Waverunners,

Please RSVP prior to Memorial Day for this meet! Here is a video of how to do it :) 

Swimtopia RSVP Process

Our swim meet outline is below, please review it to familiarize yourself with how Meet Day goes.

Swim Meet Info:

• Opponent: Cooper's Pond
• Location: Waterton Community Pool (Home Meet)
• Report Time: 5:15 PM (4 PM for set up crew)
• Warm Up time: 5:30 PM
• Start Time: 6:00 PM

Swim Meet Outline:

• 4 PM - Waterton Communities Pool closes to members for swim meet set up
• 4-5 PM - Concession stand set up, pool set up, deck cleanup of furniture, team arrival (please try to be at the pool by 5:15 PM)
• 5 PM - visiting team arrives
• 5:05 PM - visiting team begins warm-ups
• 5:30 PM - Waterton warm-ups
• By 5:30 PM - volunteers check in at computer room
• 5:45 PM - Timers/Judges/Starter Meetings
• 6:00 PM - Meet begins

Meet Format:

Our swim meets tend to last close to four hours, with most of the 10 and under events coming in the first two hours. As you familiarize yourself with our heat sheet and pacing, you can better gage on when you can leave once your swimmer has finished their events and you have served your volunteer spots at each meet. We recommend you check in with coach prior to leaving to ensure you are not needed for a relay.

Each swimmer can swim up to 3 individual events and two relays. Relays are generated by best times in each stroke or in freestyle. Each gender and age group has two relays: freestyle (all swimmers do freestyle) and medley (each swimmer does a different stroke). At our meets we will try to have as many relays as possible so our swimmers can get more practice, it just depends on our numbers at each meet.

Meet Rules & Expectations:

• Please park properly in the parking lot. We will have some reserved spots for key volunteers to load and unload their gear for the meet, but the rest of the parking lot is first come first serve. We ask that all overflow parking parks on the left side of the street (from the perspective of one driving towards the pool). This leaves room for cards to come in and out and for an ambulance to get to the pool quickly in case of an emergency
• Parents must stay in observer's section at all times except when recording/watching their swimmer
• Please bring your own chairs/blankets to sit in, we are not allowed to use the HOA furniture on Meet Day
• We ask that the area at each end of the pool be kept as clear as possible outside of times you are watching/recording your swimmers, we need that space for our volunteers, swimmers, and coaches to operate
• There will be no traffic near the starter stand, we will have this blocked off. This area is for coaches and head volunteers only to help keep the meet on track
• We encourage good sportsmanship at all times, including at our own kids. We are all competitive, but a huge part of the success of summer swim is encouraging one another. Waterton is a positivity only zone :)
• Please make sure you report by 5:30 PM to the computer room to check in on meets you have first half volunteer shifts, and by event 30 for second half volunteers
• Keep your area clean

I will send out the heat sheet with a few quick reminders on Tuesday, let's go Waverunners!

Gio De La Peña