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    07.02.23

    July 2nd

    07.02.23

    Why be anything else when you can be a SHARK?!? 

    Congratulations to our high points winners this week:

    Please pay your City Meet fee if you have not already.  Thank you!

    If you have paid for individual or team photos, you should be receiving an email with the digital copy soon. If you have not yet paid and would like the photo(s), please do so via Square: individual & team

    Calendar:

    • Regular practice Monday, Wednesday & Thursday (no practice Tuesday)
    • Friday & Saturday, July 7 & 8 - City Meet - more schedule info in next email
    • Sunday, July 9 - end of season celebration
      • Stuart Heights pool, 6-9pm.
      • BYO chairs, drinks and a dessert to share.
      • Omnivore & vegetarian burgers will be served by the Johnston family and Armando’s at Chester Frost.
      • Be ready for the team awards, belly flop contest and an evening of camaraderie

    Here is the WHO, 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! If you cannot come to finals, you MUST let Coach Katie know. The team will be fined $25 for no-show finals athletes. 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.

    Info, TIps & Tricks:

    • The 2023 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.
    • Heat sheets will be posted online only. There will be no heat sheet sales at the meet. Posting will be on both the CASL and McCallie/GPS Aquatics websites.
    • 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. Thanks to our amazing sponsors 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.
      • 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.
    • Our City Meet theme is Christmas in July. We are still looking for items from our Wish List to decorate the team tent and have treats for the kids. 
    • 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; bringing your own food is always a good idea. Foods with high water content are perfect for this day: strawberries, cucumber, watermelon, peaches, oranges, frozen grapes, etc. Peppermint infused water and frozen electrolyte drinks are a huge help.
    • 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….
    • Official CASL info packet is here 
    • Did we mention Christmas in July?!? Check out our wishlist for tent decor and prizes for the kids. Bring your own swag and get ready for a SHARK PAR-TAY!
    • As always, be ready for a beautiful chaos!

    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.
    • 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 Reese Skiles!
    • Coaches Relay - Come cheer our coaches as they battle it out in the pool! Typically Saturday between morning & afternoon sessions.
    • Check out the Sharks who have City Meet Records!

    We are still in need of a few volunteers for City Meet. Our team can be disqualified if we do not have timers on deck for each session. The shifts are only one two hours long. If you cannot volunteer, please consider sponsoring a City Meet swimmer instead. We appreciate the help to finish our season with a huge SHARK SPLASH!


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