Good morning Blue Fins,

The 1st invitational everyone is eligible to compete in is the Boyertown Boo; however, the deadline for signing up is this week, Friday, Sept. 30th. We always have a strong presence at this meet, and we'd like to continue that tradition. It's a nice meet, good pool, plenty of space in the gym for team seating, good amount of spectator seating, good competition from around PA, not too far away, with a fun Halloween theme. :) 

Eligibility: ONLY swimmers signed up and fully registered at the YMCA are eligible to compete at this meet. So, if you are waiting to register until after the evaluations this Friday/Saturday, please do not sign up. "USA Only" is for USA registered swimmers, which is in addition to the YMCA membership requirement. Boyertown Boo is NOT "USA Only", so any fully YMCA registered swimmer may compete.

Boyertown Boo

• Entry Deadline: Friday, Sept. 30 
• Meet Date: Oct. 29/30 (depends upon your age group)
• Location: Boyertown YMCA, 301 Spring Street, Boyertown PA 19512
• Swimmer Surcharge: $5/athlete
• Event Fees: $5/Event
• Meet Info Packet is attached
• Exact Arrival/Warm-Up times: Will be sent a few days prior, but you can get an idea by looking at the info packet.
• Sign-in to your Swimtopia account, click on the meet in the "Schedule", click "edit" under the swimmer name, choose your session and events.

MEET FEES: Once you sign up for the meet and we send the entries, your YMCA account will be charged shortly thereafter. There are no refunds for invitationals even if you cannot make it. The host YMCA charges our YMCA based upon # of entries, and we cannot get refunds from the other YMCAs. Plus, they create a timeline of events and close down accepting additional entries based upon who sends them 1st and when they are full. As a result, they will not refund anyone to avoid non-committed athletes from taking spots others would like to compete in.

DUAL MEETS are DIFFERENT; EVERYONE can compete at no extra charge. Please know though, we only have four dual meet this year and less events per dual meet. Doylestown switched Divisions and there is a new meet format for the PennDel League. As a result, swimmers looking to ensure they compete in specific events should definitely sign up for 1-2 invitationals as the dual meet line-ups are created by the coaches with team goals in mind, and individual requests often cannot be incorporated. Invitationals give swimmers the chance to choose any event they want. 

Reminder: Last preseason practice is this Thursday, Sept. 29th. After evals on Saturday, I'll email the training group assignments Sunday morning. First regular season practice in on Monday, October 3rd.

See you on deck,

Coach Drake