Lots of information here! Please save and refer to links for state meet information. 

PRACTICE THIS WEEK: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 7:15-9pm. All team members are invited to keep swimming even if you will not be attending the State Meet!

ALL TEAM STATE PASTA PARTY: THIS Tuesday, February 18th 6:30-8pm @ Blairwood. Athletes MUST RSVP ON SWIMTOPIA BY MONDAY 2/17 @noon! (It's not too late to RSVP or sign up to send in desserts, however we need all responses by NOON tomorrow on swimtopia!) ALL team members are invited to come! **(Parents, this one is just for the kids, but please see the job sign up for how you can contribute. Parents will be able to celebrate with the team on 3/1 at the Banquet:)

KHSAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP MEET: The State Championships will be held in Lexington February 20-22. Diving will be Thursday, February 20th. Girls swim Friday, February 21st. Boys swim Saturday, February 22nd. Here is the link to the complete schedule: https://khsaa.org/2020-state-swimming-and-diving-s...

**A list of athletes competing in sessions that will require an absence from school will be submitted to the Athletic Director by Coach JC Barnett.. This will be an excused absence; student athletes need to communicate with their teachers for make-up work. Please direct all questions to the coaches. 

STATE MEET DETAILS: The following link will answer all of your state meet questions (location, parking, tickets/entry cost, heat sheets, etc). https://khsaa.org/swimming/2020/stateinstructions.pdf

Here are a few of the main details from the link--

LOCATION: Lancaster Aquatics Center University of Kentucky 416 Complex Drive, Lexington, Ky., 40506 (859) 257-7940 GPS Coordinates: 38.028565/-84.504200

PARKING: 

Thursday • Parking will be in the Purple Lots located on Wildcat Court next to the Softball and Soccer Complex only. • Participants may be dropped at the team check-in gate located off of Complex Drive • After 2 p.m. ET, parking will also be available in the Green Lot next to Kroger Field off Cooper Drive. 

Friday • Parking will be in the Green Lot next to Kroger Field off Cooper Drive. • Participants may be dropped at the team check-in gate located off of Complex Drive. Saturday • Parking will be in the Green Lot next to Kroger Field off Cooper Drive. • Paid parking will also be available in Parking Structure #7 located off Sports Center Drive and overflow parking in the Greg Page Apartments Lot located off of Alumni and Commonwealth Drives. • Participants may be dropped at the team check-in gate located off of Complex Drive.

TICKETS: Tickets are $10 each, per session, and each individual in line may only purchase one ticket. Children 10 and under are admitted free. Due to space limitations, there is no re-entry for the event. If you leave the facility for any reason, you will be required to purchase another ticket.

• Thursday’s sales will begin at 9 a.m. ET for girls’ diving and at 5 p.m. ET for boys’ diving. 

• Friday’s sales will begin at 9 a.m. ET for girls’ swimming prelims and at 5:30 p.m. for the girls’ swimming finals. 

• Saturday’s sales will begin at 9 a.m. ET for boys’ swimming prelims and at 5:30 p.m. for the boys’ swimming finals.

• All six (6) sessions require a separate ticket and the facility will be cleared at the end of each.

(Thursday • Doors will open for girl divers only at 8 a.m. ET. • Gates open for fans at 9 a.m. ET. • Doors will open for boy divers and swimming warm-ups at 4 p.m. ET. • Gates reopen for fans at 5 p.m. ET. Friday & Saturday • Doors will open for swimmers at 8 a.m. ET. • Gates open for fans at 9 a.m. ET. • Doors will reopen after preliminaries for swimmers at 4:30 p.m. ET. • Gates reopen for fans at 5:30 p.m. ET)

HEAT SHEETS:  Psych and Heat Sheets will be posted on the KHSAA website once finalized. Due to the format, heat sheets for the finals will not be provided to the coaches. You can access the information via the Meet Mobile app, as well as the KHSAA website.

COMING UP:

• Swim & Dive Banquet March 1st, 5-7pm

Remember, please refer all meet entry questions to Coach Katelyn Meng ([email protected]) and Coach JC Barnett ([email protected]). 

GOOD LUCK TO ALL SWIMMERS AND DIVERS PARTICIPATING IN STATE THIS WEEK! GO CRIMSONS!!

Lynn Pearson, dMHS Swim & Dive Booster Secretary