Hello Laser Families!

I hope everyone is staying cool in this crazy heat! Tomorrow is going to be another scorcher as we prepare to host our second HOME B meet of the season!

B Meet Information:

Tomorrow, June 25, we are HOME vs Quail Valley. Swimmers, please be sure to arrive no later than 4:45pm and check in with your coach. Swimmers age 10 and younger, please check in the coach Rachel. Swimmers age 11 and up, please check in with coach Nick. Our warm ups will start promptly at 5pm.

Theme: This week's theme is OUT OF THIS WORLD! Be sure to join in the fun as we dress up in anything and everything outer space or alien related! We’ll be looking for the B meet family, boy, and girl spirit award winners tomorrow night!

Parking: Since it is a home meet, we encourage everyone to walk or bike to the pool, if possible. If you choose to drive, please park in the upper lot only as we allow our guests to park in the lower lot.

Team Area: Our team area is from the far half of the big red umbrella to the storage shed. Feel free to bring your own pop up tent/canopy for additional shade, if desired.

Concessions: The Laser Cafe will be open with its tasty treats and amazing menu of chicken or steak tacos, Mexican street corn, nachos, burgers and hotdogs, so come hungry! They will be accepting cash, Venmo, and CashApp payments.

Volunteers: Thank you to everyone who has signed up to volunteer, including many who don’t have any swimmers in the meet! Upon arrival, please check-in with our volunteer coordinator, Tanya Hunter, at the announcers table so we know you’re at the pool and ready to help. Be sure to double check the email sent out by Tanya earlier this week, noting your requested time of arrival.

Extreme temperatures: Due to the extreme temperatures forecasted for tomorrow, we are encouraging everyone, not just our swimmers, to drink plenty of water throughout the day tomorrow, ahead of the meet. If you have a pop up tent/canopy, we highly encourage you to bring it to give yourself/your swimmer some relief.

We will have additional measures in place to help combat the heat including misting stations set up around the pool deck, cooling towels available for purchase for $1/each at the announcers table, plenty of ice cold beverages for sale at the Laser Cafe, and ice cold water for our officials and timers. Additionally, we will be opening up the shallow side of the pool (from the lap lanes to the club house) for 5 minutes during halftime for anyone who would like to take a dip and cool off. Our lifeguards will be on duty. Parents, siblings and officials are all welcome to join in, so bring your suits.

Meet Timeline:

5:00-5:20 PM: Lake Marion Warm-Ups

5:15 PM: Referee and Starter Meeting

5:20-5:40 PM: Quail Valley Warm-Ups

5:25 PM: Officials Meeting

5:35 PM: Timers Meeting

5:45 PM: Scratch Meeting

5:50 PM: Timers and Officials report to lanes

5:55 PM: Timer Check

5:59 PM: National Anthem

6:00 PM: Event 1 begins

Please note: B meet deck entries can only be accepted by Angie or Nick. Please do not ask timers, clerk of course or automation to add swimmers to events. Thank you!

In tradition, pancake breakfast will be served tomorrow morning after practice. Please remember to bring/send a donation to support the purchase of the food. Please don’t put trash in the trash cans that are upside down. This causes extra clean-up work. Older swimmers should not eat pancakes until after they have practiced and helped set up for the evening’s meet.

LOOKING AHEAD:

Be sure to declare your swimmer’s eligibility for this Saturday’s HOME A meet vs North Creek by Wednesday (tomorrow) at 9pm. Even if you won’t be around or you don’t think your child will make the A meet, please declare. Thank you!

Schedule Change: Our last B meet of the season, scheduled AWAY at Whetstone on 7/15, has unfortunately been canceled due to Whetstone’s low enrollment numbers. This means we will have our regular practice schedule on Tuesday 7/15. For Wednesday 7/16, we are working on plans to have a special PM version of Lasermania. Stay tuned! More details to come!

See you all at the pool!

Angie Niemiec

Lake Marion B Rep