Parents and Swimmers,

I hope you are all as excited as we are about champs on Saturday! Our swimmers have worked hard all season and we look forward to celebrating their successes this weekend. I am attaching a number of documents for you to look over. All questions regarding parking, seating, warm-ups, etc. can be found in these documents.

If your swimmer is 10 & under our warm-ups will be from 8:00-8:25 in lanes 3 & 4. This means that our swimmers should have their caps on and be behind the blocks by 8:00 pm. Please have your swimmer on deck by 7:45 to allow your swimmer time to check in with the coaches and prepare for the day.

Our 11& up swimmers will have warm-ups in the 2nd session from 12:30-12:55 in lanes 3 & 4. This will be followed by the national anthem and a very prompt start to the meet. We want all swimmers behind the blocks and ready to warm-up by 12:30. Please arrive by 12:00, as we will meet with the team prior to warm-ups to discuss meet details. We will not have time to do this after warm-ups.

Entries are attached to this email. You can view entries by name by choosing their age group file. You can see complete relay entries, including the relay order, in the files labeled “Champs morning/afternoon event entries.” We will NOT be using swimmingly for Champs, so you will not see entries on swimmingly. Once the heat sheet is created I will send it out to the team.

ALL SWIMMERS need to bring:

• extra towels and something warm to put on in between events
• WATER! It is important to stay hydrated during the meet!
• Healthy snacks. We have asked swimmers to hold off on eating candy and other high sugar foods until after the meet.
• Caps and goggles

Finally, please help us remind swimmers of the following:

• Stay in the team area. HFFA is a large facility and the child gatherers simply cannot search for them if they are missing. It is the swimmers' responsibility to be present for their events.
• Show good sportsmanship.
• Throw trash away and help keep our area clean.

And now, a few reminders for tomorrow from the league:

1. Parking - please check the map before trying to park tomorrow.

2. Seating Assignments- Please sit in our assigned area. Look for our Wynfield banner and our fun posters!

3. Spectators: Please make sure you have read emails from Heather about spectator rules and wristbands. For those not able to view poolside, there will be a live stream.

4. Procedural Items-

*No spectator chairs are allowed on the floor around the competition pool or in front of the bleachers.

* Swimmers are to use only the bathrooms near the concession stand.

* There should be No flash photography.

* Trash bags will be tied onto the railings in each area. Please help us keep the team area clean.

If you have any additional questions or concerns, please email me at [email protected]. I can't wait to see you all tomorrow at our pancakes and posters event (at the Wynfield pool), and again on Saturday at HFFA as we head to Champs! 

GO WAVES!!!!!!

Coach Tiffany