Belterra Marlins Swim Team

Welcome! We're excited to host you at the Belterra Marlins Pool! Below are key details for the swim meet.

Meet Details

Event Entries:

• Final entry deadline: Thursday, 4:00 PM (use linking code provided by Marlins Meet Director, Tom Boren [email protected])
• Heat sheets available: Friday, 5:00 PM. Teams must print their own.

Important Notes:

• Our pool is a meter pool (times adjusted accordingly).
• No deck entries or last-minute heat sheet changes (corrections for errors only).

Meet Schedule

• 6:15 AM – Pool opens
• 6:45 AM – Check-in
• 6:50 - 7:20 AM – Belterra warm-ups
• 7:20 - 7:50 AM – Visiting team warm-ups
• 7:30 AM – Volunteer meetings
• 7:50 AM – Events 1-2 to ready bench
• 7:53 AM – Event 1, Heat 1 to blocks
• 7:55 AM – Opening remarks & National Anthem
• 8:00 AM – Meet begins

Event Order

We follow the standard USA Swimming meet order:

IM → Fly → Back → Free Relay → Free → Breast → Medley Relay

Volunteer Information

Coordinator: Laura LaChaussee | [email protected]

Visiting Team Volunteer Roles & Shifts

• 18 Timers (9 per shift)
• 8 Ready Bench Volunteers (4 per shift)
• 2 Heat Ribbon Officials (1 per shift)
• 1 Computer Assistant
• 8 Stroke & Turn Judges (4 per shift)
• 4 Scribes (2 per shift)

Volunteer Meetings – 7:30 AM

• Timers: Timer tents (Lead: Megan Carew)
• Stroke & Turn Judges: Under the flag (Lead: Lindsey Stroop & Matt Marchant)
• Ready Bench: Ready bench (Lead: Michelle Murdock)
• Round Up: Round up tent (Lead: Tony Diers)
• Runners: Computer desk (Lead: Duane Mowrey)
• Heat Ribbons & General Volunteers: Volunteer table (Leads: Maggie Krein & Laura LaChaussee)

Shift Change: After the freestyle relay, before the freestyle event.

Additional Meet Information

SwimTopia App: Track events, heats, and lanes. Heat sheets will not be emailed.

Marking your swimmer: Write event, heat, and lane on their arm.

Awards: Heat Winner Ribbons will be distributed during the meet. Placement ribbons & personal best labels are available post-meet at the computer desk.

Concessions: Open at 7:00 AM

• Breakfast: Tacos, coffee, pastries, donuts
• Lunch: Hamburgers, hot dogs, snacks, drinks, Kombucha, Kona Ice
• Payment Methods: PayPal, Square, credit card, cash

Visiting Team Areas & Parking

Team Tents ("Zoos") – Located outside the pool fence in shaded grassy areas.

• 50-yard walk from car drop-off
• Terrain: Dirt, rock, leaves, grass (shoes recommended)
• No tents on the basketball/pickle ball courts

Parking:

• Primary: Rooster Springs Elementary (past the pool)
• Overflow: South side of Belterra Drive
• Drop-off Zone: In front of the pool amenity center
• No parking in coned-off areas

Break & Parent/Coach Relay

10-15 min break after the freestyle relay.
Parent & Coach Relay (time permitting) – kids love it, so come prepared!

We Can't Wait to Swim With You!

Ain’t no party like a Marlins party!

Tom Boren | [email protected]
Belterra Marlins, Director of Meets

You can also reach out to our Board of Directors for questions.