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Swim Meet 101

TEAM SUITS

Info for team suits can be found here

ATTENDANCE DECLARATION FOR MEETS

PARENTS YOU WILL HAVE TO SUBMIT AN ATTENDANCE DECLARATION FOR ALL MEETS THROUGH THE WEBSITE.

Click Swim Meets and Events tab > click on the green rectangle "Meet Entry Open" next to a swim meet date (i.e. Meet June 11th) > Edit > Choose "Attending" or "Not attending" (per child) > Save.

Repeat these instructions for ALL 7 MEETS!! 


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General Information

AWAY Meets

Swimmer Arrival Time 5:30 PM Warm Up Time 5:45 PM

HOME Meets
Swimmer Arrival Time 5:15 PM Warm Up Time 5:30 PM

All Meets
Start Time 6:00 PM First half workers, please arrive no later than 5:30 PM

REMEMBER: Items to Bring

  • team suit
  • goggles (plus a spare pair)
  • swim cap (must be “PDS” cap)
  • heat sheet printed from home (when applicable)
  • team shirt
  • dry clothing (including sweatshirt)
  • towels
  • chairs
  • black sharpie marker

PLAN TO ARRIVE NO LATER THAN 5:15pm at home meets and 5:30pm at away meets. We will warm-up, there will be an officials meeting (for anyone judging, timing, scoring, starting) and the meet will officially begin at 6:00 pm. Swimmers should wear their team suit to the meet, have their goggles properly fitted and wear a team cap. When you arrive, help your children get their event/heat/lane info written on their arm in sharpie marker, then over to their appropriate age group marked spot. Not sure where that is? Just bring your swimmer to the coaches. Home team warms up at 5:30pm and visitors at 5:45pm.


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How to read a Heat Sheet

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PLEASE DO NOT PUT SUNSCREEN ON SWIMMERS BEFORE THEY ARRIVE.

The marker won't write on top of sunscreen.

How to Mark your swimmer's arm, leg, shoulder...For a 9 yo girl swimming EVENT (E) 15, 2nd HEAT (H), in LANE 5 (L) and EVENT 23, 3rd HEAT, in lane 6 ...it should look like this:

E H L

15 2 5 BK

23 3 6 FR

Where to Mark?

A good place to mark is the inside of wrist where they can easily view and read events.  Here is an example of what it should look like:


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Weather Note

Practice and swim meets take place in the rain. However, any sound of thunder or instance of lightning clears the pool until at least 30 minutes have passed without a recurrence. The safety of all swimmers is of the greatest importance. Decisions to close the pool are made by the lifeguards; please follow their instructions. If there is stormy weather in the area we will be monitoring it closely and send notice if practice is canceled. Please download the Swimtopia app and allow for push notification in order to be notified via text message and cancelations or changes to practices or meets.


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