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 10-11 (Fri & Sat) and will be held at the Fort Oglethorpe City Pool.

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 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 5:30) 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, 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 which events your swimmer would like to compete in.  Some of you have already replied YES on the RSVP section, please return there and specify the events.  If you are only competing in a single day, please note that.  We will assume that everyone that is swimming on a given day is available for relays unless you indicate otherwise.  No need to specify age -- just distance and stroke.

As an example, I might type... Anna Boyd 25free, 25breast, 25fly, 25back, 100IM.

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

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

Order of Events Friday Afternoon, July 10th
11-12 50 yd Breaststroke (Finals)
13-14 50 yd Breaststroke (Finals)
15-18 50 yd Breaststroke (Finals)
11-12 100 yd Freestyle
13-14 100 yd Freestyle
15-18 100 yd Freestyle
11-12 100 yd IM (Finals)
13-14 100 yd IM (Finals)
15-18 100 yd IM (Finals)
11-12 200 Medley Relay (Finals)
13-14 200 Medley Relay (Finals)
15-18 200 Medley Relay (Finals)

Order of Events Saturday Morning, July 11th
8 and Under 25 yd Butterfly (Finals)
9-10 50 yd Butterfly (Finals)
6 and Under 25 yd Freestyle (Finals)
8 and Under 25 yd Freestyle (Finals)
9-10 50 yd Freestyle (Finals)
6 and Under 25 yd Backstroke (Finals)
8 and under 25 yd Backstroke (Finals)
9-10 50 yd Backstroke (Finals)
8 and under 100 yd Freestyle Relay (Finals)
9-10 200 yd Freestyle Relay (Finals)

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

The deadline for entries is Wednesday, June 24 by the end of night practice.  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