Good afternoon, Sea Dragons!

This email contains information about our upcoming Championship Meet on Sunday. Please read carefully! 

HEAT SHEETS: These will be sent via email prior to Sunday. If you do not print your own, they will be available for purchase for $5 at the meet.

DIRECTIONS TO PALO ALTO: In South San Antonio take SW Loop 410 and exit S. Zarzamora St. Turn left at Zarzamora taking the turnaround onto the SW Loop 410 frontage road. Enter the Palo Alto campus at the back gate onto Camino Real and take a left onto Conception. Conception will take you to parking lots 9 & 10 by the PAC Natatorium and lot 8 if needed. 

ARRIVAL & WARM-UP: Parents and swimmers are not allowed in until 1:30 p.m. Look for our TEAM NAME posted for assigned seating in the poolside bleachers. ALL SWIMMERS MUST SIT IN THE TEAM AREA. This meet runs in 2 pools and runs extremely quickly. Your swimmer is at risk of missing their event(s) if they are not sitting with the team. Warm-ups are from 2 – 3 p.m in older pool lane 4 & 5 and younger pool lanes 4. MEET BEGINS AT 3:15 AND WILL END AT APPROXIMATELY 6:45 PM.

READY BENCH: Located in chairs either behind the starting end of the younger pool. Team coaches/or a designated parent volunteer are responsible for directing swimmers to the correct starting blocks/area, but are not allowed behind the blocks.

Swimmers ages 11 and older and ALL Medley Relays will compete in the OLDER Pool with starting blocks and touch pads.

Children 10 & U swimming 25’s dive from the deck of the YOUNGER POOL and swim towards the FINISH END. NO touch pads for younger pool swimmers. 

VOLUNTEERS:  Each team provides parent volunteers to work at the meet as timers, runners, scorekeepers, ribbons & awards area, line-up personnel at the YOUNGER pool, head timer, officials, and clean-up crew after the meet ends. Teams also assign parents to assist younger swimmers to the restrooms, calling swimmers ready for their events, and assisting with cleaning up the bleachers & pool area at the end of the meet. WE STILL NEED PARENT VOLUNTEERS! IF YOU ARE ATTENDING THIS MEET, PLEASE SIGN UP ON OUR WEBSITE. The timer meeting will be at 2:30pm for all timers.

CONCESSIONS: 3 FOOD TRUCKS BOOKED FOR OUR EVENT WILL GIVE 10% OF SALES TO OUR LEAGUE. Their menus are attached.  Trucks accept some credit cards and CASH. Please bring 10s, 5s, and 1s.....NOTHING LARGER THAN A TEN DOLLAR BILL PLEASE. NO FOOD EXCEPT FROM FOOD TRUCK VENDORS ALLOWED TO BE EATEN INSIDE THE NATATORIUM. FOOD BAGS FROM OTHER FAST FOOD PLACES NOT ALLOWED.

ALL-STARS MEET QUALIFIERS: The 1st place winners for both individual and relay events from each Division qualifies for the All-Star Meet followed by the next 4 fastest times from any division. If a swimmer cannot attend the All-Star Meet, the lane remains empty. At least 3 out of the 4 swimmers from the division championship meet relay team must swim at the All-Star Meet or the lane remains empty.

All-Star meet is on THURSDAY, July 5th at Palo Alto Natatorium. 

Please let us know if you have any questions at all! Go Sea Dragons!

-Sandie