Visiting Team Info
Visiting Team Info
Visiting Team Info
The TSD Sea Rangers Swim Team welcome our visiting team(s) to the Leroy Colombo Swim Center at the Texas School for the Deaf for this Saturday’s Swim Meet. The following information will be beneficial for you all:
TSD Sea Rangers Contact Info:
Coach/Meet Director/Volunteers: Nick Bannon,[email protected], 512-784-9979
Enter the TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF at 350 Elizabeth St., Austin, TX.Proceed through the security gate. If no security guard is present, press the CALL button at the gate.RE: PARKING(any place on the map where you see "P" is where you can park. Important, see flagpole at TRACK is where the swimming pool is.
PARKING OPTION 1. Once through the TSD Elizabeth St. Gate, make the 1st LEFT. Then make the 1st RIGHT into the parking lot, proceed through the parking lot and traffic circle, until you reach the Seeger Gymnasium (building by the football field). You may park here. If full, then work your way back to find an available parking space. Then walk to the football field/track, look for the track flagpole, which is where the swimming pool is located.Click here for a link to parking map.
PARKING OPTION 2.Once through the TSD Elizabeth St. Gate, make the 1st LEFT. Proceed on the TSD Campus Road, drive past the football field, come to the softball field, veer RIGHT, follow the 3rd baseline until you see a big square building (auditorium), parking spaces behind the auditorium. Walk to the softball field/track, look for flagpole, pool is at the flagpole.Click here for a link to parking map.
PARKING OPTION 3. Once through the TSD Elizabeth St. Gate, make the 1st LEFT. Proceed on the TSD Campus Road, until you reach the football field bleachers/concession stand. Park along outside campus curb, be sure to park facing South, with campus traffic. Click here for a link to parking map.
Welcome to our pool,The Leroy Colombo Swim Center, named after a deaf lifeguard who once held a Guinness Book World Record for having saved the most number of lives while a long time lifeguard in Galveston. Another interesting fact about our pool is that it is frequently used by the Austin Film industry as a scene for commercials such as one starring Garret Weber-Gale in a commercial for a local auto dealership and a few movies and television shows such as The Faculty (see if you can find the maroon tiles on the pool walls left from movie), The Ringer, and Friday Night Lights. So you'll be swimming at a pool where other well-known and famous people, including Olympic swimmers, have swum.
Again, glad to have you all here! We are looking forward to a great day of friendly competition!
Swim meet timeline:
6:15 am - Team tents set-up
6:30 am - POOL OPENS
7:00 – 7:15 am - TSD Warm-Ups - Lanes 1-6
7:15 – 7:50 am – Visiting Team Warm-Ups - Lanes 1-6
7:30 am - VOLUNTEER MEETINGS (see specific meeting locations below*)
7:50 am - 100 IM swimmers to ready bench
8:00 am - National Anthem
8:00 am - Meet begins
12:00, 12:30 am - Meet ends (approximately)
Entries. Please have your entry list data files toWillie King,[email protected] by 6:00 pm, Wednesday. Any questions about data files/entry procedures, please text Willie King at 727-517-6678. Willie King or Coach Nick will share entry files and a draft heat sheet by 6:00 pm Thursday. Changes and corrections shall be finalized between teams by 12:00 pm Friday.
Final Heat Sheets. Will be emailed to you by or before 6 pm Friday. Please have parents/volunteers/teams print their own heat sheets. Should there be any changes to the heat sheet after 6 pm Friday, TSD will be sure that certain individuals (such as the ready bench, starter, coaches, etc.) have the latest and final heat sheet. Any changes prior to 6 pm Friday, text/call Willie King at 727-517-6678.
E-H-L and Name Body Markings: If you will, please have swimmer names on the rear left shoulder. This will allow all volunteers at the age group tents, ready bench, and the timers to see that the right swimmer is in the right place.
*Volunteers/Volunteer Meeting LOCATIONS at 7:30 am:
Stroke and Turn Judge Meeting - hot tub.
