Racer Parents,

We are swimming the Northbrook Dolphins tomorrow! The weather is looking doubtful and we are monitoring it and will try to communicate any changes to our timeline as soon as we are able. This is our first in person swim meet in quite a while. We will have a lot of swimmers on deck, but it should offer both teams a great opportunity to go best times. We have some fast relays and they should be able to show what they can do by racing head-to-head against Northbrook.  Having said that, if you have never been to a summer league in person meet, they are not over with quickly.  We will do whatever we can do expedite races and finish at a decent time.  Bear with us since this is our first big meet in a while.  Just a quick note...relays are considered main events.  This means that they can score points for our team.  If your swimmer is in a relay and they leave early without alerting Coach Shawn, it affects the ability of the other relay swimmers to experience swimming in a main event.  We understand that kids get tired, please let Coach Shawn know well in advance if your swimmer cannot stay until freestyle relay if they are scheduled to swim one. It is never fun to see the disappointment of swimmers on the blocks when only 3 swimmers show up to race.

In the spirit of TSA fun, Northbrook as said that our meet has a theme…that theme is NEON. If you are a lover of 80’s fashions, see what you can dust off from your closet and wear it to show some spirit! Those of us that have been on the team a while may still have our neon yellow t-shirts…feel free to bring those back…if not, wear your new team t-shirt and accessorize with anything bright – crocs, hats, scrunchies, etc.

Arrival Time & Warm Ups:

Please arrive by 5:15pm.  Our team warms up at 5:30pm.

Address & Pool configuration:

Northbrook Pool
4905 North Hills Drive, Raleigh, NC 27609

Northbrook is a 6 lane meter pool, so let your swimmers know that our times will not be quite the same as when we swim at our pool.

Parking:

Parking is always tight, so please do not park in the driveway. We need to keep that clear in case of an emergency. Also, do not park in front of the club on North Hills Drive between the driveway entrance and the traffic light, cars may be ticketed. We will try to keep as many spots as possible available in our parking lot, but North Hills Drive is the best option…sorry for the short walk.

Where to set up once you arrive:

We will have the entire far side (opposite of The Rock) of the pool...it has plenty of shade. You may want to bring additional chairs.

Concessions:

They will have a food truck & ice cream truck just outside the gate. Their snack bar will have drinks and other sweet treats.

Volunteers:

Please check in with our Volunteer Coordinator when you arrive at the pool so that we can mark all volunteers as present prior to the meet beginning. If we do not know if you are there, we have to search for volunteers to backfill positions and that is difficult to do at an away venue. We will have an official’s meeting (place judges, S&T officials, recorder, runners, timers) on the clubhouse patio at the top of the hill at 5:45pm.

We will be in touch if plans change, so please look for a Remind or an updated email or both.

Go RACERS!

Racers Swim Team Management