It's getting close!! Is everyone excited for SMI this weekend?? Hopefully your swimmers are ready to race. Remember to pack your coolers and be prepared with entertainment, chairs, blankets and sunscreen. 

Our warm-ups are at 7:20 am BOTH days so please be at the pool a little before 7 am. You'll need to be settled in the tent before warm-ups. If you have been before, we will be in the same general area. If you haven't, I'm hoping to have a map to send out soon.

The timeline for the meet shows it starting right at 8:45 am. Although we can't know for sure when it will end (so many variables in a meet that big--especially outdoors) it looks like Saturday (11 & up) will hopefully end around 5:40 pm and Sunday (10 & under) will end hopefully end a little after 3:00. 

If you don't have Twitter, you may want to get it for this meet. This is how they keep us updated as to which events are coming up and they are calling to Clerk of Course. 

Twitter handle: @MAFDSMI

Instagram: @smokymountaininvitational

For those who haven't attended, this meet is quite different than dual meets. It's the largest outdoor meet in the country, if that gives you any clue!! Along with Twitter, there will be speakers placed around the tents calling out event numbers with 1st call, 2nd call and 3rd call. If your swimmers are not to the Clerk of Course tent by 3rd call, they may not be able to swim their event. It is up to parents to pay attention to this. The Clerk of Course tent is located right across from the pool. You will drop your child off there, and they will sit, in the care of other swim parents, until they swim. Don't worry! You'll get the hang of it!! Remember, if your swimmers are swimming relays, it's really important for them to stay the duration of the meet. Of course, we want all of our swimmers to stay and compete.

There are still a couple of job shifts to fill on the website. Please check those out and sign up. And remember if you work, your child gets a wristband to swim and slide all day in the pool!! 

Get ready to have lots of fun and excitement!! See you at Smoky, Wahoos!!