Hello Barracudas!

Its time to get ready for tomorrows meet at Charleston Village!

Many thanks to everyone for declaring your swimmers! Its such a tremendous help to the coaches and admins! 

Volunteers - We are still in need!   

Stroke and Turn (1/2 shift)

Assistant Clerk of Course

Kid Pusher

Timer

Here are reminders to help you prepare for the evening.

-Please ensure your swimmer is at the Charleston Village pool by 5:15pm at the latest. Coaches will be greeting swimmers to check them in and take to designated team spot.

-Warm ups begin promptly at 5:30pm.

-Please go ahead and have the swimmers number on both arms and last name on the back of shoulder in permanent black marker.

-Designated areas will be set for each age group. Please make sure your child stays in the designated areas to help the kid pushers. We suggest they bring an extra towel to sit on and pack some fun games, coloring, etc for in between heats.

-Weather looks good. No rain in the forecast.  BUT very high temperatures!  Everyone needs to hydrate well!

-Cheer for your team mates of all ages and levels of ability.

-If you must leave the meet early please check in with the coaches first.

-Heat Sheets can be found on Swimtopia or the Swimtopia app. You will receive a notification when they are available to view. (They are currently still being updated)

Your day of contact person for tomorrows meet is Kim: [email protected] or 919-607-0121.

Parking:

At Charleston Village.  1900 Castleburg Drive, Apex, NC 27523

There will be parking at the clubhouse and on the street adjacent to the clubhouse. Please do not park on the side of the street opposite to the pool.

Facility:

Pool Deck - Bentwinds will set up on the east side of the pool. There will be some chairs, but you are encouraged to bring your own chairs.   They do have lights so swimming past dark is not an issue.

Concessions:

Pizza, gatorade, soda, water, candy, etc.  They accept cash and card.

Meet Management:

We would like to use dive-overs for the 11+ swimmers to keep the meet moving as quickly as possible.  Events will be combined everywhere possible. This may affect the usual lane assignments so please stay alert!

Timing/Scoring System - We are using the Time Drop timing system.  We will need to train timers if they haven’t used the system before (it’s pretty simple). We will have a volunteer meeting at 5:45pm to go over specifics for the meet.

Warmups:

As the host team, Charleston Village will swim from 5pm-5:30. Bentwinds will warm up 5:30p-6p. Please ensure your swimmer is at the pool by 5:15PM at the latest.

Parent/Coach Relay:

If time and sunlight permits, Charleston Village coaches/parents would love to do a relay! We would do a relay with each leg swims 25yd freestyle.

Reminder:

Please do not allow your child to stray from the designated kids area. The kid pushers will not be able to find them and they could miss their event. Kids straying from their designated area makes the kid pushers job much more difficult.

Observers:

Please do not stand at the sides or edges of the pool. These areas must remain clear for coaches, judges, timers, kid pushers and clerks of course to do their jobs. No one is allowed in the diving well or shallow end at any point in time during the evening.

Post Meet:

-Please clean up your area.

Note: We understand that there are circumstances out of our control sometimes that forces us to make changes to our plans. If someone gets sick or you must make a last minute change to your declaration, please let Kim or the coaches know ASAP.

Coach Kourtney: [email protected]

Coach Meghan: [email protected]

Coach Kayla: [email protected]

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This weeks schedule: 

Monday - Regular practice 

Tuesday - meet at Charleston Village 

Wednesday - practice for the champions hip meet. 

Thursday - practice for the championship meet. 

Friday - End of Season Celebration and Awards. DJ, BBQ dinner, Awards, and games! Be sure to sign up and include the name of each family member who will be joining us. (This event is for immediate family only) 

Sunday - Championship Meet. A separate email will be sent out to participating swimmers (parents) with details and links for required forms.  Good luck to our swimmers participating in this great event!

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Lets go Barracudas!