Home Meet - Lindon vs. Springville - June 13th

If you did not receive the mass email I sent out, please email me so I can put you on the email list.

Attention Parent Volunteers,

Thank you so much for being willing to volunteer to assist the swim team this year! As volunteers, we need your help in making sure that the meet runs smoothly and efficiently, so a big thank you to each of you!

• Warm ups begin at 7am. So be here by 6:50am to be ready to get in the water at 7am.
• The meet begins at 7:30am.
• If you are volunteering, please check in when you arrive and out when you leave with our volunteer director.

We need to have everything set up before 7:30am. The meet needs to be over by 11am because the pool is then open to the public. If you want to swim after and play, you will need to exit the facility and pay the entry fee.

Also, if your child has not signed up yet for the meet PLEASE EMAIL ME ASAP!!!

Please see below for the volunteer positions and what is expected of you. Also look for the asterisks ** because this will tell you any specifics we need you to do or know for the meet. Most meetings/trainings for volunteers will take place while your children are warming up in the pool, another reason to get here early so you can help your child get ready and then come to your specific meeting. If you are volunteering for this meet, try and be here at 6:45am so you can be to your meeting or the Officials Meeting by 7am. Stroke judges, Starters, Coaches, Chief Judge, Head Timer, Clerk of Course, and Bullpen Director will be meeting with our Meet Referee at 7am. After, Bullpen Director and Head Timer will meet with their own volunteers.

Volunteer Director - Signs in and signs out parent volunteers and directs them where to go. This person will need to arrive early before warm ups begin, in order to help volunteers know where to go. With the signing in and out, this will keep help us keep track of volunteer hours

**Arrive at 6:30am to prep for the volunteers who are coming.

Rachel Robinson

Calling Volunteers: calling parents who volunteered for positions for the upcoming meet.

• (27th)Jo Anna Larsen
• Crystal Zinn
• Wendi Keller

Meet Referee -The referee manages the meet and makes sure that the swimming rules are enforced during the meet and that all swimmers have fair competitive conditions. You must know and understand the rules under which the meet is being conducted. Must attend training meeting.

**Arrive at 6:45am for prep and Officials Meeting

• Jamie Riddle

Starter - The starter is responsible for starting each event.  They should call the event number, age group and gender, heat number and what stroke is being swum.
The starter starts each race with two commands, “Swimmers take your mark” and then the horn signifying the start of the race. Must have some basic stroke and turn knowledge - Attendance at training meeting and any updates

**Arrive at 6:45am for prep and Officials Meeting

• Melanie Gubler
• Becca Ackley

Stroke/Turn Judges- are solely responsible for observing all strokes, turns, and finishes. Must attend training meeting

**Arrive at 6:45am for prep and Officials Meeting

• Chris Crabtree
• Josh Dahmer
• Nancy and Dan Fish
• Jennifer and Mike Walker
• (Chief Judge) Kate Pitcher

Timers – Each lane requires two timers and must be staffed for the entire meet. All timing equipment will be provided.  It is a great place to see the races up close.  No Children (not even swimmers) may sit with you in the timing area.

**Arrive at 6:45am for prep and meeting at 7:15am

1. Jennifer Bowden
2. Christine Finlayson
3. Stacey/Jeremy Johnson
4. Myra Johnson
5. Natali Montague
6. Jeanine Reeves
7. Keith and Kestin Mattinson
8. Tricia Donaldson  
9. Renee Hornback  
10. Marcy Earl
11. Jen Stobart
12. Rachel Robinson  
13. Amy Anderson
14. Lindsey Dunn

Head Timer – The Head Timer will answer questions from other timers on how to use the stop watches and fill out the time cards.  They make sure all timers have necessary supplies.  They will also run two watches for backup, in case of malfunctioning watches, or in the event a timer does not start the watch properly.  If you have been a timer for many and meets and are ready for extra responsibility, this is the job for you.

**Arrive at 6:45am for prep and training you will be giving for the timers you are over and the Officials Meeting at 7am.

• Talia Strong (Only 27th)
• Jackie Williams

Bullpen Director – This position is the head of the bullpen. They are in charge of the bullpen and the bullpen volunteers. They make sure the organization of the bullpen volunteers know what they are doing and help the meets run more smoothly.

**Arrive at 6:30am for prep and training you will be giving for the bullpen volunteers you are over and the Officials Meeting at 7am.

• Amy Fox (gone 6/27)
• Caleb Pope

Bullpen – Swimmers gather and are organized prior to their race at the Bullpen.  Bull Pen Volunteers make heat and lane assignments.  It is a crazy and fun place to be.

**Arrive at 6:45am for prep and training at 7:15am

• Lisa Radmall
• Sharon Sandberg  
• Amanda Saunders
• Susan Olsen

Clerk of Course  – This volunteer is a mast of ribbons and will do this and supervise the ribbon masters throughout the meet. The other team coaches should be able to leave at the end of the meet with their team ribbons finished.

