Tuesday's Meet at Carpenter Village
July 11th
Congratulations to all of our swimmers on Tuesday’s meet against Kildaire Farms! The Barracudas were quick in the water and came out victorious.
If you haven’t already declared your swimmer for Tuesday’s upcoming meet, please do so as soon as possible. All swimmers must be declared (attending or not attending) by 12:00 PM on Sunday. Please note below, per their request there can be NO SHARPIES on SWIMMERS' BACKS! Below are the meet details from Carpenter Village:
Pre-Meet Info:
- Carpenter Village Pool is located at 707 Carpenter Town Lane, Cary, 27519.
- Carpenter Village pool on Google map : https://goo.gl/maps/KGvMDJFXHPkQPcDbA
- TSA info : https://tsa.swimtopia.com/carpenter-village
- Parking is available at the pool as well as on the street, although limited. There is a retail area catty corner to the pool that has sufficient parking. See below for Google map showing available parking spaces.
- Warm-ups will begin at 5:00pm. Carpenter Village will warm up from 5:00-5:25pm and Bentwinds will warm up from 5:30-5:55pm. The meet will begin promptly at 6:00pm. Please have your swimmer there by 5:15 PM.
On the Deck:
- Bentwinds has been assigned the deck space on the East side of the pool, which is to the right as you enter. We will have the tents for the swimmers but please bring chairs and tents as needed.
- Concessions - They will have Chick Fil A and pizza. They always have plenty of drink options (water, soda, sports drinks), chips, and all the treats (sugar) beloved by swimmers. Cash or Venmo accepted.
- Our HOA has asked that the swimmers please DO NOT write on their backs with Sharpies/permanent markers. (When wet, this may stain the pool chairs we use to line up the swimmers. We typically write swimmer number on their arms to prevent this from happening.).
Volunteer Meeting:
- We will hold the volunteer meeting promptly at 5:45pm.
Swimming the Meet:
- Their pool has 6-lanes and they have official starting blocks. They DO NOT have lights, so we should finish by 8:30pm. Our starter will move quickly.
- Per their request ALL swimmers will swim three individual events only, to keep the meet moving.
- We will use dive-overs for ages 11 and up, except backstroke events.