Hey guys!

Below you will find 4 things.  If you were at the meeting last night, you only need the first 4. :)

• Updates/changes from parent meeting
• Who is missing Time Trials
• Who is missing Mountaire Meet
• Juniors (please read if you are a parent of a child 6 or younger)
• Recap from parent meeting

 

UPDATES TO THINGS FROM PARENT MEETING

If you were at the parent meeting, there are just a few updates...if you were not there, skip to the next item.

1. Warm-ups when we are the home team are 4:45-5:05, so please have your child there on time.  Away meets are 5:05-5:25. 

2. Meets start at 5:30 PM.

 

WHO IS MISSING TIME TRIALS

Here is who I have as missing time trials.  If your name is here in error, please email me.  If your name is not on here and you will not be there, please email me.

Iris Beidler

Lilly and John Cleveland

Aryaman Dass

Abigail, Mollie, Zachary Meyerowitz

Charley Plumly

Eli Simon

Kate Vanderver

Will Waters

 

WHO IS MISSING MOUNTAIRE MEET (5/26)

Here is who I have as missing the Mountaire meet.  If your name is here in error, please email me.  If your name is not on here and you will not be there, please add it to the website (RSVP under swim meets tab) ASAP.  Tomorrow (Thursday) is the deadline to let me know if you will not be there.

Veronica Agrippina

Henry Christman

Lilly and John Cleveland

Aryaman Dass

James and Jacob Dockter

Eli Duhig

Ariana Shahriari

Eli Simon

Bradley Williams

 

JUNIORS

Here are the 6&under kids that I have listed as juniors, meaning they will not swim in meets yet.  If I have seen your child swim the length of the pool already, I have put a note that I would like to move them to the regular team, so please email me ASAP and let me know if you are okay with this.  If your child doesn't have a note by their name and you feel they are ready to swim the length of the pool, please see me at practice tonight and we will make sure to try!  If your child is not on this list and you feel that they should be, please email me.

Harper Claire Burt

Will Bykat

McKenna Calvo (can swim the whole way--can I move her to regular team?)

Jordan Gewertz

Joe Gewertz (can swim the whole way--can I move him to regular team?)

Tommy Homans

Matthew Jiang

Davis Miller (can swim the whole way--can I move him to regular team?)

Connor Mutz (can swim the whole way--can I move him to regular team?)

Smith O'Connell

Gabi Richman

Olivia Robison

Billy Russell (can swim the whole way--can I move him to regular team?)

Salena Sawyer

AJ Scalo

Eliza Tucker

Caroline Tully

 

RECAP FROM PARENT MEETING

This Thursday – Mock Meet starts at 5:30. KIDS NEED TO BE THERE AT 4:45

 Next week, we start morning and evening practices – Evening Practices are at Princeton Square

Age Group	Morning Practice Mark Trail (M-F)	Evening Practice Princeton Square (M, W, Thurs)
7-10	8:30am-9:30am	6:00 - 6:45 pm
6 and under	9:30 -10:00 am	5:30- 6:00 pm
11 and up	10:00 - 11:00 am	6:45-7:30

 

Next Tuesday – Mountaire (home) -- 5:30 -- arrive by 4:45

Next Thursday – pictures at Princeton Square @  5:15

 

Going to ASA.  Several Benefits:  All the teams we swam against joined, they are managing website, and we now have insurance.  There will be some changes to highlight tonight though…

Parking – we will have Citizens on Patrol to help with the parking this year.  This should also help the residents of Seville Chase.    Please make sure you do not park on the grass and please park on the side of the street opposite the side of the houses.  We need to make sure that there is room for emergency vehicles to get to the pool should an emergency occur.

Meet Information

Swimmers need to arrive at 4:45 for warm-ups.  If you are unable to attend a meet, please let Coach Julie know.  There is a spot on the website to RSVP.  She needs to know as soon as possible because it will effect relays and other swimmers opportunity to swim.  If you child wakes up sick, please email Julie immediately.  She needs to have her line up ready.

If you have any questions during practice or a meet, please ask one of us.  The best way to get in touch with Julie is through email.  When she is coaching her eyes need to be on the kids.

Kids are NOT allowed in pool or baby pools during meet- safety concern - no dangling feet in lanes, no sitting on stairs, NO PLAYING IN BABY POOL

Our concession stand can provide dinner for you and your family – we typically have pizza or hot dogs for sale.  Also, please remember that this is a family event and we do not encourage alcohol.

 

A day in the life of a swim meet: 

When your child arrives, please send them to the bullpen.  This is where kids get ready to swim and are informed of which events they will be participating in.  Please pay attention each week to special instructions for each pool as they are different.

A new rule change is that after an event, the child should go back to a designated “ready area”  with their teammates to wait for the next event.  The volunteers are not responsible to hunting down your children.  Please encourage your child to go back to the Ready area to wait for the next event.  If they need to eat or something, please bring it to them in the area.

This Year Each team is required to have a deck manager who will work in a ready area near the starting end of the pool and make sure the kids are lined up according to event/heat/lane.  So, the bull pens will be primarily needed for marking up the kids and helping with the little kids relays.  Instead of kids being herded about by parents the swimmers will need to be more autonomous and head to the ready area upon their events being called by the announcer.

There will be an announcer this year, so kids & parents need to be listening for their events.  (on that note..does anyone have a PA system?)

 Meets typically last from 5:30-9:30pm depending on amount of swimmers- remind swimmers, parents, and children when leaving pool in dark—Meets start at 5:30

Usually after the meet, we will designate a place to grab an ice cream or milkshake.  We are open to suggestions this year on where to go.   

Here is the training we are doing tonight: (for those who missed the meeting, please try to shadow someone at time trials who is doing the job you signed up for/will sign up for)

Pick one area to be trained on – there are 3 areas.  This will be what you sign up for as a volunteer.  The volunteer sign up will be posted online by Friday.

1.  Timing:

 2.  Judging, Runners

 3. Bull Pen

                - how to line up, etc

                - will have example

                - how to read heat sheet and write on swimmers arm/

                - how to interpret writing on your swimmer's arm  

 

Thanks!

Coach Julie