Meet Details
Swim Meet Reporting Times
All Wednesday night meets begin at 6:00 p.m. For home meets, ALL swimmers must be at our pool for warm-ups at 5:00 p.m. For away meets, the swimmers must be at the away pool by 5:15 p.m. Saturday dual meets begin at 9:00 a.m. Swimmers must arrive for warm-ups at 8:00 a.m. for home meets and 8:15 a.m. for away meets. Parents – you may be required to report to the pool one and a half hours before the start of the meet. Please check your meet assignment to see reporting time required.
Parent Responsibilities
- If you are certain your child will not be swimming in a meet, please notify the coach and sign out your child. There is a sign out book in the lifeguard shack. Parents must sign out their children at least one week in advance. It is the intention of the Board that each child enter as many meets and as many different events as possible. This can include two relays, two individual events and the I.M.
- It is your responsibility to make certain your swimmer is on time to all events. Last minute changes by the coach, for a variety of reasons, may be necessary. If your child is scheduled to swim in the medley relay and is not on time, the coach must select an alternate swimmer. If no one is available, the relay is scratched and the other swimmers are unable to swim in the event. 6 & Under and 7-8 swimmers participating in the medley relay must be lined up at the shepherd area and be ready to swim 20 minutes prior to the start of the meet. Alternately, the same goes for a child scheduled to swim the last relay. If the relay swimmer leaves early, the other children again lose out. Please realize your actions impact other swimmers. Please be on time! Remember – we are a team!
Special Meets
We have three special meets: Walnut Creek City Meet, Walnut Creek Swim Conference and County Meet. These meets are very exciting and include eight or more teams. These meets are great "big competition" experience and lots of fun. Parents of swimmers will need to work at these meets. You must SIGN OUT for WC City Meet and Conference Meet if your child will not attend. Any swimmers who do not show up for an entered swim will have to reimburse the team the entry fee.
Walnut Creek City Meet:
All 15 recreational swim teams from Walnut Creek participate in this exciting meet held at Heather Farms. Swimmers can enter up to three events and coaches are responsible for the relay entries. Our goal is 100% participation and 1st place! The meet is broken down into A & B swimmers so kids swim against kids with similar capabilities. Both A & B divisions win ribbons and/or medals and earn points for the team. Pasta Feed – Pot Luck is held on the Thursday night prior to this meet.City Meet sign-out is different than other meets. If your child will be swimming at City Meet, you must sign them up for strokes. A sign up sheet will be posted at the pool two to three weeks prior to the meet. If you plan to be out of town during the weeks before city meet, please contact the coaches and the city meet coordinator to give them your child’s stroke preferences. If your child will not be attending city meet, you must sign them out in the usual way in the sign-out binder.
Walnut Creek Swim Conference Championships:
We belong to Walnut Creek Swim Conference. We are one of eight teams who compete against each other during the season in dual meets. The culmination of the season is the Conference Meet held in mid-August on Saturday and Sunday. The mornings of this meet have heats of each event. Finals are in the afternoon. Swimmers must swim in at least two conference meets to qualify for this meet. This meet is run by volunteers and the teams rotate responsibility each year. All parents must work one shift at this meet.This is the meet we have worked towards all summer! Everyone is expected to attend. The week prior to this meet is Spirit Week, filled with spirit related activities. Hair is braided, green nail polish is donned and the kids learn new cheers. Pasta Feed – Pot Luck is held on the Thursday night prior to this meet. Sign-out is required if your child will not be swimming in this meet.
Contra Costa County Swim Meet:
This is the meet for the best recreational swimmers in Contra Costa. Only swimmers with qualifying times get to attend. If you've heard the term "I've made County!!!", it means your swimmer has qualified to swim in this meet. Qualifying times are posted at the pool and listed on the Incentive Time lists in the Results section of the website. For those qualifying for the County meet, swim practice continues the week of August 13. Make it a goal to attend the County meet, August 18 & 19 at Acalanes High School!