GFF Families - 

Please arrive to the pool by 6:45 am. Please use the first parking lot to the left and enter through the back gate. This allows our team to tear down and leave without disturbing patrons waiting to enter the pool for the day. New families might find the attached maps helpful. 

We will do warm-ups at 7:00 am. Coach Mark says warm-ups for 10 & unders are optional. If your 10 & under swimmer is not warming up, they should arrive by 7:15. Immediately following warm-ups there will be a team meeting by the slides. Swimmers will receive their events at this time.

10 & unders - remember to write your swimmer's name on their back right shoulder in sharpie. It will probably be cold in the morning, so make sure you bring extra towels, sweats and blankets. We will only operate a bullpen for 10 & under swimmers. 11 & over are expected to be behind the blocks on time for their events. If a swimmer misses an event, it is very unlikely they can swim it in another heat. 11 & over - check with a bullpen worker for your event/lane if needed. 

If you are setting up tonight, we begin setting up as soon as the pool closes at 7:00 pm. HERE is the meet setup & tear down guide. If you have concession donations, please bring those to the concession stand by 7:15 am Saturday.

The GFF tent will house the scorer's table. It will be set up in the grassy area behind/near the competition pool. Volunteers (both halves) need to check in for their shift here with Nicole or Danielle upon arrival. Apparel orders can be picked up here as well and you can turn in raffle tickets. Note: please do not ask me for apparel orders if it appears that I'm busy. I will try to have a volunteer help with this. Setting up and managing a meet is very complicated! 

The officials meeting will be at 7:30, there will be a timer's meeting at 7:45 am (both half timers should attend). The meet will start promptly at 8:00 am. We use the Dolphin Wireless Stopwatch system. That means times will appear in your Swimtopia app almost instantly. Sometimes there are errors or disqualifications that come in a little later. When those come in, the app gets updated. If you notice an error with your swimmer's time, please wait approximately 15 minutes. If you feel there is still an error, please approach a coach and not the scorer's table. The scorers will only communicate with coaches and team reps. 

The heat sheet is attached and is published in Swimtopia. Due to the estimated length of the meet, coaches from both teams decided to remove all relays. We don't like doing this, but it is more important to get individual times so swimmers are eligible for Champs. The following events are combined: Event 11 Heat 2 & Event 12 Heat 1; Event 47 Heat 2 & Event 48 Heat 1. The combined events are notated on the attached heat sheet. 

Please email [email protected] if you have any questions or if your swimmer cannot attend the meet. 

Thank you