First Dual Swim meet of the season!

Lochmere Meet Information
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at 6 pm
 

We swim at HOME against the Lochmere Swim Club.  Lochmere has approximately 200 swimmers. They are ranked 4th in Division 2 (Scotts Mill is ranked 6th, in Division 2),. This is an IN division meet and it looks to be a very fun and competitive meet!

10 & unders need to be at the pool by 4:30 pm, and 11 & ups need to be at the pool by 4:45 -- with sunscreen already applied. Please be prompt, swimmers will be warming up at 5:00 to ensure that the meet starts on time.

Meet will begin promptly at 6:00 pm. Please keep your swimmers in the dragon lair during the meet so that the kid pushers can find them.  Feel free to bring snacks/dinner from concessions to them, while they wait in the lair for their races to be called.

Lochmere has agreed to run all the 6&under events first, before the Medley Relay.  6&unders may leave after they swim their last event, but parent volunteers must stay until the end.

Swimmers should wear their team suits and team caps.  If you do not a have a Sea Dragon cap, wear no cap or a PLAIN cap (i.e. no other team names -- year-round team or high school -- on your cap).

Dive Overs: In an effort to speed up the meet, all 11 & up events will have dive overs.  Please remind your swimmers to remain in the pool until the next heat has started.  This applies for the freestyle, breaststroke and butterfly events.

Please leave the designated visitor seating area for our visiting team.

Parents and spectators should bring folding chairs. Due to limited space, no chairs are allowed in the dragon lair, except for parent volunteers.

Please allow our kid pushers and clerk of course crew to line up and seat your swimmers for their races. Do not walk your swimmer to the chairs behind the blocks as this confuses things and causes congestion.

Our HOA has requested that we do not allow our swimmers to write on their backs with permanent markers. The marker transfers to our deck chairs (not to mention your leather car seats) and leaves a terrible mess for our clean up crew.

Also remind your swimmers that it is good swimming etiquette to stay in the pool after a race until all the swimmers in the heat are finished. And handshakes and high-fives for the swimmers in the adjacent lanes are also way cool.


Volunteer Assignments

ALL Volunteers please check in with Cyndi Edgington or Mimi Switzer between 5:15- 5:30 at the volunteer table at the start end of the pool.  Meet officials (timers, Clerk of Course, and Judges) will need to attend an officials meeting at 5:45.

Parking

Due to our LIMITED parking, please walk, bike or carpool up to the pool. This will leave the parking spaces open for our visitors. If you must park on the street, please park on only on the Pool side of the road, as this will leave enough clearance for emergency vehicles. Remember that we are the host team, and allowing our guests ample parking is much appreciated by our guest team!

Concessions

Concession sales at the meets are a HUGE fundraiser for our team. All proceeds go directly back into the Sea Dragons' wallet!

Calling all Sea Dragon Parents!
We are requesting donations of baked goods and fruit to sell at our home swim meet this Tuesday! Please place baked goods and cut up fruit in ziplock baggies that we can sell for $1.00 each. Ideas include grapes, cut-up watermelon, brownies, cookies, muffins, etc. Make sure all baked goods are peanut-free. You may bring donations to the concessions area around 5pm on Tuesday night. Thank you for supporting our team!

Kona Ice After the Meet

Join your coaches and teammates for Kona Ice right outside the pool deck after the meet. This will be a great opportunity to celebrate our first successful swim meet, fellowship with our friends and neighbors, and enjoy a yummy sweet treat!  Kona Ice will donate a portion of their profit to the Scotts Mill Sea Dragons Swim Team.

Junior Dragons
Junior Dragons do NOT swim at this meet, unless you have previously cleared it with Coach Kevin.  There is no practice Tuesday evening.  Feel free to bring your Junior Dragon up to the meet for a short time to cheer on the Sea Dragons!