Good Afternoon Waves!  Congratulations on a great last dual meet.  Hopefully by now you all have heard we beat the Marlins 960-470.  Now it's on to Divisionals.  Below I have listed some important information regarding this weekend.  Through out the rest of the week I will be sending more detailed information as it becomes available.  We have divisional meet exchange on Thursday so I will have a lot more information regarding exact times and warm ups then.

 

Sign Up- You have a few hours left to register your swimmer.  Because this is an away meet and we are working with 5 other teams, late entries will not be accepted, so please register now. Deadline is midnight tonight - NO EXCEPTIONS

 

Relays - Relays will be announced/posted on Thursday.  We only be taking A relays, however each relay will have 2-3

alternates.  If you are not available for relays please let Lindsayand Heather know ASAP! 

 

Location - We will be swimming at Klein Collins High School @ 20811 Ella Blvd. Spring, Texas 77388.

 

Set Up/Warm-Up/Start Time - I know you are all anxiously awaiting a start time.  Unfortunately until the division using the pool before us has their meet exchange, we are really guesstemaing at this point.  For now, it looks as though warm ups will start about 2:00-2:30.  In the past, meets have run about 6-7 hours.  We need everyone to be ON TIME for check in and warm ups so you are not scratched.  This is so important as we are working with 4 other teams. We will be setting up in the commons/cafeteria area and sharing with Shenandoah Sharks and Spring Cypress Stingrays. We will have a table set up for check in with coaches and you will need to find your age group parents if you need events written on your swimmer.

 

Fly-Over Starts - If you are 11 and up, you will be doing fly over starts.  Coaches will work with swimmers starting tomorrow on this.  This will help the meet run more efficiently and quickly.

 

Food Trucks - This year concessions will be provided by food trucks.  The following food trucks will be on site. ( You are welcome to bring a cooler as long as no food or drinks are consumed in the gym.)

Jamaica Pon Di Road

Kaow Kajun Asian on Wheels

Southwestern Eurasia

Watcha Cravin

 

T- Shirts - will be printed and sold on site by Fine Designs

 

Volunteering - Volunteering sessions for Divisionals are now live.  If you have any questions please contact Angie DeMarco.

 

FRIDAY - SPIRIT DAY - Friday we will have posters, markers, butcher paper, and car chalk for any and all to participate in creating spirit signs for our area at Divisionals.  If you have anything you would like to use/donate - please bring it.  The older kids have offered to stay around and help with all of this!  ( Thanks Lasky ladies!)  If several parents can take these home and help hang once we get to Klein Collins, that would be great!  We only ask you use blue painters tape, and keep the posters in our team/coaches area.

 

 

A few final notes.  We know some of our swimmers and families are disappointed with the late start time.  Unfortunately there are limited pools available for 5-6 teams to hold Divisionals and limited days.  Several teams are swimming Friday night and Sunday.  We as divisions, put in requests and turn them in to NWAL.  They in turn take these requests along with several factors and determine pools, days and times for all districts in our area.  As parents we are willing to take our kids to softball, volleyball, basketball and soccer tournaments etc and during those tournaments we have our schedules dictated by their wins and losses.  We ask that you go into the Saturday with the same thought process.  We do not know right now when we will start, but it will be after 1:00pm.  We do not know when we will finish, but it will be in the evening.  Your swimmers dedication to their team is what earns us points and hopefully a first place at Divisionals. If you are not sure of your schedule and cannot commit to the afternoon/evening time, we do ask that you let us know that you are not available for a relay team.  We also ask if you are on the relays or an alternate, you come to practice on Friday!  If you have any questions I will try to answer what I can - thanks all for your patience!  Trinity and Ponderosa eligiblity reports are at the pool.  It is $5 for each event.  Ponderosa and Trinity entries are due by THIS SATURDAY AT MIDNIGHT!  If you want to bring your checkbook in case you qualify at divisionals you can write a check there.  Checks must be made out to The Woodlands Township.