Greater Phillipsburg Swimming (GPS)

• 7/22 - Last day of practice for all non-champ attendees, including Developmental Group.
• 7/23 - George Stultz "Last Chance" Meet, arrive 7:30 a.m. @ Belvidere Pool
• 7/24 - Deadline for PJSL Champ entries, 4:00 pm.
• 7/25 - GPS Awards Picnic, 5:30 - 8:30 pm @ Eddyside Pool…

Good afternoon,

Attached are the PJSL Championship qualifiers list and meet info packet.

If you are interested in swimming at the champs meet, the ENTRY DEADLINE is this Sunday, 4:00 pm.

Signup your swimmer as you normally would for a dual meet (attending/not attending), but then also:

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The PJSL Championship meet is open for sign-ups. Once you have competed in four dual meets, and achieved a qualifying time, please choose the individual events you want to swim in (leave a note for order of priority too). 

• Meet Date: Saturday, July 30. 
• Cost: $5/event.

George…

Hello All,

The meet attendance declaration and individual event signups are now open for the PJSL Championship meet under "Meet/Events" on our website, gps.swimtopia.com. League dual meet records determine the league team champions, whereas the "PJSL Championship Meet" determines individual event champions in the league. There are no team points…

Good evening everyone,

The Swim-a-Thon groups are attached to this email, this time indicating arrival times and # of laps too. :) 

• ALL athletes are required to participate even if they raise no funds. Even if swimmers have no sponsors, they will complete this part of the program on…

GPS Practice Canceled for Thursday, 7/14.

Swim Meet @ Hackettstown is ON.

I just got word from the Head of the Easton Rec Department, they will be shutting down Eddyside pool tomorrow morning to backwash and shock it. As a result, we will need to cancel practice. Please tell swimmers…

Practices

• Practice attendance has been light the last couple of days for the older group in session 1. Parents, please do not let your teenage swimmer slack off, whine, cry, or avoid practice; they can go to bed earlier rather than sleep in. I've had two teenagers of my own…

Hello all,

• Updated GPS Invitational Event & Fee Report is attached.
• Please pay online for the number of events your swimmer is entered through our team store. Each GPS Invitational event is one store item. Each event/item is $5.00. Click on the # of events your child entered, and please…

Hello again everyone,

The Swim-a-Thon is our primary fundraiser each season (see attached PDFs). There's no selling flowers, candles, chocolates, tickets, coupons, or any work required of any parent, except to maybe help count laps on July 15th.

• ALL athletes are required to participate even if they raise…

Monday, July 4th - NO Practice - Happy 4th of July!!

Thursday, July 7th - HOME Meet @ PES vs Easton - Easton may be fewer in numbers, but they have a lot of up-top talent, including five YMCA National level qualifiers (we only have two) and a large…