Westlake Cruzers

What to pack

• A highlighter for finding and marking your child's events on the heat sheet.
• A Sharpie for marking your child's arm (see separate info re: marking your child).
• Healthy snacks: granola bars, fruit, water, Gatorade, crackers. Coolers are allowed.
• Extra towels
• Camp chairs or a picnic blanket
• Pop-up tents or umbrella tents, where space allows. Shade is key on hot evenings!
• Sunscreen
• Swim cap and goggles (a spare pair of goggles is a good idea, too)
• Cash for the concession stand

How meets operate

Meets are typically on Thursday or Friday afternoons, with the meet beginning around 5pm. All swimmers swim their events once and winners are placed/ribbons are awarded based on those times.

8 & U swimmers swim 25 Meter lengths (one length of the pool).

Swimmers 9 & O swim 50 Meter lengths for individual strokes.

Pre-Meet Preparation:

• Inform your swimmers of the events in which they are swimming on or before the day of a meet.
• Pack swimmer’s gear.
• Pack parent’s gear.

Arriving at the Meet:

• Get to the pool on time. Allow extra time for parking and walking to the pool.
• Check-in with the Coaches to let them know you are there.
• Parents check-in with Volunteer Coordinator.

During the Meet:

• Parents, especially for younger swimmers, can help by keeping your swimmers with their Age Group Parent. This will help with getting swimmer to the Ready Bench on time to avoid missing their event. 
• After swimming an event, swimmers should be sure to ask Timers for their “unofficial” time.
• Swimmers are encouraged to check with the coaches after they swim an event to receive helpful tips and pointers, but may not sit at the coaches table.

After the Meet:

• Pick up team and pool area.
• Volunteers will be asked to help put away equipment.
• We must leave the pool as we found it for use the next day.

Plan on the meet lasting 3-1/2 to 4 hours.