Dolphin Families,

We have our first meet just around the corner! This is your first official meet email!

Declare your swimmer before noon on Friday!

Morning practices, Guppies, and Clinics all start tomorrow, Thursday morning! 

We will have our parent meeting at 9:30 on THURSDAY morning outside the gates. We will cover all this info and more.

Our first meet is at HOME against Chatsworth. Our theme is LUAU. Dress up as much as possible!

MEET INFO:

You can start setting up your chairs for the meet at 4:00pm. Kids can pick up their event slips around 4:30 from the coaches. Swimmers should be ready to warmup by 4:45pm and we will get in the pool from 5-5:30pm. The meet will start right at 6:00pm.

The handbook will give you ALL the details you will need to know for the meet: parking, weather, what to bring, times, how the relays work with age groups, the order of strokes for relays, etc. You can also look under FAQ on the site. Essentials: Hydrate! Bring extra towels. Label everything. Bring a sharpie.

You will need to write your swimmer’s events on their arm and then write his/her name and age on each shoulder so it is easy to identify who is who if we are looking for swimmers before events. (Kids look amazingly alike when they have suits, swim caps, and goggles on!) This makes it easy for us to identify kids without having to ask them their name when in a hurry. Make sure your swimmer is up behind the blocks three events before they swim. If a swimmer is in a relay on the shallow end, have your swimmer let the coach in that lane know he/she is there and ready.

You can learn how to write events on your child’s arm by checking the website under MEET 101. There is a video of how to do it. Also, click on Meets and Events to see a diagram, as well as one in the handbook page 6.

If you are working at the meet, check in with me at the table outside of the gate around 5pm to go over your job. If you are second shift, you can still check in at 5pm or as soon as possible because it gets crazy once the meet starts and I’m pulled in a lot of different directions. First shift starts right at 6:00pm.

The referee will have a quick meeting with timers and line judges before starting. You will work until event 46. Second shift goes from 46-86.

If your swimmer is done with events, you are free to leave.

If you want to leave, but still have events, make sure you STAY! We are depending on YOU! And relays depend on three other swimmers. We have heartbroken kids when they end up waiting until the end to find out they can’t swim their relay because we don’t have someone there.

We are disqualified if we substitute kids without having it approved beforehand.

**We will have a relay for parents and coaches at the point of shift change: event 46B! If you would like to swim in this, please respond as soon as you can and let me know! We would love to get a couple of teams together!

If you are signed up to set up for the meet, come at 3:45pm. You will be moving chairs, blocking off the deep end, baby pool, setting up concessions, lights, whatever needs to be done. Thank you in advance! This helps us so much!

You are allowed to bring any food and drinks you like, but we will also have a stocked concessions stand, and all those profits go to our team! Support your Dolphins! If you are providing treats for concessions, please reach out to Shireen for details on what to bring and how to package it. Her email is [email protected] and her number is 770-337-9863.

Make sure you have the Swimtopia App for alerts and live info on your swimmer during the meet.

Do NOT rely on events listed on the app BEFORE getting to the pool for the meet. There are always changes made throughout the day. We will give you your event slip when you get to the pool.

We just got shirts and will hopefully be able to have them sorted and handed out by Friday! If you are gone, we will have them for you on Tuesday before the meet! If you ordered anything else, we will hand everything out at the same time.

Please volunteer! We still have a few slots open and need those filled before Tuesday.

I also need some help with Swimathon. Please come see me if you can help.

Finally, please remember that practice will start later following a meet! The 7/8s will practice at the same time as the 5/6s. 

If there is any emergency where you have a sick kid or can't make the meet on meet day, TEXT me ASAP. I will not be looking at emails. My number is 678-372-8853.

Thank you from your Dolphin Crew,

Kori