Good morning,

Our first dual meet is on Nov. 9, and it is a mandatory meet declaration meet, as is all our dual meets. Also, the Gobble Gobble Invitational with an entry deadline of Nov. 10 is on the schedule. The priority though is declaring if your swimmer's attendance at dual meets, especially if you know you cannot make it that day.

Meet Attendance Declaration Required for Dual Meets from ALL Swimmers

1. Go to our team website, neys.swimtopia.com.
2. Go to the "Schedule" drop down menu.
3. Click on "Meets/Events".
4. Go to each "Mandatory" meet = mandatory attendance declaration and attend if at all possible; it's a team scored meet that counts towards our league record.
5. Click on "Meet Entry".
6. Click "Edit" at the bottom under the swimmer's name (login into your Swimtopia account if you haven't already to see swimmer's name).
7. To the right of swimmer, it says "Undeclared", but CHANGE IT, to either "Not Attending" or "Attending this meet".
8. Leave a note if arriving late or leaving early. ALL swimmers are expected to stay for the whole dual meet, but if a PARENT schedule requires leaving early or late because of work or another family obligation, just tell me the time of your arrival or leaving in the notes section. To clarify, this is a parental decision you must inform me of ahead of time; it is NOT a swimmer decision. Swimmers have a team obligation to stay even if they think they are done swimming. Kids just leaving is very poor sportsmanship, they need to support and cheer for their teammates. Also, if we need to replace another swimmer, if they just leave it means having to scratch a whole relay or lose the points.
9. Attending a minimum of two dual meets are required to go to Madison Champs and/or YMCA Districts.

See you on deck,

Coach Drake