Marlins,

We are looking forward to our March Madness Time Trials and Relay Meet! Please take a moment to review the attached job sign ups, athlete sheets, and relay teams (attached both by relay and by name). If your availability for your volunteer job has changed, please let me know ASAP.  The timeline and overview of what to bring are below too. Get in the March Madness spirit by wearing jerseys and other sports gear!

RELAYS

For the relays, we will be doing 3 silly relays in teams are mixed ages and genders. The relays will be all 25s (1 lap) for each swimmer of the following: (1) pulling on the lane lines (aka traveling), (2) pushing a basketball across the pool, and (3) jersey exchange (swim in a jersey and trade with next swimmer). The relay teams are attached and kids will be in the same teams for all 3 relays and in the same heats and lanes. If your swimmer's availability for relays has changed, please let us know ASAP so we can rework the teams. It will be a lot of fun, but also a lot of chaos and even harder if kids leave early, so please be sure to stay after individual events or let Coach Ryan know if you have to leave.

CONCESSIONS

We will have some tasty breakfast concessions on offer so please bring some money to support the team. We have a new coffee set up we are eager to test out, but would like to encourage everyone to bring their own mug, or borrow a clubhouse one, to save on waste. Don’t forget the membership taco party will start at 12:00 PM.

TIMELINE

8:30: All Meet/Concession set up volunteers arrive. Please check in at the volunteer check in table with Carmen. The table will be near the women’s restrooms.

8:45: All swimmers and first half volunteers should arrive. Swimmers may do an optional warm up.

8:50: Timer meeting for all timers (both halves). We will only have one timer per lane, so we are relying on you to focus on your lane and, so please attend the meeting to understand how to use the timers.  We will be using the hand timers, not dolphin system for this meet, so you will also need to record the times on the timer sheets.

9:00: Meet starts with 8U fly events and will go in order of fly, back, breast, free, relays.

10:00: All second half volunteers should have arrived and checked in. Second half worker shift starts at event #11.

11:00 - 12:00: Meet Ends. This meet will probably run fast, so we may end early, but it’s hard to predict the timing. Please take a moment to clean up any trash in your area before you leave. Tear down workers can start as soon as the meet finishes.

12:00: Member Appreciation Taco Feed: Stay for your free tacos!

WHAT TO BRING

• March Madness Jerseys and Sports attire encouraged for all!
• Marlins team swimsuit if you have one (not required)
• Googles (and an extra pair if you have them)
• Towels: 2-3
• Sweatshirt, sweatpants
• Sunscreen
• Drinks and snacks or hit up concessions (we will have coffee, bagels, donuts)
• Coffee travel cup, we are trying to go green with our coffee, so please bring your own coffee mug or use and wash a GM clubhouse one.
• Sharpie pen (to write swimmer’s event/heat/lane assignments on arm)
• Blankets or chairs for sitting on grass
• Shade tents/umbrellas, hats, sunglasses
• A good attitude and some team spirit!

Please let me know if anyone has any questions.

Go Marlins!

Donna