Hello Woodfield families! If you're NOT going to the county meet on Friday, you can skip right over this email. If you ARE headed to Georgia Tech, please read this closely. There's a whole lot of info to make sure everyone gets to where they need to be, but we'll make it happen. Let's begin! 

Meet info: The ASA's clearinghouse of meet info is right here: https://asa.swimtopia.com/championship There's plenty of deep-dive information there, so please check it if you have ANY questions. 

Communication: To make things easier on meet day and beforehand, please reply with the email you want me to use to stay in touch with you between now and then. On meet day, you can reach me at 678-232-5730. (Text will be best for instant communication, as the arena gets loud.) 

Entry list: Here's our entry list. We are on the last page. We've checked this, but give it a look and make sure everything is on point. 

Practice: Coaches will host a practice for county swimmers only from 9am to 10am on Thursday. This will be for all age groups. 

Meeting time: On Friday, we can't enter the arena before 3pm, and we have to enter as a team. So let's plan to meet on the front lawn of the Georgia Tech campus recreation center, by the red statue below. Plan to gather between 2:50 and 3. Rec center address: 750 Ferst Dr, Atlanta, GA 30318.

Allow plenty of time to get to Tech from Woodfield. Check traffic, as it's a holiday Friday and likely to be rough already at that point. 

Parking: You will need to purchase parking early. We are in lot W10, which is attached to the rec center. Here's the link to purchase parking: https://gatech.parkmobile.io/events. We are the second session on July 1; make sure you buy for the right session. (Don't worry about the 6:30pm expiration date.) 

Seating: Our team will be seated in Section 101, Row C. Coaches (and possibly some parents, depending on how many we have) will be able to sit with the team. Spectators are in another section of the arena, as you can see here. (These seating charts are also available at the ASA link above.) 

Warmups: Our team is slated to warm up from 3:30 to 3:50 in lanes 7 and 8 of the boys' pool. 

Lane assignments: Heat sheets are not yet ready. When they are, I'll let you know, or you can print them yourself from the ASA link above. 

Food/drink: There should -- emphasis on should -- be food available in the snack bar, but I'd recommend bringing a snack just in case. (Also a book.)

Volunteers: We have been assigned one volunteer slot to help staff the boys' bullpen. This involves helping boys on the deck get into the proper order, and then make their way onto the starting blocks. On the plus side, this allows you to be on the deck up close to your swimmer, and you can take a break to go watch them swim. We can switch off this responsibility between several parents. Please let me know if you can take a share of this responsibility. 

That's all for the moment -- please reply to this email with your best email address, and we'll get rolling. I know this sounds like a lot, but I've been doing this for about 18 years now ... we'll get through it just fine, we always do! Hit me with any questions, and we'll see you later this week ...

-Jay