Good afternoon, Dolphins!

Happy meet day! I'm so excited to face down the PDC Seahorses, especially after our record breaking Time Trials last week! Please see attached Heat Sheet! 

We greatly apologize for the practice confusion this morning! As always, please find the most up to date practice schedule on Swimtopia- https://dhgcdolphins.swimtopia.com/practice-schedu... - Note that there is no practice tomorrow morning, as we will be at the meet tonight past several bedtimes and would love our swimmers to make a full recovery! 

Please join us tomorrow evening for Awards Night- Denim Dolphins! 

Timeline

4:00 PM - Home and Visiting Team Parent Workers and coaching staff arrive to set bullpen locations. Dolphin Check In will be at the Towel Shack!
4:15 PM- Home and Visiting Swimmers check in at their bullpens. Parent Worker Check-in begins. Dolphin 6U-10U bullpens will be located on the dining deck, 12U-14U will be located under the pergola near the rear of the deck!
4:30 PM - Dolphins begin warm up.
5:00 PM - Seahorses begin warm up.
5:25 PM - National Anthem, DHGC Team Cheer, PDC Team Cheer!
5:30 PM - Meet begins!
Event 26 - Second Shift Parent Workers take over from First Shift Parent Workers!
9:30 PM (approximately) - Meet Ends!

Food:

Our Dolphin Buffet will be available for dinner beginning at 5:00 PM and will be available until 9:00 PM. Food options will include:
Mains: Pulled Pork, BBQ Chicken Thighs, Chicken Fingers, Pasta Primavera
Sides: Fruit Salad, Chopped Salad, Roasted Cauliflower, Roasted Broccoli, Corn on the Cobb, Vegetarian Baked Beans, Roasted Red Potatoes, Marinated Mushrooms
Dessert: M&M 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!

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 at all 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.

Senior Parking for DHGC will take place on the upper and middle terraces of the parking lot.

Emergency Plan and Weather Locations:

Should an emergency occur, we will have an EMT on 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 or has already been called, so we can alert the Security Team to guide the ambulance to the pool.

We will monitor all possible weather situation through our Perry Weather radar: https://widget.perryweather.com/?id=dd783b21-f930-...

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

The PDC Seahorses 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.

Note: If your child is cold and needs to enter one of these locations to warm up or get dry, that is perfectly fine. Please make sure that your child returns to their bullpen prior to their event to get lined up properly so they can swim! Please check your child out with your Bullpen Parent Workers and assigned Grad Assistant before leaving with them!

General Reminders:

• We will not have practice tomorrow- morning, and Awards Night will be  Wednesday evening between the 6U/8U practice and the 10U-14U practice! 
• 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 working 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 Bullpen Parent Workers 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
  • Sun Screen (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 Sun Screen 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 WEDNESDAY evening for Awards Night- theme: Denim Dolphins!

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 Swim Team Committee Parent Job Chairs, 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).

We look forward to seeing you all in just a few short hours for our exciting showdown! 

GO DOLPHINS!!! 

Robyn Whittemore