Meet #2 WESTWOOD at KRA - Please Read!!!

Susan Markham

HELLO FIREFISH! 

We are looking forward to hosting the Westwood Waves swimmers and their families tomorrow evening for our first home meet of the 2024 season!  You should have received an email from Coach James earlier today with the meet entries. Definitely check email tomorrow for any last-minute changes and the heat sheet. 

SWIM MEET DETAILS

Check-In: Swimmers should arrive by 5pm and double check the events board when arriving at the pool. The events will be posted near the front entrance along with volunteer nametags (see attached map).

Back this season…the Raffle!!! Who doesn’t love a chance to win prizes???  All Firefish swimmers should fill out a raffle ticket and drop it in the jar designated for their age group (i.e. 8&under, 9-10 year olds, 11-12 year olds, etc.). Swimmers must swim in the meet and attend the Tuesday morning fun practice to be eligible to win.

First-Half Volunteers are asked to check-in no later than 5:30 pm by checking off their name on the volunteer sign-up sheet and grabbing their name tag.  2nd Half volunteers should check-in no later than 7:45 pm.  *Lane Timers and Strokes & Turn Officials will have a meeting at 5:45 pm at the back of the competition pool (see attached map). 

Kanawha Warm-Up Times & Team Cheer:

5:15-5:20 pm – 8 y.o & Unders (only those in the RELAYS) warm-up

5:15-5:30 pm - 9 y.o. & Up warm-up 

5:35 pm - Firefish Team Cheer (diving well)

6:00 pm – Meet Begins!!!

Olympic Theme: YELLOW

With the swimming Olympic trials next week and the summer games beginning in July, our theme this entire season will be the 2024 Summer Olympics. Each meet will focus on a different color in the Olympic rings. This week’s ring color is YELLOW, so please come out in your best yellow accessories!  You may also want to bring water, gatorade, snacks, games, towels, extra chairs and sweatshirts.  Please come prepared!

Firefish T-Shirts: All registered swimmers receive a 2024 Firefish T-Shirt with their registration fees. If you haven't done so already, please pick-up your t-shirt near the swimmer/volunteer check-in table just inside the KRA main entrance to the pool.

VA Swim Shop: The Virginia Swim Shop will be at the meet selling our new Firefish team suit for those who haven’t purchased one. They will also be selling our old team suit at a discounted rate for those who want another practice suit. 

Parking: As you know, the parking lot gets crowded, so you are welcome to use the field for additional parking. To access the field lot you will need to pass the main Kanawha entrance on your left and keep going until you see a gravel driveway on your left.  Turn into the gravel driveway to access the field parking you will be able to access the pool through the field gate.

Food: We have a variety of food options available during home swim meets. In addition to our regular snack bar iems, the snack bar will be offering Christian's Pizza by the slice (cheese & pepperoni) and Chick-fil-A 8 count nuggets and chicken sandwiches. Our friends at Kona Ice will also have a truck at the swim meet. Please remember the KRA snack bar accepts cash and Paypal only.

LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS! The list is almost full, but we still need a few more volunteers to make this first home meet a success! A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who has already signed up.  For those willing and able to help fill in the last few jobs, please go to our website at www.kraswimteam.com and sign-up for an opening.  We cannot run a meet without all the jobs covered and we do not want to hold up our first meet of the season walking around deck trying to fill these spots. Please consider taking a second half spot if you have older swimmers. Better yet, if you have a house full of little ones, send your spouse home to deal with bedtime and stay to volunteer and watch the excitement of the relays at the end of the meet. 

Inclement Weather (Important): In the case of inclement weather, we ask that swimmers and parents clear the pool.  Guests are asked to wait in their cars until a determination can be made.  We are required to follow the JRAC rule book in the event of inclement weather.  

Management Please and Thank You: Please ask your swimmers to avoid the tennis courts and note that our other pools are closed throughout the durations of the swim meet.

We are looking forward to a great evening tomorrow.  Please email us if you have any questions.  If something comes up the day of the meet that requires urgent attention, texting is best as we are busy preparing for the meet.

GO FIREFISH!!

Susan (843) 441-1269 and Whitney (804) 651-6623

P.S. Here are a few volunteer shout-outs from the CCV meet:

Allie Carpenter for organizing all of our volunteers, printing volunteer name tags, and working as a verifier at the meet. 
 
Lee Jewell and Lassiter Stone who did a great job as their first time as strokes and turns judges.  Thanks for getting trained and stepping up to help!
 
Families Kyle and Jenny Murphy and Brad and Kat Shiveley who both worked the meet. 
 
Sharon Cox, Camp Kramer, Kristen Burden, and Laura Walton who stayed after the weather delay to help time the end of the meet.  There may have been others that I am missing....thank you!
 
Swimmers Isabelle Burden, Harper Kramer, and Anna Kate Walton who stayed late and helped us as timers at the end of the night. 
 
The dedicated Martha Hodges who came to time the 2nd half of the meet and stuck around to make sure we had enough volunteers at the end of the night. 
 
Sybil Holt for setting up our ribbon folders, putting labels on all the ribbons, and having the ribbons filed by Tuesday morning after a late swim meet.