Hi Team-

I am so excited to get this season truly underway. Please meet at Middlebury Municipal Pool at 5:15pm today (arrival time for every away meet), it is located at 298 Buttolph Dr, Middlebury, VT 05753. You can park right next to the pool in the lot off of Buttolph Dr. or the hockey rink/civic center off of Mahady Ct. both are free and convenient to the pool. 

Please remember to bring caps, goggles, suits, warm-ups/rain gear (?), deck shoes, and multiple towels. Maybe a portable chair or two would be a good idea too? I don't know I never sit during swim meets so it is a foreign concept. But what I am saying is settle in for a 2.5 hour night (if all goes well).

One way to assure a smooth and efficient meet is to check the jobs list (attached) and report at 5:45 for the timers meeting (both shifts) and the officials meeting. Bullpen workers report to me and I will give you some heat sheets at 5:45 and point you in the right direction. Relays are the big one, we basically will start corralling 8&unders, 9-10s, and 11-12s for Medley Relays right after their warm-up because the meet starts right away. We need one more first shift Timer and I know we have one first shift Timer that is looking to swap shifts. So if you can time, report to the timers meeting. Please and thank you!

Also please, if your kids need events and heats written on their hands do that before they enter the pool. We will not have enough time to write them for them because we have last warm-ups. So get that sharpie out now and do it for them. The heat sheets are published and attached to this email as well as the athlete check-ins so you can quickly locate their event number, heat, and lane. 

There is a snack bar that accepts cash, credit, and Venmo. I am remembering they put together a pretty good snack bar at Middlebury, so go ahead and support it.

Alright I think that is it for my usual 2 pm email before these meets. See you all at the pool! If you cannot make it let me know ASAP, text is best: 612-222-4526.

Coach Hilary