Good morning, Gators!

This weekend is the big SOSL Championship meet! Bring your cap, goggles, and towel as it is sure to be a busy day! Don't forget to RSVP for team dinner by NOON today (7/11).

Location: West Carrollton (Wilson Park Pool)- 1226 S. Elm St., Miamisburg, OH 45449

1. Please arrive at the pool a few minutes early so your swimmer is ready to go. In water warm ups begin at 7:05 A.M.; swimmers will need to have caps and goggles on and meet the coaches at 6:55 A.M. at the camp area to ensure we are at our lanes by 7:05 A.M. Stretching will move to just before relay line ups (approximately 7:50 A.M.) as there is a bit of time between warm ups and when we actually swim.
2. For our Championship meet, our team will sit outside the back gate to the pool area. Families can head over to the West Carrollton pool to set up tents for Saturday's Championship meet any time after 7 P.M. on a Friday.(see attached map for where our team camp will be).

   

   Please only set tents up in our team’s designated area & be sure to stake them down, so they don’t go on an adventure in the wind over night. :)
   • NOTE: There is an event downtown on Friday night. Elm Street will be closed at Central and Slonaker. Please see the area marked in red. You will need to find an alternate route when coming for set up.
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3. "Athlete entries" are attached to this email. Heat sheets will be sold in the Championship booklet, the cost is $5 or you can share with a friend 🙂 They will accept cash or Venmo.
4. Volunteer check-in: Gator Volunteer Sign with Shauna at the tent with the "Gators Volunteer Sign.” See Volunteer Assignments at the bottom of this email.

• 1st shift (events 1-20) volunteers- check-in by 7:30a
• 2nd shift (events 21-40) volunteers- check in by event 11 or sooner
• 3rd shift (events 41-60) volunteers- check-in by event 31 or sooner
• 4th shift (events 61-80) volunteers- check-in by event 51 or sooner
• Remember to check-in by the designated time as late check-ins may result in the team having to fill your shift and not receiving volunteer credit.
• We have had to move people around from ribbons and standby into manning the bell heat table.
• If you would be interested to be a standby for any portion of the meet, please let us know.
• Please make sure to report to your shift about 2 events prior to your start time (ie. 2nd shift report at event 19)
• ALL Officials Meeting at 7:45 A.M. near the scoring tent/peninsula behind slide (start end of pool)
• Timer (first shift only) Meeting at 7:45 A.M. behind the starting blocks
  • ****Please note: Shift change meetings will occur approx. 15 minutes prior to each shift change. Timers will meet under the Pavilion on the starting side of the pool at this time. Team representatives; please make sure your timers attend this meeting. There will be shift changes at Event 20, 40 and 60.

4. Parking- The parking lot at West Carrollton fills up quickly, so many people park on Wilson Park Dr. and walk to the pool. Miamisburg and Germantown may park in the grass area near their camp areas that will be marked (entrance off of Wilson Park Dr.). Please do not park in the grass between the park and the pool.

5. Remember, the entire league attends this meet, so it is a very busy place. The league would like to remind everyone to be good stewards of our team and league, so please make sure to comply with requests of the hosting team. Attached you will find the League Code of Conduct if anyone wants to refresh the expectations prior to the meet.

6. Additionally, the hosting team would like to remind everyone that no grills (or anything with a propane tank) are permitted at the meet due to fire regulations, the city will be enforcing this.

7. Check out our Facebook page for information about the Friendship Bracelet exchange if you are interested in partaking, as well as the raffle baskets that will be at the meet.

8. They will accept cash or Venmo for concessions, programs, and raffle basket entries at the meet.

9. Bring lots of snacks, drinks, and sunscreen! And remember to have fun and swim hard!

If anything changes and your swimmer can no longer attend the meet, please email Coach Amanda at [email protected] ASAP. See you poolside bright and early Saturday morning.!

Go Gators!

VOLUNTEER ASSIGNMENTS (Sent yesterday in a separate email to volunteers with more detailed information)

1. Bell Heat Assignment

• Below is your assignment for the ribbons portion of the meet. Bell heats will be marked on the heat sheet you are given. You will ring the bell signaling it is a bell heat. Whoever wins the bell heat will come to your table to get a prize.