SAFETY FIRST

Parents, please know that safety is our team’s primary concern. While we do live in a great neighborhood, we must remain ever vigilant in regard to our children’s safety. Over 500 people attend our swim meets and anyone is welcomed; in short, we do not know everyone in attendance.

With this in mind, know that your swimmer MUST be supervised by an adult while they are at swim meets.  Coaches and Board members are NOT responsible for supervision of swimmers during meets. From the minute your child arrives for check-in until they leave the meet for the evening, they must have an adult at the meet providing supervision. If you leave for any reason, (to get dinner, run home for a jacket, etc.), or you are arriving later than your child due to a scheduling difficulty, your child MUST have an adult at the pool who is responsible for him/her.

Team up with your children’s friends’ parents and swap duties when one of you is unavailable. Make sure your child knows whose care they are in as well. Of course, any swimmer old enough to drive to the meet only needs a parent there to cheer them on, but even these swimmers’ emergency forms need to be kept up to date. Thank you for the effort you make to keep your child involved and SAFE!

Cardless Computer Preseeding

Due to computer pre-seeding everyone must check in AT LEAST 45 minutes prior to the start of the meet so we are sure of who is present. If swimmers don’t check-in they will be taken out of their events and will not swim! If you know that you will be late to the meet PLEASE have a friend check in your swimmers.  We count on you to do a great job of letting the coaches know if your swimmers will not be attending a meet and of checking in at the beginning of the meet, so we will have as few bumps with this new system as possible - it’s really quite simple - CHECK IN ON TIME TO SWIM!!

When your swimmer reports to the clerk they will be told their heat and lane and helped to find the correct chair. Heat sheets will be posted at home meets (and may be available for purchase at away meets) for those wishing to know the heat and lane of their swimmer in advance of the event.

What time do swim meets start?  All official events in swim meets begin promptly at 6:00 PM. but the final seeding of meets is done and teams warm-up prior to the beginning of meets.  Please arrive at home swim meets at 4:30 PM for check-in, directions and warm-ups. Plan to arrive at away swim meets at 4:45 PM for check-in, warm-ups and directions, unless otherwise notified.  Read updates in the weekly newsletter for any changes in arrival times. Make sure to check-in on time or your swimmer will be scratched from his/her events!

Where should I park?  Please try to carpool, walk (bring a flashlight for the trek home), or drive only one car per family to home swim meets.  Our team is large and visiting teams are also large so we will need to reserve as many parking places as possible for the visiting team.  You can park along Old School Road and walk through the tunnel, but please do not park at The Gardens or in the Holly Glen condo parking lots. Do not park along the circle in front of the Lakehouse – this is the FIRE LANE and needs to be kept clear in case of an emergency and do not park along Twin Hickory Lake Drive – cars parked in either the emergency lanes or along Twin Hickory Lake Drive will be ticketed and towed.  We appreciate your cooperation and patience with the challenging parking situation.  

Look for directions to the away meets at the end of this handbook and parking information for away meets in the weekly newsletters.

What should my family bring to a swim meet?  Suggestions: 2-3 beach towels per swimmer, chairs, sweatpants and sweatshirts, raingear in case of bad weather, games, books, fruit, water, money for concessions, a sharpie marker for writing event numbers on hands, and plenty of enthusiasm!

Our concessions stand is our main fundraiser for the team.  The concessions committee will be requesting donations from EVERY family at each home meet – please watch the newsletter for the items requested and help us out by delivering all items to the concession stand by 5:30 p.m. on the evening of the meet.

What do I do when I arrive?  Upon arriving at the pool, swimmers and parents must check-in with the check-in parents who will be at a table outside the entrance of the pool.  They will confirm the events your child is swimming and your volunteer assignments. 

At away meets, you will be informed about the location of restrooms, concessions, seating area, Clerk of Course area and so on. Take your child to the Clerk of Course before the meet so he/she will know how to find it when called to his/her events.  Find a seat and listen for warm-ups to be called.  Have fun cheering on your child!