AC Swim & Dive - News/Updates/First Meet Tomorrow!

December 8th

Hello AC Wings Swim & Dive Families:

Please read below for reminders/news. It’s a lot—but it’s important!

First Meet & Busing Info. Our first swim meet is tomorrow, Dec. 9! An away meet vs. Minneapolis South. The meet begins at 5:30pm. Bus will pick up swimmers from both Cooper (leaving 3:30pm) and Armstrong (3:50pm) and drop off at both locations afterwards. This is true for all weeknight away meets this season. Please make sure all athletes are to one of the high schools in time (early) to ride the team bus. There may or may not be an admission fee for spectators, but no advance ticketing information is available at this time.

Lunds & Byerly’s Fundraiser. We have the opportunity to partner again with Lunds & Byerly’s Golden Valley to do fundraising for our team on Dec. 23. See Becky DeGroot’s email from earlier today for full details. Sign-up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080F48A5AF2BA0FE3-61092569-2025

Team Pictures. Team pictures took place last Friday. See Karen Nelson’s 12/2/25 email for full details, but images are up and ready for orders.
- From Your Computer...https://my.photoday.com/gallery/ACBSWIM2526
- From Your Cell Phone...you can text to the # 90738. In the memo, ACBSWIM2526 You may OPT-IN now! You will receive a text saying "Subscribed..." and will be texted again once images are up-loaded and go live.

Volunteer Sign-ups. Volunteer sign ups are on the team website, under the Sign-Ups tab. Please sign up to help!

Home Meets: It takes 20 or so volunteers to help run home meets. Almost all the volunteer positions require no experience whatsoever. Great first-time position is lane timing or concessions or even announcing. Please sign up now for our first home meet, Dec. 16. There are still many open positions. (We also can always use extra helping hands putting away chairs and equipment after the meet.)
Chocolate Milk: Lunds & Byerlys Golden Valley is generously donating chocolate milk for all athletes for each meet. Someone just needs to pick up the individual bottles on meet days and get them to the meet (on ice).
Carb Loads: We’re aiming to have a Carb Load before each home meet—this is a way for the boys to hang out outside the pool and load up on carbs. The host family generally will provide the space and the food, families can certainly team up and co-host or find locations outside of individual homes. If you are considering hosting a carb load and have any questions or need help, please let us know.

Suits have been ordered at Elsmore Swim Shop with the help of the Cooper Athletic Department. We do not yet have an estimate on when these will arrive, but we are hoping within a couple weeks. We will obviously not have suits for our first meet tomorrow, but hopefully next Tuesday. Suits are provided this year through the fundraising account at CHS, but will be a family expense in future years (which should make ordering earlier easier).
Windbreakers have been ordered for all new athletes (and any returning athletes needing a replacement). Windbreakers are provided by the boosters the first year and a family expenses for any replacement.
Caps were distributed at practice on Saturday. If you still need your cap, see Coach Devon or Zory. Caps were provided by boosters this year.

Allergies. Please let us know if there are any athlete food allergies we should be aware of for upcoming carb loads and other events.

Next Booster Meeting. The next booster meeting is this Sunday, Jan. 11 @ 5pm at Davanni’s in Golden Valley. All are welcome. Minutes from our last meeting are now posted on the team site.

As always, please monitor the team calendar regularly as sometimes things change.

Thanks everyone! If you have any questions, please let us know.

Devon Quinn

Armstrong Cooper Boys Swim & Dive Head Coach

Cell: 763-273-6013

Corinne Suby

Armstrong Cooper Boys Swim & Dive Boosters

Cell: 612-385-1697