Preparing for a Swim Meet
Swimmer’s uniform (put name inside on collar of shirt in permanent marker):
• Team suit
• Team tee
• Team swim cap
In each child’s swim bag:
• 2 pairs of goggles (properly adjusted and previously worn swimming)
• Swim cap
• 2 towels (and blanket to sit on if desired)
• Sunscreen, sunglasses, hat (bug spray?)
• Books, cards, etc. … for entertainment between events
• Water bottle and snacks
In each parent’s arsenal:
• Chairs for seating
• Sunscreen
• Sharpie & Highlighter
• Canopy for shade (daytime meets)
Arriving at a meet:
• Check swimmer(s) in with coach
• Obtain the swimmer heat sheet
• Help your child record their events, strokes, etc – preferably in writing on swimmer. This is often written with a sharpie on the arm or leg noting: event #, heat #, lane # and stroke (see example below).
• Release child to team
During and after a meet:
• Have your child remain with team
• Do not leave pool area without checking with coach, regardless of whether your swimmer has finished their last posted event (late changes in relays may not be on printed heat sheets)
• Join team for post meet gathering
• PLEASE throw all trash away and gather belongings!!!
If you are running late for a meet or find you cannot attend please contact XXX
It is vital that you let us know if you are unable to attend a meet that you've signed up for as it may affect a relay event and cause other swimmers on the team to miss out on swimming the relay 
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Using a waterproof marker (Sharpie), write four column headings on your swimmer’s arm
E, H, L, Stroke – for Event, Heat, Lane and Stroke respectively.
Continue filling in the grid until all of your swimmer’s event information is on the arm.
For this Event, swimmer's arm would read:
E H L Stroke
75 2 4 100 IM
(means event 75 - heat 2 - lane 3 in the 100 Individual Medley)
