Important Announcements and Championship Details

First Announcement:  On Thursday, Coach K's groups will practice early.  Please be at the pool at 4:15 if possible.  We have some special taper-time stuff to do while the building is quiet.  We will be done at around 6pm.  If any swimmers need a ride, please let Coach K know so we can try to find a way to get you here!

Second Announcement:  The team banquet date has been finalized. All groups are welcome to attend at Martin Luther School on April 12th at 6pm.  Please watch for an email with details about the “sign up” so that we can determine who is bringing which sides and desserts.

Please look over the championship meet entries at this link:

http://www.teamunify.com/mvjckw/__eventform__/224633_JCKW%20Entries.pdf

We just want to make sure there aren't any glaring mistakes that need to be corrected before the meet starts.  Please remember that the relay names are not set in stone.  They may be changed at the coaches' discretion, but we will make sure no one is billed for a relay they did not get to swim.

The pool is at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Donaghey Student Center, 2801 South University, Little Rock, AR  72204.

The hotel that most of the team is staying at is TownePlace Suites West, 12 Crossings Court, Little Rock.  Please check with Shirley Barchak (if you have not already) if you were planning to get one of the rooms from the team block.

Warm-up Friday night is 3pm.  Races start at 4.  Events 1-8 are timed finals on Friday night.

Warm-up Saturday morning is 7am.  Races start at 8:30am.  Events 9-48 will be swum Saturday morning with the exception of the relays.  Saturday relays will be swum at the beginning of the finals session in the evening.  Finals warm-up will be at 4pm with races starting at 5pm.

Warm-up Sunday is at 8am with races starting at 9:30.  Finals warm-up at 4pm with races starting at 5pm.  Sunday relays will be at the beginning of the morning prelims session-- not in the evening as they are on Saturday.  Events 49-80 are swum on Sunday.

Only the top 8 swimmers make finals and score, with the exception of the 15-18 age groups that offer a consolation finals heat for 9th-16th places.

Anyone interested in a Time Trial at the meet needs to look at the meet info carefully.  There is a time trial on Friday night that offers the events not offered during the meet and is open to swimmers who are not already entered in the meet.  There are also time trials on Saturday and Sunday that only offer the events in the meet format, but also require that the swimmer be already entered in the meet.  It is complicated, but if you plan to time trial anything, please email Coach K to figure out a plan!

Thank you for paying attention to all of these important details.  Your coaches are looking forward to an awesome time full of fast swimming this weekend!