COMING UP THIS WEEK

Practice Begins: Monday, April 28

Practice will be held Monday - Friday according to the schedule below until May 30. There will not be practice on Monday, May 5 or Monday, May 26.

• Practice cancellations due to weather will be communicated via text message/Remind app. Text mbwswim to 81010 to sign up to receive text alerts.
• Please note that parents are not allowed on the pool deck during practice. Parents are welcome to sit anywhere outside of the pool gate.
• Parents of 6 & under swimmers need to meet their swimmer at the gate after practice. They will not be released until a parent or guardian is there. 

Time Trials: Saturday, May 3 @ Mills Branch Pool

✅ Swimmer check-in: 6:45 a.m. to 7:15 a.m.

• All swimmers swim in all eligible events at time trials to get their baseline times which are used for seeding future meets.
• Swimmer declaration is not needed this week, but will begin next week ahead of our first dual meet.
• There are no relays at time trials. 

VOLUNTEERING

Point Requirements

This season, each family will need to earn 13 points. Each volunteer shift is worth a specific number of points:

Job Sign-Up

Job sign-ups will OPEN each week on Sundays at 8pm and close Thursday at 8pm for that Saturday’s meet.

• As a courtesy to others, please only sign up for two shifts per family in the first 24 hours.
• All volunteers must check-in at the yellow tent no later than 7:45 a.m. on the morning of the meet. 
• See instructions about how to sign up for a volunteer shift.
• See details on everything about volunteering (pages 18-38).

No Need to Stress About Points - Here’s Why:

📊 There Will Be Enough Jobs for Everyone: The system is designed so each family has the opportunity to fulfill their obligation.

➗ It’s All a Math Game: We divide the total number of required jobs by the number of registered families to determine point requirements.

✅ Jobs Are Created Based on Actual Need: Volunteer roles are determined by what’s required to run a swim meet safely and efficiently—not arbitrarily. This year, our team has three home meets, which is an increase from the past few years when we had two home meets.

🔄 Flexibility May Be Required: You might not get your preferred role or shift every time, and you may need to spread out your volunteer time.

⏳ You Might Not Knock It Out Early: It’s possible you won’t be able to complete all your points in the first few meets, you might not work at all the first few meets—but opportunities will keep coming. The divisionals meet on June 14 is open to ALL swimmers and there are volunteer jobs we must fulfill at this meet.

📈 We Often End Up with Extra Jobs: In fact, we frequently have more jobs available than we estimated, especially as the season wraps up. This is where raffle entries come for extra those extra helpers!

🙌 We’re Here to Help: If you have questions about how to earn your points, just reach out at [email protected]