This Week - 6/29/25

Financial Aid for the 2025-26 Swim Season:

On June 11th, Coach Stefan sent out a clubwide email with the PST Handbook and Registration materials for the 2025-26 season. Families who are interested in learning more about PST’s financial aid policy and potentially submitting a request for financial support, please read this section in the handbook which has a link to the Financial Aid Request Form.

Request forms need to be submitted by June 30th for consideration.

Registration for the 2025-26 Swim Season:

Registration for the 2025/2026 Season is now open and will close on Friday, July 11. Follow the link on our website to complete your registration. 

During registration, you will:

• be required to pay a non-refundable Annual Membership fee of $250 per swimmer

This fee will cover two swim caps, one T-shirt, a team mesh bag or a team backpack, and administrative expenses​​

• be asked to pick one of the following options

Annual Dues- If you choose the annual dues option, the full yearly dues amount will be charged according to our financial policy on September 1st​

Monthly Dues- by selecting the monthly dues option, you will be charged our monthly dues on the first of each month starting September 1st for 10 months

Once registration closes on July 11th, the coaching staff will meet to make group assignments. We will announce those in mid-July, hopefully giving everyone enough time to organize carpooling, etc. 

The new season will start on Monday, August 18, for the Titanium Group and on Saturday, August 23, for our Blue, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Year Round High School (YRHS) groups. The first term for our Green Group will begin on Monday, August 25. 

Please review the team handbook for the 2025/26 season for updates including updates to: 

• Financial Structure- Note: New Dues for the 2025/2026 Season 
• Practice Timetable
• Policies and Waivers that need to be agreed on during the registration process- Note: Please read our Service Hour Policy very carefully
• Financial Aid Policy- Note: The deadline to apply for financial aid is June 30th 
• Dues credit for certified Officials and how to apply for it- Note: We are increasing the dues credit for Admin Referees, Starters, and Meet Referees
• Preliminary meet and event schedule for the season

Your Feedback Matters! Complete Parent and Swimmer Surveys by July 2

PST's coaching staff and Board of Directors are committed to continually improving the experience for every swimmer on our team. To help us achieve this goal, we’re sharing two brief surveys – one for parents and one for swimmers. Your honest feedback will help us understand what's working well and where we can make positive changes. Thanks for helping younger swimmers complete their surveys and for sharing the survey link with older swimmers. 

Parent Survey  

Swimmer Survey 

Please complete your survey by July 2. Thanks for helping us make your swimmer's PST experience even better!

4th of July Parade:

Calling all Swimmers!! 

We need YOU to march in the Piedmont Parade on Highland Ave from Park Way to Piedmont Park. The parade starts at 11am sharp. We will meet at the Carnazzo’s House at 150 Highland Ave starting at 9:30. There will be face painting and snow cones! 

>Underwater theme: Bring hand-held bubble machines! 

>Wear PST gear!

>If your swimmer is 10 or younger, one parent must march behind the team. Siblings are welcome to join! Have them wear PST gear.

>Bring individually wrapped candy to hand out to the community along the parade route! 

(Throwing candy is NOT allowed) 

>Swimmers or parents that would like to join the planning committee or help out before the parade, please email Kira at community@piedmontswimteam.org 

>A map and more details will be sent out on July 3rd.

Open Coordinator Roles:

Web Photos

Do you love photos and want to help ensure that the team has a solid photo archive? Do you want to have a set job to knock out many of your service hours?

If so, consider taking on the Web Photo position. This position is responsible for posting current photos to the PST website and ensuring photos are archived correctly for future use. This person is responsible for collecting photos from the community that will capture all meets from beginner to expert.

This position fulfills five service hours. If interested, please email Anne at secretary@piedmontswimteam.org 

Event Coordinator

Interested in helping plan social events and the annual team banquet? If so, we need you!  

Position description: Works with VP of Membership and Community and Group Coordinators to plan and execute team social events and hospitality at team events; leads planning and execution for annual Team Banquet. 

This position fulfills all required service hours for the entire family for the season. If interested, please email community@piedmontswimteam.org.

This Week:

Friday, July 4th: All practices are cancelled. PST is marching in the Piedmont Parade! Please join us - details above.

