Barracuda Families,

It’s time for our first tri-meet of the year and we are swimming against Rollingwood & River Place at home so we wanted to share lots of details especially for new families! This will be our biggest meet of the year with almost 300 swimmers splashing. It will be crowded, so let’s be sure we are all making an effort to be good hosts.

Reminder: Champ meet has a 2 splash requirement. This week and next week are our last 2 meets of the season, so if you have a swimmer that hasn’t splashed, they must do so this week and next in order to be eligible to swim in the Champ meet!

• Timeline - when to arrive, duration, etc.
• Notes on Relays
• What to Bring
• Heat Sheet
• Marking Up Swimmers
• Where to Park
• Where to Watch
• How to keep up online
• Cancellations/Scratches
• Reminders

Tri-Meet Timeline

• Setup Crew: 6:00am, AGP: 6:45am, Timers/Stroke Judges/Ready Bench : 7:50am
• 6:50am - Swimmers arrive
• 7:00am - Warm-up starts
• 7:00am - 7:05am: 6-8s
• 7:05am - 7:10am: 9-10s
• 7:10am - 7:20am: 11&up
• 7:45am - Early Relay Swimmer check-in deadline (Any early relay swimmers not signed in by 7:45am will forfeit that relay spot and will be marked as not available for relays at our next meet. See link below for more details.)
• 8:00am: Meet starts

When you arrive, have your swimmer sign in at the swimmer check-in table by the gate/entrance. And after you do that, if you are volunteering head to the volunteer check-in table.

This is a tri-meet so we will have more swimmers than dual meets. Expected finish is around noon but could be sooner or later. Hey, this is a tri-meet! :)

NOTES ON RELAYS

Many families both new and returning have had questions about how relays work, and the link below should answer all your Barracuda relay-related questions. As mentioned above, any swimmer who has not personally SIGNED IN at Athlete Check-in by 7:45am at the latest will be dropped from early relay teams. For more details, please carefully review the About Those Relays section on the website (scroll down from the top).

First off, please make sure you label anything you bring.

• Team suit!!! That’s our uniform!!! :)
• Towels to set down to claim your space and another one to dry off.
• Goggles and team swim cap if you use them.
• Sunscreen, especially the 11&ups based on the location which won’t have much shade.
• We will have Chicken Biscuits from our sponsor Chick-Fil-A of Lakeway! as well as breakfast tacos, Starbucks coffee, candy, drinks, water, gatorade...we accept cash, credit, ApplePay, and Google Pay.
• Leave your kickboards and fins at home. Those aren’t needed at meets.
• Rain gear for the families in case we get rain.

Heat Sheet

The heat sheet is posted on our website here! Please print this out for your benefit!

Marking up Swimmers

You can help the Age Group volunteers by writing their last name on their back and then on in order "event number-heat number-lane number" on their arm or shoulder so they can see what they are swimming.

None of that is required, but it’s part of the experience for some, and helps them take ownership of when they’re swimming. Most importantly, make sure your swimmers know what strokes they are swimming!

Where to Park

Our humble parking lot will be full early. There will be cones along the inner/playground side of the driveway, please don’t park in the grass on that side. Cars can park along the side of Creeks Edge Pkwy.

Where to Watch

Parents cannot bring chairs inside the fenced pool deck area.

But you can set up chairs, coolers, and umbrellas outside on our amazing lawn either in between the pool and basketball court (under the trees in the shade!) or in the grassy area by the parking lot. Since we have 2 away teams, one team will be setup on the basketball court and the other in the grassy area between the courts & playground. Take note and make sure they have room.

Parents and guests are welcome to stand and watch their swimmers during his/her individual races from vantage points along the north and south sides of the pool, but then are requested to exit the pool deck area after their swimmers’ races to give space for other parents. When your swimmer is racing, please take note of the rope to give space for the timing tents.

Keeping Up Online

Check out the Swimtopia mobile app in your phone’s app store. Some features are free, some do require a subscription similar to Meet Mobile. Assuming all goes well, we should have real-time meet status (current event/heat) and results in the app.

Cancellation/Scratches

If anything comes up this evening or early in the morning, please please please, email [email protected] with the details.

REMINDERS

• Baby Pool and Pool Steps are CLOSED During ALL Meets
• Swimmers should remain with their AGPs between races so they can be ready to go for each swim. Remind them to either be with their AGP or let the AGP know they are going to concessions or the restroom.

- 2024 Barracudas Volunteer Board of Directors