Good evening, Seals Parents,

Thanks ALL for your support in making our first home meet a blast! (Our family is still talking about the excitement of the Boys 11-12 Medley Relay!)

If you only do two things this week, let your children know that you love them AND make sure to declare your swimmers before 6:00P CDT, Wednesday. You can declare your swimmers here:

https://ccrseals.swimtopia.com/swim_meets/573078/s...

We hope that you are excited for our first away meet of the season – Saturday morning, we travel to Travis Country to swim with the Sharks. The forecast is sunny and hot (the good times could not last forever)

MEET ENTRY DETAILS

https://traviscountry.swimtopia.com/visiting-team-...

ADDRESS: 4100 TRAVIS COUNTRY CIRCLE 78735

• Travis Country is a big team. We are limiting the number of individual events to three (3)
• As always, if there is any risk in your Saturday plans, please do not sign up for relays. There is no other way to say it, rescheduling relays is as fun as washing your car with an old toothbrush
• The event order will be: 1. IM (fly/back/breast/free) / 2. Butterfly / 3. Backstroke / 4. Freestyle Relay / 5. Freestyle (point where every parent rethinks the amount of caffeine they need to get through a full meet) / 6. Breaststroke / 7. Medley Relay (back/breast/fly/free)

MEET TIMELINE

6:00A: Set-up Crew begins

6:30A: Age Group Parents check in

6:45A: Age Group Parents ready to check in swimmers

7:00A: Swimmers and all other volunteers arrive and check in

7:25A – 7:50A: Circle C Seals warm up

7:30A: Head Volunteer meetings on the pool deck

7:50A: First call to Ready Bench

7:55A: National Anthem

8:00A: Meet begins

11:00A: Volunteer shift change

2:00P: Meet ends (do not shoot the messenger; it is a smaller pool)

VOLUNTEER REMINDER

Any volunteer changes/additions, please contact our Volunteer Coordinators, Bethany and Alison via email at ccsealsvolunteercoordinator@gmail.com

IMPORTANT LOGISTICAL NOTES

• Parking is limited. Please factor walk from car to pool into your morning plans. Please do not park in crosswalks or block hydrants. We will not be towed, but we will be ticketed. For the 18th consecutive year, there is not a Parking Violation Fund in our Seals budget
• There will be port-a-potties to supplement the pool restrooms. Carefully consider your beverage intake …
• Spectators are welcome to set up chairs wherever they can find space that does not interfere with swimmer/coach movement and safety
• Only coaches, swimmers and select volunteers should be on the pool deck. And absolutely no photos or videos from directly behind the starting blocks
• The Shark Shack will be open and promises some of the best food you will eat on a Saturday morning, adjacent to a pool, that is not in Circle C -- please study the meet schedule to strategize on the best time to visit the Shack AND please let an AGP know whenever you are taking your swimmer on a walkabout

SEALS SPIRIT

Orange is the only color, without a verbal modifier, that is also tasty. Let's all have good taste and wear Orange Saturday

A SERIOUS NOTE

There were dots of sadness on Saturday over DQs. To this we share:

"Failure is the entry price of success. If we do not embrace being awkward beginners, we will never grow to be graceful masters" -- Someone nearly as wise as Eric Marshall

We all hope that you find Seals to be a joyful place for our children to be awkward beginners.

Thanks & GO SEALS!

Chuck

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