Serpent News: June 4, 2026
Coach's Corner
See You at Time Trials on Saturday
That's this Saturday June 6! This is our first meet of the season during which we'll get baseline times for our swimmers. The weather is heating up and our swimmers are too! It should be a fun and exciting way to start the season!
Swimmer Arrival Time: 8 am
Meet Start Time: 9 am
Please email Coach Brian at [email protected]
All the Time Trials 411 is available here.
Volunteers Are Essential to the Season, Volunteering is Required by All Families, and We Need LOTS of Volunteers on Saturday for Time Trials!
If your swimmers are attending practices then they are very likely participating in Time Trials (unless you have already communicated to the coaches that they cannot attend). So we need YOU!!! As Time Trials is an internal meet, we need twice the number of volunteers vs. a meet with another pool. Sign up for Saturday and see all the ways you can fulfill your family volunteer obligation in the Swimtopia Signup Calendar.
Pro Tip #1: Bookmark the Meets & Events link (https://serpents.swimtopia.com/swim_meets) for easy access to all job signups throughout the season. You can also sign up to volunteer via the mobile app.
SERPENT PICTURE DAY!!
Classic Photography will be at the pool on Friday, June 19, to take swim team photos! They will be taking both individual pictures and a team photo. Also, if a family has more than one swimmer on the team, instead of taking individual pics, all the siblings can be in a photo together.
We’ll start taking pictures at 4 and should be done well before the potluck dinner begins. If you can, come a bit early to get in line.
This year, Classic Photography will send each family an email with a QR code a few days before picture day so you can choose your package of photos.
See you there!
Sign Up for the Fitter & Faster Butterfly &
This high-performance camp, led by 2 x Olympian, Tom Shields is designed to sharpen butterfly and breaststroke technique and racing skills. The sessions will focus on explosive starts, powerful underwaters, refined technique, and faster turns and finishes to help swimmers drop time and race with confidence.
Swimmers ages 10 & Over, REGISTER HERE!!
These camps fill fast, and this is a great chance to sharpen technique plus starts, pullouts, timing, power, and race execution! Sign up before prices increase!
Serpent Shanty **New Info**
The Serpent Shanty will be your go-to for all things Serpent Swim Team! We will have items for purchase at all home meets and Time Trials! Our current offerings include umbrellas, car flags, car magnets, track schedule bag tags, swim caps, croc charms, and water bottle stickers. We have a VERY limited inventory of team t-shirts available at the Shanty, for all of your spirit wear needs, please visit the online store listed below! 2026 Swim Team schedule bag tags and team swim caps are available for pre-purchase with credit card on the SwimTopia website (under the Team Store tab) to be picked up at the Serpent Shanty! Please direct any questions to Kim Friedman ([email protected])
Spirit Wear: The Online Serpent Shanty
Buy Stonegate Serpents and Swim Club swag online here: https://athletichouse.
Swag is ordered through Athletic House of Maryland, and distributed to you when the whole batch is complete. First round orders have arrived and most have been distributed! If you haven’t picked up your order, look for me (Kim Friedman) at some swim practices, Time Trials or email me to arrange pickup! ([email protected])We are currently open for orders for Round #3, for delivery the first week of July! Get your online orders in before Monday, June 8th, at 11:59 PM to be part of this wave of orders!
2026 Team Swim Caps
Orders of personalized swim caps have arrived! Look for me at some swim practices, Time Trials, or email me to arrange pick up ([email protected]) Parents are required to pick-up as I do not want to be responsible if caps go missing after pick-up! We also have non-personalized caps available at the Shanty. Caps can be purchased in person using cash or Venmo, or pre-paid on the SwimTopia website (under the Team Store tab)
Serpent Team Suits
The new two-year team swim suit is set up in the Stonegate Swim Outlet private page and ready to order! This suit is new for 2026 and will also be the team suit for 2027. Visit https://www.swimoutlet.
Save the Date(s) for Friday Night Potlucks
All Serpent families are invited to participate including pre-team! After Friday afternoon practices, the coaches will lead the Serpents in a Pep Rally on the hill to prepare for their next morning meet. Meanwhile, Serpent parents should drop off their dishes to the pavilion by 5:45 pm.
- Fresh fruit and desserts are always appreciated.
- Bring enough to serve 12.
- Families should bring their own serving utensils for each dish they provide and label everything.
- Please pre-portion foods (no whole watermelons, etc.).
- Bring your own drinks for your family
- Around 6:00-6:15 pm dinner begins, serving our hungry swimmers followed by their families
- Volunteers for Set up, Serving and Clean up will be needed. Sign up is coming soon
Friday Night Potluck Themes
June 12 - Nothin but Noodles
June 19 - Breakfasssst for Dinner
June 26 - International
July 3 - No Potluck due to Division A Relay Carnival
July 10 - Family Favorite
Group Swim Lessons for Brand New + Young Swimmers (For Those Not Quite Ready for Pre-Team)
So many Serpents begin their swimming journey with Group Lessons. Group swim lessons are for swimmers ages 4-8 years old. The goals are for swimmers to feel comfortable in the water, float and learn some basic freestyle skills. Each session is 8 classes over a span of two weeks from 11:30-12:00. The first session will be on June 22, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30 and July 1, 2. The second session will be on July 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 17. The cost is $120 per session. If the classes are full and we have enough interest - we will open a second class on the same days from 12:00-12:30. The classes will be in the 2 feet area. Coach Anna says that If we have enough interest we will open up a second class on the same days from 12:00-12:30. Sign up for lessons here.