Good Afternoon, Team Seals!

PLEASE READ THIS EMAIL IN FULL, EVEN IF YOU'RE A VETERAN SEALS FAMILY. THINGS ARE DIFFERENT FOR 2026.

CHAMPS is approaching rapidly, and given the introduction of an additional team into our league, I can tell you the powers that be are FREAKING OUT at the potential length of festivities on Saturday, June 20th. 

AS SUCH, the league is opening sign ups NOW to get an understanding of swimmer participation, heats required, etc. 

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• We are proceeding with the intention of allowing all swimmers to swim up to three (3) individual events. 
• In order to be eligible to swim an event at CHAMPS, a swimmer must have a legal time from the 2026 season. You will see this in the sign ups. 
• If your swimmer achieves a legal time in one of the remaining two meets of the season (this weekend or June 13th at Travis Country), they will be eligible to register for that event in a one-off capacity. 

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Also, please be sure to indicate if your swimmer is available for relays. 

*IMPORTANT RELAY NOTE FOR 2026* -- Please plan to have your swimmer attend the full session for your age group if you intend to swim relays. If you are not present for the start of your session, we are forced to make contingency plans with the league-wide computer team, and it gets very, very messy. 

DECLARE your swimmer by the cutoff. 

The cutoff is Tuesday, June 9th at 6:00 PM. 

*We CANNOT accept late entries for Champs* 

Declare your swimmer here.

Please declare your swimmer's status for the meet, even if your swimmer will not be able to attend. And if you need some guidance, you can read this great post about how to sign up for meets.

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BUT Joel, what even is CHAMPS?

Great question. CHAMPS is the final meet of the Capital City Summer League's season. While weekend meets during the season see the Seals competing with one or two other teams, CHAMPS is the meet where ALL NINE teams compete against each other all at once.

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THINGS WE KNOW TODAY:

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

Champs will be conducted in TWO SESSIONS. 

Session 1 is ALL 10U Swimmers. 

• It will likely start at 8:00 AM 
• 6:45 AM was the swimmer arrival time in 2025

Session 2 is ALL 11+ Swimmers. 

• It will likely start at ~2:30 PM
• 1:30 PM was the swimmer arrival time in 2025

Timelines, as of today, are not crystal clear and will be communicated via a Meet Logistics email in the coming weeks.

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I will have much, much more information soon. 

For now, if you're planning to attend CHAMPS, please register your swimmer. 

You will hear from me again on this point early next week.

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Thanks & Go Seals!

Joel Stubblefield, Meet Director

[email protected] | 704-451-9705