Preliminary County Meet Info
Hello Swim Families,
This is a preliminary email regarding the County meet on July 13th and 14th. If your swimmer is currently listed in the individual top 100 county qualifier list (attached), and/or currently part of an A relay team, he/she may be eligible to swim in the GCSL Championship Meet.
Who goes to the County Meet? Attached is a list of swimmers on our team listed in the top 100 of individual events as of today. The GCSL takes the top 50 qualifiers in each individual event to the County Championship Meet. Some swimmers in the top 50 may not be attending the meet or may choose to swim a different event. Therefore, some of children ranked 51 or higher will move into the top 50 slots based on the number of swimmers ahead of them in the rankings who “scratch”. (Scratch means to decline to swim an event.) We enter every child listed in the top 100 that wants to swim in the county meet. We have had a swimmer ranked 99th in an event in the past, get into the top 50. Last year in more than one event and age group, the seeding dropped beyond the 85th place. Once the county compiles all that information and factors in the scratches they notify us on July 1st of the final 50 that made it into the county meet. Also, each team sends an A Medley Relay team and an A Freestyle Relay team from each age group to county. Each week the computer pulls the four fastest combinations of times from each age group to determine the A relay teams. Keep in mind that the A relay teams do have the potential to change. We still have 2 meets worth of times to take into consideration.
Where is the County Meet? The GCSL Championship meet is held in downtown Atlanta at the GA Tech Aquatic Center home of the 1996 Olympic Swimming. Also, just like in dual meets we need “all hands on deck” to pull this meet off. Our team is required to volunteer. We will receive our volunteer assignments soon and will give you the details of your volunteer assignment. These assignments are determined by the county board and are non-negotiable.
The County Meet is broken down into Sessions. What/When are there?
Saturday July 13th
Morning Session 9-10s (7:30am warm-up; 9:20am start)
Afternoon Session: 13-14 & 15-18s (DOUBLE SESSION) (1:30 pm warm-up; 3:15pm start)
Sunday July 14th :
Morning Session: 8 & Unders (7:30am warm-up; 9:15am start)
Afternoon: 11-12s (1:15pm warm-up; 3:00pm start)
No matter where/if your swimmer is ranked, please mark your availability (as you do for regular meets) ASAP! This is very important as the turn around for county meet prep is very fast over this next week and we need to know who can or cannot attend!
LASTLY! There is County Meet spirit wear for sale! Different than years passed, I will not be taking orders and placing one big order. All orders are online only and you must place them yourself if you'd like anything! The deadline is SUNDAY, JUNE 30th!There will be on site sales at the county meet, but sizes may be limited.
Order link here:
https://gcsl.swimtopia.com/county-merchandise
If you have any questions or concerns, please email us or contact April Okeson directly.
See you tonight!
April Okeson
MRST
