Good evening, Torpedo Family!
I want to thank everyone for the well-wishes as I recover from last week's surgery. I'm sorry I am not with you tonight in Granite and won't be with you all at Sprint/Distance. I look forward to being back for our last two meets in Shelby. PLEASE SIGN UP FOR BOTH OF THESE MEETS BY MONDAY, JULY 15!
Now, to business!
For this coming Saturday at Forest City for the Sprint/Distance Meet, please be ready to enter the pool by 8:50am. 15 Minute warm ups will be at 9am, but we don't want to miss the brief window we will have. We will be in lanes 1-3 to warm up (4, 4, and 5 swimmers in each lane). We will need four timers for the entire day, with two in each session. Please sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084CABAE2AAAF58-50300312-2024
Tents will not be allowed inside the fence on the pool deck. Feel free to sit under the pavilion. If you ordered a shirt, they will be available at the meet. There will be a handful of additional shirts available first come, first serve.
Clerk of Course will be handled a little differently from a normal meet. Each swimmer will need to check in at the red tent near the pavilion like normal at FC, but from there, it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to get to the proper heat/lane.
MILE SWIMMERS: You will need to check in by 6:15am. If you aren't in the first heat (there will be 4), my suggestion is to bypass the pool warm up and warm up out of the water with some light calisthenics. We will have heat sheets Friday, and I will send those out to everyone so you know what heat of the mile you are in. You will need two timers and a lap counter. Feel free to recruit other swimmers from other heats to assist during this.
Parents and coaches will get to join in the fun about mid-way through the meet with the "Flamingo Folly" Relay: Teams of 4 (parents and coaches). We will provide floats. You can have up to 2 entries per team. We are planning to run 2 heats. The relay will be around the halfway point of the meet. Rules: Swimmer must remain on the float while they are in the water. No air can be removed from the floats.
FC has included a map for you to use to for reference. Please check the notes on the bottom of the picture.
