Address of the meet tonight:

Banbury Woods Address:

Shadowview Court
Raleigh, NC 27614

Weather:

In the case of weather-related event please look for communication through email from Mary Elizabeth or myself. If it thunders there will be a 30 minute delay and swimmers will be asked to leave the pool deck. In certain circumstances heat 1 will only swim each race for each age group. In these circumstances the coaches and officials hope to come back and allow the other heats to compete.

The meet will be postponed until tomorrow if we are unable to complete the meet tonight.

Below are a few preparation points:

Time Schedule:

5:15pm Arrival Time

5:20pm Check in with coaches/team meeting

5:30pm Warmups

5:45pm Swimmers age 7-10 line up for Medley relay

6:00pm Meet Start

Meet Warm Up: Swimmers who are a Guppy, Tetra and Minnow will swim between 1-6 laps during warmups. Swimmers will dive off the blocks, swim a lap, then walk around to the starting blocks. One lap of each stroke. All swimmers will swim distances based on their ability. Please ask your swimmer if they understand the warmups.

***all swimmers are asked to stand in the coaching box and cheer during the freestyle relays

Ways Parents can Support their swimmers during the meet:

A.Please ask your swimmer how they are reaching the team’s three goals on a personal level.

Our team goals of the week are:

1.Cheering

2.Sportsmanship

3.Turns and Starts

a.Starts- Dive, Backstroke Start and Relay Start

b.Turns- flip turn and open turn

B.Encourage your swimmer to talk to a coach before and after each race to receive feedback from coaches. This is required for swimmers who are age 10+.

C.Encourage your swimmer to arrive at the Clerk of Course (or meet their kid pusher) in a timely manner!!!! This is imperative tonight as we will be trying to get through the meet prior to thunder.

D.Express to swimmer’s their personal improvement about their races from practice the past three weeks, the previous meet, and time trials.