Week 3: Our First Away Meet!
Look at all these amazing Mustangs! Read on for everything you need to know for Week 3 and our first away meet!
But first, a little peek into how much our kids love picture day…
Mills Farm @ Deer Creek - June 11
6200 West 133rd Street, Overland Park, Kansas 66209
Swimmer Arrival: 4:45pm
Meet Begins: 5:30pm
Swimmers’ arms should be marked and names on back shoulder before arriving. Deer Creek will send us specific instructions on where to park and sit sometime tomorrow. Stay tuned for those!
Swimmer Events
Swimmers should expect a maximum of 4 events for this meet, and most dual meets going forward. Our first meet was a bit of an anomaly because we didn't have an opponent, so swimmers could swim many events. Going forward, the league limits each team's entries to 500 total (each individual event is 1 entry; each relay is 4). They do this so meets don't drag on too long. Because of this, your swimmer may not get every event they marked on their preferences. Some swimmers will not have relays. We do our best to rotate these at each meet.
Race Etiquette
We started sharing this with our swimmers last week, but wanted you to know as well so you can help us reinforce this important behavior.
- Stay in the pool until every swimmer in the heat has finished. (For relays, this only applies to the last swimmer.)
- Say “good swim” or “good job” or fist bump swimmers next to you – they may or may not return the sentiment, and that’s ok!
Not all teams will do this, but it’s a Mills Farm tradition and we love it!
League Top 20
The league publishes a Top 20 for each gender/age group and stroke every week. Our team has a LOT of swimmers on this list! Feel free to bookmark – new updates usually come out on Thursdays. It is a great honor to make the league Top 20!
SSA Top 20 (scroll down to find)
Teen Night – Monday at 7:30PM
All teen swimmers are welcome for dinner and fun! We are meeting at TCE (picnic tables by the track) at 7:30 this week. Dinner is Chick-fil-a. You do not need to RSVP this week, just show up! No swimsuits needed, wear tennis shoes.
Team Photos
Mustang mom Laura Sullivan takes pictures at every meet and most special events we have. She always captures the perfect moments...you can see all team photos to date here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/APjb8zuhuhP4b9F6A
I think you can add your photos too! We share all of these in the end-of-season slide show and video so the more, the merrier!
MAJOR Thanks to our Sponsors!!
We rely on sponsorship dollars to fund most of the FUN for our team. Each year, we raise more than $10k in sponsorship dollars. We are SO grateful to these sponsors, and hope you’ll take a peek and give them your business.
Volunteers for Wednesday's Meet
2025 Mustangs at Deer Creek
June 11, 2025
| Battison, Heather | 4:45 PM — 9:30 PM | Team Parent - 11 & 12/Team Parent 11&12 | |
| Bennett, Matt | 3:15 PM — 9:30 PM | Meet Setup & Teardown/Meet Setup & Teardown | |
| Carrier, Nathan | 5:00 PM — 9:30 PM | Timers/Timer | |
| Chambers, Molly | 5:00 PM — 9:30 PM | Timers/Timer | |
| Deshler, Monet | 4:45 PM — 9:30 PM | Team Parent - 13 & Up/Team Parent - Teens | |
| Eden, Janet | 5:00 PM — 9:30 PM | Timers/Timer | |
| Gamble, David | 5:00 PM — 9:30 PM | Timers/Timer | |
| Gude, Sandy | 5:00 PM — 9:30 PM | Timers/Timer | |
| Hansen, Kristi | 4:45 PM — 9:30 PM | Team Parent - 8 & Under Girls/Team Parent - 8U Girls | |
| Kenton, Laura | 7:00 AM — 8:30 AM | Ribbons (Thursday AM job)/Ribbons | |
| Kinkade, Kyle | 5:00 PM — 9:30 PM | Timers/Timer | |
| Matson, Megan | 5:00 PM — 9:30 PM | Timers/Timer | |
| Maxon, Kim | 3:15 PM — 9:30 PM | Meet Setup & Teardown/Meet Setup & Teardown | |
| Meraz, Patrick | 3:15 PM — 9:30 PM | Meet Setup & Teardown/Meet Setup & Teardown | |
| Orme, Nick | 7:00 AM — 8:30 AM | Ribbons (Thursday AM job)/Ribbons | |
| Powell, Mary | 4:45 PM — 9:30 PM | Team Parent - 8 & Under Girls/Team Parent - 8U Girls | |
| Reid, Britt | 4:45 PM — 9:30 PM | Team Parent - 9 & 10 Girls/Team Parent - 9/10 Girls | |
| Sanjani, Priya | 5:15 PM — 9:15 PM | Assistant Clerk of Course/Assistant Clerk of Course | |
| Stevens, Heidi | 3:15 PM — 9:30 PM | Meet Setup & Teardown/Meet Setup & Teardown | |
| Thompson, Aaron | 5:00 PM — 9:30 PM | Timers/Timer | |
| Thompson, Tina | 5:00 PM — 9:30 PM | Timers/Timer | |
| Vinton, Amy | 4:45 PM — 9:30 PM | Team Parent - 11 & 12/Team Parent 11&12 | |
| Wagner, Brandy | 5:15 PM — 9:15 PM | Assistant Clerk of Course/Assistant Clerk of Course | |
| Wasleski, Richard | 5:30 PM — 9:30 PM | Scoring Verifier/Scoring Verifier |
Thank you!
Lindsay
