All About Time Trials, Set up a Tab, Declare for A Meet

June 9th

Please read this email carefully as there are a couple of action items: setting up a tab, declaring for the next A meet, and declaring for Time Trials / signing up for jobs. DECLARE FOR TIME TRIALS BY NOON ON THURSDAY!!!

Setting up a Tab: The Vikings allow our families to set up a tab for concessions purchases at swim team events, like Time Trials, home meets, and Bagel Cafe. This season, we would like you to approve setup of a tab for your family if you would like one. Tabs can only be created by adults, so set one up so we don’t have to turn away your hungry, cashless swimmers!

Declare for the 6/20 A Meet (Home v Rutherford) by 9PM on Monday, 6/15!

Declarations for the 6/20 A Meet are due by 9PM on 6/15. Tell us if your swimmer is available or not in the SwimTopia app. The app will tell you a couple days later if your swimmer has been selected for the meet or not. As a reminder, A meets are competitively seeded, so your swimmer may or may not be selected depending on their current best times.

All About Time Trials:

Come hungry! Natalie’s delicious hot breakfast sandwiches will be available for purchase!

Where: Village West Pool

When: Saturday, June 13th

What time: Warmups are at 750AM. Plan to arrive by 730AM so your swimmer can get situated before warmups. Adult volunteers and older swimmers are always needed early to help set up!

What you need to do ahead of time:

Log in to Swimtopia and declare your swimmer a YES or NO for Time Trials by Thursday, June 11th, at noon.
If you are attending, please try to have at least one adult fill a volunteer position. If you’d like to time (for example) and switch off with your partner halfway through, that's fine - just let me know! Sign up for jobs on SwimTopia.
Sign up for a tab here.

Why: Time Trials allows us to get times from your swimmer to use in seeding next weekend’s first A meet. It is also a great low-stress first swim meet experience for new swimmers. Similarly, it allows parents to learn volunteer roles in a low-stakes environment!

What to wear:

Swimmers should be in competition-approved swimsuits: trunks, jammers, or briefs for boys. Girls should be in a one-piece suit - no tie backs.
- If your swimmer needs an exemption to the standard swimsuit policy, email me.
Deck Officials (anyone walking on the deck during the meet - so timers, marshals, data, runners, photographers, Clerk of Course, S&T) should all wear a plain white shirt and navy blue bottoms.
Concessions volunteers do not need to be in white/blue.

What to bring: SUNSCREEN, water, swim cap, goggles, towel, folding camp chair if desired, money for concessions!

What am I swimming? Our coaches and I will discuss appropriate events for your swimmers to attempt. If your swimmer is nowhere close to being legal in a stroke, we will not have them swim that event. Many younger swimmers will be able to go home after free and back. More experienced swimmers will swim all four strokes. Email me if your swimmer does NOT want to swim a certain stroke.

Check your Events in SwimTopia: You will be able to see what events your swimmer is swimming in the app by Friday.

Jobs Still Needed: Thank you all so much for filling so many positions already! We still need:

9 MORE TIMERS
- Like to chat and have fun while also having a great view of the meet? This is the job for you!
2 MARSHALS
- Do you enjoy mostly being left alone while also making sure kids (and adults) behave? This is the job for you!
1 PHOTOGRAPHER
- Do you have a nice camera and want a great view from the deck? You don’t need to be a professional ;)
3 CONCESSIONS LINE WORKERS 930AM - END
- Chat with your fellow volunteers and follow Natalie’s directions! Culinary expertise is not necessary.
1 STANDBY GRILL MASTER
- We probably won’t do lunch food, but we need someone on standby to grill burgers and hotdogs in case we’re running into lunch time.

Village West Vikings

All About Time Trials, Set up a Tab, Declare for A Meet