Good afternoon, Team Seals,

Let’s get ready for CHAMPS!

Our meet mantra will be focus, confidence, achievement! (Eric Marshall promises to wear a replica Derek Jeter jersey because Jeter represents the ultimate in focus, confidence and achievement)

CHAMPS DETAILS

ADDRESS: RRISD AQUATICS CENTER | 2801 Gattis School Rd, Round Rock, TX 78664

Champs will be conducted in TWO SESSIONS

SESSION 1 TIMELINE (10 and under)

6:00A: Gates open – tent set-up

6:30A: Age Group Parents check in

6:40A: Age Group Parents ready to check in swimmers

6:45A: Swimmers and all other volunteers arrive and check in

6:45A: Coaches meeting (Lane 4/5/6 @ 25 start)

7:00A: Marshals meeting (Lane 10 @ 25 start) + Starters Meeting (Lane 1 @ 50 start)

7:15A – 7:45A: Circle C Seals warm up

7:25A: All other Volunteer Meetings: Starters + Stroke & Turn meet at Lane 10 (@ 50 start) / Ready Bench volunteers meet at Ready Bench / Timers meet at Lanes 4/5/6 (@ 50 start) / Awards meet at Computer Room / Hospitality meet at Lane 10 (@ 25 start) / Heat Ribbons + Floaters meet at Lane 10 (@ 50 start)

7:50A: First call to Ready Bench

7:55A: National Anthem

8:00A: Session 1 begins

1:25P: Session 1 ends (we will all summon our Seals strength!)

SESSION 2 TIMELINE (11 and up)

1:20P: Age Group Parents check in

1:25P: Age Group Parents ready to check in swimmers

1:30P: Swimmers and all other volunteers arrive and check in

1:40P: Session 2 Coaches meeting (Lane 4/5/6 @ 25 start)

1:45P – 2:15P: Circle C Seals warm up

1:45P: Marshals meeting (Lane 10 @ 25 start) + Starters Meeting (Lane 1 @ 50 start)

1:50P: All other Volunteer Meetings: Starters + Stroke & Turn meet at Lane 10 (@ 50 start) / Ready Bench volunteers meet at Ready Bench / Timers meet at Lanes 4/5/6 (@ 50 start) / Awards meet at Computer Room / Hospitality meet at Lane 10 (@ 25 start) / Heat Ribbons + Floaters meet at Lane 10 (@ 50 start)

2:30P: Session 2 begins

7:40P: Session 2 ends ("There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead …")

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbE8E1ez97M

THINGS WE KNOW

• Volunteer changes should be made before Wednesday at 6P. If you have any last minute changes, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Bethany Pendleton at [email protected]
• This will be the longest drive of the season, please allow for extra drive time and parking
• It will be Texas hot. We will set up extra tents for a Parent’s Zoo, but feel free to bring: your own pop-up tents, umbrella chairs, fans, ice chests, and the patience of a first grade substitute teacher
• Parents will not be permitted in the swimmer zoo other than drop and departure. Please make sure your swimmer has everything they need, including cash for food trucks (see below)
• For safety and access reasons, there is a hard capacity limit for the pool. This limit is being strictly enforced. We encourage you to come and view your swimmers’ events, but respectfully ask that you return to the Zoo area when their event is concluded
• Also for safety reasons, ONLY coaches, swimmers and select volunteers are allowed on the pool deck in the start and finish areas. And absolutely no photos or videos from directly behind the starting blocks
• The event order will be: 1. IM (fly/back/breast/free) / 2. Butterfly / 3. Backstroke / 4. Freestyle Relay / 5. Freestyle (point where many parents deliriously wonder, “Round Rock is north, shouldn’t it be cooler?”) / 6. Breaststroke / 7. Medley Relay (back/breast/fly/free)

THINGS WE THINK WE KNOW, BUT MAY CHANGE

• Starting blocks (optional) will be used for all individual events. They will NOT be used for all 10-and-under relays
• Concessions: we will have a number of food trucks adjacent to the Zoo area. The Aquatic Center does not have concessions. AGPs will be responsible for taking swimmers to purchase food

THING I PROMISE NOT TO EMAIL YOU ABOUT NEXT MONDAY

We have much less flexibility in changing heat sheets for Champs, especially for relays. Please let me know ASAP if there are changes to your schedule and you need to cancel

THE SEALS SPIRIT THING

“Orange, orange, orange, orange, orange … orange, orange, orange, orange, orange, we LOVE you!” – Bowser

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imSefM4GPpE

AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING

Have fun and cheer loudly! We are making uniquely amazing memories

Thanks for EVERYTHING and GO SEALS!

Chuck Shorter, Meet Director // [email protected] | 646-246-3524

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