It’s great to be a Stuart Heights Shark!

HIgh Point Swimmers: Chapin, Scout15.0 Folmar, Ridge 15.0 Myers, Stephen 15.0 Shaw, Hunter 13.0 Shaw, Max 13.0 Smith, Gilly 13.0 White, Wil 13.0 Sewell, Shepherd 12.0 Daniel, Margaret 11.0 Kesler, Cade 10.0 Ransom, Molly Mae 10.0 Sewell, Sterling 10.0 Sillery, Sage 10.0

We will have morning practice on July 4th and follow our normal schedule through the week.

HELP - we still need volunteers for City Meet timers and to help serve the food at the Banquet. The shifts are only one or two hours long. We appreciate the help to finish our season with a huge SHARK SPLASH!

The WHAT, WHEN, WHERE & HOW of City Meet

The Chattanooga Area Swim League City Meet is a two-day championship event for the teams in all three CASL divisions (in other words, all the summer swimmers in our area). The meet is divided into 2 preliminary sessions and two finals.Each swimmer may swim up to 5 individual events and 2 relays in total. The top 16 in each event for 8 and up will return Friday and Saturday evening for finals. When committing to swim this meet, be prepared to return for finals, Friday & Saturday evening, beginning at about 5pm. It is so important that qualified swimmers attend finals to earn points for the team! The final events determine the points a team and individual receives. There is an awards ceremony following Saturday night finals for high point swimmers and teams.

The 2022 Bill Caulkins City Meet that will be held on Friday, July 8th and Saturday, July 9th. This year the meet will be held at the Ft. Oglethorpe Pool, located at 19 Van Cleave St. Fort Oglethorpe, GA 30742. 

Tips & Tricks:

• Each team has a central crash zone and parents/swimmers will walk back and forth to the pool. There is no room to camp out on the pool deck, so bring your walking shoes.
• Each team has a designated crash area (see map below). Thanks to our amazing sponsors this year, we are able to rent a huge tent for the team. If you prefer your own shade tent, set up may begin on July 7th after 4pm.

• Our City Meet theme is LUAU, so bring your swag to decorate the space for fun. Your pre-ordered luau shirts and swimmer shirts will be available for pickup the day of.
• There is a creek on site between the pool and the crash zone. Please advise your swimmers to stay out of this area! There are always reports of poisonous snake sightings.
• Bring your floppy hat, camp chairs, bug spray, icy water, snacks, towels, team cap & suit, goggles, extra goggles, sharpie marker, sunscreen and dry clothes for the ride home.
• As you might imagine, sitting outside in mid July, in a Georgia field Is HOT. Battery powered fans, misters, cooling towels and coolers of ice are recommended. Tips for staying cool:
  • Put a drop of peppermint oil on a wet rag kept in the cooler. Place it on the back of your neck for a quick cooling.
  • Place ice in front of your fan to cool the air.
  • Ice in a portable baby pool to flail around in.
• There are concessions on site and restaurants in the area, but bringing your own food is always a good idea. Foods with high water content are perfect for this day: strawberries, cucumber, watermelon, peaches, oranges, etc. Peppermint infused water and frozen electrolyte drinks are a huge help.
• As always, be ready for a beautiful chaos.
• And, oh yeah, it will rain. Even with only a 4% chance, it has been known to dump on Ft O with thunderstorms sending families scrambling to their cars. Just be prepared….

CASL City Meet Traditions:

• City Meet is named after a long time CASL official and board member Bill Caulkins. Read more about his 40 year commitment to our sport here and here.
• Senior swimmer recognition Friday before finals.
• The Jennifer Fugate Scholarship award recognizes a high school swimmer’s or diver’s commitment to the sport. This award is not always for the best or fastest swimmer or diver in the city, but for the one who is always out there doing their best. Fugate was an outstanding swimmer for Ringgold who died unexpectedly in 1986. A scholarship in her honor was established a year later by her parents and is still going strong more than 30 years later. Each CASL team will nominate one senior swimmer for this recognition to be presented on Saturday evening. Congratulations to our StH nominee Isabella Lehman!
• Coaches Relay - Come cheer our coaches as they battle it out in the pool! Saturday night before finals.
• Check out the Sharks who have City Meet Records!

Did we mention LUAU?!? 

Sharks rock City Meet Hawaiian style - loose, cool & comfortable. Think tropical prints, straw hats, lei, sunglasses. Bring your swag to decorate our crash site and get ready to PAR-TAY! #sharks4life #summerswim2022