Parent Meeting Summary

Coaching Staff- Head Coach - Brooke Gilson 610-248-2367.

Practice & Meet Schedule and Times: Please reference our website for this information.

https://lccswimteam.swimtopia.com

Practice & Meet Attendance

• Practice: Please try to get your child(ren) to practices as often as you can. The only way they will learn and get better is if they are at practice regularly! If you know of a schedule conflict or vacations, please make sure you send me a text or email with the information as soon as you can.
• Meets: Please be sure to add any meet absences to your account on the website using the RSVP tool as soon as you can. I will be running those reports in order to place swimmers into events. It is crucial I know if your swimmer(s) will be in attendance. If you are having trouble adding this to the website, please email or text me what meet(s) your child(ren) will not be there.

Practice Meet: Wednesday, June 11th at 9:00 AM

• Conestoga Country Club will be hosting a practice meet Wednesday, June 11th at 9:00 AM. This will be a great opportunity not only for new swimmers but also previous swimmers to practice racing others. MAKE SURE TO RSVP as soon as you can.
• Warm ups for LCC will be at 8:45 AM. Please be at the pool by 8:30 ready to jump in.
• The meet will run until about 11:00 AM.

Dual Meets

• For home meets, swimmers are to be at LCC by 5:15 PM to be ready for warm-ups at 5:30 PM. End between 8-9pm
• For away meets, swimmers are to be at the designated pool at 5:30 PM to be ready for warm-ups at 5:45 PM. Please refer to https://lccswimteam.swimtopia.com for locations.
• Any swimmer not at warm-ups on time will be taken out of the meet, unless Brooke is notified in advance.
• Swimmers should be wearing the team suit this year, any previous team suit, or a plain black suit. As per the league, swimmers are NOT permitted to wear club team caps or suits.
• Swimmers should also stay in their designated seating area throughout the entirety of the meets to ensure they are sent up for their events on time.
• Please refer to the team website for dual meet scoring and order of events under Resources tab- Swim Meet 101.

Championship & Invitational Meets

• Championship meets are at the end of season competitions for all swimmers who qualify for those meets. Divisionals are July 19th at East Cocalico and Leagues are July 25th and 26th at New Holland. Please refer to https://lccswimteam.swimtopia.com for locations.

• Invitational meets are fun events that happen on the weekends or on days there are no other dual meets going on. You received an email to submit whether you are interested or not. We will be going to the invitationals on June 14th, June 21st, June 28th, and July 12th. If you would like your child(ren) to attend, even if you did not RSVP, let Coach Brooke know ASAP.

What To Bring to a Meet?

Swimmer -

• Team suit, cap, goggles, 2 towels & warm clothes
• Cards, coloring books, & other fun things to do between events
• Sunscreen and bug spray
• Snacks and/or money for the concession stand
• Blanket to sit on

Parent -

• Wear Green and White Team Spiritwear
• Blanket or portable chair to sit on (Away meets)
• Sunscreen and bug spray
• Hat, sunglasses
• Snacks and/or money for the concession stand

Parent Volunteers

• Summer swim meets are only possible when every volunteer position is filled. Each family on our team is required to volunteer for at least one job at each swim meet (both home and away) when swimmer(s) are participating.
• Home meets require 22 volunteers
• Away meets require 16 volunteers

Miscellaneous… but Important.

• As per the Lancaster Summer Swim League, there is a strict NO Alcohol policy at all home and away meets. Failure to comply results in the associated teams forfeiture of the meet.
• During home meets the shallow end of the pool will be closed.

Thank you,

Brooke, Elise and Liz

Please see attached UPDATED calendar