Good evening Tornadoes, 

An official welcome to Alcoa Swim and Dive Team! It's our first weekly email of the 2025-2026 season and you should expect to receive an email every Sunday evening in preparation for the upcoming week. This will be our main source of communication and information, so be on the lookout for these emails and VIP this address so our messages do not get lost. Registration is now closed and our roster will be submitted and announced shortly. Here is what you need to know!

• Our first practice is on Monday, October 13, at Green Meadow Country Club Pool from 7 to 8 PM. Now that registration is closed, we believe we can accommodate each swimmer each evening they can get to practice. (For our USA Club Swimmers, please let us know if we can help supplement your current practice schedule.) Our goal is to get the most pool-time for each swimmer. We will be using the HEJA App to help us with this. Please download the app here and use our team code (GE-233822) to join our team on the app prior to October 13th.
• For all practices, plan to be on time so we can get in the water at 7 PM sharp! This involves arriving early enough to have time to change, use the restroom, fill water bottles, and stretch prior to practice. This year we will have a 5 minute Tardy policy and any swimmer arriving to the pool deck later than 7:05 will not be allowed to practice due to not being able to warm up properly with the team.
• The address for the pool is 1700 Louisville Rd, Alcoa, TN 37701. Please bring swim trunks or suit, towel, and goggles to the first practice. Goggles can be found on Swim Outlet or Amazon for around $20 if you need a new pair. A few pairs are linked below but please choose what you like.

Women's goggles- Amazon
Unisex goggles- Amazon
Goggles- Swim Outlet

• If you signed up for car wash tickets, Coach Selena delivered those to you and we need to get the money back for those tickets. Please use the app to communicate when you want to drop the money by or you can bring it to the first practice.

Coach Hana and Coach Selena are working to get a day set up at the Food City in Alcoa to sell car wash tickets. We have a lot more to sell so please try to participate if you are available over fall break. There will be other opportunities to come together as a team and help raise funds for lane space!

We will continue to actively fundraise. Thank you to all who have already secured community sponsors! We will begin to announce our team sponsors at the start of the season, so make sure to have your sponsors send in their completed forms and logos soon. Now that you are a registered member you can access all forms you need for the season under the "Team Only" portion of the website, including our Sponsorship Letter and all health documents..

• Please check our swim meet schedule and plan ahead to attend as many meets as possible, especially the Ray Bussard Invitational and City Meet Championships. In addition to meets we will plan to participate in the AHS Trunk of Treat again on Oct 30th at the High School. Our team captains will be determining a group costume if you would like to participate. This is an optional social event to support our community! Lastly, we are planning a media day for our team pictures. Information about this will be TBD based on our merchandise orders for the season and we'll plan something as soon as we are able!

We look forward to a wonderful start to our season! As always, if you have any questions please reach out to us at [email protected]. Have a great Fall Break!

Coach Hana and Coach Selena, Coach Adrienne and Coach Ethan

Swim Website: alcoa.swimtopia.com

Communication App:

Heja (Team Code: GE-233822)