At tomorrow night's meet, parents and swimmers should don their favorite college or university tees or hats! Let's reminisce about the good ol' days or rep our favorite college teams--all while giving our college-bound Class of 2025 coaches, Gabe and Kegan, the recognition they deserve!

Starz Roundup: Monday, July 7, 2025 Good Afternoon, Starz Families! You’’ll find information on tomorrow’s final home meet of the season, including swimmer and worker lists, at the end of this email. First, though, a few other important notes! UPCOMING DEADLINES AND EVENTS MONDAY-WEDNESDAY: Pick up your team, individual, and/or sibling photos (if ordered) inside the desk-side door of the coach/guard office. Envelopes are alphabetical by last name. Please—dry hands only. TUESDAY: Home vs. Breckenridge! This meet is our senior night, so we’ll take a brief pause after Event 44...

Starz Families, Team, individual, and sibling photos (for those who ordered them) have arrived! Please pick yours up at practice on Monday or Wednesday (AM/PM). They will be located just off the pool deck INSIDE the coach/guard office doorway (to protect them from the elements). Parents, please retireve them yourself before or after practice; we'd prefer that the envelopes not be handled by wet, post-practice swimmer hands! Envelopes are in alphabetical order by last name. If you are unable to collect your photos on Monday or Wednesday, they will be...

Starz Roundup Wednesday, July 3, 2025 Good Morning, Starz Families! We hope that many of our swimmers are enjoying this morning's 2nd Annual Try-a-Tri; thanks to Melissa Jones for planning and overseeing this fun event! Here are a few Starz reminders for your 4th of July weekend: TODAY: Signup Deadline for Feed My Starving Children pack (July 10 team service opportunity) TODAY: Early Declarations DUE for Classic or City Championship meet. All swimmers are asked to represent the Starz at the Championship meet for which they qualify. Please check here...

Good Morning, Starz Families! One meet, then a holiday weekend. We can do it! At the end of this (long) email, you’ll find swimmer and worker lists for tonight’s home meet vs. Huntington. You'll find LOTS of other important info first (including some deadlines you won't want to miss), so please read on! WHAT KIND OF TEAM DO WE WANT TO BE? In my non-swim life, I’m a high school teacher. I’ve worked in the same district for almost twenty years, and in that time, I’ve seen plenty of educational...

Starz Families, The Fortkamps--Lea, Mark, and Henry--moved to Stillwater in 2013 and settled in on our corner of Skylane and Charlestowne, just a block away from the elementary school our children would eventually walk to. The following year, Zoe joined us, and three years later, when our son Henry was five, he joined the Stillwater Starz. Within minutes, it seemed, our family was "all in" on summer swim. Here's tiny 6U Henry with his first hard-earned bag tag (25BK) and his biggest little fan. And here's five year-old-Henry's very first...

Early Good Morning, Starz Families! Are we tired yet? This has been a long, uninterrupted stretch of Thursday/Saturday/Tuesday/Thursday swim meets. Just one more this week, and then we can take a quick breath. You’ll find more details on tonight's South Side Invitational at Ashbury at the end of this email (including its earlier-than-usual check-in and warm-up times), but first, a thank you. Thanks for everyone’s help last night at our home meet vs. Centennial Beach. Given the spotty weather, we felt fortunate to complete as much of the meet as...

Hi All, When I don't have anything else to do for the Starz, I shift into my role as amateur team meteorologist. While tonight's initially questionable weather forecast has improved considerably in the past 24 hours, I wanted to walk you through our usual procedure for weather delays at Stillwater home meets so that any adjustments we might need to make tonight (or at future meets) will be as smooth as possible for everyone. There is a possibility of rain in tonight's forecast, though it is lessening. To be safe,...

Good Afternoon, Starz Families! Welcome to another week of summer swim. This email contains important information about pool deck repair, swimmer time drops, championship meets, and MORE! Tomorrow, we’ll face the Mudrats of Centennial Beach at home; you’ll find swimmer and worker lists for tomorrow’s home meet at the end of this email, but please take some time to read ALL of today’s information carefully NAPERVILLE TENNIS CLUB WRAP-UP Last week, following Hobson West, I mentioned that hosting a meet isn’t easy. There’s so much work that goes into a...

Good Afternoon, Starz Families! Welcome to another swim meet weekend! Tomorrow morning, our meet is hosted by the Naperville Tennis Club Orcas! More on that later in the email, but first, a few announcements. HOBSON WEST WRAP-UP Hosting a meet isn’t easy. While we experienced some computer delays and scoring snafus at last night’s meet, it all worked out in the end. I always enjoy swimming Hobson West. Our teams have historically matched up well, and it’s really great to see so many close, competitive heats. Once their computers team...