FR1 Newsletter Final Week 2025

Campbell Patterson

 

Champions in the Pool. Champions In Life.

GRATITUDE~GRIT~GROWTH~MINDFULNESS~OWNERSHIP

Future Royal 1, Final Week of Short Course!

Welcome!

Can't believe the end of the season is already here! It has been an amazing and fun-filled season, and I am so proud of each and every one of the swimmers, they have come so far, not just as swimmers but as kids! Watching them and helping them grow has been the greatest pleasure. I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to coach them and they have taught me a lot this season, and am hopeful to see many of the same faces in the summer season (I believe starting the 7th of April!)

We have our after-practice party this Friday on the 21st! Starting around ~6:30 PM and go for about 30 minutes, but up to an hour!

For announcements/important items this week there isn't much, besides our usual

NOTICE: We coaches were informed this week that the HSE doesn't like us using Door 8 *the door at the back of the pool near the windows* Please have your swimmer go to Door 10 (*Entrance you'd go through coming from the parking lot by the pool, near the football field).

  • If your swimmer has not gotten a shirt, please email me! @[email protected] 
    • ​If I don't have them, I will ensure your swimmer is on the list. This might take some time.
  • If you're new please visit the Elsmore swim shop to ensure your swimmer has Fins and a Kickboard! Additionally, you can also purchase a suit we use for meets there too:
  • There is a GroupMe for FR1, go to this link to join! Feel free to message about any questions of other parents or myself in there, I will be sending updates about practice cancellations/meet updates, etc.
  • We want to represent our Royal colors, so we have what Coach Andy calls "Royal Fridays!" (an HSE tradition)
    • where every Friday students/athletes, and coaches/teachers wear blue colors (specifically the shirt!)
  • The SSC announcing crew (our wonderful announcers for meets) is looking to grow the group!
    • We would like to extend an invite to any Future Royal Parent who would like to give it a try. We have the November Splash on Saturday, and Matt would be glad to show you the ropes during this club-only event. It is a lot of fun and offers you a front row seat to the action - all while counting towards your volunteer obligation to the club when announcing for one of the club hosted/non-Splash meets. Please feel free to reach out to Matt to let me know if you would be interested - [email protected]​
  • *IF you've noticed that some groups getting goodiebags or other fun things, we can get that for our group too! Here's the following message from Kathy Nelson, who's the lead for the Team Parents Committee.*

"We are looking for a few more parents to join the Team Parents Committee for the FR1 group!!  Are you interested in becoming a little more involved in SSC?  Are you wanting to support and foster the culture and the cohesion of the FR1 group?  Are you wanting to get to know the FR1 athletes and families?  Being an FR1 Team Parent will allow you to do just that!

If you're interested in being part of the Team Parents Committee for FR1 or want additional information about the role, contact Kathy Nelsen at [email protected]."

Our Group count!

With goodie bags for meets/after practice snacks, below is a table of the FR1 swimmers I have on my list (*if you don't see your swimmers name please contact me so we can sort that out!).

Last, First names:

Brar Jatinder Campell Aurora Campbell Skylar McGuire Reagan Chisley Laia
Davidson Mavis Dhillon Taranbir Dravis Jared Eringo Alayna Figurelli Alexis
Heinzelman  Chance Keve Emily Khanuja Ayaan Khurana  Meher Marvin Toby
Huggins Nora Myers Benjamin Nadgauda  Sarita Quinn Connor Rattray Kenna
Winn Chloe Sahay Anaisha Sahay Samika Sharma Aarohi Shirk Rooney
Trapp Olivia Upadhayay Anaisha Vanama Samvedya  Sai Van de Venter Charlotte Vu Lucas

Here is the link for the signupgenuis our group uses to organize who is bringing after practice snacks!

https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/8050E4AAAAE29A75-53093543-fr1after

If you have any questions or comments for me, feel free to reach out to: [email protected]

CALENDAR

MEETS

None for FR1 until this summer! -- I believe the first one is late April or early May!

Regardless of my poor memory, here is the link to our calendar page that should have information about any upcoming meets and provide a spot to sign up for volunteer slots!

  • If you would like to leave a comment on the meet entry form as to what you'd like your swimmer to swim, you can do so. 
  • I will be the one assigning swimmers to events, so do not do so, but as noted you may leave comments if you want to suggest an event.

Here is the all-important link!

https://www.gomotionapp.com/team/isscc/page/calendar#/team-events/upcoming

A reminder for meets: sometimes they can go long, make sure that your swimmers has snacks and water so they're ready to race when the time comes! Lastly please ensure that your swimmer has a towel, caps, and goggles when they arrive at the meet!

ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS 

For anyone who wants to be more involved or read more about the swimming community, here are some organizations/swimming influential members that focus on the sport!

https://www.usaswimming.org/

https://swimswam.com/

https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/

​https://elsmoreswim.com/collections/southeastern-swim-club.html