Please carefully review all the of the following:

1. Arrival Times
2. Volunteers Required
3. Team Dinner
4. States Attendance
5. Order of Events & Team Expectations
6. Parking
7. East District Website Info Page Link

Arrival Times

• See the attached Warm-Up & Meeting Times sheet.
• Look at the specific warm-up time for your swimmer's sessions.
• Arrive 15-20 minutes ahead of that time to ensure you can find parking, find the team seating area, change, and be able to walk out on deck with the team.

Volunteers Required

• Championship meets are completely separate from team seasonal volunteer requirements. Therefore, please do not entertain the idea that some people volunteer more than others. That is always true for every team and community organization, there's no getting around it. Please know that your help is definitely appreciated. A small group of dedicated people is what makes us a successful team and one that is able to pull others along with us.
• Therefore, if a swimmer is competing at a higher level meet such as Districts, someone related to them should be willing to volunteer at some point in the meet.
• See the attached Volunteer Timer Required sheet for our # of timers we need to provide at each session. Let me know if you can.
• Officials & Computer Operators: See this link

Team Dinner

• RSVP - We've only had 5 families declare so far. Please declare if you're able to make it or not, so I can give the restaurant a more accurate #.
• RSVP Link
• Is there a parent of a 14/under swimmer that can be a parent point person for us in case we can't get a coach there on time?
• Location: Lione's Pizza, 116 Wallace Avenue, Downingtown, PA 19335
• Date: Saturday, 3/7
• Time: Start arriving at 8:00 pm

States Attendance

• We NEED to declare within 30 minutes of the end time of each event if a swimmer is attending States.
• I will assume the answer is YES, unless a parent specifically tells me their swimmer cannot attend. 
• States Dates: 3/20 - 3/22
• Location: Peak Health Aquatic Center, Morgantown, WV
• Info Page Link
• You only have to attend your swimmer's competition session.
• Let me know ahead of time if there is NO possibility of your swimmer attending.
• See the attached PA States Qualifying sheet to estimate swimmer and relay chances.

Order of Events & Team Expectations

• Order of Events per session is attached.
• Swimmers are expected to stay the whole time for their session, from warm-up to the final event. If done swimming, cheer and support your teammates.
• Psych Sheet is attached too.

Parking

• Definitely try to park in the YMCA parking lot. It is fairly large.
• There is a church parking lot nearby, but I think that is off limits past 3:00 pm on Friday and all of Sunday. There should be attendants at the YMCA lot who can provide updated info on where to park.
• There is a school parking lot nearby too, but West Chester YMCA was unable to confirm as of last night if that is available.

See you on deck,

Coach Drake