Falcon Pointe Flyers

REGULAR SEASON MEETS

A participant swimmer’s eligibility for regular season swim meets are as follows:

• Per the Bylaws of the League, swimmers must swim in two practices on two different days of the week preceding the swim meet.
• Must meet the eligibility requirements listed in the NAAL Handbook
• May not violate the Falcon Pointe Flyers Code of Conduct.
• Must be deemed eligible to compete by the Head Coach.
• Missing a Meet
  • If a swimmer is unable to attend the swim meet, they must still register as 'not attending' on SwimTopia. We need to know this as soon as possible.

REGISTRATION

• Parents are REQUIRED to register and sign up their swimmers for the events they are going to swim at the next meet.
• You must sign up before the meet signup deadline, which will be announced for each meet.
• Only one parent is *required* per family to register and sign up a swimmer(s) per family.
• If a family prefers to set it up so that both parents can manage their kids' accounts; they can add both parents, but only one is required.
• You will need to sign up for events prior to EVERY meet.
• You will be required to set-up an account prior to sign up. This includes entering contact information for each parent and information about each swimmer in your family.
• To setup your registration account go to this URL: http://flyers.swimtopia.com/register
• After registration each parent will be able to setup a password which will be used to input meet entries.
• PLEASE REGISTER ONLY ONCE PER FAMILY.
• If you have any questions or problems with the registration process, please contact [email protected] for assistance.
• After registering and setting up a password, visit our meet registration website (http://flyers.swimtopia.com) and click the "Sign-up" link next to the appropriate meet.
• If you miss the registration deadline, there are no guarantees your child will be able to swim in the meet. You will be limited to adding the swimmer “on deck” the morning of the meet, subject to the availability of empty lanes in the events to want to swim.
• The website will not accept any new registrations once we have exported the data into our swim team management software. If the website says that registration is still open, even if it is past the deadline, then hurry and complete your registrations! If the website says registration is CLOSED, then you missed the deadline.

VOLUNTEER OBLIGATIONS

• Every meet your swimmer is signed up to swim will require at least one parent volunteer per family.
• Additionally, every swimmer is required to participate in a minimum of 2 meets each season.
• If you are unable to attend the meet, then someone else needs to fill in for your role in addition to fulfilling their role.
• Please inform the Meet Director as early as possible the dates of any swim meets you will not be attending.
• Please review your Volunteer Role Duties prior to the meet and contact the lead volunteer if you have any questions.

FAILURE TO SIGN UP FOR AND FULFILL YOUR VOLUNTEER POSITION WILL RESULT IN YOUR CHILD(ren) NOT BEING ENTERED INTO THE MEET AND/OR BEING SCRATCHED FROM REMAINING EVENTS AT THE MEET ITSELF.

RELAY POLICY

• Eligibility
  • 6 & Under swimmers are eligible for the freestyle relay which is the first race of the morning.
  • All other age groups are eligible for up to two relays (medley relay at the start of the meet and freestyle relay at the end of the meet), as determined by the coaches.
• Relay Assignments
  • Flyers relay policy rewards swimmers with the opportunity to swim in additional races.
  • Relay races will be assigned based on the coach's discretion.
  • There are a number of factors, aside from the fastest times, that go into building a relay such as consistency, hard work, and chemistry.
  • This is a healthy incentive to work hard and promotes competitive swimming.
  • Although the Flyers Swim Team is a fun summer team, our priority is always to compete at the highest level. It is at the discretion of the Head Coach to decide if they want to rotate swimmers on relays.
• Relay Registration
  • If you know in advance that your swimmer will be arriving late or leaving early this Saturday, please list your swimmer as “unavailable” for those particular relay times.
  • Once the Coaches build the relay teams, it would put the team in a bind if someone drops out; sometimes an alternate can fill the spot, but sometimes it scratches the relay and the other three swimmers don’t get to swim.
  • We understand that issues arise, but if you know ahead of time that your swimmer won’t be available, please make sure you indicate they will be unavailable during those hours.
• Arrival Time
  • Swimmers must arrive in time to participate in warm-ups. Swimmers that do not make it in time for warm-ups will be scratched from the relay teams.
  • We have to check in swimmers and verify relay teams prior to the start of the meet. When a swimmer isn't there in time for team check-in, then the relay has to be re-seeded on deck and in the computer or scratched for legality purposes.
• Commitment
  • We hope to enhance swimmers' enjoyment and give them a good experience that will encourage them to work hard to achieve relay status.
  • Swimming on a relay is a privilege and not a right. There are limited spots available on the relays.
  • If you've selected that your child is available to stay for a relay and then you leave early or don't show, you are now taking a relay experience away from 3 other swimmers.
  • Swimmers that miss relays due to arriving late to a meet or leaving early may forfeit their opportunity to be selected in future relays.

FOOD BROUGHT TO MEETS

We do our best to accommodate swimmers and families with nut allergies. No food containing nuts should be brought to swim meets. SunButter is allowed as a substitute for Peanut Butter as is Tahini and Pumpkin Seed Butter (great on whole grain tortillas with strawberries). Here are some fun free allergy friendly alternatives to snacks made with nut butters: Sunbutter Cookies and Pumpkin Seed Butter.

CHAMPS ELEGIBILITY

In addition to the above, swimmers must meet the following criteria:

• No NT entries in Championship Meet
• All swimmers must have a dual meet time in the CHAMPS events they choose to enter and meet the following condition:
• Swimmers 7 and older must swim in at least two individual events in at least two dual meets to be eligible for the Championship Meet.
• Swimmers 6 and under must swim in at least one individual event in at least two dual meets to be eligible for the Championship meet.
• Swimmers must have a time of one minute or faster in a 25 meter event.
• Legal Times:
  • Swimmers must have at least one legal time in an individual event to be eligible to swim this event in the Championship Meet. (i.e. a 7-year old swimmer swims breaststroke in 2 Dual Meets and achieves 1 legal time and 1 DQ, then they are eligible to swim breaststroke at the Championship Meet).
  • A swimmer does not have to have a legal time in a stroke to be able to swim it in a relay, only in an individual event. Neither Intra-squad meets nor Time Trials fulfill this requirement.