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Practice Info
- 07/06/11 Jennifer Malone

A few notices about upcoming practices and skit practices for the annual Pizza Party age group skits.

11-12s - Thursday July 7th - ALL development and team 11-12 swimmers are to meet at the outdoor pool for the 7:00 - 8:30 practice. Please make sure you bring your tennis shoes. Also, there will be a short skit practice for all 11-12 boys and girls after practice tomorrow. Bring ideas!

9-10 Girls - All 9-10 girls are to stay after the 8:30-9:30 practice, tomorrow, July 7th for skit practice. Contact person for the 9-10 girls is Terri Krings terrigolfpro@knology.net 9-10 Boys - The 9-10 boys skit practice is TBA. Contact person is Laurie Messer laurie_messer@yahoo.com

8&Under - Skit practice for the 8&Under Boys and Girls will be after the 9:30-10:30 practice, Thursday, July 7th.
Contact person for Girls skit is Terri Krings terrigolfpro@knology.net
Contact Person for Boys skit is Lamarr Stevens lamarrgt@aol.com

Senior Breakfast
- 07/01/11 Kyle Young

As is Dolphin tradition, the Senior age group (15-18) will be having a July 4th Breakfast date at IHOP on University Drive. We will meet at 8:30am. Come for a great time with Coach Gayle and fellow seniors.

Development Meet
- 06/27/11 Kyle Young

This Thursday is the Dolphin's Development meet. Warm-ups will be at 8:00 am at the indoor pool and the meet will begin around 8:15 am. The meet should be over before 10:30 am. All development swimmers are strongly encouraged to participate!

Due to the Development meet, all first session practices (7-8:30) will be cut 30 minutes short. All other practices will be canceled. We will resume normal practice schedule on Friday.

Team Movie Day!
- 06/27/11 Kyle Young

Team Movie day is Wednesday, June 29th. We will be seeing Cars 2 (2d) at Monaco Pictures in Bridgestreet Towne Center at the 2:20 showing. We will meet at Monaco 1:45 for costume judging.We highly recommend you to purchase your tickets now! Let's try to sit together in rows "F", "G" and "H".

Every year we have a contest related to the movie. This year we will be judging best and most creative costume! So come dressed as the personality of one of the Cars (eg Mater is a "Hillybilly", Lightning McQueen would be in all red etc.). Whoever has the best costume from your age group wins the chance to help coach your practice on Friday!

Medal Meet Results
- 06/19/11 Euros Davies

Click here to veiw the results from the Medal Meet.
Click here to download the Meet Manager Back Up file.

Thanks to all who participated for helping us run a very successful Medal Meet!

Medal Meet Info
- 06/16/11 Euros Davies

The Medal Meet Psyche Sheet and Warm-Up Lane assignments are now available. Click above to download the respective .pdf files.

Friday afternoon we will be setting up for the Medal Meet and all Dolphin parents are welcomed to come and help. After the setup we will be going to Casa Blanca for dinner. All volunteers will meet at Dublin Park at 3:00 tomorrow afternoon, break for dinner at Casa Blanca at 5:00, return to finish the gym and hospitality rooms at 6:00. We will break for dinner because the gym and hospitality rooms are unavailable to us until 6:00.

For more information please visit the Medal Meet info page.

Guntersville Meet Results
- 06/16/11 Euros Davies

Click here to veiw the results for the Guntersville Meet.
All Meet results can also be found in the "Meets" tab under "Meet Results".

Scottsboro Results
- 06/12/11 Kyle Young

Click Here to Download the Scottsboro Meet Results
All meet results can be found in the "Meets" tab under "Meet Results"

After the Meet
- 06/07/11 Kyle Young

It is long standing tradition of the Dolphins to always have an after the meet celebration at one of the local fast food establishments. At the restaurant you can hang out with your coaches and fellow athletes as well as pick up any ribbons won at the meet.

This evening after the Cullman swim meet, the Dolphins will be eating at Arby's.

Volunteer Obligation Opportunity (update)
- 06/06/11 Janet Wetzel

CONGRATULATIONS to all volunteers on our first meet well run! THANK YOU to all the families who have fulfilled their obligation by volunteering. It is time now to fill the open positions for the remainder of the season. Please check your calendars and grab the Volunteer Book poolside to place your stickers and claim your jobs!!! We have eight Dual Meets remaining in additional to our Medal Meet (ALL HANDS) and Development Meet (Development Families only).

