3rd Meet Details

Meet #3 is tomorrow and the kids are pumped! The little ones have been focusing on not touching the bottom, the lane ropes, or flipping over on backstroke. The older kids are honing their starts and turns which give such a huge advantage in races.

**Morning practice at normal times tomorrow. Meet day practices are laid back and much easier to not exhaust the kids before the meet.

3rd Swim Meet: Thursday evening June 17th

10 and Under: Arrive by 5:30pm **15 mins later than last week (last time change)**

11 and Up: Arrive at 8pm

Check here for Meet 101 Notes available on our website. Review what to bring and how to prepare for each meet.

Events: You can check your child’s events online by clicking the Meet Entry button or the attached Heat Sheet. You should print the Heat Sheet for reference during the meet. Remember to use Sharpie to write your swimmer’s name on their back and list of events on their arm/leg. Coaches will also have the event posters displayed during practice tomorrow.

Volunteers: Volunteers check-in with Natasha at the window near the vending machine room. We will hold Timer training and direct all other volunteers to the leads for their areas.

Spectators: Each family can bring 2 spectators in addition to their swimmer(s) and volunteer(s). So if you have 3 kids swimming, mom is volunteering, then 2 other spectators can come. Please respect and follow these capacity guidelines.

Parking: Use the parking lot and when full, the grass lot next to courts 1 and 2. Carpool where you can to simplify parking and allow room for tennis players who have matches tomorrow night.

Concessions: Concessions will be open and serving Chick-fil-a sandwiches, Dogwood Pizza, and pot stickers along with sides, snacks, and drinks. Meal Deals for $5 or $7 are a great way to feed the family. NOW ACCEPTING CREDIT CARDS

Clean-up: Before leaving the meet make sure that your family cleans up. Look for swim gear like goggles, towels and trash from dinner or snacks. Cleanup was a breeze last week with so many people pitching in. Thank you!

Parent Relay for Meet #3

We have a tradition of running a parent/coach freestyle relay each season. We are going to do that between sessions on Thursday around 7:30pm. We will pair 3 parents with a coach for a race that is sure to entertain our kids. Text or email me if you can swim. My kids have already told me that I can win so who wants to join my team??!! (Gotta love that kind of encouragement.)

Donuts and Ribbons Friday 9-10:45am:

We will celebrate the meet with donuts and fun swim on Friday 9-10:45am. Coach Zach will announce swimmers of Meet #2 and we will have ribbons for the 2nd Meet. Parents are welcome to hang out or pick up their swimmers at 10:45am.

County Meet June 9-11th:

The County Championship meet is June 9-11 at Georgia Tech. This is the ultimate competition for summer swim and is a great honor. 50 swimmers for each event plus relays are invited to attend. However, since each kid can only swim 3 events + 2 relays, swimmers down to 75-80th place sometimes get to swim. Early next week we will start to contact those swimmers with top 100 times for your availability. The Top 100 lists are posted near the playground.

Thanks!

Nancy Riggle

(404)788-9877