shirts
• Sat, June 29th @ 8am: Tri-Meet vs. Ben Franklin Fish and Bow Mar South Sharks at Bow Mar South pool (4591 S. Sumac Ln, Littleton)
• June 30th @ Midnight: Deadline to declare for Prelims (note: swimmer must have swum in two dual meets in June to be eligible for Prelims)
• Parent Volunteers required at Prelims & Finals! If you're planning to enter your child in Prelims next month, please sign up for a volunteer role at the meet(s) you'll be attending ASAP. Jobs are now open on the website under Calendar of Events
  • Monday, July 8 (13&up) @ Cherry Creek Vista (11350 E. Orchard Rd, Englewood)
  • Tuesday, July 9 (8&U) @ Heritage Greens (4814 E. Links Cir., Centennial)
  • Wednesday, July 10 (9-10) @ Homestead (6767 E. Easter Ave, Centennial)
  • Thursday, July 11 (11-12) @ Homestead Farm II (7675 S. Krameria St, Centennial)
  • Saturday, July 13 RMSL Championship Meet @ Stonegate (10326 S. Stonegate Pkwy, Parker)
• Sunday, July 14th, 2:30pm: Swim Team Banquet at Preserve Pool
• Have some great Piranha pics from this season? Please upload them HERE so we can add them to our Swim Banquet Slideshow

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Piranha Pics from last Friday's Donut Day/BYO Dinner and Saturday's Home Meet: