Dear Fairfield Swim Team Families,

Thank you for an incredible and fun season! We are so grateful for your enthusiasm, energy, and support—both at the pool and behind the scenes. We also appreciate everyone who took the time to complete our end-of-season survey. Your feedback was thoughtful and helpful, and we’re excited to share that we’ll be focusing on several common themes for improvement next year:

• Helping swimmers (and parents) better understand disqualifications (DQs)
• Considering an indoor option for the banquet — we will need to brainstorm low-cost venue options and begin scheduling early in 2026. Anyone with suggestions is encouraged to send them along.
• Offering more diverse volunteer opportunities throughout the season — including opening banquet volunteer slots earlier in the season so they can be counted toward each family’s 2-slot seaon goal.
• Providing clearer explanations of volunteer roles
• Exploring a buddy system for our younger swimmers

A special thank you goes to Kari for her hard work as Parent Rep for Volunteers. Not only did she ensure our meets ran smoothly (after all, volunteers are the heart of our team!), but she also dedicated countless hours to behind-the-scenes efforts—coordinating after-meet pizza parties and get-togethers, and preparing all the awards for the end-of-season banquet. We could not have done it without her!

Looking ahead, Sarah and Elise will continue in their roles as Parent Reps.We are now looking for 1–2 additional volunteers to join us as parent representatives. This team of volunteers is essential to managing the Fins, organizing meets and events, and communicating with other teams and the Fairfield community. We’d love to have a few more hands on deck. If you are interested or would like more information, please reach out to us.

Thanks again for being such an amazing part of the Fairfield Swim Team community. We can’t wait to see you back in the water next season!

Go Fairfield!

Sarah Willis ([email protected]) &  Elise Berkland ([email protected])