Hello Panthers!

Congratulations to both the boys' and girls' teams for wins over Mill Creek on Saturday. Final team scores and full meet results can be found on the team website. A special shout out goes to our new state qualifiers: William Leonard (200 IM), Andy Zhu (100 back), Cate Joyce (100 back), and Natalia Gonzalez-Arauzo (200 IM). There were many other county qualifiers and state qualifiers who added new state qualifying events.

Athletes of the Week
James Sears is our male athlete of the week. James has already shown HUGE improvement from last year. In the first meet of the season, James dropped 21 seconds from his best 500 freestyle time from last year. His hard work in the off-season is paying off!

Amelia Deckers is our female athlete of the week. Amelia is in her second year of diving and is showing signs of becoming one of the top divers in the county. She is learning new dives and working hard to increase her form and degree of difficulty.

– Coach Brown

FOR ATHLETES

Digital Learning Day
Even though it’s a Digital Learning Day, swimmers and divers will both have practice at normal times Tuesday, Nov. 5. Also, note that even though the Aquatic Center is closed to the public on Veterans Day, November 11, the high school swim teams will still have practice at normal times.

NG3 Teamwork Talk: Thursday mornings, 6:45 a.m.
Head to Coach Brown’s room (15.114) on Thursday for a team-building early morning talk. NG3 is a faith-based mentorship program aimed at supporting Next Generation Character, Community, Change. All are welcome! Questions? Reach out to Katie Robinson (Lillie’s mom)

Team photo: Friday, November 8 at 6:45 a.m.
Plan to meet in the old gym at 6:45 a.m. for the yearbook team picture before school on Friday, November 8. GSMST and Dual Enrollment students, come if you are able. This photo will be used for the Parkview yearbook. All athletes should wear their orange team shirt for the team picture and to school on Friday.

Swim Meet #3: North Gwinnett & Shiloh
Swimmers will have a short practice on Friday. They can be picked up at about 3:45 p.m. Athletes should arrive at the pool for our Friday night meet at 6:15 p.m. Be sure to wear your Parkview Swim and Dive attire!

Team Meal Dates for the Season
A big thank you to the Diep family for hosting last week’s team meal. See dates for future team meals below (we’ve made one change, moving the Nov. 22 meal to Jan. 10).

November 16: Team Lunch hosted by Saye, Drennan, Priceman & Severcool Families
December 14: Team Dinner & Holiday party hosted by the Ellison Family
January 10: Team Dinner hosted by the Snyder Family
January 11: Senior Brunch hosted by the Atkins Family
January 20: County Meal hosted by the Breiding Family

FOR PARENTS

For this week’s meet, volunteers need to arrive and check in at the front desk at 6:30 p.m. If you need to change any of your volunteer roles for meets this season, you can do so by logging in to your SwimTopia account and heading to the calendar page – click on “Job Signup”. If you have LAST MINUTE CHANGES, PLEASE make them and notify Volunteer Coordinators by EOD Wednesday before the meet so that they have time to find a replacement.

Thank you to this week’s volunteers!
Console & Computer: Kelly Jowers (Hannah-Claire & Caroline) & Daniel Boyer (Zara)
Diving: Rachel Rennick (Sasha) & Evan Mullins (Thatcher)
Runner: Barry Synder (Jackson)
Backup Timer: Robyn Bold (Abby & Caroline)
Timers: Juan Barrera (Sven & Pernilla), Kelly Blake (Jason), Thomas Bombard (Arthur), Sarah Carney (James), Stephen Leonard (William), Nino Mtsariashvili (David), Michael Rothman (Tyler), Jeffrey Sears (James), Hugh Tran (Hayden), Katharina Weinert (Sven & Pernilla)

If you have questions about your volunteer role, please reach out to our Volunteer Coordinators Laurie Boltin (Henry’s mom) and Lorri Beeney (Nathaniel’s mom).

Instagram
Be sure to follow @parkviewswimdive for photos of Athletes of the Week, state qualifiers and other photos from the team.

Yard Sign Pickup
Parents of: Arthur Bombard, Isabella De Leon and Sasha Rennick – please reply to this email and arrange to pick up your swimmer/diver yard sign.

See you at the pool!
Patricia Heys
(Ayden & Micah Raffield’s Mom)
Communications Coordinator, Parkview Swim & Dive Board