We are looking forward to our first meet hosted by the Antioch Aces tomorrow!

Meet 1 Information

Here is all the information you’ll need about the meet (also attached as a PDF) including timeline, parking, food options, restrooms, etc. When you check in, you’ll be able to pick up your swimmer's swim cap. We had a bunch of later registrations this year and are still waiting on a final shipment of caps, so we may not have logo caps for everyone, but if you don’t get a logo cap this week, we’ll have one for your next week.

We will email out a heat sheet, prior to the meet tomorrow. If you are new to swim team, this is a document where you’ll find out which heat of an event and what lane your swimmer will be swimming in. If you have questions, you can find a swim rep or another parent and ask for help. It can help to write your swimmers' events on their hand in Sharpie marker.

It is always a good idea to have two towels, a sports drink (or water), along with some quick snacks (fruit, veggies, etc), and something to keep swimmers busy between their swims. Think Uno, Mancala, Spot it, or games with a deck of cards. Be sure to have a camping chair for yourself and a blanket/chair/etc. for your swimmer to sit on.

Volunteer Needs

Unfortunately, we still have a number of positions open for the meet tomorrow, and we cannot begin the meet without enough volunteers. Antioch is asking for more volunteers than what we normally need to provide for an away meet. Please sign up for one of the following positions by going to Swimtopia. We understand that it is challenging to volunteer with bedtimes, so we do encourage our older swimmer parents to sign up for the 2nd shift slots as much as possible, especially if your child is swimming in a relay.

• Clerk of Course: Helping organize swimmers into heats at the Clerk. (3 openings)
• Runner: Helping get DQ cards back to the Referee and Lane Cards back to the Clerk of Course (2 openings)
• Timers (2 openings)

Remember, volunteers will then be entered into a giveaway for a prize of their choice: a $50 Amazon gift card, a $50 Spirit Wear voucher, or $50 worth of guest passes! In addition, if a family does not meet the volunteer requirements, there may be a fee at the end of the year, which we have never needed to do and we don’t want to start now.

Fun Practice Starts This Week

We look forward to our first fun practice on Tuesday, June 9th! There will be pancakes served and ribbons passed out between the two practices. Shout out to our moms (and volunteer swimmers) who make our pancakes happen every week like clock work!

8U & 9/10: 9:00 - 9:45 am11/12, 13/14, & 15+: 10:15 - 11:00 am

Please email [email protected] if your swimmers have any allergy concerns. We serve pancakes with Sam’s Club or Costco brand pancake mix, syrup, sprinkles and Country Time Lemonade. We want to make sure all our swimmers can enjoy fun practice and will make gluten-free pancakes available if requested and try to accommodate any food allergy needs.

Swim Buddies

If you signed up for the Swim Buddies program, you should have recieved an email pairing your Glider with their swim buddy and instructions for how to participate for this first meet.  If you have any questions, please email [email protected].

Cheers to a great first meet,

-Nicole and Leigh Anne