**Arrive at 6:45am for prep and the Officials Meeting at 7am.

• Wendy Heim
• Mardi Weber

Ribbon Masters – Ribbon volunteers help sort, label and file ribbons for the swimmers during the swim meet. There is a ribbon table on deck where you sit and work. This will be throughout the home meets.

**Arrive at 6:45am for prep and meeting at 7:15am

• Emily Milner
• Denise Baker 
• Tamara Middleton
• RaeAnn Anderson
• Saundra Farnsworth
• Rich/Heidi Doxey

Runners – These individuals pick up swimmers and cards from the Bull Pen and deliver them to the correct place for each event.  After the event, runners pick up and deliver completed cards, DQ (disqualification) slips, and finish order papers to the Ribbon table.  Highly organized and energetic people do well at this job.

**Arrive at 7

• Kelly Price
• Heather Stratton
• Michael Travis
• Brooke Bergin

Finish Judges – These individuals sit at the finish line and visually determine the order of finish for each event and heat.  They serve as a double check for timers.

**Arrive at 7am for prep 

• Nicole Morley 
• Jeff Brimhall

Event Caller - The Event Caller’s responsibility is to call swimmers to the bullpen by announcing a first and second call for each event at least three events in advance. You will use a big whiteboard to display the event number of those who need to go to the bullpen.

**Arrive at 6:45am for prep and training at 7am

• Christine Finlayson
• Emilie Nuttall (27th) some 13th

Set up and Take down Parents – These individuals are in charge of helping set up the swim meet with tables and such. These individuals are also in charge of putting everything away after a meet and general clean-up of the pool deck.  Check for lost and found items.  This is a perfect job for those with several swimmers in the family.  You’ll never miss your child swim!

**Arrive at 6:30am to help set up. Many hands make light work :) 

• Steven Braithwaite 
• Gentry Judd
• Tracy Thueson 
• Tiffany Burbidge
• Emily Milner
• Kelly LaFave
• Tammy Choque
• Michelle and Corey Cochran

Thank you again for volunteering! If you have questions, please email me. I will try and get back to you as soon as I can. With your help, our first meet is going to be great!  

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Best,

Head Swim Coach

Kristi Hargiss

lindonswimteam@gmail.com

801.610.4160

Upcoming Swim Meet Info

Hi All,

If your child is not able to come to many of the meets, please contact me. There is a possible invitational this week that you could go to in order to get qualifying times for the County Meets. Email me.

We will be holding our first swim meet this Saturday, here at Lindon! So here's just a few things to be aware of as a heads up.

Sign Ups

• This Tuesday we will have sign ups for our home meet, Saturday the 13th. Your swimmer may choose three events to swim and if they would like to participate in a relay.
• Participating in a relay is not guaranteed. We as coaches will be putting the relays together and will try to give everyone an opportunity to participate in a relay if they'd like to throughout the season. 
• If you or your child will not be here when we do sign ups, please email what events they will be swimming.

Volunteers

• I will be sending out an email, text, or call this week to those who have volunteered. So please keep a look out for that.
• If you have volunteered for a position and are unable to attend this coming meet, please let me know. If you have not signed up to volunteer and can, contact me. 

Also, you can now subscribe to the blog. On the right side of the blog, under County Meets, you can do so by typing in your email. 

Best,

Kristi

Private Swim Lessons

As mentioned in our parent meeting, we as coaches also offer private swim lessons to work on technique, dives, turns, strokes, etc... I've had a few questions concerning private lessons so if you are interested in having us personally, one on one, coach your children, please do the following:

1. Email me with a subject line of "PRIVATE SWIM LESSONS - your child's name"
2. Tell me the name of participant(s)
3. Age
4. Parent's name
5. Phone number
6. Availability: Morning, Afternoon, Evening
7. Teacher requested if any:
8. Tell me what you'd like them to work on during the lesson
9. How many lessons you would like to do.

We will then call you and set up a time that works for you and the instructor for the private lessons. Next, because it is an agreement between you and the instructor and not the pool, before the first lesson Lindon Aquatics requires us to fill out a "Private Swim Lesson Instructor Agreement." This details the times, cost of the lesson/fee to use the Lindon pool, and a few other logistics. 

Privates are a great opportunity to hone in on skills and technique to improve stroke and speed. These usually last around 30 mins, but can go longer if desired. 

Email me if you have any questions! 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Hello Lindon Swim Team Parents of 2015,

We as a coaching staff are so excited to be working with your children this year! We ask for your patience and help as we get this season started off with a splash! 

There are a few items of business that you each need to be aware of so please read all the way to the end! There may be something that benefits you if you do! :) I promise not all my posts will be this long. We just have a lot to go over. Plus, I'd like us to be on the same page.

Email List

If you are not on the emailing list, please email me your email and contact information so you can receive updates.

