All About Saturday A Meet, switch to regular morning practices, pep rally, declare for B meet + more
Village West hosts Rutherford 6/20 A Meet #1
The Village West Vikings are hosting the Rutherford Water Rats for our first A Meet this Saturday, 6/20. If your Vikings are swimming in this meet, please read this email carefully for important information. General information for all swimmers is in the sections below.
Athlete Entries are attached to this email - check this document to see if your swimmer is swimming (if you aren’t especially SwimTopia savvy!). You only need to attend this meet if you are swimming. (Heat sheet coming soon!)
All Little Vikings are invited to do a Lollipop Race across the shallow end before the meet begins! Be at the shallow end at 845 to get ready.
Expectations: We expect to see great sportsmanship from all of our swimmers. Parents, please talk to your swimmers about this expectation. This includes cheering/clapping politely for the other team, staying in the water after a race until all swimmers are finished, shaking hands across lanes after races, and being supportive and encouraging to all swimmers on both teams. Parents, please talk to your younger swimmers about checking the whole pool and staying in the water until all swimmers have finished the event. We had a lot of new swimmers hopping out immediately during Time Trials!
Timeline & General Info:
Arrive by 740AM to ensure your swimmers are ready to hop in the pool for warm-ups at 8. Older swimmers and families are strongly encouraged to arrive early (7AM+) to help set up the pool!
- 8:00-8:20 am: Viking Warm Ups
- 8:25-8:45 am: Water Rats Warm ups
- 8:50 am: Mini swim
- 9:00 am: Meet Starts
Attire: Swimmers should wear their team suits and caps. If you do not have a team suit, wear another competition-approved suit (no tie backs!). Find me if you need a new Vikings cap!
All deck officials should wear a white shirt and navy blue bottoms.
Concessions: Natalie and our incredible concessions crew will be serving a number of delicious offerings. Make sure you have a tab set up so your hungry swimmers can grab lunch!
- Bacon/ham, egg, cheese hot breakfast sandwiches
- Pulled pork quesadillas
- Burgers & hot dogs
JOBS STILL NEEDED:
- Awards Clerk - Put labels on ribbons while you sit in the shade!
- Grill Master - 930 to 12: Come help Ross Berntson man the grill!
- Concessions Server Lunch/Cleanup - 945 to 1215: Come help serve lunch and hang out with the amazing concessions crew!
- Place Recorder - Our data crew will show you the ropes, no prior knowledge needed. Arrange time cards in order, staple DQ sheets to cards, etc. Sit in the shade!!
Coming soon…
Switch to regular morning practice schedule on Friday (6/19):
- Friday, 6/18, morning practices begin. Note that the order of age groups changes!
- 13 and Up: 730AM - 830AM
- 9 - 12: 830AM - 930AM
- Little Vikings: 900AM - 945AM
- 8 and under: 930AM - 1030AM
- Parents, sign up here to help out with Bagel Cafe! Bagel Cafe Volunteer SignUp
Friday Night (6/19) Pep Rally 645PM: “Chalk the Walk” and Grill Night 6PM!
Join us at the pool Friday night for our first pep rally at 6:45PM! We will “chalk the walk” to welcome our Vikings and the Rutherford Water Rats on Saturday morning. Before the pep rally, skip cooking dinner and support the Vikings at Grill Night!
Declare for Monday (6/22) Home B Meet by Sunday (6/21) at NOON!
If your swimmer did not make it into this Saturday’s meet, never fear! We look forward to seeing all of our swimmers at Monday’s Home B meet as we host the Walden Glen Wahoos. Please select two strokes that your swimmer is most likely able to swim legally. (Remember - it can’t be the same strokes they swam on 6/20).
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