⏰ Volunteer Information

✅ All volunteers must check in with Amelia Liu in the baby pool area. She will be carrying a blue clipboard.

Volunteer Arrival Times

• 🏁 Set-Up Crew: 6:30 AM
• 🍩 First Half Concessions: 6:30 AM
• 🧑⚖️ Officials & Timers: 7:15 AM
• ⏱️ Clerks & Timers: 7:30 AM
• 🍭 Second Half Concessions: 9:00 AM
• 🧹 Breakdown Crew: 10:00 AM

⚠️ Volunteer Reminder:
All volunteers must arrive on time and stay for their entire assigned shift or they will forfeit their volunteer point.

🏊♀️ Swimmer Arrival & Warm-Ups

Arrival Time

• 🕖 Swimmers must arrive by 7:15 AM
• 🏊 Warm-ups begin promptly at 7:30 AM sharp
• ⏰ Swimmers who arrive late may miss warm-ups

What to Wear & Bring

• 👙 Wear your new navy suit or last season’s royal blue suit
• 🧢 If wearing a cap, it must be a Sharks cap
• 👓 Bring goggles — an extra pair is highly recommended!

Towels

Please bring:

• 🧺 One towel to sit on
• 🧺 One towel to dry off with

✍️ Writing Events on Your Arm

Please bring a Sharpie to write your events on your arm using:

EHLS

• E = Event
• H = Heat
• L = Lane
• S = Stroke

✅ Write the numbers in the first three boxes and the stroke name under “S.”

📋 The meet sheet will be sent later tonight or early tomorrow morning. Since this is a practice meet, sign-ups stayed open a little longer while final entries were organized.

🍩 Concessions

Tomorrow we will have lighter concessions including:

• 🍭 Candy
• 🍩 Donuts
• 🥤 Drinks

💳 We accept:

• Cash
• Credit Cards
• Apple Pay
• Google Pay

🍩 Bonus fun fact: Coach Rick LOVES donuts!

📍 Team Area Expectations

• 🎒 All swimmer bags, towels, and belongings must stay in the team area
• 🚫 No swimmers are allowed in the coach seating area
• 🪑 Coaches need a space to relax and regroup between events — please no seat stealing
• ✅ Swimmers should check in with coaches after races

👨👩👧 Parent & Spectator Guidelines

Parent Supervision

• 🚫 No swimmer under the age of 15 may be dropped off
• ✅ Swimmers age 14 & under must have a parent or guardian present
• 🚫 Volunteers, coaches, and board members are not babysitters

Team Area & Seating

• 🚫 No parents in the team area
• 🚫 No personal chairs are allowed on deck due to HOA safety regulations
• ✅ During dual meets, seating will be available off deck in the parking lot

Watching Races

• 👀 When your swimmer is not racing, please move back so all families can enjoy watching their swimmers
• ✅ Please be courteous, respectful, and kind to everyone

⚠️ Safety, Sportsmanship & Team Culture

Let’s make this a fun and positive experience for everyone!

• 🚫 No running
• 🚫 No horseplay
• 🚫 No carrying smaller children
• 🚫 No swearing
• ✅ Support your teammates
• ✅ Show great Sharks spirit
• ✅ Be respectful to coaches, volunteers, swimmers, and families

💙 Older Swimmer Reminder:
Many of our younger elementary and middle school Sharks look up to our older swimmers. Please help set a positive example by using respectful language, showing kindness, encouraging teammates, and demonstrating great sportsmanship on and off the pool deck. Let’s avoid inappropriate language or negative slang and help create a team environment where everyone feels supported, included, and proud to be a Shark!

💙 Let’s Make It Amazing!

Let’s cheer loudly, support one another, and create awesome memories together! Show your Sharks spirit, encourage your teammates, and help make this the best summer yet!

🦈 Go Sharks! Let’s make it a summer to remember! 🦈