Swim Team Caps

You may purchase the swim caps at the front office. They are the same as last year and cost $5. Please be aware if the cap is ripped you will need to buy another for the meets. So we suggest have a practice cap. You can purchase these at very little cost (usually like $3) at various swim shops. 

Swim Team Shirts

Team shirts are included in the fee for registration. We need to know your sizes by tomorrow at 12 pm. Please let us know your child's sizes by tomorrow! We will ask in practice as well. 

*Swim Meet Needs - The MOST Important Part

The following is found in the bylaws for the Utah Valley Summer Swim League Rules for Competition. When you signed up your children for swim team, you agreed to follow these bylaws. Each team in the league are subject to the same rules.

“Meet Staffing Requirements: It is required that all meets be staffed as follows:

1.     4-stroke judges (one from each team). Must be approved by the Head Official.

2.     A Starter.

3.     Referee

4.     Clerk of Course

5.     Finish judge

6.     Bullpen director

7.     Two timers per lane.

If a team does not supply an official to the stroke clinic presented at the beginning of the summer, no meets participated in at the teams pool will be counted as a legal meet....Host teams, in a dual meet, will provide the officials and all timers. If a team doesn't have the required amount of officials to the officials meeting held at the beginning of each season, all meets held at that facility will not be counted as an official meet and will not be counted toward entry into the final county swim meets. A list will be provided at the beginning of the season of all teams that have sent representatives."

ATTENTION: We have only had four people sign up to be stroke judges. I cannot stress this enough- we CANNOT hold meets without people attending the Training Meeting on June 10^th to become stroke judges, a starter, and a meet referee. We need you as parents to help us run our meets.

**Those who attend the Training Meeting on June 10th will receive $50 back at the end of the season if they attend the meeting and do their job at the home meets. The meeting also counts toward the required volunteer hours. So it’s a great way to fill those hours if you have multiple children on the team. The positions below must be filled.

Here is a list of positions we still need filled.

1 Meet Referee*

2 Starters*

1 Clerk of Course*

1 Event Caller

We have too many timers, ribbon masters, runners, and party committee members so if you have signed up for those positions we need a few from each group to switch. If you are willing to switch and fill the positions needed or if you have not signed up to volunteer, please contact me as soon as possible! Please don’t assume that other people will switch or sign up for these required positions.

Please be aware that we are keeping track of volunteer hours. So if you do not fulfill your volunteer hours (4.5 hours per child) you and your children will not be allowed to attend the end of the season party. This is to ensure that we will have a meaningful, successful, and complete swim season. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to email me or the LAC Manager.

Thank you for your support and involvement!

Sincerely,

Head Coach Kristi Hargiss

LAC Manager Daniel Adair

laclifeguards@gmail.com

lindonswimteam@gmail.com

801.610.4160

Wait List

Future Swim Team Parents,

WAIT LIST

If you have not registered your child, but you came to tryouts on the 16th or 30th, you are on the wait list. Please email me at lindonswimteam@gmail.com or call the pool and ask for Kristi to find out where your child is on the wait list. 

Beginner Group is full. However, we have a few swimmers who are deciding if swim team is for them. So spots may open up. Please email me your contact info and your child's name so I can contact you if you have moved off the wait list and on to the team.

Intermediate Group and Advanced Group have spots open. If you tried out for those groups and you completed the requirements for the tryout please do the following. 1. Register online 2. Email me and tell me you have registered. 3. Come to practice!

Please stay tuned to our blog for some important information coming up in the next few days!

A Few Reminders for Saturday May 30th

Just a few reminders if you haven't already marked your calendars...

Saturday May 30th, tomorrow, we have a few things going on for swim team.

Make Up Tryouts

• 9am - meet at the cement bleachers by the lap pool
• We will assess their skills in groups based on the level they want to tryout for
• Bring goggles, caps, towels, change of clothes etc...

Mandatory Parent Meeting

• Meet at the community center at 4pm
• We will discuss this coming season 
• Poco Loco will be there so you can purchase the team suits
• They will also bring team caps, practice caps, goggles, and fins.

See you tomorrow!

Today's Swimmers

Today's Swimmers!

Nice work at tryouts today! Thanks for braving the weather with us! For those of you who tried out today and made the team, you need to make sure you are registered online. This is not our responsibility as coaches to sign you up. So register your child for the group that the coaches told you they made it into. 

If you had already registered before tryouts, don't worry. However, if you need to switch your child to a different group then the one you originally signed up for, you will need to contact us so we can switch your child to the appropriate group.

Go to lindoncity.org or the following website to register: http://www.activityreg.com/selectactivity.wcs

If you have questions about today's tryout or registering, feel free to email me at lindonswimteam@gmail.com or give the pool a call.

Again, nice job! We are excited to work with each of you!

Coaches Kristi, Rachel, and Tate