Also check the newly updated Volunteer page (located under the Parents tab) for more information.

Blue & Gold Meet Results
- 06/06/11 Euros Davies

Posted below is a link to the results from the Madison Dolphin's Blue and Gold Time Trial.

The times from the Blue and Gold meet will be the swimmer's seed times for the first meet against Cullman.

Morning Practices Begin Wednesday June 01
- 05/28/11 Kelly Williams

Monday we will have no practice due to Memorial Day holiday. Tuesday we will remain at the normal Afternoon practice schedule. Beginning Wedensday morning we will start our morning practice schedule.

Please check back on Tuesday for any changes made to the practice schedule. This is a tentative schedule only! Some swimmers may be moved to different practice groups to accomodate their ability level.

Blue & Gold Meet
- 05/24/11 Kyle Young

Practice Schedule Change Due to Weather
- 05/16/11 Gayle Marbury

Due to the unusually cold weather we are having, we will be unable to swim in the outdoor pool this week until the weather gets warmer. This will force us to make slight changes to the practice schedule so as to accomodate all of the swimmers without making it too crowded in the indoor pool.

So, beginning Tuesday, the practice schedule is as such:

3:30-4:00 All Development swimmers
4:00-5:00 All 8 & Unders, All 9-10s, 11-12 GIRLS
5:00-6:00 11-12 BOYS, All 13-14s, All Seniors

We're sorry for any inconvience this may cause.

First Practice
- 05/15/11 Kyle Young

Please make sure to veiw the practice schedule for May 16th through June 1st. Click Here to view the practice schedule.

Also, if you did not attend the parent's meeting on Friday, you will need to sign a liability waver before your child is allowed in the water. The wavers will be available on deck during all 3 practice sessions.

Download the Dolphin's Handbook!
- 05/13/11 Kyle Young

Click the link below to download the Dolphin's 2011 Handbook. If for you would like to read a hard copy, one will be made available at the pool entrence next to the bulletin board.

Swim Team Roster Posted!
- 05/12/2011 Kyle Young

The 2011 Dolphin's swim team roster has been posted. Clink the link below to see the full team roster. Click here to see the Afternoon Practice Schedule. The Dive team roster will be made available soon.

All parents of new or returning swimmers MUST attend the mandantory parents meeting tomorrow evening at Mill Creek Elementary School at 6:00 PM. Click Here for Directions! There are 3 things you must do at the parent meeting or before the first day of practice.

1. Please check the donations page and make sure you submit your donations at the parent's meeting. Your support is greatly appreciated.

2. All new and returning swimmers must have a liability waver with a parent signature before practice begins on Monday. The wavers will be available at the parents meeting.

3. All new swimmers to the Dolphins need to bring 2 copies of their birth certificates to the parent's meeting. If you are unable to attend the parent meeting, you can scan and email to mstdolphins@gmail.com.

Try Out Information
- 04/15/2011 Kyle Young

Dolphin's season is right around the corner! If you have never been on our team before and are looking to join, we must first evaluate your children's skill level at one of our tryout sessions. If your child is 8 years old or under, your tryout date is May 9th. If your child is 9 or 10 years old, your tryout date is May 10th. If your child is 11 or older, OR your child missed one of the other two tryout days, your tryout date is May 11th. All tryouts will be conducted from 4:00pm until 6:00pm at the Dublin Park Indoor Pool in Madison.

All children will be required to swim a minimum of 1 lap of Freestyle and 1 lap of Backstroke. Meeting this minimum requirement does not constitute acceptance onto the development or competitive team. Your child will be evaluated by the coaching staff and the team roster will be posted on May 12th. If you plan on attending our tryouts, please fill out our registration form prior to your tryout date. The form can be downloaded below.

State Qualifying Times Posted
- 04/02/11 Kyle Young

State Qualifying Times for the 2011 Summer Swim season are now posted on the MD webpage under Swimmers > State Times. These are the qualifying times required to attend the ARPA State Tournament (though meeting these time requirements does not necessarily mean you will make the State cut). All swimmers must have swam these times by the end of the District Championship in order to be eligible to place for State.

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