PARENTS: Please check our website Thursday night or Friday for warm-up times. They have not been sent to us, but we did not want to hold up the team news any longer.
We will be collecting Toys for Tots that can be dropped off as you enter the meet. Thanks for your support.
We
have run in to a bit of an issue with this year's Penguin Plunge. In short it
is going to be very crowded. All entries have been accepted although our
entries went up dramatically from last year to this year. In an effort
to accommodate as many swimmers as possible without cutting teams or
swimmers we are going to make a few adjustments.
We have cut all 10 and under
100s and 200s. This enables us to accept everyone and maintain the published
timeline. Since swimmers were permitted four individual events, we expect that
most will have at least three remaining events to swim. (NOTE: Coach Karr will comb through the Buckeye entries and add kids back in to shorter events if they are cut form too many swims due to this change).
We will not be swimming any
relays in any session, this will cut down on time as well as the number of
people trying to watch at any given time. Our stands only have room for about
150 spectators, which considering we have around 200 swimmers entered per
session this presents a big space concern in the stands.
Last year we ran in to issues with parents not being able to watch their swimmers swim, which led to frustration. What we ask is that each of you communicate with your parents and inform them that spending the whole meet in the stands is simply not an option. Parents should be in the wrestling room or in the pool lobby with their children and move to the stands only when their swimmer is swimming. Also, this may not be a meet to bring extended family or grandparents to see their swimmer compete.
Please let your team families know in advance that it will be crowded and we need their cooperation to run a successful meet, and to help ensure everyone can watch their swimmer swim. If this doesn't work at the Penguin Plunge we will be forced to reduce the number of swimmers and teams we accept entries for our following meets. We really want to accommodate every swimmer and team that wants to participate but need your help to make this possible. Again, please let your parents know in advance about our space issues so they will be prepared and so that we can avoid frustrations for all.
Last year we ran in to issues with parents not being able to watch their swimmers swim, which led to frustration. What we ask is that each of you communicate with your parents and inform them that spending the whole meet in the stands is simply not an option. Parents should be in the wrestling room or in the pool lobby with their children and move to the stands only when their swimmer is swimming. Also, this may not be a meet to bring extended family or grandparents to see their swimmer compete.
Please let your team families know in advance that it will be crowded and we need their cooperation to run a successful meet, and to help ensure everyone can watch their swimmer swim. If this doesn't work at the Penguin Plunge we will be forced to reduce the number of swimmers and teams we accept entries for our following meets. We really want to accommodate every swimmer and team that wants to participate but need your help to make this possible. Again, please let your parents know in advance about our space issues so they will be prepared and so that we can avoid frustrations for all.
Looking forward to a great meet!
John Sands
Meet Director
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