Chamionship Meet Info
SV Sea Dragons,
The Championship Meet is this Saturday, June 28!! Please read the info below and the attachment carefully to be prepared!!
Reminder - Our end of season party will be Sunday, June 29 from 3:00-6:00 at SVHS. We will start with an awards ceremony in the auditorium, then go outside by the pool. We will have pizza, pasta, and salad, and the kids can swim....parents can swim too! We still have several who have not RSVP'ed, so please do so today!!!
Championship Meet Location - The meet will be at the Palo Alto Natatorium, and the address is 1400 W. Villaret Blvd., San Antonio, 78224. PLEASE NOTE that 281 North and Southbound will be CLOSED between Nakoma and Bitters on Saturday for construction on Wurzbach Parkway. See link below:
http://txdotsanantonio.blogspot.com/2014/06/major-closures-on-us-281-this-weekend.html?m=1
Time - Please plan to arrive by 7:30 AM, warm up is at 8:00, and the meet starts at 9:00. It should be over around 12:30.
Format - This is a big meet with the 4 largest teams in the league. The meet will run in 2 pools at the same time with 11 & up in one pool, and 10 & under in a separate pool. This makes the events go by much faster than they have at our dual meets because the 10 & under pool will skip the 11 & up events and the 11 & up pool will skip the 10 & under events. For example, the 10 & under pool will swim events 9-14, then skip 15-20 and go directly to 21. Please have your swimmers stay in the team area!! Their events will be closer together than they are used to, and we don't want them to miss one!!
Check in - When you arrive, find our team section in the bleachers, and check in with me. Please put the Event-Heat-Lane grid and event numbers on your swimmers before you leave home. We will not get heat sheets in advance for this meet, so we will fill in heat and lane at the pool. Getting 140 swimmers marked with the correct heat and lane in 30 minutes takes a lot of people, so we appreciate all the help we can get!!
What to bring - This is a large, indoor facility with enough seating for everyone, so there is no need to bring chairs or pop-up tents. Outside food is not allowed in the natatorium, so do not bring coolers. On the bright side, it is less to pack and haul in!!
All Stars Qualification - There are a total of 19 teams and 3 divisions in our league. The 1st place winner in each event from each division and the next 5 fastest times from any division qualify for All Stars. We will not know the final qualifiers until all division championship meets are completed on Sunday. The All Stars meet is on Tuesday, July 1 at the Wildhorse community pool.
Some additional reminders from the league:
1. The concession stand is contracted out by Palo Alto and is not run by the league. It is a CASH ONLY concession stand. PLEASE BRING SMALLER BILLS LIKE $5s and $1s to the meet. The concession stand lady and the league ran out of change on Saturday and had to scramble to get some change for the Sunday meet last year.
2. Items not allowed into the natatorium: CHAIRS AND FOOD FROM THE OUTSIDE. Outside food will be confiscated by PAC security since there is a concession stand. Do not bring in ice chests.
3. Meet programs are NOT free like dual meet programs were. Meet programs and t-shirt sales are part of the league's fundraising efforts. Meet programs cost is $5. DO NOT BRING $20 DOLLAR BILLS if possible. You may write a CHECK to the league for a meet program or to order a championship meet t-shirt.
4. We will be taking pre-paid orders for championship meet t-shirts at the meet program sales desk in the entry hallway at the natatorium. Cost is $10 each. Checks and cash are acceptable forms of payment but I cannot take a credit card. The 2nd screening of the shirts--which are any ordered after this past Friday at noon--will be delivered at the All-Star Meet on July 1st to your team rep or coach if you are not attending that meet.
5. We will try to keep teams' assigned seating in the West bleachers with most of the parents seated in the East bleachers. Some of the East bleachers have seats with backs, but not all.
6. DO NOT park on the grass or be prepared to be towed! Please park only in paved lots.
Thank you for your cooperation in helping this be a great meet for your children!
Donna Witt
MSSL President
Go Sea Dragons!!!
Sharon
