The RIO Coaching Staff has decided to travel to Concord, CA
for the Far Western Age Group LC Championship Meet, July 28 –
August 1, 2010. Far Westerns is an advanced level age group
meet sponsored by Pacific Swimming. This year the meet host
will be the Terrapins Swim Team in Concord. All swimmers must
qualify to swim each event they are entered in. This
will be a Team Trip.All swimmers qualifying for
this meet are required to travel with the team, stay with the team,
eat with the team, make all team meetings and return to Arizona
with the team. There ARE NO EXCEPTIONS. Qualified swimmers planning on attending this meet
must purchase their airline tickets, on the same flights the
coaches are booked on, and commit via e-mail to Melissa on or
before Thursday, July 1st. See flight and
hotel information at the end of this e-mail.
A copy of the meet flyer is attached. Meet qualifying
times can be found on pages 7 and 8 of the meet
flyer. Swimmers can qualify by using LCM, SCY or SCM
times. Qualifying times are considerably faster than the
Arizona Q+ times we use for our State Championships. Events are
swum for 10 &UNs, 11-12s, 13-14s, 15-16s and 17-18s - girls and
boys. This is a Prelim/Final Meet with the top 9 swimmers from
prelims (events 400 and shorter) returning to swim Finals each
night. The 800 and 1500 Freestyle events are timed final
events swum during the prelims.
Meet Dates: Wednesday, July 28 –
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Meet Location:Concord Community Pool,
3501 Cowell Rd, Concord, CA
Sessions:
Prelims: Wednesday –
Sunday, July 28 – August 1, 2010
Warm-up: 7:00 AM, Meet Starts: 9:00 AM
Finals: Wednesday –
Sunday, July 28 – August 1, 2010
Finals will begin no sooner than one hour after the conclusion of
Prelims.
The referee will determine and announce the exact Final start time
each day.
Event Limit: All swimmers are limited to 3
individual events per day with a maximum of 9
individual events for the meet.
Mike will be attending the meet with the
swimmers. Should the number of swimmers going warrant sending
a second coach Melissa will attend the meet. The team
(swimmers & coaches) will be staying at the Hilton
Concord.
Hilton Concord
1970 Diamond Blvd
Concord, CA 94520
Qualified swimmers wishing to attend Far Westerns must
purchase their airline ticket on the same flights as the
coaches. Once you have purchased your airline ticket please
e-mail Melissa and let her know you have purchased your airline
ticket and want to be added to the list of swimmers traveling to
Far Westerns. Flight details are listed below:
The current price of this ticket is $232.40. Please
keep in mind that Southwest only has a limited number of seats on
each flight at this fare. If you plan to attend the meet
please book your ticket ASAP or your ticket price may
increase.
Families will be billed on their RIO Account an equal
portion of all trip costs which include: 5 nights hotel which
includes breakfast each morning, van/car rental, gas, meet entry
fees and coaches travel. Swimmers will need to bring money for
meals and any incidentals (trip to grocery store for snacks, water
etc and any meet souvenirs wanted).
FYI – We will not be
attending the SC Far Western Meet in April 2011.
Thursday, July 1st is
the deadline for committing to attend this meet. Airline
ticket (flights listed above) must be purchased by the deadline and
you must notify Melissa and let her know you wish to be added to
the list of swimmers going to Far Westerns.
The Coaching Staff strongly encourages all qualified
swimmers to attend this meet. It’s a nice reward for the
hard work, time and energy they put into their daily training not
to mention they are swimming fast enough to qualify for this
advanced level meet. Attending and experiencing this meet
helps swimmers open their eyes to more advanced levels of
swimming.
If you have any questions please contact your
swimmer’s coach.