Ready Bench Volunteer Meeting - track flagpolejust outside of the pool.
Timer Volunteer Meeting - deep end indoors.
Award Ribbons Volunteer Meeting - hot tub.
Any volunteer related questions, you may contact theTSD Volunteer Coordinator, Nick Bannon by email:[email protected] or text: 512-784-9979.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED from VISITING TEAM:
Stroke and Turn Judges – 6 per shift needed. TSD is able to provide 2 s/t judges for the entire meet.
Timers - 9 per shift needed (12 timers plus 1 back-up timer). TSD will be able to provide 3 timers per shift. Note: We usually have one of the two timers scribe (if you would like to have volunteers as scribes, we would need 6 volunteers). We just don't have enough team/family members to be scribes.
Sribes - 6 per shift needed.
Ready Bench Volunteers – 2 per shift. TSD will also have their own 2 ready bench volunteers and will assist, yet will work primarily with their own swimmers to ensure communication access.
Heat Winner Ribbons – 1 per shift (TSD will also provide 1 heat winner ribbon volunteer for 1st and 2nd shift)
Volunteer Shift Change will take place between event #39 (Freestyle Relays) and event #40 (Girls 6 and Under Freestyle)
DQ Slip Runners - 1 per shift. TSD will also provide 1 DQ Slip Runner per shift.
Age Group Team Tents -You may set up your team tents as early as 6:15 am. You may include tarps, or towels, or lawn chairs for a place sit within the tent. Visiting Team will provide own volunteers for Age Group Tents.
Two options for team tent set-up:
OPTION #1 Set-Up Tents underneath the pool breezeway (east side of the pool) by elevator, including the area going South of the breezeway to the Seeger Gym (may also use grass area). Just be sure to keep the stairwell clear. This is recommended so that your swimmers/parents can hear the announcer for event/heat order, etc.
OPTION #2 You may use the mall area on the top part of the stairs/Tower Clock.
Contact Nick Bannon: 512-784-9979 (text), if you have any questions.
TSD Sea Rangers Age Group Tents will be on the south side of the pool mall.
Spectators/Swimmers. Spectators will be encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs. The viewing space/deck space of the pool will be “standing room” only.
Rest Rooms. Will be available at the Seeger Gym next door to the pool. We will encourage parents/spectators, even swimmers to use the Seeger Gym rest rooms in order to keep the pool area clear.
Ready Benches. All swimmers will use the same ready bench located just outside of the main entrance of the pool beside the track flagpole.
Meet Event Format. Using a 6-lane, 25-yard pool, and as dictated by the Bylaws, girls first, boys second: IM, Butterfly, Backstroke, Freestyle Relay, Freestyle, Breaststroke, Medley Relay.
SPECIAL NOTE on SWIM STARTS/TIMERS. There will be no shallow water dive starts due to the depth only being 3 feet. All dive starts will be in the deep end. Timers will start in the deep end for all events, except for the 25s, which will be timed at the shallow end. This will only effect the 100 Free Relay and the 100 Medley Relay. All starts in all events will be from the deep end.
Pool Area Lay-out/Set-up locations. See "pool site" up above. Click to access maps.
Timing/Timers. TSD uses a Daktronics Timing System, touch pads, plunger buttons, and stopwatches to time swimmers. There will be volunteer 2 timers per lane.
CONCESSIONS. We will have basic concessions: breakfast tacos, candy, drinks (water/soda). Since the swim meet is expected to finish before 12:30 pm, we will not be serving lunch foods.
WEATHER. In the event of stormy inclement weather, we will follow league protocol in that if we have lightning, we will wait 30 minutes, twice, then we will reschedule or cancel the meet altogether.
For meet related questions, please contact Nick Bannon. 512-784-9979 (text only). You may also email [email protected]
Please be sure to pass this email on to your key people and families. Again, any questions/concerns, feel free to email us.
See you all on Saturday!
Sincerely,
Nick Bannon, TSD Swim Coach
512-784-9979 (text)
