Swim Families,

Congratulations to all of our 11-Ups on some great swims at the Smoky Mountain Invitational today! And good luck to the 10-Unders who are competing tomorrow! Good luck also to all of our swimmers who are competing at the Long Course Finale in Shelby, NC this weekend. We will have a list of results tomorrow.

Thank you, parents, who have volunteered at SMI this weekend! We appreciate all that you do.

MEET VERSUS CHEROKEE COUNTRY CLUB (JULY 13)

Our final regular season meet will be held on Tuesday, July 13 at Cherokee Country Club. SIGN UPS FOR SWIMMERS AND JOBS ARE NOW OPEN. Please be sure to declare your intent for your swimmers. This will be a tough meet, and we need all of our available swimmers to participate.

Parents, we have a lot of jobs to fill. Please be sure and sign up to work if you have swimmers in the meet.

The pool is located at 5205 Lyons View Pike. It is on the opposite side of the street from the main clubhouse.

Facility Details:

Parking: There is plenty of parking around the pool area. There will be overflow parking near the tennis and golf areas. If needed, there is parking across the street at the main clubhouse. There is a tunnel that runs under the street for easy access back to the swimming pool.

Pool: 25 yd with 6 lanes

blocks on the starting ends of the pool

Depths: 12 feet starting end, and 3 1/2 feet on the finish end

Relays will start in the water at the shallow end of the pool.

There are two pools at the Cherokee facility. The upper pool will be closed during the meet. There will be a lifeguard at the pool to keep the children out of the water.

Seating: All spectator seating will be around the upper pool. They will have a 20x10 tent set up for the team. It will be at the far side of the upper pool, closest to the tennis courts. This will allow easy access to the clerk of course for the swimmers. There are pool chairs for families and participants to sit. The lower pool, where the race will take place, is standing room only as there isn’t enough room for chairs and volunteers to move about the pool area. No outside tents are permitted.

Concessions: Cherokee will have a concession stand open during the meet. They will offer a full dinner buffet ( hamburgers, trimmings, salad bar, chicken tenders, waffle fries, pasta salad, fruit, drinks and dessert). Adults $10 and Children $6. The concession stand will be cash only. No large coolers please.

Meet Details: The meet will begin at 6:00 pm. We will have the pool for warm-ups starting at 5:30pm.

TEAM PHOTOS (JULY 15)

TSS Photography will be on hand to make our individual and team photos on Thursday, July 15. Individual photos will be made at 6:00 pm, with the team photo at 6:30 pm. TSS will be sending an order form, which we will send out prior to the 15^th. For the team photo, swimmers should wear their team suit and team t-shirt.

TEAM T-SHIRTS

Please have your swimmers see Mrs. Neubauer to pick up their shirts. Parents, if you would like a team shirt, they can be purchased for $15 via check or on the website. That link is now open.

--- AND FINALLY…

The University of Tennessee will be holding swim clinics during the month of July. These clinics are a great opportunity for your swimmers to get some extra pointers as we head toward the Championship Meet. For more information, please check out the following link:

https://www.tennesseeswimcamp.com/july-camps.cfm

Happy Swimming!

Coach Joe and the USC Parent Committee