Tidal Waves,

The first meet day is finally here!  The kids have been working hard and are ready to race!

We are using new league software for our first meet, so we urge patience.  Sometimes the first meet can be organized chaos.  Pitch in and volunteer where you can.

Support our concessions vendor Sea Dog if you are eating at the meet.  He will have all kinds of hot food, along with ARCTIC ICE!

Please make sure that you dispose of all trash that you generate at the meet.  We want to be good customers of our home pool.

There should be parking attendants around to provide instructions on where to park.  Please do not park in front of Real Sports Academy (RSA).  They might tow your car without warning.

Warmups will be at 4:30pm.  Please try to get there earlier than that to "check in" with our deck parents, but not before 4pm when the pool closes to regular customers.  There will be a roster of swimmers that our deck parents at the south gate will check off when your swimmer arrives.  If you have not received your swim cap, those will be available at the check-in table (if you have paid your Tidal Waves fees).  Remember we are wearing only Tidal Waves caps in this meet to look like a team.

Please "mark" your swimmer's name on his or her back shoulder so our deck parents can give them correct instruction.  Also, we are asking to keep all 8 & unders at one team tent and 9-10's at the other team tent.  We have so many in these age groups -- it is impossible to corral them from all over the pool deck.

The heat sheet at the meet will have all of the events listed.  They are numbered on the heat sheet, but the order will be slightly different than the numbered order.

The events will go as follows:

Exhibition Freestyle (Heat Sheet Events 101-110)

Freestyle for Points (Heat Sheet Events 1-10)

Breaststroke for Points (Heat Sheet Events 11-20)

Medley Relays (Heat Sheet Events 21-30)

Individual Medley for Points (Heat Sheet Events 31-38)

Exhibition Backstroke (Heat Sheet Events 111-120)

Backstroke for Points (Heat Sheet Events 39-48)

Butterfly for Points (Heat Sheet Events 49-58)

Freestyle Relays (Heat Sheet Events 59-68)

We have alternates on the heat sheet under most point swims.  If we need an alternate to take the place of a point swimmer, we will notify that swimmer ahead of the point swim.  If they are listed as an alternate in point events and not listed on the exhibition events, they should plan to do the exhibition swims anyway.

All swimmers not swimming for points in 3 individual events should plan on swimming the exhibition heats in freestyle, backstroke, and relays.  Every swimmer should be swimming individually in at least 2 maybe 3 events in addition to any relays they are in.  Encourage your swimmers to give their all in these events to improve their times in the hopes of earning a point swim.  Please do not leave before the freestyle relays if you are assigned to an A, B, or C relay.

Additionally feel free to use the exhibition races to get timed in something other than free or back.  Just remember to tell the timer to record the time under the stroke that you swam. 

Also parents, please follow the meet so you know when your child is to swim.  Find a deck parent to get them to their event.  Ultimately, the responsibility of swimming the event is on the swimmer and parents.

Dinner after the meet will be at Southern Burger at Cambridge Square.  They are one of our new 2014 sponsors.

As always, if you have any questions about the meet, the heat sheet, or anything else, please come see me or call!  My hope is for everyone to have a great swim meet experience.

 

Thanks and Go Tidal Waves!  Beat the Dolphins!

 

David Boyd
423-227-6570