The following e-mail contains important information for C&C Swimmer and their families. All other families can ignore this email.

If you have any questions, need to scratch, or are willing to volunteer in tent, please contact Emelyn: [email protected], 951-833-2077 (text).

Location: Greenville County Aquatic Complex (AKA Westside Aquatic Center), 2700 W Blue Ridge Dr, Greenville, SC 29611. Please allow plenty of time for driving, traffic, and parking. Even trying to drop off swimmers for the meets can take awhile.

Practice:

• Thursday 5:00 – 5:30 p.m. Lanes 4-8 (Please arrive by 4:45, find the team inside)
• Westside personnel and Executive Committee members have full authority of the pool during practice sessions. Please Remember • NO diving in 2-way traffic. Rigidly enforced! • NO swimming under the bulkhead

Warm-up Times:

• Championships, Saturday AM (10U): 8:00 – 8:15 a.m. – Lane 4 (arrive at the tent by 7:40 AM)
• Championships, Saturday PM (11+): 1:30 – 1:45 p.m. - Lanes 1 and 2 (arrive at the tent by 1:10 PM)
• Classics, Sunday (all ages): 12:45 – 1:00 p.m. – Lanes 5 and 6 (arrive at the tent by 12:25 PM)

2021 Meet Information

Championships

• Saturday, July 17 Westside Aquatic Center
• 9:00am (ages 10 and under)
• 2:30pm (ages 11-18)

Classics

• Sunday, July 18 Westside Aquatic Center
• 1:30pm (all ages)

Doors will open 60 minutes before each session for spectator seating

Scratches:

• At this point, if a swimmer scratches, fees are $50 per individual event, $100 per relay. Fines may be waived with medical or family emergency. If you need to scratch, contact Emelyn.
• Should a swimmer become ill during the Championships or Classics meet and is unable to swim in their event(s), the coach must immediately notify the Meet Director. The Meet Director is located at the officials/volunteer check in table. It is necessary to have a doctor’s excuse, or documentation from medical personnel on duty to avoid the scratch fee.

Alternates:

Swimmers designated as alternates who are not called by midnight the Thursday immediately preceding C&C are not subject to late scratch penalties if openings occur after that time. If openings do occur after that time and the alternate can be contacted or is present at the pool, he/she will swim.

Team Area:

• Tent set up - we will be in an area with the rest of Blue Division. Click HERE to see map.
• Tent Parents needed! Please contact Emelyn!
• Each team needs at least two tent control parents per session. One walks with the young swimmers to Clerk of Course (especially relays) and the second finds and notifies swimmers of their upcoming events.
• Having two tent parents also allows one parent to go watch their own swimmer compete.
• Tent Parent duties also include
  • Highlight the heat sheet of ALL swimmers from your team. (SAIL rep will pick up the heat sheet)
  • Include the list of alternate swimmers (25-30 Pysch sheet) and send them to Clerk of Course at the time their event is called.
  • Make note of all scratches for Clerk of Course
  • Keep control of the swimmers under your tent
  • Call swimmers for each event and send them to the Clerk of Course. (One person needs to walk the 8 and under swimmers to check in at Clerk of Course)
  • Report any problems that arise to the Meet Director.
  • Responsibility to get swimmers to their events falls to the parents and the team.
  • Clerk of Course will not look for a swimmer not in the Clerk of Course area.

Volunteers: Emelyn will send separate communication to volunteers.

Classics spectators:

On Sunday, all spectators must have a wristband in order to be admitted. Each swimmer receives 2 spectator wristbands (relay only swimmers receive 1 and volunteers receive 1). As a team, we are able to share and trade-off wristbands – so we ask all families to bring extra wristbands to the tent! Kyle has our wristbands and will distribute them to Classics swimmers and volunteers at Fuddruckers on Thursday night. If you are not planning to attend the dinner, please notify Kyle, so he can get you wristbands at another time!

Clerk of Course:

The Clerk of Course is located at the end of the building closest to the fields. Swimmers will enter the large gate area and line up under the red tents. Display boards are located to indicate what event is being called. Depending on volunteer availability there may be a person with a bullhorn calling next events while walking the tent area. However, responsibility to get swimmers to their events falls to the parents and the team. Swimmers who miss their events are not allowed to swim that event. If a qualifier does not report to the Clerk of Course area by the time the qualifiers heat is seated on bench #6 an alternate is placed in the heat. Coaches are not allowed in the Clerk of Course area unless swimming for an event.

Use of Warm-Up, Cool-Down pool at Westside during C&C:

The pool area directly behind the bulkhead may be used for cool down and warm up on a LIMITED BASIS. The use of this pool doesn't replace the warm-ups scheduled before the meet begins. Misuse of this area may result in its closure or removal of team for this area. This pool may be open before the meet but teams may only swim in it when assigned during their warm up time. The warm up pool is closed 15-30 minutes before meet start and may not be used under any condition.

Heat Sheets:

Heat sheets are sold near the front desk of the lobby area at Westside Aquatic Center, and are available near the time of the first warm up. There are separate heat sheets for Championships and Classics.

Parking and Swimmer Drop Off:

• Parking: Parking is available on a first come, first served basis at Westside Aquatic Center. There will be NO parking allowed on grass areas. Staff will be in the parking lots directing cars to parking spaces. Once the lot is full, there will be overflow parking available at Alexander Elementary School located at 1601 W Bramlett Rd, Greenville, SC 29611. A shuttle will be available for use.
• Swimmer Drop Off: Swimmer drop off will be available. Please follow parking staff to designated area for swimmer drop off.

Miscellaneous:

• Meet Conduct: For swimmer’s benefit at the sound of the LONG whistle, please remain QUIET until after the starting light flashes. NO FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY is allowed after the “Step Up” or “Step In” command until after the starting light flashes.
• Coolers: Swimmers may have small coolers under the tent area; however, NO FOOD and BEVERAGES may be taken into the building. NO FOOD and BEVERAGES are allowed in the bleachers.
• First Place T-shirts: These are handed out in the awards area at the far end of the pool once results are verified. Available sizes are on a first come first served basis.
• Personal Chairs: NO chairs or coolers are permitted within the building.
• Severe Weather: The GCRD staff contacts the National Weather Service to monitor potential bad weather. In the event of severe weather, GCRD requires all spectators and swimmers wait out the storm in their vehicles. Announcements are made prior to restarting the meet for all swimmers to return to the Clerk of Course Area. The decision to halt the meet belongs to the referee and GCRD staff. The referee and GCRD representative, Lifeguard, SAIL President and Meet Director decide when the meet resumes.
• Meet Results are posted on the SAIL website.
• Concessions - there will be food trucks serving both days at C&C
• Swimwear - Jolyn Swimwear and Alpine Ski Center will have items for sale.