No swim team practices July 4th & July 5th.

Sunday July 21st 4-8PM

**if you are not available on the day of banquet please contact Coach Nikki and I will get your swimmer all their awards! I am trying also to get a photo with each Shark!

Sharks warm up is 4:15, plan to be at the pool at 3:30PM.

Swimmers ages 7 and over will be disqualified for the following infractions:

Butterfly

• Swimmer must touch the wall with two hands simultaneously at the turn and finish.

• All up and down movements of the legs and feet must be simultaneous.  A scissor, flutter or breaststroke kicking movement is not permitted.

Backstroke

• Race must be finished on the back

• 11 & Older 50s: If a swimmer performs a backstroke flip-turn they must only take one freestyle stroke before they start to flip.

Breaststroke

• Swimmer must touch the wall with two hand simultaneously at the turn and finish.

• The swimmer’s head must break the surface on each stroke, with the exception of the underwater pullout from the start and turn.

• Kick: All movements of the legs shall be simultaneous and in the same horizontal plane without alternating movement. The feet must be turned outwards during the propulsive part of the kick. Scissors, alternating movements or downward butterfly kicks are not permitted

Freestyle

Swimmers may not push off the bottom.

Individual Medley

All above rules to be followed.

Turns must follow rules above

• Two hand touch on Fly

• Finish on back for backstroke (no flipturns permitted)

• Two hand touch for breaststroke

All Strokes: The correct stroke must be swum from start to finish

False Starts:

• Races will be recalled for false starts. If the same swimmer performs a second false start in the same race, they will be disqualified.

• During regular season meets, if swimmers cannot be stopped – the coaches can decide to let that heat rest and swim later.