Following are some hints and suggestions for those of you who have never attended a Gwinnett County swim meet (and a reminder for those of us who have).
Bring your own chairs. Chairs at the pool are used for staging the swimmers.
We expect anywhere from 300 to 500 people at the pool for swim meets. As you can imagine, parking is always a problem. Early birds get the best parking spaces. Please remember to park only on the right side of the street as you enter the Cricket Hill subdivision, and follow parking instructions at other pools. We must, by law, leave one side of the road open so traffic may go in and out.
Reminder, warm-up for home meets begins at 5:40pm and for away meets at 6:00pm. Arrive in plenty of time for your swimmer to get in the pool and ready for the meet.
Bring several towels. It is nice to have a warm, dry towel after each event. At least three towels per swimmer would be good. Believe it or not, by the end of the meet it gets a little cool, especially if wet, so bring a sweatshirt or something warm for the swimmer to wear between events and after the meet is over.
Our team area will be on the tree side of the Cricket pool. At other pools, just look for familiar faces to see which side of the pool you should be on. Bring your own folding chairs to sit on and extra towels or blankets for your swimmer(s) in the team area.
Swim meets can run as late as 11:00pm, although a smooth running meet can finish by 10:00pm. We suggest your bring entertainment (card, Game Boys, coloring books, etc) for your children to prevent boredom between events. All events for 6 & under are held in the first half of the meet, so those swimmers will be free to leave after they have competed in their events, and their parents have completed their volunteer job shift. As mentioned before, you are free to leave as soon as your swimmer has competed, but please be aware of the relay scheduling. It is great for the team spirit to support the other swimmers as much as possible! And we are looking forward to pushing our coaches in the pool when we win some meets this years so it is worth staying around until the end for that!
Our Concessions stand will be in full swing, serving pizza, hot dogs, baked potatoes, nachos, soda and lots of other great stuff. You won’t have to worry about eating before you come.
Please make sure your children remain in the team area during the entire meet. The bull pen workers will make every effort to call them for their event, but if you not hear their name, they may miss their event and their opportunity to swim at the meet.