**If you have NOT fulfilled your required 3 volunteer positions, please contact Mindy Waters at [email protected] to see how you can help!  Make sure you are checking the volunteer lists she sends out.  If your name is on the list, you are expected to show up and work.  BIG THANKS to the parents that have went above and beyond and have worked more than the required 3 positions!  You are truly appreciated!

Here we go ..  lots of info ... the Sea Dragons are a big team and we will be seated away from the ready bench area!  Please read heat sheet carefully for combined events/heats.

4th Meet: Saturday June 21, 2014    

Where: Smithson Valley Pool  14001 Texas Hwy 46, Spring Branch, Texas 78070

Opposing Team: Smithson Valley Sea Dragons

 

Check in: 7:45 am (on the tennis courts)

Warm up: 8:15 am to 8:45 am

Meet starts: 9:00 am sharp!

​** If you do not check in, we do not know you are at the meet & your swimmer will be scratched from his/her events! So please make sure you check in with the volunteers at the check in tables!

 

Driving Directions/Parking: The entrance off of Hwy 46 will be closed.  Go 281 North, turn right on Hwy 46, turn right on Smithson Valley Road, the first entrance on the right is usually the only one open on the weekends.  Plan for 25 minutes to get there from our subdivision.  Watch your speed on 281 & Hwy 46.  I usually pass a cop at least 2-3 times a week when driving out to SVHS.  When you go in the entrance, go towards the football stadium - the pool is across from the football stadium next to the tennis courts.  There is plenty of parking in front of the school.  Please do not park between the tennis courts and the football stadium.  ​

Where to sit: Reminder -- we are making every effort to sit as a team.  Our team will set up on half of the tennis courts between the football stadium and the pool.  You will want a shade structure.  There is limited space around the pool, so we will line the swimmers up on the tennis courts and walk them up to the pool deck. ​ Please keep swimmers together on our half of the tennis court.  We had trouble finding some swimmers last meet. Restrooms will be available at the football stadium.​

Ready Bench: Located on the pool deck inside of the fenced area.  Please remind your swimmers to show good sportsmanship to teammates and the opposing team!

Home Base: Located on the tennis courts.  Reminder, you may check your younger swimmer in with the home base parents if you are working the meet and do NOT have another person (parent, grandparent, friend, etc) to remind your younger swimmer when to go to ready bench.  When you are not working, you need to check your swimmer out.  Our home base parents will be busy this meet helping as a pre-ready bench area.

Watching your swimmer in his/her event: At Smithson Valley the only people allowed in the actual gated pool area are swimmers, volunteers helping swimmers line up, timers, and meet officials.  There is a viewing area above the pool area, this area is for you to watch your swimmer swim and then please return to our assigned area on the tennis court so that other parents can watch their swimmer.

Concessions: breakfast tacos, fruit, snacks, and snow cones​ (please bring small bills) **We request no outside food & drinks as this is how teams make money for necessities!

Heat Sheets: will NOT be sold, one will be posted to refer to, please print and bring yours from home

Emergency: Please call/text Kelly at (210)316-9086 or Erin at (610) 613-9235! We will get word to Coach Claudia and all necessary meet personnel!

What to bring: Please remember to bring chairs and pop up tents for shade.  May also want to bring some bug spray.  There is a list on the website of items needed for a meet. Click on Swim Meets, Preparing for a Meet -- this would be good for EVERYONE to review! **Reminder baby pool is CLOSED during swim meets.

Family Social After the Meet: We are hosting a family social at Beefy's Backyard after the meet (25900 Us Highway 281 N, San Antonio, TX 78258 -- same place as kick off party​).  All swimmers that show up get a scoop of ice cream, purchased by the team, to celebrate our swimmer and all their hard work!  There will be a parent stationed on the back deck handing out tickets for the ice cream.  We have reserved half of the upper deck for our families that want to stay, eat lunch, and socialize.

Other Reminders:

• If your swimmers are in events 1-4, please make sure they are at ready bench (on the pool deck) immediately following team cheer! 
• We have a lot of new families, so please step up and help if you see someone struggling or looking lost! We are a team and a family, it takes all of us to make these meets happen!  
• Most of all have fun and enjoy the meet! We are glad to have you all as part of the Manta Rays Family!
• ** Heat sheet is attached.

Please email Erin or I, if you have any questions!

Go Manta Rays! 
Kelly Hunt & Erin Kirwan
Team Manager & Assistant Manager