As I mentioned earlier, the regional HQ of Kroc is putting restrictions on them that will not allow us to use the pool during any public use time. We thought we would be going back to evening time this next session. It will not happen. The Kroc center is just not making afternoon / early evening time available to us. 2 major changes beginning next week (camp session #2): 1) Most of previous level 45 (and some from level 3) is now group ABC and will be practicing early mornings...

I had been planning on going forward in 2 week segments because the COVID protocols can change pretty often. Our first two weeks in the water end this Saturday. So next Monday would start the next 2 week block. I had worked hard last night trying to figure out how to get as many people back into the water as possible with the available pool time that I thought I had. I was going to send out an email to that effect this morning, when I got hit with a...

Tomorrow we're beginning our first session back in the pool. I have attached the groupings. If you don't understand how the groupings of 12(or less) work - please refer to your email(s) from Friday 6/9. Zoom meeting tonight for all parents and/or swimmers to quickly go over logistics and answer questions regarding our return to the pool tomorrow.... Please Join us at 6:00 PM Sunday night. To Join The Zoom Meetings https://zoom.us/j/898062451?pwd=KzJBT1hIdS96UUIvMVREditFNUh0UT09 Meeting ID: 898 062 451 Password: 481768 Please make sure you sign the waiver - you can send...

The county has provided a much clearer picture. Pools are allowed to open as early as Friday, The Kroc center will be opening on Monday 6/15. They are starting with a limited schedule wiith limtitations on people allowed. The effect that this has on CAST. For the first two weeks we have mid-day time only. Our available time slot for the first two weeks is 12:00 - 2:45. I am figuring out who will practice when. In order to do this I need confirmations from you. I will be sending...

June 8, 2020 CAST - Covid-19 - Out of the water - Week 13 We may get to swim next Monday, and we may not. Please see today's earlier explanation of what is going on with getting back in the pool. 1) Amazon Smile I will continue to keep it up for a couple more weeks to see if I can help remind you to try it and get in a habit of using it. . . . . If you use Amazon Smile the team gets a small portion...

June 1, 2020 CAST - Covid-19 - Out of the water - Week 12 With every week that goes by, I know we have to be getting closer to a restart. I remain positive optimistic that it will happen soon. Whenever that happens, we'll get rolling as soon as we can. With all of the social unrest in the past week I do want to spend a little time this week talking about it, at least tangentially. I know we're a swim team, but some day the swimmers will grow...

CAST - Covid-19 - Out of the water - Week 11 First I want to apologize for missing last night's 5:00 pm zoom meeting. Mid - afternoon to early evening my brain thought it was Sunday as I worked on building cabinets. At about 7:00 pm I realized it was Monday. So tonight we'll review what we were going to do last night. The online petition to the governor is over 8700 people now. If you want the governor to open pools asap, feel free to get in on the...

May 18, 2020 CAST - Covid-19 - Out of the water - Week 10 Hopefully we're closing in on an end of swimmer lockdown season. We should know more by Wednesday or Thursday. If you haven't done so already, remember to send me your intentions of returning to swim. Thank you for all of you who have already responded. If you're not sure if you're getting all of the news through your e-mail, I have been posting just about everything on the news tab of our website. _________________________________________________________________________________ Let us...

I wanted to bring you all up to date on they types of things that are going on in the background regarding the path to re-opening. I am now participating in 3 different groups that are making efforts to get us back in the pool. One is the SI swimming task force, another, a California swimming task force, and now Game On San Diego, which is just SD county, but a comprehensive effort for all sports. I'd just like to cover the most recent zoom call I was on. Today...

May 11, 2020 CAST - Covid-19 - Out of the water - Week 9 This is probably not what we all expected when the first stay-at-home orders were coming out. A couple of weeks of flattening the curve, maybe a couple more, and then we could head back to normal. We are all finding out that normal will be a while. Even when we get to start swimming again, things will be different for quite some time. We are working on getting things pushed forward, but there are still many...