It's Fun Meet day! We're looking forward to getting into meet mode and getting some times to match up with all our kids' hard work from practice. There are lots of notes for today, so here we go…

• Be sure you're set up to receive notifications from the SwimTopia app. It's June in the south, so thunderstorms are part of the forecast for the afternoon & evening. We will use SwimTopia Alerts to communicate any changes to the plan for tonight as events dictate.

• Warm-ups start at 4:30 and the meet will start at 5:30. We expect to be done somewhere in the 8:30 range. We have a lot of swimmers and it's the first meet of the year, so we want to thank everyone in advance for your patience and flexibility.

• Parents of 10 & under swimmers: it is your responsibility to help your child get to the staging area by the kiddie pool in time for their events. We will have deck parents lining them up and keeping the groups together once they're there, but we appreciate your help with getting them there in time. Event calls will be made by the meet announcer, so thanks for listening up for those and having your swimmer in the right place at the right time.

• Thanks to all our meet volunteers! We absolutely couldn't do this without you. If you have signed up for a job today, you will get an email shortly with relevant details for your job.

• Since this is the first time this year we'll have the whole group together at the pool (and it's a really big group), please take a minute to visit the website and familiarize yourself with the various parking options around the pool: https://www.tidalwavesswim.com/meetparking. There are a few changes for today which won't apply to our future dual meets. Those are:

1. We can park in the big parking lot on the south side of the pool. In the future, this will be our primary visiting team parking area. Please follow the excellent and appreciated directions of the parking crew so we can fit everyone in in an orderly manner.
2. We can use the lot between the two Gymnastics Center of Chattanooga buildings (the lot just north of the pool house area).

• New parents: you'll want to print a copy of the heat sheet document (coming later today) to have with you tonight so you can keep up with what's happening. If you're not familiar with how to mark your swimmer for a meet, get out your heat sheet and Sharpie and follow the info here: https://swimtopia.s3.amazonaws.com/2379/uploaded_files/28300/files/49745.pdf?1509432260. 
  • For the 10 & under swimmers, we also ask that you write their name and age on the back of their right shoulder to help the coaches and deck parents get & keep them organized for their events.

• Watch for heat sheets to come out via email later today.

If you have any questions prior to or during the meet, just find any board member (Andy, Misty, Lisa, Mechele, or David) and we'll be happy to help! 

As always, please feel free to reach out with questions via email at [email protected].

See you tonight!