Hello Panthers!

This week’s meet is a unique one, and we’ve got information for both parents and athletes. Entries are listed on the Parkview website. This meet is named after Bill Clody, a longtime supporter of swim and dive in Gwinnett County, and is organized by the Gwinnett Swim & Dive Booster Club.

The most notable differences in this meet are the paid tickets (see details below), the number of teams (expected a more crowded pool deck and spectator seating), a focus on individual times rather than scores, and a different timeframe (see schedule below). All Parkview events are at the Mountain Park Aquatic Center.

Friday’s practice will be a shorter one – completed at 3:45 so that the facility can be ready for the evening’s dive meet.

Hudson Dive Meet: Friday
3 PM - Doors Open, Warmups Begin
4 PM - Meet Begins

Clody Swim Meet: Saturday
7:15 AM - Swimmer Can Enter Building
8 AM - Doors Open (GoFan ticket required)
9 AM - Meet Begins
1 PM - Estimated Time of Completion

Clody Dive Meet, Saturday
3 PM - Doors Open, Warmups Begin
4 PM - Meet Begins

FOR ATHLETES

NG3 Teamwork Talk: Thursday mornings, 6:45 a.m.
Head to Coach Brown’s room (15.114) on Thursday for a team-building early morning talk. Plus donuts! NG3 is a faith-based mentorship program aimed at supporting Next Generation Character, Community, Change. All are welcome! Questions? Reach out to Katie Robinson (Lillie’s mom)

Team Meal & Holiday Party
Make plans to attend the team’s holiday party on Saturday, December 14 from 6-9 p.m. at the LDS Church on Cole Road. The holiday party features a white elephant gift exchange each year ($10 or less).

FOR PARENTS

Tickets & Heat Sheets
Tickets are required for the meet this week – and are only available on the GoFan or GoFan.com. Follow this link or you can search “Gwinnett County Swim and Dive Booster Club” and event name “Clody Swim and Dive”. Your $8 ticket will get you into both the Clody Swim Meet and the Clody/Hudson Dive Meets.

Heat Sheets are $2 and can be purchased through GoFan or cash at the meet.

Thank you to this week’s volunteers!
Timers: Lizheng Guo (Andrew), Fifi Leow (Allison), Andy Mercer (Logan), Krista Mullins (Thatcher), Hugh Tran (Hayden)
Security: Laura Synder (Jackson), Melissa Hartman (Adrian)

If you need to change any of your volunteer roles for meets this season, you can do so by logging in to your SwimTopia account and heading to the calendar page – click on “Job Signup”. If you have LAST MINUTE CHANGES, PLEASE make them and notify Volunteer Coordinators by EOD Wednesday before the meet so that they have time to find a replacement. If you have questions about your volunteer role, please reach out to our Volunteer Coordinators Laurie Boltin (Henry’s mom) and Lorri Beeney (Nathaniel’s mom).

See you at the pool!
Patricia Heys
(Ayden & Micah Raffield’s Mom)
Communications Coordinator, Parkview Swim & Dive Board