Tidal Waves,

Believe it or not, we have to start thinking about City Meet entries already even though it seems that we just started our meet season.  The meet is July 14-15 (Fri & Sat) and will be held at the Fort Oglethorpe Pool at Gilbert-Stephenson Park.

The City Meet Championship is a lot of fun for the swimmers and parents.  As a now somewhat veteran summer and year-round swim dad, I still say it is the best swim meet of the year.

Remember all of your fees for City Meet have already been paid in your registration.  We want to make a big splash and take as many swimmers as we can.  There is no restriction on the number of "point swimmers", so every swimmer has a chance to place top 16 which earns points for the team.  Let's sign up as many Tidal Waves as we can to WIN the BLUE DIVISION TROPHY!

Here's how it works...

10 & unders swim a morning session each day that ends around lunch time.  The 11 & ups swim the afternoon session each day beginning around lunch.  If your swimmer places top 16 in any event with finals (noted below), they come back for finals (around 5:00) in the evening.  Additionally, top 8 relay teams come back for finals as well.  The participants are introduced to the crowd before each event.  It can be a big thrill for your family!  Because each day stands on its own, you can swim just one day of the meet as well.

A swimmer can swim a maximum of 5 individual events over the 2 days.  You can choose those for your swimmer.  If you are unsure, ask your swimmer's coach, and he can give you guidance.  The coach will choose which swimmers swim relays.  We will likely enter multiple relays per age group (depending on number of swimmers in a given age group).  So if you have been swimming an A, B, or C relay at dual meets, you will likely swim relays at City Meet.  There is one relay event each day.

In order to sign up, we are asking that you do 2 things... Login to our website then please go to the RSVP page for the City Meet Championships on our website.  RSVP YES and type in the remarks section of the RSVP if your child is swimming one or both days.  We will assume that everyone that is swimming on a given day is available for relays unless you indicate otherwise.  Second thing... Go to the Swim Meets page, and click the Meet Entries icon (pic of a swimmer) next to City Meet.  This will open a screen where you can pick your swimmer and then choose the individual events they will swim.  Do not forget to click "Save" on this screen.

If you are using a mobile device, scroll to the bottom and click “View Full Site”. If you have any website problem with choosing your swimmer's events, feel free to email your choices to us, and we will get them added.

Below are the events and the day on which they fall...

Order of Events Friday Morning, July 14th
8 and Under yd 100 IM
9-10 yd 100 IM (has Finals)
8 and Under 25 yd Breaststroke (has Finals)
9-10 50 yd Breaststroke (has Finals)
8 and Under 50 yd Freestyle
9-10 100 yd Freestyle
8 and Under 100 yd Medley Relay (has Finals)
9-10 200 yd Medley Relay (has Finals)

Order of Events Friday Afternoon, July 14th
11-12 50 yd Breaststroke (has Finals)
13-14 50 yd Breaststroke (has Finals)
15-18 50 yd Breaststroke (has Finals)
11-12 100 yd Freestyle
13-14 100 yd Freestyle
15-18 100 yd Freestyle
11-12 100 yd IM (has Finals)
13-14 100 yd IM (has Finals)
15-18 100 yd IM (has Finals)
11-12 200 Medley Relay (has Finals)
13-14 200 Medley Relay (has Finals)
15-18 200 Medley Relay (has Finals)

Order of Events Saturday Morning, July 15th
8 and Under 25 yd Butterfly (has Finals)
9-10 50 yd Butterfly (has Finals)
6 and Under 25 yd Freestyle (has Finals)
7-8 25 yd Freestyle (has Finals)
9-10 50 yd Freestyle (has Finals)
6 and Under 25 yd Backstroke (has Finals)
7-8 25 yd Backstroke (has Finals)
9-10 50 yd Backstroke (has Finals)
8 and under 100 yd Freestyle Relay (has Finals)
9-10 200 yd Freestyle Relay (has Finals)

Order of Events Saturday Afternoon, July 15th
11-12 50 yd Butterfly (has Finals)
13-14 50 yd Butterfly (has Finals)
15-18 yd Butterfly (has Finals)
11-12 50 yd Freestyle (has Finals)
13-14 50 yd Freestyle (has Finals)
15-18 50 yd Freestyle (has Finals)
11-12 50 yd Backstroke (has Finals)
13-14 50 yd Backstroke (has Finals)
15-18 50 yd Backstroke (has Finals)
11-12 200 Freestyle Relay (has Finals)
13-14 200 Freestyle Relay (has Finals)
15-18 200 Freestyle Relay (has Finals)

The team deadline for entries is Monday, June 26 by Midnight.  We will take care of submitting entries to the league by the host team's deadline.

Thanks and we hope to see all of our Tidal Waves at City Meet Championships!
 

David Boyd

CASL Pool Rep