YEEHAW! It's finally Friday Seals!

We are going to keep rollin', rollin', rollin' & keep those dogies rollin’ as we welcome our visiting teams, Travis Country (for the 3rd time!) and Hays County. It is our LAST "in-season" meet, and we are happily hosting at HOME. Let’s get that Seals spirit going and finish the season strong!

Below, please find the swim meet details:

TIMELINE:

6:00 am: Set Up Crew Begins Set Up, Early Gate Keepers Arrive

6:35 am: Age Group Parents Check In

6:45 am: Age Group Parents Ready to Check Swimmers In

6:50 am: Swimmers and All Other Volunteers Arrive and Check In

7:05-7:25 am: Circle C Warm-up (BE THERE or scratched from relays)

7:25-7:45 am: Away Teams Warm Up

7:30 am: Volunteer Meetings (see below)

7:50 am: First call to Ready Bench

7:55 am: National Anthem

8:00 am: Meet Begins

10:30 am: Approx time for shift change and break – between events 26 and 27 

12:00 pm: Meet Ends

Volunteer Meetings (7:30am):

Timers: Meet under the timer tents – Head Timer – Susanna Eilers

Stroke and Turn Judges: Meet under blue umbrellas near concessions on deck area – Head Stroke and Turn – Chad Gallun

Ready Bench: Meet at the Ready Bench on the southeast side (bathrooms/main entrance side) of the pool – Head Ready Bench – Shannon Berndt and Tyson Thomas

Runners: Meet by computer awning (located on the parking lot gate or south side of the pool) - Head Runner – Erin D’Andrea

Age Group Parents: Please arrive at 6:35 am and come ready to receive swimmers at 6:45 am!

Volunteers:

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 our Volunteer Coordinators, Lynn: 512.653.7013 and Susan: 713.376.1463.

NOTE: There are some shifts left to fill!

• 2 Boys 6 & Under AGP
• 1 Boys 9/10 AGP
• 1 Clean up
• 1 Floater Early
• 2 Floaters Late
• 2 Gate Keepers Early
• 2 Gate Keepers Late
• 1 Ready Bench

Please let our Volunteer Coordinators know if you are able to fill in!

OTHER IMPORTANT REMINDERS!

Parking:

We are requesting both the Seals team and our visitors to avoid parking on the residential streets around the pool (in particular Dedham Lane across Escarpment Blvd).

Instead, please park at one of 3 places:

(1) XPlor Preschool Xplor Preschool Parking

• Front Gate Near Cafe will be open until the meet begins
• PLEASE TRY TO PARK HERE FIRST!

(2) Along Lacrosse Ave

(3) Along Escarpment Blvd

In addition to parking in the locations requested, we’d like to remind everyone to also please obey all traffic laws for parking, pedestrian crossing, and driving – all with the understanding that we want to ensure a safe environment AND we don’t want any ‘reminders’ from police that we must do so. Finally, we want the Seals and the League to be considered ‘good neighbors’ within Circle C – please be courteous of our neighbors and not block driveways, etc. Thanks in advance for your consideration!

Swimmer cancellations: If your swimmer can't make it at the last second, please TEXT Matt: 512.808.7900. Matt lets the coaches know and adjusts the heat sheets (and for future meets, the relays).

Print your own heat sheets: The HEAT SHEETS will be available in Swimtopia this evening and our computer team will let you know via email and Facebook.

Concessions: The Cafe will be serving tacos, fruit cups, beer brats, hamburgers, and hot dogs. Bring your appetite!

Weather: We will be keeping a close eye on the weather. Any meet changes will be sent out via Facebook, text message, and email. Make sure you’re signed up for text alerts. Text @seals2018 to 81010 NOW to sign up if you haven’t yet.

Extra Resources: We post results to the Meet Mobile App if you’d like to see them sooner rather than later. Results are posted during the meet, with some delay after each event.
We update MeetBop, so you can see which heat and event we’re up to in real time.

Results: Matt will post meet results on the website, usually by Sunday evening after the meet. Check the website. Your swimmers’ times are also updated in your “My Account” section of the website.

Meet Set Up: Attached, please find the 2018 Set Up Map.

S.E.A.L. Parent/Coach Relay: Parent/Coach Relay will be ON for this week’s meet. Please get your four person team together and join us for some fun after event 26! The sign in sheet will be with the Gate Keeper located on the Escarpment side.

Can’t wait to see you all decked out in your Hats & Chaps (and orange & black of course)!

Head ’em up, move ’em out, and GO SEALS!

Kim