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The Stillwater Starz is a developmental summer swim team and a member of the Naperville Swim Conference (NSC). A volunteer-driven 501(c)(3) nonprofit, our mission is to develop confident, capable young swimmers and foster a love of competitive swimming in a safe, supportive, and fun environment.

Our swimmers range from 4-18 years of age, and most are residents of the Stillwater subdivision and other nearby communities in southwest Naperville, Plainfield, and Oswego. For our youngest swimmers, their time on the Starz is often their first experience with competitive swimming. It’s also where many of our returning swimmers, some of whom now swim year-round in club and school programs, got their start. Join us this summer, and find out what fun you can have when we shoot for the Starz together!

Home vs. Huntington Estates Tomorrow: Important Info

Lea Fortkamp

 

Good Evening, Starz Families!

This is your preview for tomorrow’s (Tuesday’s) home meet vs. Huntington Estates. Swimmer and worker lists are located at the end of this email, but please take the time to review ALL of the information below.

 

HOME VS. HUNTINGTON ESTATES

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Positive Check-in Opens: 4:30 p.m.

Positive Check-in Closes: 4:45 p.m. (any swimmers not checked by this time will be scratched)

Worker Check-In: 4:30-4:45 p.m., after checking in swimmer (by small pool)

Meet Start: 5:30 p.m.

Estimated Meet Completion: 9:10 p.m.

Please don’t leave the meet until you’ve verified that your swimmer has completed ALL of his or her events, including relays.

 

THEME

The theme for tomorrow’s meet, selected by our coaches, is HAWAIIAN NIGHT! Grab a lei, a Hawaiian shirt, a coconut bra, or whatever island gear you have handy, and let’s transport tomorrow’s meet straight to the big island for some fun with our Starz Ohana!

 

CONCESSIONS

Please enjoy the offerings of our world-famous concessions stand and grill! We now accept credit cards and Zelle in addition to cash. A menu appears below.

 

ARRIVAL, POSITIVE CHECK-IN, AND TARDINESS SCRATCHES

Our team area is on the northern side of the field, closest to the tennis courts. Look for the tall, navy blue Starz flag. The visiting team area is to the south of us; the flag marking their area is white.

Positive Check-In (for swimmers) begins at 4:30 p.m. along the outside of the western pool fence (bordering our team area in the field). It closes promptly at 4:45 p.m.

Please help your swimmer find the clipboard for the portion of the alphabet covering HIS/HER last name, then HIGHLIGHT your swimmer’s name with the provided highlighters to check in. This MUST be done before positive check-in closes at 4:45 p.m. At this time, warm-ups begin, and any swimmers who aren’t checked in WILL BE SCRATCHED from the meet by our computers team.

IMPORTANT: Once a swimmer is scratched due to tardiness, he or she CANNOT be added back to the meet.

 

SHARPIES and WHAT TO DO WITH THEM

Your swimmer will likely be participating in more than one event tomorrow. Within each event, there are usually multiple heats, and within each heat, there is often a swimmer in each of six numbered lanes.

Bull pen volunteers will gather athletes for staging prior to each event and will, with the assistance of coaches, walk younger swimmers from the bull pen area at the west end of the pool deck to the starting blocks.

While in the team area, please know where your swimmer is and listen for the bull pen workers’ announcements. Make sure your swimmer is listening, too! This is important for experienced swimmers, too (Zoe Fortkamp, for example). Bull pen workers do all they can to get swimmers to the blocks on time, but if a swimmer can’t be found, sometimes, events are missed. To avoid disappointment, keep your eyes and ears on the bull pen.

To help swimmers keep track of their events, parents can borrow the Sharpies provided near positive check-in to write their swimmer’s Event, Heat, and Lane numbers on the back of their hands. An example of how to do this can be found in our Family Handbook (p. 10). Need help? Ask a returning parent.

Events are typically available in SportsEngineMotion on the morning of the meet. Heats and lanes will be visible closer to meet start, via the Meet Mobile app, once all scratches have been processed and the heat sheet is final. A heat sheet will be posted on deck, by the patio entrance, for your reference, too.

 

REMINDERS

The shallow end and small pool will be CLOSED throughout the meet by conference rule. They will be unguarded. If you see swimmers—yours or others’—swimming OR playing in the shallow end of the pool during the meet, please tell them kindly but firmly that they must get out of the water and remain on the deck side of the blue dividing chain.

No Parents (or Photos/Videos) Behind the Blocks.

 

DECLARED SWIMMERS: HOME VS. HUNTINGTON ESTATES

ONLY the swimmers on this list have been declared to participate in tomorrow’s home meet vs. Huntington Estates. Declarations are closed; no additions can be made.

 

PARENT WORKERS: HUNTINGTON ESTATES

When you arrive, check in your swimmer first, then report to the small pool and see Asheley for Jobs Check-In. Thanks for helping our meets run!

 

Announcer

Fortkamp, Mark

 

Backup/Sub Timer

Shinde, Bhagwat

 

Bag Tag Distributor

Tayeb, Umme

Lagankina, Daria

 

Bullpen

Oberoi, Sonali

Smith, LaToya

Tayeb, Umme

Wolff, Lori

English, Jordan

McKee, Kimberly

 

Computers and Scoring

Rosensweet, Katie

Dubash, Roxana

 

Concessions

Endres, Anna

Pepoff, Reetu (2)

Sundararaman, Soumya/Vikram

Shrikant Rao, Padmashree

 

Concessions Assistant

Thammineni, Namratha

 

Concessions Chairperson

Huang, Helen

Wenner, Shaunna

 

Floater

Shetty, Charitra

English, Jordan

 

Griller

Tsang, Autumn

 

Grill Helper/Runner

Shimon, Benjamin

Asch, Justin

 

Head Clerk

Barboza, Michelle

 

Head Timer

Refai, Moe

 

Meet Director

Fortkamp, Lea

 

Meet Runner

Kurpiewski, Agnieszka

Kuppam, Rashmee

 

Officials (stroke and turn)

Sadhu, Santosh

Sluciak, Jason

Verdoorn, Vicki

Frias, Rainel

Adaszczyk, Marzena

Blaine, Carrie


Official (Starter)

Jones, Eric

 

Scorer

Mohite, Abhishek

 

Setup/Cleanup/Tear Down

Nadtochiy, Max

 

Timer

Asch, Katherine

Kanagala, Rajesh

Jared Freudenberg

Todevski, Zack (2)

Shrikant Rao, Padmashree (Anesh)

John Kaminski

Kathuria, Preeni

Sasidharan, Vijay (2)

Bandlamudi, Srikanth

Kawdia, Niti

 

Volunteer Coordinator

Kram, Asheley

 

Thanks for reading! Have a great night, and we'll see you tomorrow morning for PICTURE DAY!

Remember: there is NO morning practice tomorrow. Please see our most recent Roundup email (8JUN25, also available in the "News" section of our homepage) and the app/web event listing for more details on Picture Day.

 

Lea

Stillwater Starz Parent Board