The Association Meet is ON

Hello,

Saturday July 28th is our Association Meet to be hosted by the Concord C-Lions in Athens, WV. This will be an excellent meet this year.

Please plan to arrive at the Concord pool by 8:30 at the latest to get set up. There is PLENTY of parking all around. Concord will designate an area for us to set up in, so watch for this when you arrive. Our warm ups are at 9:10-9:20 and the meet starts at 10:00. I have a coaches meeting at 8:30, so I won't be available for you until right before warm ups. I will arrive at the Concord pool around 8 am so you can catch me before 8:30 if you like. I will be by the pool most of the day, so you can find me there anytime you need me. I will try to make rounds through the set up area when I can just to make sure everybody is okay.

It is very important that we stay together as a team on Saturday. We have to help each other listen for when our events are called, and help find swimmers when they are late getting to the clerk. Of course you can move around and spend time by the pool cheering. Just be sure to circulate through the main Giles area now and then to make sure you know what is going on.

If you have a pup-tent or a larger stand-up sun-shade that you are willing to bring share, that would be fantastic. The forecast is for cloudy skies and a 60% chance of precip. and maybe storms. So having shelter is a good thing. You may want to bring a water proof ground cover to sit on or put your tent on. This will help. Anticipate being chilly and damp - so lots of dry towels, sweatshirts, pants, etc. And several pairs too so when one gets wet you can swap out. Remember this thing goes all day, so you will need to prepare for the long haul. I don't know how they handle storm delays - there can be no make up meet, so my guess they will try to keep going as best they can unless it gets impossible to continue. Lets hope for the best!

After the meet, there will be an awards ceremony where they announce the winner and award trophies There are some special awards for retiring swimmers and high point scorers. I will collect all the medals and ribbons and we will give them out at the swim team party on Aug 8th.

Come ready to swim - let's win this thing! Go JETS!

Jim