VSA Job Commitment:

All families are required to work shifts at VSAs. Please sign up for a shift or find/hire a substitute if you cannot attend. Please communicate your sub to the Meet Director.

Please Read the Meet Letter for Details, including the order of events, swimmer marking (different from a standard swim meet), clerk of the course (different from shepherding), and other important details, rules, and code of conduct.

For questions, new families can contact Katie Cummings at [email protected],

Volunteer questions can go to Sarah Cranford at [email protected],

General meet questions can be directed to Greg Rodriguez at [email protected].

Timing Assignments:

The only other volunteers required from teams are timers. Since entries aren't due until 5 days before the meet, we estimate the number of timing assignments based upon team size and past County entries. Typically it works out to roughly 1 timing shift (1 chair for either a trials of finals session) per 8 entries. That number is reduced or eliminated for teams who provide Stroke and Turn judges or other Meet Officials. Exact number of assignments will be sent out by Thursday, July 24th.

Meet Order of Events – Approximate timeline:

Saturday August 1st 9 am - 12 pm – Free trials (15-18 50 free trials, all additional Free trials, Breast trials, 11&up IM timed finals) 12 pm - 1:00 pm – Break (entire pool open for warmups for at least 45 minutes) 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm – 15-18 50 Free finals, Medley Relay (timed finals), Free finals, Breast finals Sunday August 2nd: 9 am - 12 pm – Back trials, Fly trials, 10&under IM (timed finals) 12 pm - 1:00 pm - Break (entire pool open for warmups for at least 45 minutes) 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm – Free Relay (timed finals), Back finals, Fly finals

Pre-meet warmups:

Both days, the entire pool is open for warmups from 7:15-8:30 am. From 8:30am-8:50am, the pool is available only to swimmers 8 & under. There will be announcements for which lanes are available for racing starts. Please follow instructions from meet officials and lifeguards during all warmup periods. There are no assigned lanes for teams during any warmup periods.

Relays:

Teams may enter a maximum of 2 relay teams per event. The qualifying relay time can either be a time achieved by that relay during the 2026 summer rec season, or a sum of the 4 entered swimmers' top times in those strokes. The 4 swimmers entered on the relay do not need to be the same 4 swimmers who swim on that relay in the meet. Any eligible swimmer on a team’s roster can swim in a relay in their age group. However, the 4 names of the entered swimmers must be included in the entries. Those swimmers’ names will be listed in the program and on any awards that the team receives. It is up to individual teams to correct those awards once they are received. It is not necessary to list any relay alternates in the entry file.

Team Areas:

Team area information and map will be distributed by Wednesday, July 29th. Please see the note above in the Stroke and Turn section regarding team areas. General team area setup will begin at 3 pm on Friday, July 31st. Teams with priority setup will be given further instructions leading up to the meet.