Attached you will find details for the Fall SST Kick-Off Party. I want to send a huge thank you to Nicole McKelvey and Jim Hayes for organizing this event for the team. Thanks to some new parent groups this event will be just one of several team events in the works for this season.    The party will take place at the high school in the yard just north of the pool.  Thursday, August 28th 6-7:30 pm. Please see attachment for details.    If you have any questions please contact  Nicole McKelvey  [email protected]...

Please find the parent meeting power point for your review. Below are some of the discussion highlights from the meeting.    Meet Schedules: We are as anxious as you are to get the meet schedules out. The Michigan swimming USA meet schedule was published yesterday, Coach Jeff and I are reviewing it and we hope to have something posted by next week. The SMSL meet schedule will be discussed at our scheduled SMSL meeting on 8/25/14, depending on how quickly we hear back from teams we hope to have that schedule...

  I wanted to quickly remind everyone that we will be holding open evaluations for our fall season on Monday, August 18th at 5 pm in the Saline High School Pool. Registration is open now and space is limited so make sure you get your swimmers group placement at this important evaluation.    We will also be holding a parent meeting for new parents on that night at 6:15 pm.    Please see our website for more details  https://www.teamunify.com/SubTabGeneric.jsp?team=misst&_stabid_=107429   Important dates to know  8/18 Platinum Pre-season training begins ( See...

Hello All,   I want to welcome you all again to the Fall 2014 Season. We are very excited to get started! In this email you will find information about our team events over the next few week's. The full season schedule will follow soon.   8/18 Platinum Pre-season training begins ( See schedule) 8/18 2nd evaluation day 5-6 pm 8/18 "New" swimmer parent meeting 6:15 pm* 8/19 "Returning" parent meeting 7:15 pm* 8/20,8/22 "New" swimmer on ramp ( See Schedule) 8/26 First official day of practice ( See Schedule) 8/27 First official Mini-rays practice. All should arrive at...

As promised, here is the group information for the upcoming Fall season. This season our groups will be as follows:   Mini-Rays:  Our Pre-swim team group, for those with swim lesson experience.   Bronze: Our beginning level group, for Mini-Rays graduates or equivalent experience.  Silver: Our intermediate level group, for Bronze graduates or equivalent experience.    Titanium (Our newest addition!):   O ne of our  upper level groups, for Sliver graduates or equivalent experience.     Gold:   O ne of our  upper level groups, for Sliver graduates or equivalent experience.     Platinum:   Our top...

While we are still working on our full season schedule I am happy be able to share with you some important dates as well as some exciting enhancements to the program.  Please also read Head Coach Jeff Gross' note (attached) in which he will expound on our upcoming season.    What's new this year    As we continue to expand our involvement in USA swimming we encourage all our swimmers who are proficient in all 4 strokes to participate. USA swimming membership will be required for both the Platinum and...

  I got the Meet information today for the SMAC Last chance meet at EMU. I am told that there is room left in the meet, but they started accepting entries today and I would like to maximize the chance of us getting in so we will need to act quickly. I plan to send the entries on Thursday July 3rd around noon, so I need everyone to declare on the team site by tomorrow night or first thing Thursday.    For this meet the swimmers may choose their events....

​ The Saline Stingrays will be offering a brand new program this summer. This program is specifically designed for our younger swimmers, group levels ranging from Mini-Rays-Silver.    These clinic style practices will consist mainly on the building blocks of great swimming technique with some aerobic work to help maintain/build endurance and swimming strength. They will take place on Tuesdays & Thursdays from 5:15-6:15 pm June 24-July 31. This is a great opportunity for the swimmers to keep up and build their skills over the summer.    For those unfamiliar...

Practices for next week:    Plat./Gold Monday: No practice Memorial Day  Tuesday: Platinum Land 4-5 pm; Both Water 5-7 pm Wednesday: Gold Land 4-5 pm; Both Water 5-7 pm Thursday: Platinum Land 4-5 pm; Both Water 5-7 pm Friday: CW meet  Saturday/Sunday: CW meet Junior Monday: No practice Memorial Day Tuesday: Water 5-6:30 pm Wednesday: Water 5-6:30 pm Thursday: Water 5-6:30 pm Friday: CW meet Don't forget to declare your swimmers attendance for the S meet no later than 5/27/14. If your swimmer is undeclared you will receive the invitation shortly. Reminder that the swimmers can choose their events...

Attached is an updated calendar for our 2014 Spring/Summer USA season. Please note that after June 16th things get a bit more complicated and there was no good way to fit everything on one calendar. After this date please refer to the website calendar for your swimmer(s) group. Please note the Junior group is shown on the general calendar.    https://www.teamunify.com/Calendar.jsp?team=misst&g=-1&y=2014&m=5&type=m    As always we may have to make changes and will do so as the need arises. We will notify you via email and update the online calendar at...