Hello SPAR Families,

Coaches spoke to swimmers today about Meet behavior and etiquette. We practiced starts with the Starter system and some kids where surprised at how loud it beeps. 

At the Meet, swimmers will sit under a gathering of tents. (please bring chairs) There will be 3 fans to help swimmers stay cool. Please bring plenty of water, for your swimmer and yourself. 

Something to let you know, that we told the swimmers, do not bring any object that can be thrown or kicked. We want swimmer to stay seated. Bring books, cards, or other forms of entertainment. There will be a playground near our tents, SPAR swimmers are not play on it. 

At the time of writing this email, the heat sheet is not ready. You can see your swimmers events in the Swimtopia App, that you can download for free to your phone. If you do not know how to write your swimmers events on their arms, bring a sharpie to the meet. We will help you. 

I hope for a fun meet. Our first meet will be very much a rookie run. We have a bunch of new swimmers. As the season continues, you will see relays change and your swimmer trying other events. All of these dual meets are a time for mistakes and fun. They give swimmers experience and opportunities to perfect their race.

Have a great half day of school tomorrow. 

See you at the Neely Farms pool,

Coach Kim