Good afternoon, Dolphin Families!

We are excited for our second home meet of the season against Cherokee Town and Country Club on Monday, June 10th. Since this is the last home meet of the season it is also team picture day and SENIOR NIGHT!!!!

Get ready to smile big, swim fast and celebrate our amazing senior swimmers.

Team Picture Day:
The team photo will be taken on the front steps prior to warm ups. Please make sure your swimmers arrive by 3:30 and get checked into their bullpens! Swimmers should be dressed in their team suit and Dolphins t-shirt for the photo. If you have not picked up your swimmer’s t-shirt yet, they will be available for pick up before the photo.

Senior Night: 
Senior Night to take place immediately after meet conclusion! This celebratory tradition allows our seniors to take their last "dive" into the pool at a Dolphin Home meet! As they take a lap of freestyle, a short paragraph written by the seniors' parents will be read to celebrate them. After this, complimentary pizza will be available for the entire team at the terrace buffet! 

Candid Photos: If you have fun photos to share, please do so by uploading them to the google drive linked here:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1s9byNCPPMm...There are folders for photos you take at practice, events like Awards Nights, and for each specific meet. Please add to them over the course of the season, especially if you would like your child to be featured on our scoreboard during our next meet!

What to Bring to the Meet: Towels for swimmers are not provided at meets. Please make sure your swimmer has two towels and for safety and comfort of our swimmers, please pack cool clothing and cold beverages!

On to the details!

TIMELINE:
3:30 pm - Swimmers arrive and check in at their designated bullpens. Swimmers will then move to the front steps for the team photo.
4:00 pm- Parent’s who are working shifts can begin checking in with the Parent Shift Coordinators at the towel shack
4:30 pm- DHGG Warmups begin
5:00pm- CTCC Warmups begin
5:30pm- Meet begins! 

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: Mushroom and Tofu a la Vodka, Chicken Alfredo, Pesto Primavera, Chicken Fingers
Sides: Broccoli, Lemon-Oregano New Potatoes, Fruit Salad, Roasted Vegetables, Mixed Greens Salad
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 CTCC Stingrays 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!

• 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 tomorrow evening for Awards Night- theme: 80s 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).

HAVE FUN AND SWIM FAST!!! 

GO DOLPHINS!!!

Robyn Whittemore