Happy Father's Day everyone!

I apologize in advance for the lengthy email, but I'm attempting to get you everything you need to know in one place as opposed to sending multiple emails this week! The main theme you'll see is: please RSVP for all our remaining events!! I made an oops and forgot to open RSVPs for the pep rally, finals, and the year-end party, so those are three events for which we for sure still need your yes or no RSVP!

Lost Suit

BV found a size 22 girls swimsuit after the meet. I will pick up from them on Wednesday. Let me know if it's yours and I will get it over to you!

Final Week Schedule

• Monday: Practice from 8-10am. 
• Tuesday: Practice from 8-10am and optional practice 3-5:15pm. Entries for Prelims/Finals automatically close at 11:59pm.
• Wednesday: Practice from 8-10am
• Thursday: Practice 8-10am, Pep Rally @ BGP Playground 5-7pm
• Friday: PRELIMS
• Saturday: FINALS
• Sunday: End of Year Party @ BGP Pool 12pm

Prelims/Finals
PLEASE login and RSVP with your availability for Prelims & Finals ASAP. We currently have 17 swimmers signed up to participate in Prelims next weekend and would love to bring our biggest team yet! 

Note: because we won't know who's swimming at Finals until Friday evening, we will use your RSVP for finals as an indicator of availability. 

• Volunteering: PLEASE sign up to volunteer. Prelims is an all day meet with 3 shifts and we are always short on volunteers since it's also a work day. If you're able to volunteer for two shifts, we'd be so grateful!!
• Location: Briar Village Pool, 13902 Piping Rock. 
• When: Our team warms up at at 8am and the meet will start promptly at 9am. Please arrive early to check-in. There are NO substitutions allowed after Wednesday (except for illness), so if you no show, your individual events and relays will scratch. Illness substitutions must be made by 8:15am. Please text me if you have any issues at 713-213-0617!
• Entries: Swimmers will be entered into up to 3 individual events and 2 relays. We are allowed unlimited entries into freestyle and are limited to the top 6 times for all remaining individual events. I will load entries to the Swimtopia app and send out an email with entries on Wednesday so you are aware of what races each swimmer has been entered.
• Circle Seeding: The top 3 heats of each event will be circle seeded. This is done to assure that the best swimmers have the best position in the pool to swim their fastest. Circle seeded heats should look like a "V" with the fastest swimmers in the middle lanes for the last 3 heats. Why you need to know this: the top swimmers need to understand that they are NOT racing the kids next to them.They need to swim as fast as then can, because the next fastest swimmer will be in the heat behind them.

Finals:

• The swimmers who place in the top 12 of their individual events will progress to the Finals. Check the meet results (sent immediately after Prelims) to see if your swimmer made it. If your swimmer placed 13th or 14th, they are an alternate and should plan to come to the pool on Saturday. If one of the top 12 swimmers scratches, the alternate will swim.
• Relays advance as the top 6. No changes may be made to the finals relay team except in the event of an absent swimmer. 
• Warm ups are at 8am, and Racing starts at 9am. There will be a coaches relay to start the meet.
• Seeding: this will be done in the traditional manner so that their competition is right next to them in the pool

Pep Rally & Spaghetti Dinner

Our 2019 BGP SWIM TEAM SPONSORS

PLATINUM

SEAL Security Solutions, LLC Palazzo's Trattoria and Moderno Tacos + Tex Mex Vanessa Ellis, Beth Wolf Realtors

Gold

Chick Fil A, Fondren and Westheimer Mark Maniha, John Daugherty Realtors

SILVER

Jennings Orthodontics Cheryl Ford/Martha Turner Sotheby's International Realty Austin Baker/Network Funding LP Bronze Bill Wright, Wright Wealth Strategies