Hi, Stingray Families!

This Saturday is our First A Meet of the season against High Point Pool at Hunt Valley! All Stingrays—whether swimming in the meet or not—are encouraged to join us, cheer loudly, and support their teammates! ❤️🏊

⏰ Meet-Day Schedule

7:45 AM – Hunt Valley swimmer arrival

7:55AM - Marshall’s Briefing
8:00 AM – All marshals on deck
8:00–8:20 AM – Hunt Valley warm-ups for all entered swimmers
8:25 AM – Officials arrive—no later than this time
8:30 AM – Officials’ briefing with the referee
8:30–8:50 AM – Visiting team warm-ups
8:35 AM – Timers’ briefing
8:50 AM – Timers and officials report to their positions
8:50 AM – Swimmers in the first two events report to the Clerk of Course
8:55 AM – Announcements and National Anthem
9:00 AM – Meet begins!

Please arrive on time. Swimmers who miss warm-ups may not have another opportunity to warm up before the meet begins.

💧 Prepare Your Swimmer

We need our Stingrays well-rested, fueled, and ready to swim! Please make sure your swimmer:

✅ Gets a good night’s sleep
✅ Eats a healthy breakfast
✅ Drinks water before, during, and after the meet
✅ Brings a labeled, refillable water bottle

Swimmers/Parents should also bring:

🥽 Two pairs of goggles
🏊 Two swim caps
🩱 An extra competition suit—just in case!
🏖️ Two towels
☂️ An umbrella or other rain protection
🧥 Warm clothing for between events
🪑 A chair for the team area

Team pop-up tents will be set up, but swimmers should still come prepared for changing weather conditions.

❤️ Stingray Sportsmanship

Please remind your swimmer to:

Be quiet at the start - the swimmers and officials need to hear the buzzer
• Be gracious and respectful to the visiting team

Sportsmanship is an important part of being a Stingray, both in and out of the water!

📄 Meet Sheet

The meet sheet will be attached in Swimtopia under this weekends meet.

Families are welcome to print the meet sheet and bring it to follow along. Meet information is also available in Swimtopia Mobile App.

🙋 Parent Volunteers

Thank you to all the parent volunteers helping us run the meet!

Deck volunteers—including timers, runners, marshals, Clerk of Course volunteers, and officials—should wear the traditional NVSL volunteer uniform:

White shirt or top with navy-blue pants, shorts, skirt, or skort.

Please arrive in time for your assigned briefing and check in as directed in timeline above, or by the officials coordinator.

📣 Team Area

Swimmers should remain in the team area during the meet so they can:

Please remind swimmers to keep the team area clean and throw away all trash before leaving.

🚗 Parking

In keeping with Stingray tradition, we reserve the Hunt Valley pool parking lot for our visiting team and meet officials.

All Hunt Valley families and volunteers should park at Hunt Valley Elementary School across the street.

Please use caution when crossing Sydenstricker Road and follow all parking signs and volunteer directions.

🍩 Stingray Café

Our Stingray Café will be open throughout the meet with regular snack shack favorites, along with:

🌯 Anita's Sausage or Cheese Burritos
🍩 Donuts & Watermelon Cups
☕Tom's Travel Coffee

Purchases help support the Hunt Valley Swim & Dive Team, so come hungry!

We are excited for a fun morning of fast swims, loud cheers, and great Stingray spirit! Please reach out to the Parent Reps with any questions.

See you on deck!

Hunt Valley Swim Team Parent Reps
Amy Herbert, Mike Cabusao, and Olivia Slater