June 9th - Meet Details!
T.G.I.F. Seals!
Let’s rev up that orange & black spirit as we visit the Travis Country Sharks tomorrow morning!
Please give yourself enough time to arrive, park and get settled into your age group tents before warm-ups.
The meet timeline is ahead of schedule, so please note the changes & other important details below:
TIMELINE
6:25 am: Seals Set Up Crew Begins Set Up of Age Group Tents
6:50 am: Age Group Parents Check In
7:00 am: Swimmers and All Other Volunteers Arrive and Check In
7:30-7:50 am: Circle C Warm-up
7:30 am: Volunteer Meetings (see below)
7:50 am: First call to Ready Bench (loudspeaker use prohibited before 8am)
7:58 am: National Anthem
8:00 am: Meet Begins
10:45 am: Break between Events 26 and 27 – Shift Change
12:45 pm: Meet Ends (approx.)
VOLUNTEER MEETING LOCATIONS (See map - last portion of this email)
Timers: meet under the timer tents
Stroke and Turn Judges: meet under the tree near the front gate; please provide 4-6 judges per team
Ready Bench: meet at the ready bench on the North side of the pool (under the trees – near timer tents)
Runners: meet at the computer desk (located on the West side of the pool under the red tent)
Ribbons: meet at ribbons desk near timer and computer desk
IMPORTANT DETAILS (From TC):
Visiting Age Group Areas: The age group areas and visiting team areas will be located outside of the pool in the shady areas and on the basketball court, opposite the TC age group tents. We have trees on the outside of the pool for shade for our visiting teams.
Parking: Parking is limited. Please be good to our neighbors and do not block driveways. Also, remember not to park in crosswalks, intersections or near fire hydrants as APD has ticketed in the past.
Concessions: Our Shark Shack concessions stand serves a full breakfast and lunch menu. Breakfast begins around 6:30 with a variety of breakfast tacos (and a full salsa bar), P. Terry's banana bread, yogurt, donuts and other pastries, (free) fruit, two selections of coffee (Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts) and assorted juices. A little later in the morning we serve sausage wraps (regular and jalapeno). Lunch begins around 10:30 with Frito Pie (with either chili or barbeque brisket), hot dogs (including loaded dogs with chili and the fixings), Double Dave’s pizza slices, veggie burgers, chips & queso and Italian meatball subs. A little before noon we begin serving hamburgers, cheeseburgers and pulled pork barbecue tacos. A variety of other snacks and drinks are served throughout the day.
See our full menu here. (Along with cash we accept credit and debit cards for your convenience.)
Parent/Coach Relay: If time permits, we will have parent and coach relay during the break after Event 26. We will have enough room for three teams each.
Directions to Travis Country’s Hilltop pool:
Access Travis Country from SW Parkway by turning onto Republic of Texas Blvd. Follow Republic of Texas back into the neighborhood. The Hilltop swimming pool is located at the corner of Republic of Texas Blvd and Travis Country Circle at the back of our neighborhood.
4100 Travis Country Circle
Austin, Texas 78735
IMPORTANT DETAILS (From Seals)
Volunteers: Please check in at the Volunteer Coordinator Table, which will be located by the Zoo (basketball courts).
Return Volunteer Badges when you’re finished volunteering! There’ll be a tub to drop them into in the same spot as you picked them up.
If it is an emergency and you can’t fill your shift, please EMAIL our Volunteer Coordinators DIRECT at [email protected]. If it is the morning of, please TEXT Lynn Waldman at 512.653.7013 *Susan Williams out of town!
Swimmer Cancellations: If your swimmer can't make it at the last second, please TEXT Kim Horek (in Matt’s Absence) at 773.909.6075.
Heat Sheets: The HEAT SHEETS will be available in Swimtopia by this evening and our computer team will let you know via email and Facebook.
Just a few more!
- Mark up your swimmers (Event, Heat, Lane)
- Bring: sunscreen, bug spray, WATER, healthy snacks, tent activities & your best manners (not that our kids need a reminder;)
- Theme: PIRATES (don’t forget your Seals T Shirts!)
It’s going to be a great meet tomorrow!
GO SEALS!
Kim
