Fort Atkinson USA Meet Saturday

Dear TIDE Families,

This Saturday, November 15, brings our second meet of the short course season. We will be swimming in Fort Atkinson, at the Ft. Atkinson High School. The address is:

Ft Atkinson High School

925 Lexington Blvd.

Ft. Atkinson, WI 53538.

This meet will be a two-session meet with the 10 and under swimmers swimming in the early morning, 11 and over swimmers will begin closer to 12noon. Here is the approximate time line:

8:00am - 9:00am - Warmups for session 1 (10 and under)

9:05am:  Session 1 begins

Approximately 11:10am:  Session one ends

Approximately 11:15am-12:15pm:  Warmups for session two (11 and over)

Approximately 12:15 noon:  Session two begins

Please have your 10 and under swimmers on deck no later than 7:45am. For the 11 and older group, please plan to be at the pool NO LATER THAN 11:00am. Based on the entries, I expect the afternoon session to be done before 4:00pm.

This is a relatively new facility, thus they request that no food or drink (other than water) be allowed on the pool deck. Concessions will be available. If you would like to bring healthy snacks for your swimmers during the meet, please be sure that they take the food to the designated areas to consume. That being said, be mindful that the swimmers are responsible to be in the pool area when it is their time to swim. I expect this to be a fairly fast moving meet, so it will be important to pay attention to timing.

TIDE CAPS!!! Yes, I hope to have them on Friday!! If the shipment has arrived, I will bring some to the pool Friday night and also to the meet on Saturday. The latex caps will sell for $3.50 each and the silicon for $9.00 each.

I am excited to see how all our swimmers do this weekend! If I receive a heet sheet prior to the meet, I will forward a copy to you. Please don't hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns.

See you at the pool,

Kathy and your TIDE Coaches