Champs Families!

Champs is almost here!! We look forward to seeing you all at 7:30 AM at Independence High School (or earlier if you have a pre-meet job). Please review the general Champs info here, the parent packet here, the attached job assignments and the attached athlete sheets. Please be aware that non-working parents are not allowed on deck after warm ups. During the meet, you will walk them to the clerk of the course, they will head down stairs, then you go cheer from the stands. Please double-check they have all they need before they head down! The coaches will be down there and plenty of working parents to help. New this year is a team snack table, so please help yourselves!

ATHLETE SHEET AND APP

I’ve attached the athlete check in sheet so you can see your swimmer’s events/heats/lanes. The results will be on an app called Meet Mobile instead of SwimTopia.

RELAYS

At Champs we can only have one mixed gender relay per age group, but the final relays are determined at Champs If your swimmer’s name is listed below, they are in a relay or an alternate. Please do not leave before the relays are done and let us know ASAP if your swimmer will not be able to stay through the relays.

• 6 and under: Harry Kalvass, Brooks Truntzer, Isabelle Truntzer, Alex Maa, Grace Yelovich, Evie Yelovich, Leo Sazandoff
• 7-8s: Natalie Wong, Keiko Tao, Maddie Andrikopolous, Isaac Song, Ben Balliet, Tanay Singhvi, William Kostal, Lily Sazandoff
• 9-10s: Avedon Lynch, Brooke Andrikopolous, Vivienne Schoell, Benny LaBarre, Reagan Mattson, Harper Whitehead, Jordan Wong, Andrew Song-Liang
• 11-12s: Neil Singhvi, Phoenix Lynch, Kelly Tao, Ellie Rassam, Eloise Kostal, Olive Ip, Joseph Kalvass, Cat Thurman
• 13-14s: Nishant Sinha, Russell Orviss, Naomi Hill, Tabitha Seale, Andrew Reed
• 15-18s: Nina Rodwell, Morgan Germanow, Miles Heilman, Parker Ballew, Tobey Chou, Melody Song, Kailey Flesner, Zach Hill

VOLUNTEERS

I’ve attached the current volunteer list. We really appreciate everyone’s help to make the meet a success. Please text or email LeAnn Baum (507-469-3154 or [email protected]) if you are not able to fulfill your Parent Meet Job for any reason. There are many more volunteers to coordinate, so please be on time and review all the information in the links about the location and time for your volunteer job’s meetings. On the morning of Champs, you will check in with LeAnn Baum and Terri Yamamoto (thanks both!). They will be in location A on the maps, which is the upper deck in front of the boys locker rooms. All teams will have their check-ins in the same area, so please look for the Greenmeadow table.

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.

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

• 7:00: Doors Open
• 7:15: Pre-Meet Marshal Meeting (see here and attached for location)
• 7:30: All volunteers and swimmers arrive.
• 8:00 - 8:35: Greenmeadow warm ups in these lanes only:
  • Lanes 1-4 Dives
  • Lanes 11 & 12 No Dives, 3 Point Entry
• 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 FAMILY INFO

• Our team area is the same as 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 keep an eye on them and get them where they need to be.
• 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.
• Results will be on Meet Mobile App
• T-Shirts will be available for purchase

FOOD OPTIONS

• We will have a team snack table, so please enjoy and thank Mari and Missy as you do!
• 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