This Week’s Top Tip:

“Swimming is such a small part of life. Yes, I love it. But at the end of the day, it’s just a sport. Whether you finish first or last, you’re still loved by the same people, and you still are who you are.”  – Allison Schmitt, 8-time Olympic medalist for Team USA.

Passion is a necessary ingredient for performing well and succeeding, so how does one have a passion for swimming, while at the same time, not allow that passion to devolve into something that’s all consuming? This article discusses two different forms of passion comprising what’s called “The Dualistic Model of Passion,” and tells us which one is the kind of passion you want to have as a swimmer.

Next Week:

July 11-13: 14&Under Age Group Championships (host: SRN). Meet is open on FastSwims. All qualifiers should attend.

Congratulations to our qualifiers: Emily C., Violet S., Lea., Zachary W., Connor C., Robert O., Ben R., Maxwell S., Archer Z.

Safe Sport:

Safe Sport Trivia!

Question: Do you know what the permissible hours for electronic communication are between an adult participant and a minor athlete? 

Ready … ?

Answer: between the hours of 5 am and 10 pm

Important Dates, Cancellations, and Practice Updates:

Friday to Sunday, 7/18 - 7/20: RESL Meet. All practices are cancelled.

Monday, August 4th: Start of PST’s Summer Break. No practices.

Wednesday, August 20th: Team Banquet. 5:30 - 8:30pm Piedmont’s Community Hall and Alan Harvey Theater.

Meets:

View our meet schedule for the 2024/25 Season here. Most recent update to meet schedule: 1/12/24

July 11-13: 14&Under Age Group Championships (host: SRN). Meet is open on FastSwims. All qualifiers should attend.

July 18th through July 20th: RESL Team Competition (location: Chabot College, Hayward). Meet is open for registration on FastSwims. The most fun meet of the whole year for young and old. Make sure your swimmer can participate!

July 23rd through July 26th: Future Championships (location: Sacramento, CA). All qualifiers should attend.

Congratulations to our qualifiers: Abigail J., Kate R., Cynthia W., Charlotte L., Mizuki W., Owen B., Evan B., Asher D., Cole C., Connor C., Nathan J., Zafar M., Robert O., Asher T., Baran W.

July 31st through August 3rd: LCM FarWestern Championships (host: SCSC). All qualifiers should attend.

PST Town Hall:

The slideshow from our town hall is posted on our website. Please reach out to Coach Stefan or any board members with questions.

PST relaunches the Year Round High School Group for next Season:

This Message is for all PST High School Athletes and 8th Graders, about to begin your high school journey.

If your parents attended the Town Hall meeting a few weeks ago, then you are likely aware that we are reviving our Year-Round High School Program, allowing us to fully align with our mission statement to promote a team environment that champions both safe and healthy athletes and individual excellence.  

You can hear more about the program by watching this  short video and/or reading here. If you are interested in the program, please fill out this  Google Form.

Team Records:

Our team records can be viewed on our website.

Got Photos?

Follow our Instagram account to stay updated with the latest team moments.  If you have photos from meets or team socials please post them and tag our IG account or send them directly to Lisa Chan Carnazzo

Did you know that PST also uploads photos to our website?  If you or your swimmers take photos at meets or team events, please send them to photo@piedmontswimteam.org. They will be “Safe Sport” checked and uploaded to the website.

Check out our current photo collection here!

Marketplace:

PST Marketplace

Sell, exchange or give away new or used swim items. 

Lots of great items!

Important - Parking Reminders at PST Facilities:

Dear PST Families, 

It goes without saying that we rely on positive relationships with the different communities whose pools we use for practices.

It is a shared responsibility to maintain these relationships, and we need parents to follow the parking requirements for each facility. 

Please refer to specific instructions for each pool location in this document, along with screenshots indicating unavailable parking/access in red, and available parking in green.

Thank you for adhering to these requirements

Board News:

Any Questions? Please email any of the Board Members or Coordinators.

Next Board Meeting July 2nd - 6pm to 7:30pm at Havens Elementary School 

Google Meet joining info Video call link: https://meet.google.com/cyi-sjtp-iwy

Or dial: ‪(US) +1 585-491-8512‬ PIN: ‪444 026 087‬#

Rianna Stoll & Anne Dolid

Web Photos

Contact Anne Dolid

NEW! Event Coordinator

Contact Kira at community@piedmontswimteam.org