Good afternoon, Dolphins!

Happy Meet Day! Our final home meet is upon us, and the anticipation is REAL! I cannot wait to be on deck with everyone in just a few short hours! Please review the attached Heat Sheet and send any concerns to Robyn utilizing the contact information at the bottom of this e-mail!

As a reminder, today is our Picture Day and Senior Night! Please do NOT mark your swimmer until after our team picture is taken!

Timeline:
3:30pm - Volunteers arrive to check in at the Towel Shack
3:45pm- Swimmers arrive and check in at their Bullpens.
4:00pm- Swimmers are lined up on the front steps for our Team Picture
Seniors and Coaching Staff will be taking separate pictures as well!
4:30pm- Dolphins begin Warmups.
5:00pm- Waves begin Warmups.
5:30pm- National Anthem, Team Cheers, Meet Begins!
Event 26- Second Shift Volunteers take over from First Shift Volunteers
9:30pm (approximately)- Meet Ends - Senior Celebrations Begin!
ALL DOLPHIN SWIMMERS, Please stay to honor our Senior Swimmers and enjoy Athens Pizza!

Please See THIS NEWS POST for details regarding our Team Picture and Senior Night!

Parking:

While both the DHGC Parking Lot and the parking lot at the Fernbank Museum (767 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30307) will be open for parking, we anticipate heavy traffic and potential parking issues. It is recommended that attendees carpool, rideshare, or walk if possible. To access the Fernbank Museum parking lot, take the first right upon driving into the museum facility. We will have shuttle service running from Fernbank to carry parents and swimmers to the DHGC Pool Deck throughout the evening, though if you are walking across the road, it is highly encouraged that you utilize the crosswalk.

Food:

Our Dolphin Buffet will be available for dinner beginning at 5:30 PM and will be available until 9:00 PM.

Food options will include:
Mains: Chicken and Grits, Squash Casserole, Fried Catfish, Chicken Fingers
Sides: Broccoli, Southern Green Beans, Macaroni Salad, Georgia Peach Salad, Black Eyed Peas, Fruit Salad
Dessert: Cookies

A Beverage Station will be available for all swimmers. This will include Lemonade and Sweet/Unsweet tea. All swimmers will have access to our ice/water machine to refill their water bottles!

Emergency Plan and Weather Locations:

It's looking like it will be a rainy meet this evening! Please bring extra towels, a warm change of clothes in a ziplock bag, and EXTRA Dolphin Spirit! 

Should an emergency occur, we will have an EMT on the premises. Our First Aid box and AED are located in our towel shack. Please alert a DHGC staff member if 911 needs to be called/has been called, so we can alert the Security Team to guide the ambulance to the pool.

We will monitor all possible weather situation through ThorGuard: http://dhgc.thormobile14.net/

Should inclement weather occur, we will be utilizing the following locations within the DHGC Clubhouse to shelter the storm:

• The Capital City Waves will shelter in our Grand Ballroom.
• The Dolphins will be divvied between Lullwater, Dogwood, and Director's Room- with 6U through 10U in Dogwood, 12U-14U in Lullwater, and overflow in the Director's Room.

General Reminders

• Towel service will not be provided, please bring at least two towels, non-electronic games for the bullpens, and healthy snacks.
  • We will bring towels for swimmers should rain occur - our first priority will always be swimmer comfort!
• Sunscreen is available for purchase at our towel shack.
• We would like to remind our parents that it is very important that swimmers remain in their Bullpen. You are always welcome to spend time with them there, regardless of whether or not you are volunteering in that bullpen! If your child requires shelter during the meet, it will become your responsibility to make sure they swim in their events! Please check them out with your LEAD BULLPEN PARENT and GA assigned to your bullpen before taking them for clarification on where they need to be and when!
• While some of our friends are still in school, please stay for the final relays! We need our swimmers to bring the DOLPHIN SPIRIT and cheer for their teammates, but we also often have to pull our friends to compete in the place of those who are absent during those relays!
• Please make sure to bring:
  • Caps
  • Goggles
  • Sunscreen (labeled)
  • Water Bottle (labeled)
  • Nut-Free Snacks
  • Non-Electronic Entertainment for the Bullpen
  • At least two towels (Towels are not provided for meets)
  • Wear your Competition Suit!
• Please Sunscreen your swimmer AFTER they are marked. It is difficult to use a sharpie on already Sun Screened Skin!
• Please make sure to join us for awards night TUESDAY evening for Awards Night- theme: GREEN NIGHT!

HEAT SHEET INFORMATION

My child isn’t on the heat sheet!

• First, to prevent this, make sure you “commit” or “not commit” to every swim meet on Swimtopia by the cutoff date. If you have not “committed” your swimmer on Swimtopia, they will not be on the heat sheet.
• If your child is not on the heat sheet and will be attending the swim meet, do two things:
• Email or text Robyn! I will not be able to respond to all emails but will collect all notifications and forward them to Coach Justin. ([email protected]) (301-473-3221)
• Come to the meet, check in with our Volunteer Booth, let your bullpen parent know, we will make it work.

My child IS on the heat sheet but now will be absent (sick, etc.)!

• Let Robyn know via email or text, as above. This is important so that we can shuffle relays and get other swimmers in the water.
• Please note, if you don't check-in with the appropriate bullpen parent on time, there is a possibility that your swimmer will be scratched from their events, particularly early races. If you are running late please let someone in your bullpen know so that we don't tap another swimmer for your relay spot.

My child’s name is wrong on the heat sheet!

• All names of swimmers on the heat sheet will appear as the swimmer is registered under Swimtopia (e.g., John Michael Phelps will appear as John Phelps on the heat sheet, not Michael Phelps). If you want the name of your swimmer to be anything other than their first name and surname, please make sure that information is noted on Swimtopia.

My child is entered with “NT” in an event!

• If your swimmer is entered with "NT" in an event, that simply means your swimmer has never swum the event previously and does not have an official time.

My child is swimming the Individual Medley, or is on a Medley Relay. What order of strokes do they swim!

• If your swimmer is swimming the Individual Medley (IM), the stroke order is butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle. If your swimmer is swimming on a Medley Relay (MR), the stroke order is backstroke (1), breaststroke (2), butterfly (3), and freestyle (4).

The Coaches and I cannot wait to see all of our swimmer families in their Dolphin Best tonight! Let's bring the drive and sportsmanship we've been working on all season! 

GO DOLPHINS!

Robyn Whittemore
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