Burnt Hickory Lakes

• Parents should DECLARE in SwimTopia “ATTENDING OR NOT ATTENDING” status for each meet. 
• If you have an emergency and cannot make a meet for which you were scheduled to attend, please TEXT Danielle @ 520-820-3130. Prompt notice allows coaches to make relay substitutions and adjust events as needed.
• Wear your team suit and cap. Bring towels.
• Parents working at a meet should check in with our Volunteer Coordinator upon arriving at the meet.
• Please introduce your child to the Bullpen Volunteer. Children should be collected by bullpen volunteers during the meets to ensure they arrive at their events on time. 
• Parents bring your chairs, snacks and things to keep kids busy.
• The baby pool is off limits to everyone during the meet!
• ABSOLUTELY NO CLIMBING on the waterslide or rocks during home meets.
• Please keep children OUT of the deep end of the pool. This includes sitting at the edge and dangling your feet.
• ALCHOHOLIC BEVERAGES ARE PROHIBITED AT ALL MEETS. Our team can be dismissed from the league for such incidents.
• The concession stand raises money for our swim team. Please support us if you can.
• Absolutely no glass and no gum on the pool deck.
• Please use a sharpie to write your swimmers EHL (event/heat/lane) prior to arriving at the meet. Write your swimmers name on their right shoulder to help bullpen volunteers! *Please see additional Notes and Video*
• Swimmers may not leave a meet prior to finishing all of their events! This includes relay events at the end of the meet.
• Sometimes we have delays for thunderstorms. Please DO NOT LEAVE THE MEET. If necessary, parents and swimmers can wait in their cars for storms to pass. We will keep you updated via the SwimTopia App. Once the storms pass we typically resume the meet.
• Please DO NOT approach the referee at any time during the meet. If you have questions or concerns please find a coordinator.

Referring to the final heat sheet posted each meet, search swimmer for Event#, Heat# and Lane #, and using a permanent marker in a dark color, create a simple table. Across the top, write “E” “H” and “L” for event, heat, lane.Then, fill in the details. It is best to write on your swimmer's arm and allow it to thoroughly dry prior to applying any sunscreen.

Video-How to Mark Swimmer's Arm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbbpeNSYEbw&t=7s

Abbreviations for strokes Fly: FL, Back: BA, Breast: BR, Free: FR

The order of the MEDLEY RELAY is: BA-BR-FL-FR

The order of the IM (INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY)is: FL-BA-BR-FR 
*Please note that the IM order is different than the Medley Relay*