Blue Fins Updates: Friday Practice and Saturday’s Meet

June 5th

Hello Blue Fins!

A few updates for Friday and Saturday...

Friday Practices - Skills + Fun

Friday practices will spend half the time working on skills/technique, and the other half used for fun water games and team building!

Same practice times for each age group as usual (no Guppies practice)

Saturday’s Meet @ Stonegate (6/7)

Please make note of these important reminders for meet day!

Volunteer Check-in

As a volunteer, it is IMPERATIVE that you check in with a Forest Park Parent Rep or the Forest Park Volunteer Coordinator before your shift. Checking in with the opposing/home team is not sufficient - each team handles their own volunteer lists. The opposing team should never reassign or relieve a Forest Park volunteer from their shift without confirming with a FP parent rep/volunteer coordinator first (if this happens to you- please check with a FP rep to confirm).
At an away meet, Forest Park Volunteer Check-In will be at a team tent (find the large Blue Fins banner). You must check in with us before your shift begins!

Note on False Starts

The RMSL did not communicate this widely, so I wanted to make sure everyone is aware of new policies around false starts:

The Referee official may not recall a false start or restart the race. After a false start, the race can continue and the swimmer(s) who have false started will be disqualified.
What this means for us as parents/spectators: If the starter/referee does not recall the swimmer, please do not yell at the swimmer to come back. Also, please talk with your swimmers so they understand that a false start will likely result in a DQ.

Meet Details for 6/7 at Stonegate

As a reminder, here are details for visiting Stonegate this weekend:

Forest Park Warms Up at 7:25-7:50 in the main pool
Stroke Judge Meeting: 7:30 at white official’s tent
Timer Meeting: 7:40 at white official’s tent
- We ask that all Timers and Stroke Judges for all shifts attend the morning meeting to facilitate easier transitions during shift changes.

Stonegate pool address is: 10252 Stonegate Pkwy Parker, CO 80134.

Parking for the meet is available in the middle section of the pool parking lot (west of the pool), and street parking is also available all around the pool and adjacent park on Stonegate Parkway and Quarry Hill Drive. We ask that your families stay clear of driveways and are respectful of the homes and yards of residents around the pool. Please refer to the attached map for more information.

Here are some other important information for the upcoming meet:

Tents for your team can be set up in the big grass field to the north of the pool. Please refer to the attached map.
We will have reserved parking spaces in the pool parking lot for 1 parent rep and 1 coach per team.
We will rope off our meet area for swimmers to stay inside of. Our diving board and waterslide pools will open at 9:00 am to non-swim meet attendees and we ask that your swimmers do not enter that area or pools at all during the meet.
Your warmup time is 7:25-7:50 am in the main pool (Lanes TBD).
The scratch meeting will be held by the baby pool at 7:20 am.
The Stroke Judge meeting will be at 7:30 am and the Timer meeting will be at 7:40 am - both at the white official's tent. We ask that all Timers and Stroke Judges for all shifts attend the morning meeting to facilitate easier transitions during shift changes.
Heating will begin at 7:50 am before the National Anthem at 7:55 am, and the meet will start promptly at 8:00 am.
We will provide hospitality to Stroke Judges and Timers.
Our concessions work with a ticket system. $1/per ticket. Tickets can be purchased at the meet next to the concessions area via cash or Venmo: @SGStingrays
We do our volunteer shift changes at 8:00 am, 10:00 am, and 12:00 pm and ask volunteers to arrive 10 minutes ahead of time for their shifts.
Timers: check in with our Lead Timer Chris Allen for your shift.
Heating volunteers: Check in with our Heating Coordinator Sara Crain for your shift for specific lane assignments.