Marlins

A reminder that Champs Ads are due TODAY! See the attached flier & sample ads along with my prior emails for more info, but this is a special way to recognized your swimmers in print! These are for mostly for parents to honor their kids, but if you have a business you want to advertise that is OK too. 

Champs jobs are now open (here) along with event sign up until July 5th @7PM. Please do not wait until the last day to sign up your swimmers or for jobs, especially if you are on or going on vacation. We will need everyone to help, so if you have 2+ Marlins, please sign up for 2 jobs and 1 job if you have 1 Marlin. We will reassign any floaters who sign up for that before all other jobs are filled. Please see below for descriptions of jobs that are unique to Champs, no training is needed, you will get instructions the morning of the meet.

The Champs Parent Packet is worth everyone reviewing for lots of information. Our warm up time starts at 8:00 and we will need all swimmers and parents there by 7:45 at the latest (you may need to be there earlier depending on your job).

It is back at Independence High School, so if you were there last year, it’s the same location and our team area is in the same place. If this is your first Champs, it is a big meet and the biggest change for many parents and swimmers is that parents are not allowed down on the pool deck. The CITs will help the little kids down and get them into the clerk. Only people with deck passes will be allowed down and there will be people stationed at the stairs to keep parents out, this is a strict rule even for Jr. Marlins.

Since Champs is a bigger meet, there are several jobs that are not part of our dual meet jobs, so you can read the descriptions below. If you have little kids, consider a pre-meet job or after-meet job. There are several options to allow you to focus on your kids during the meet, including setting up the day before. Keep in mind that if you have a job that is on the pool deck (timers, clerk of course, etc), your swimmers will be up in the team area and can't be on deck unless they are swimming.

CHAMPS ONLY JOBS

• Blocks: Finishing Block Worker: Herd swimmers to the correct stairway after the race is over.
• Champs Floater: This is supporting at the Champ overall level, not the team level, so you would be available to Champs Team to fill in as needed during the meet. It may be filling in for another team that doesn’t have enough floaters or helping the Champs organizers.
• Data Runner: Pick up collated documentation from Intermediary and deliver to Data Room.
• Day before Set-up Worker: Saturday 5:30-9 pm: Pick up GM tents and clerk of the course benches to deliver to Independence High by 6 PM Sat. Set up equipment, tables, chairs. Get pool ready for the meet. Report to head set-up person. Will need a large car to deliver shade tents and benches.[Good job for parents who want to focus on their kids during the meet.]
• Intermediary: Enters DQ Codes. Validates the times are correct as compared to the recorder sheets. Re-calculates averages as necessary. Notifies Results when an event is complete.

• Lost and Found: Picks up lost and found articles at end of meet. If named, attempt to return to team/owner. Take picture of the group of lost items and send to Champs director to share with Team coordinators. If items are not claimed, they may be donated to charity.[Done at end of meet, so parents can focus on kids during the meet.]
• Men's Restroom Monitor (Male parent only): 1st or second half- Check on the women's restroom every 30-40 minutes to make sure it has toilet paper and soap. If the restroom needs attention, contact Champs Coordinator who will contact the janitor [this is a very easy job-- perfect for a parent who wants a job where they can be with their swimmers and not on the pool deck for half of the meet].
• Ribbons Table: This will be done during the meet, not after.
• Pre-Meet Pool Stair Marshalls (7:15am-9am): monitor access to pool stairs (only swimmers and parent volunteers allowed on pool deck)[Great job for a parent who wants to have a quick shift and be finished when the meet starts!]
• Pre-Meet Upper Deck/Bleachers Marshalls(7:15 am-9am): Monitor families and swimmers on the upper deck and bleachers. Provide map assistance to families looking for team areas. Ensure that families do not set up chairs or shade tents on the upper pool deck or bleachers. [Great job for a parent who wants to have a quick shift and be finished when the meet starts!]
• Team Trash Pick Up: Bring 3-4 large trash bags and periodically go around the team area to collect trash during the meet. [Easy to do during a break in your swimmers’ events]
• Tear Down- After Meet: Meet Head of Teardown at Clerk of Course after final event. Take down equipment, EZ-ups, signs, painters’ tape. Put Independence equipment as we found it. Stay until released by head clean-up person. Drive GM shade tents and clerk benches back to GM. [Will need large car to return things to Greenmeadow.]
• Twitter Data Entry: Tweet announcements, including team scores and which age groups / strokes need to go to clerk of the course.
• Women's Restroom Monitor (Female parent only): Check on the women's restroom every 30-40 minutes to make sure it has toilet paper and soap. If the restroom needs attention, contact Champs Coordinator who will contact the janitor [this is a very easy job-- perfect for a parent who wants a job where they can be with their swimmers and not on the pool deck for half of the meet].

Please let LeAnn ([email protected]) or me know if you have any questions.

Thanks!

Donna