Last call RSVP and Championship Meet info
Hey guys,
Here is the final RSVP list for Monday's meet (including juniors). If there is an error, please let me know by 8PM tonight. Thanks! Also, for all those going to the championship meet at Tech...there is a lot of info below. We got 68 signed up for the meet, I'm so excited!
LAST CALL RSVP FOR MONDAY'S MEET AT RIVERSIDE
Here is the list (including juniors) of everyone NOT entered on Monday:
Liam Bunde
Katie Busch
Sarah Hyatt and Lottie Chappell
Jackson Cloud
James Dockter
Harrison Fogel
Reina and Levi Glasner
Sean Hanse
Mya, Max, and Amanda Hassler
Kevin Hopper
Kira Kaplan
Crosby and Liam Kincannon
Aubrey Lynn
Sadie Mann
Remy and Smith O'Connell
Peri and Wynnie Rubin
Matty and AJ Scalo
Kate Zaparaniuk
ASA CHAMPIONSHIP MEET INFO-PLEASE READ IF YOU ARE GOING TO THE MEET
I am so excited that so many of you can go this year! It is such a great experience to get to swim in the Olympic pool. I'm hoping to answer a lot of your questions in this email, but please let me know what others you have. The only things for you to do right now are to buy your parking pass (info below) if you want to save a few dollars and to be thinking about if you can volunteer (info below).
PRACTICES
As mentioned before, we will have Tuesday and Wednesday morning practice for the kids going to the meet, but the time will change slightly. We will also have PM practice on Wednesday, but again the time will be different.
Mornings: all 10&unders (including 6&under) will be 9-10AM and all 11&ups will be 10-11 like normal.
Afternoon: everyone will practice 5:30-6:30
For those who make finals, we will have practice Friday morning. Everyone will practice from 9-10, as it won’t be a huge number of kids since many are going out of town.
HOW DO WE KNOW WHO MAKES FINALS?
There will be a running list on the league website: atlantaswimming.org, and I will keep emailing updates as well. We are the first session, but there are 5 sessions after ours, so we'll have to keep watching. The top 20 relays make it back and the top 50 (10&under) individuals/top 40 (11&up) individuals.
MEET INFO
I will find out our warm-up time by tomorrow evening. At that point we'll see what time we need to arrive in the morning. The meet starts at 9 with the 6&u free relays and all medley relays, then 6&under free, all free relays, 6&under back, and then the rest of the individual events for 7&up. So 6&unders will be done earlier than the rest. There will be 2 pools going on at the same time. All girls will be in one pool and all boys will be in the other pool. Here is the link from the league that has general meet info, a seating chart, map to the pool and surrounding area, and where the results will be posted: http://atlantaswimming.com/NASAChampionships . The site is down currently, but will be back up shortly.
Traffic during divisionals-note from the league
There is a great deal of construction going on around the Tech campus right now. It will affect most routes to the side of campus where the pool is located. Please plan your trip accordingly for your divisional session so you don't have to rush to get to your session.
ASA Championship Merchandise
ASA is proud to announce a new partnership with Fine Designs Apparel. They will be providing ASA Championship t shirts and a much broader line of specially designed items for this year's big meet. This will be a much broader offering than we have had in years past, so we hope you will support their offerings. They have already set up an online shop for this year's meet, and you can get a look at all of the products they have to offer. This is a great addition as it allows everyone on your team to purchase souvenirs from the meet, even if they can't make the big meet, or they can make purchases even after the meet. Additionally, they will be on site during the meet as well. Please share this link with your team members so they can view the full line of products. The link for their store is http://store.finedesigns.com/w/vy/2017-asa-championship.html .
Parking
Parking at Georgia Tech is unfortunately not free. If you would like to prepay for your parking and get your pass in advance, please visit the following link https://gatech.clickandpark.com/. Please only buy the day you need and make sure you select the correct day (Day 1 is Wednesday, Day 2 is Thursday, Day 3 is Friday, Day 4 is Saturday), no one will need an All Day pass. The cost for the advance passes is $12.00 (thanks to a service charge). If you do not prepay for parking you will need cash to park, the cost is $15 at the gate. Please be sure to share this info with your teams. A map to the area around the Aquatic Center can be found at :https://cnp-assets-production.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/microsites/80/lotmap.png?1403144486. There will also be signs around the venue that will point you in the direction of the lots for the meet.
VOLUNTEERS
We will be assigned jobs for volunteers after all entries are turned in (today). I think I will get the info tomorrow evening and will then pass it on. We requested to be timers so that whoever is volunteering can still see their kids swim…fingers crossed we get it! Thanks in advance!
STATE QUALIFYING
For those that are trying to qualify for the Sandy Springs state team (state meet is July 21-22), I have attached an info document that the state team mom sent and asked all of the coaches to pass on. As an FYI, you will see “SP5” before all names in the meet that are trying to qualify for state (not just our session, but the whole meet).
Thanks!
Coach Julie
