Champs Families!

Champs is a lot of fun, but it can feel overwhelming, particularly if it's your first year, so I encourage all of you to take the time to review the parent packet here (also attached) and the meet sheet here and attached. These have maps to our team location, which is different this year so don't go to the old location, parking, food, volunteer meeting times/location, rules regarding set up and more.  See the schedule below for an opportunity to visit the pool the day before if you have kids who may benefit from a preview, especially since non-working parents may not be on deck with their kids after 8:30 AM. The final details like heats/lanes will be shared close to the event. Please use the Pep Rally as an opportunity to ask me any questions you have.

GREENMEADOW IS HOSTING

Greenmeadow is the official host of Champs this year and we owe a huge round of applause to Carmen Rodwell for being the lead coordinator of the whole event and to Christine Hodson who is the lead volunteer coordinator for all teams. These jobs take an enormous amount of work and we are very grateful, particularly since neither of them have kids swimming in the meet!  Please go out of your way to help them and thank you to all our volunteers who have stepped up with our extra duties this year.  If you need to cancel your meet job for any reason, please contact Christine Hodson @ [email protected] or on 650-799-8093.

LOCATION

Champs is located at Independence High School in San Jose (617 N Jackson Ave, San Jose, CA 95133), which is about 25-30 min from Greenmeadow, so please factor in travel time, parking, and set up. Everyone should arrive by 7:30, but some of you may have earlier arrival times based on your jobs, so please arrive on time for your jobs.

PARKING: FREE

The parking lot by the Independence High School pool is by the tennis courts. Avoid parking by the football field as that is a long walk to the pool. Please park in any available stall in the parking area, including the shade area under the solar panels!

SCHEDULE

Saturday, July 16 

• 6 pm Walk through for those families who are new to the venue
• 6 pm Set-up workers

Sunday, July 17

• 7:00: Doors Open
• 7:30: All volunteers and swimmers arrive and set up in team area (see attached map). Volunteers check-in with Deirdre Nagayama and Terri Yamamoto.
• 8:00 - 8:35: Greenmeadow warm ups in these lanes only:
  • Lanes 1-4 Dives
  • Lanes 11 & 13 No dives allowed
• 8:10: Job specific meetings, locations on the map here and attached.
• 8:40: Team Cheer: Greenmeadow will go last this year
• 9:00: Meet Begins.
• 2:00 - 3:00: Approx. Meet Ending
• 6:30 - 8:30: End of Season: Awards Night Greenmeadow Park

GENERAL INFO

• Our team area is different than last year. This year Greenmeadow will be by the public bathrooms and you can see the location of our team area on this map in the lower left corner.
• Absolutely no chairs, tents, or umbrellas are allowed in the Competition Viewing Bleachers or upper deck breezeways. Shade tents and chairs are allowed in our team area.
• Non-working Parents/Spectators are not allowed on the pool deck after 8:30 am. Please prepare your kids that they will be in the clerk and on the pool deck while you are in the stands. Please rely on CITs if your kids need help. There will be plenty of adults on the pool deck to help generally and get them where they need to be.
• Double-check kids have googles, caps, etc. before they head down the stairs to the clerk of the course. You will not be allowed down to give them things they forget.
• Clerk of the Course and score updates will be sent via twitter @JSSLChamps. 
• Champs Programs will be available for purchase for $10. The programs list the swimmer names, heat and lane numbers for each event, in addition to purchased ads, Senior Bios and sponsorship Ads.

FOOD OPTIONS

• There will be 3 food trucks: Waffle Roost, Mona’s Fruit, and Kona Ice outside by Gate 1 (see maps).
• Families may pack a lunch, visit the food trucks outside or drive to nearby food options on Jackson/McKee, about 0.6 miles: Lee’s Sandwiches, Round Table Pizza, McDonald’s, Duc Huong (Vietnamese sandwiches), Chavez Supermarket (Taqueria), Subway~ 1 mile away: Togo’s
• No metal, aluminum or glass containers at the Independence Pool.
• No food is permitted on the pool deck. Food is permitted on the bleachers and upper deck only.

Let's Go Marlins!!

Donna