Good evening, 

Here are your details for Saturday's Meet at Home (It is also picture day so it's going to be early morning)

Arrival time: 6:45 AM (team picture is promptly at 7:00 and we will have a shorter 20 minute warm-up).  Because we only have use of 4 lanes we need to start at 8 AM to make sure we finish on time. 

Meet Start: 8:00 AM (as the home team we have first warm-ups)

Address for pool: HOME

Mt. View swimmers sit on the grass on the building side

SPECIAL NOTES: baby pool and slide/steps are off limits. Please keep your swimmers off these and out of theses. 

Additional Special Note: It is picture day. We will have team picture at 7 AM; and individuals can be before (or after).  If you opt for after you will miss part of warm-ups. 

VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED:

2- 2^nd half concessions
1- first half official
1 – 2^nd half official
Many to help tear down (Pool must be ready to open by 11:45)

Photography at meets notice: Parents are not permitted to video/photograph swimmers at the start or turn end of the pool. You may film or take photographs from the sides. This is a rule set by the league that we must follow.

Relays: We will be swimming free relays at the end of the meet. 

CAPS are in: If you ordered a personalized or plain silicone cap and didn’t pick up last week, please see Coach Jess. Didn't get a cap? We have some black with blue logo caps for sale at $10 each; and tie dye caps with black logos at $12 each. They will be available for purchase at the concession stand. We may also have some other Mt. View items for sale. 

Shirts & Spirit Wear: If you ordered these please make sure you pick them up on Friday or next Monday. 

Running Late? Sick on Saturday?

Please Please Please! If you are going to be late please email or text me (this is my email, my cell is 717-304-5718 please text!). Especially with relays early in the meet this week.

I also added many of our family members to REMIND two weeks ago. If you haven’t joined you are encouraged to do so here:

Text @mtview24 to the number 81010

They’ll receive a welcome text from Remind.
If anyone has trouble with 81010, they can try texting @mtview24 to (415) 749-9892.

Or https://www.remind.com/join/mtview24

What do I need to know, bring, or understand about a swim meet?

WHAT TO BRING:

Swim suit, swim cap and goggles (having extras is helpful)

Towels (more than one per swimmer)

Water/sports drinks – it’s going to be hot so a cooler is helpful to have cold drinks!

Team t-shirt or sweatshirt

Games/books to keep kids entertained between events

Folding chairs for parents and blanket or chair for swimmer (we aren’t permitted to use the chairs at the pool on meet days)

Nutritious snacks – bananas, granola bars, fruit snacks, yogurt, cereal, sandwiches.

Sunscreen and bug spray.

Cash to purchase a heat sheet (if available) and snacks.

BEFORE THE MEET STARTS

1.Arrive at the pool approximately 15 minutes before the scheduled warm-ups (that would be 7:15 this week)

2.Upon arrival, find a place to put your swimmer's blanket, swim bag, etc... The team usually sits in one place together, so look for some familiar faces.

3.Write each event number on your swimmer's arm in something waterproof (i.e., a sharpie is good for this). This will help him/her remember what events he/she is swimming and what event number to listen for.

3a. Swimmers events will be posted in Swimtopia around 6 PM Friday night. Please note that relays and lanes for all events *may* change, but individual events will stay the same unless they combine events. [Please note we will start at event 1 this week]

4.Your swimmer will now get their cap and goggles and report for the team's warm-up. It is important for all swimmers to warm up with the team. A swimmer's body is like a car on a cold day – he/she needs to get the engine going and warmed up before he/she can go all out.

5.After warm-ups, your swimmer will go back to the area where his/her team (and family) is sitting and wait there until his/her first event is called. This is a good time to make sure he/she goes to the bathroom if necessary, gets a drink, or just gets settled in.

6.All questions concerning meet results, an officiating call, or the conduct of a meet should be referred to a coach.

7.At some meets psych sheets will be available. It lists all swimmers in each event in order of “seed time”. When the team entry is sent in, each swimmer and his/her previous best time in that event is listed. If the swimmer is swimming an event for the first time, he/she will be entered as a “no time” or “NT”. A “no time” swimmer will most likely swim in the second or third heat of an event.

MEET STARTS

1.It is important for any swimmer to know what event numbers he/she is swimming (the reason to write this information on their arm). He/she may be swimming right away or have to wait awhile.

2.Most meets are computerized. There are generally two (2) ways a swimmer gets to his/her lane:

A swimmer usually reports directly to a staging area before he/she actually swims. Or at Dual meets typically, one or two team parents will make sure 10&U swimmers get to this staging area before each of their events. We have parents that help with line-up.

The Clerk of Course will usually line up all the swimmers in the staging area and take them down to their lane in the correct order. There are usually multiple heats for each event.

3.After your child has swam his/her event, he/she may ask the timer (people behind the blocks at each lane) what his/her time was.

4.Swimmers and parents can leave once a swimmer has swam all of his/her events, but please check with Coach Jess before you go to make sure we don't need you for something!

5.Results may be posted somewhere at the pool throughout the meet. It may also be on the app meet mobile.

*After the meet your results are loaded into swimtopia.

6.Awards (ribbons) are given to swimmers and will be available for pick up at the next practice. Our ribbons for the first meet are being held until we get all of them in terms of fairness to all swimmers (they realized they missed getting us some ribbons and we want to make sure they are all available).

Questions, please let me know!

Good luck Marlins!