Dear Parents and League Reps:                                                    May 2006

This information pertains to the St. Charles County Summer Swim League All County Meet 2006, which will be held at the St. Peters Rec-Plex on Saturday, August 5, 2006.  We hope it helps you and your family in planning to participate in this great event.  All County is the culmination of the hard work swimmers put in throughout the summer and is a fun way to compete, League-wide, for their best times.  It is always an exciting way to end the season!

All County is conducted in two sessions, and teams alternate sessions yearly.  This year, the morning session is comprised of the following teams:  Bogey Hills, Lake Forest/Wing Haven, Lake St. Louis, Muirfield, Nob Hill, Vineyards, Wentzville and Whitmoor.  Races will start at 7:30 a.m.  The afternoon session teams are as follows:  Blanchette, Laurel Park, Monticello, O’Fallon, St. Peters, Timberwood and Twin Chimneys.  Races begin at 1:30 p.m.  The following is the order of events (to be completed during each session) for All County:  

1          9-10 100 IM                           29                    11-12 50 Fly                         

2          11-12 100 IM                         30                    13-14 50 Fly

3          13-14 100 IM                         31                    15-18 50 Fly

4          15-18 200 IM                         32                    9-10  50 Fly

5          6 & U 100 Free Relay           33                    11-12 100 Fly

6          7-8 100 Free Relay               34                    13-14 100 Fly

7          9-10 100 Free Relay            35                    15-18 100 Fly

8          11-12 200 Free Relay          36                    7-8 25 Breast

9          13-14 200 Free Relay          37                    9-10 25 Breast

10        15-18 200 Free Relay          38                    11-12 50 Breast

11        6 & Under 25 Back               39                    13-14 50 Breast

12        7-8 25 Back                           40                    15-18 50 Breast

13        9-10 25 Back                         41                    9-10 50 Breast

14        11-12 50 Back                      42                    11-12 100 Breast

15        13-14 50 Back                      43                    13-14 100 Breast

16        15-18 50 Back                      44                    15-18 100 Breast

17        9-10 50 Back                         45                    6 & Under 25 Free

18        11-12 100 Back                    46                    7-8 25 Free

19        13-14 100 Back                    47                    9-10 25 Free

20        15-18 100 Back                    48                    11-12 50 Free

21        6 & U 100 Medley Relay      49                    13-14 50 Free

22        7-18 100 Medley Relay        50                    15-18 50  Free

23        9-10 100 Medley Relay        51                    7-8 50 Free

24        11-12 200 Medley Relay      52                    9-10 50 Free

25        13-14 200 Medley Relay      53                    11-12 100 Free

26        15-18 200 Medley Relay      54                    13-14 100 Free

27        7-8 25 Fly                               55                    15-18 100 Free

28        9-10 25 Fly    

                            

Children 10 years and younger will swim all of their events in the North Pool at the same time the older kids are swimming in the South Pool.  Last year, 741 kids swam in the All County Meet.

In order for both pools, during both sessions, to run smoothly and efficiently, the commitment of parent volunteers is absolutely vital.  For this reason, we ask that at least one parent from  each family participating in the meet serve as a volunteer worker during your team‘s session.  Volunteer opportunities are as follows:

Stroke Judges (must be certified):  Make sure all strokes are performed in accordance with League rules and that violations are disqualified. 

Starters: Coordinate race times with the other pool while watching timers to make sure all lanes and swimmers are ready, and announce race starts.

Heat Sheet Checkers:  Back up the Starters.  Make sure events and heats are each called in order and that lanes and Timers appear ready prior to announcement of each heat.

Card Distribution:  Make sure each swimmer gets a heat card before proceeding to the bullpen.  (Make up additional card if one is lost or send swimmers to their coaches if they do not have a card and do not appear on the heat sheet).

Bull Pen:  Coordinate swimmers for individual events and relays and escort them to blocks before the start of each race.

Heat Awards:  Make sure the fastest swimmer in each heat is awarded a prize.

Runners:  After Timers record times, get each swimmers’ heat cards to the computer room for Data Entry.  During 25 yard events, Runners take cards from swimmers on one end of the pool and get them to the Timers on the other end, then get them to the computer room after the race.

Security (Stairs and Poolside):  Keep pool deck clear of obstacles, including parents that are not working.  Make sure Runners have a clear path.

Computer Card Sorter:  Average the times from heat cards as they come in from Runners and report times to Data Entry.   File cards.

Computer Data Entry:  Enter times in the computer.

Timers:  Check swimmer names for each lane and heat, time the races and record times on swimmers’ heat cards.

Hospitality:  Distribute water to workers.

Heat Sheets/T-Shirts:  Sell t-shirts and heat sheets.

Awards:  These volunteers will work to distribute awards to swimmers (through their Coaches) based on meet results from Data Entry.  This job is very important to our swimmers but requires that parents stay after the meet since it is dependent on the completion of data entry.

Your Coaches and League Reps will assist in the coordination of our volunteers so that we have the appropriate number for each position for the meet, but please keep these responsibilities in mind as you plan for your child(ren)’s participation in All County.  We simply cannot have a fun and successful meet for the children without the commitment and support of the parent volunteers. 

Kid’s Sportsworld will be our vendor for All County, offering lots of wonderful swim apparel and accessories for sale during the meet, and STL Digital will be on hand to get great action photos of our swimmers in the water.   

Please mark your calendars for August 5. 2006 and plan to participate in this great event!  Your Coaches and League Reps will coordinate swimmer and volunteer sign-ups for your team, and the deadline for the teams to submit this information to us is the first week in July.

Thank you for your consideration.  We’re looking forward to a great All County Meet for 2006!

 

Sincerely,

 

Chris Mayes

All County Meet Director (Blanchette)

 

Jenny Grantham and Carla Land

Co-Assistant All County Meet Directors (Whitmoor)