Good evening Lightning families,

Welcome to the Lake Forest Lightning swim team. We are so excited for a fun 2025 season ahead. We are thrilled that almost our entire coaching staff from last season is returning this year.

Our head coach is Bella Landis, a resident of Lake Forest, and she has been part of our team as an athlete and coach for over a decade. Our assistant coach this year is Trey Jackson. He has also been a part of our team as an athlete and coach for 13 years. They are excited to lead our team again this year, see so many returning families, and meet new families.

We wanted to go ahead and send you an official schedule with important dates so you can mark your calendar. I am attaching the calendar to this email.

A few important things I wanted to note from our calendar:

1. We will have our parent meeting on Tuesday, May 6 in the lower level of our clubhouse starting at 7 pm. We highly recommend you attend this meeting, especially if you are a new swim family. At this meeting, we will raffle off a parking spot and raffle off a “get out of volunteering” pass.
2. We will also host a swimsuit fitting on Thursday, May 8 from 6-7 p.m. in the lower level of the clubhouse. If you are unsure what size swimsuit your swimmer needs, you can come and try-on some sample suits. Click HERE to purchase your suit. Please make sure you order royal blue for the color.
3. Sparks (non-competitive) practice doesn’t officially start until our morning practices start on May 27th. However, if you registered your child as a Spark or 6 and under, they need to come to our first afternoon practice for swimmer evaluations on Monday, May 12 at 4:30. This will allow our coaches to ensure your child is placed correctly. We will talk more about this at the parent meeting.
4. Our first afternoon practice is Monday, May 12 at 4:30. Please see attached schedule for your swimmer’s specific age group practice time.
5. We would love to take a large team again to the ASA County Championship meet at the Georgia Tech pool again this year. This year’s ASA Championship will be on Friday, June 27 at 9:30 a.m. More information to come on this meet, but please be thinking about joining us. We are so proud of our team and the success we’ve had at previous years meets. We placed 4th out of 19 teams last year! Go Lightning!
6. We are partnering with Lanier Goods again this year for our Spirit wear. Please make sure to check out our store, as Lanier Goods will give us a portion of the proceeds back to our team. I will send another email as soon as our spirit wear store goes live. They are making a few tweaks to our store currently.
7. I am copying and pasting our swim team schedule into the body of the email, but I am also attaching it to this email. Notice that we have 2 home meets this year, and we have 3 away meets.

As always, please let us know if you have any questions or concerns! We look forward to a fun season!

Sincerely,

Heather Otwell

Director

Lake Forest Lightning

May

6th – TuesdayParent Meeting at 7:00 in Lower Level of Clubhouse

• Parking Spot Raffle
• Volunteer Raffle

8th – Thursday Swimsuit Fitting at from 6-7 pm in the Lower Level of Clubhouse

12th - Monday Swim Team Practice begins after school.

• Monday-Thursday
• 4:30-5:00 – 6 and under
• 5:00-5:30 – 7 & 8
• 5:30-6:15 – 9 & up
• Sparks and 6 and under swimmers need to come for swimmer evaluations to ensure correct placement on Monday, May 12 at 4:30.

16th- Friday No Practice

22nd – Thursday Last Day of School – No Practice

23rd - Friday No Practice

26th - Monday Memorial Day- No Practice

27th – Tuesday Morning Practice begins - Sparks first practice!

• 8:00-8:30 – Sparks
• 8:15-8:45 – 6 & under
• 8:45-9:30 – 7 & 8
• 9:30-10:15 – 9 & 10
• 10:15-11:00 – 11 and up

29th - Thursday 1st Swim Meet at HOME vs. Aberdeen @ 5:30

30th - First Fun Friday

• 9:00-9:30 – Sparks Practice
• 9:30-10:00 Fun Friday and Doughnuts

June

5th - Thursday 2nd Swim Meet @ Windermere @ 5:30

6th - Fun Friday

• 9:00-9:30 – Sparks Practice
• 9:30-10:00 Fun Friday and Doughnuts

12th – Thursday 3rd Swim Meet @ Fieldstone @ 5:30

13th – Fun Friday

• 9:00-9:30 – Sparks Practice
• 9:30-10:00 Fun Friday and Doughnuts

19th – Thursday 4th Swim Meet @ HOME vs. St. Marlo @ 5:30

20th – Last Fun Friday

• 9:00-9:30 – Sparks Practice
• 9:30-10:00 Fun Friday and Doughnuts

24th - Tuesday Final Swim Meet of the Season @ Grand Cascades @ 5:30

25th – Wednesday End of the Year Party – Information TBD

27th - ASA Championship Meet at Georgia Tech - Information TBD