If you are getting this email you have registered for the Thursday meet at Georgia Tech and we are so happy that you have. This is our largest group ever!!! This is going to be a long email, but please read it all. First, we will have a practice Wednesday morning at 10 am and parent meeting at the same time. Practice will be about an hour and the meeting about 30 mins.
We will need 4 volunteers from this 2 for the girls pool and 2 for the boys pool. I have taken the 5th volunteer position myself, but wee need people to step up for these. These are whole meet shifts, but if we have enough volunteers you can split them into half meet positions. Either email me in advance or we can discuss this at the parent meeting.
The meet starts at 4, but we need to plan to be at the entrance of the CRC (tech pool) at 3 pm. We meet outside and enter together as a team. We then head to our teams seating area. This areas is for swimmers only not spectators. We will have a handful of parents we will take as volunteers to help in the athletes seating area, but this is a job and has responsibilities (to keep the kids in the seating area and escort them to and from the pool deck for their events). If you are not a parent volunteer or a meet volunteer, you must sit in the spectator area.
Arriving and parking information is below, please read it, it is very important,
After the meet we will come back to the Hillbrooke pool, for those that want to, and I will order some pizzas and the kids can have fun.
We will go over more specifics at the parents meeting and answer questions
The
Presidential Debate will be at CNN on June 27 at 9 pm. As far as
Georgia Tech has informed us there will be no direct impact on campus,
specifically the Aquatic Center and immediate area. This will only
impact the sessions on Thursday. Wednesday and Friday will be our normal
setup. Full details for all days are below.
It is expected that 10th St. will be closed beginning at 2 pm (possibly earlier). Waze or Google Maps will be your best friend bottom line. Use 750 Ferst Drive as your destination, this is the address of the Campus Recreation Center. We suggest several alternatives:
- Use the North Ave. exit to get to the pool and Ferst Drive. Exit at North Ave. and head west toward campus.
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We have been informed that the exit to 14th St. and 17th St. from the connector will remain open, but that traffic will be diverted at 14th St. You can take 14th St. west to Northside Drive or Hemphill Ave to get to the pool.
You
can use I 75 and use the Northside Drive. It is a pretty straight shot
from there to Hemphill Ave. which dead ends into Ferst Drive.
The
only other thing to look out for is the candidates arriving and gumming
up the interstate for a limited time. Again, please plan extra time
into your arrival for the afternoon session or departure from the
morning session and use your traffic aps to help navigate the best route
and get a good estimate on how long it will take to arrive.
PARKING THURSDAY- As
far as parking goes, the W10 lot attached to the CRC will be available,
as it is for al sessions. Please remember you MUST prepurchase parking
for this lot, you cannot pay at the gate. To purchase parking, please go
to https://gatech.parkmobile.io/events
to prepay for your parking. Overflow parking and parking for people who
did not pre-purchase a spot will be in the W02 lot, this is the student
center lot located at 355 Ferst Drive and is a short walk to the
pool. This lot will only be in use on Thursday. For the Wednesday and
Friday sessions parking will be in the W23 lot on State St. My strong
advice is prepay for parking and park in the lot closest to the pool.
PARKING GENERAL INFO-
Coaches and team vehicles will NOT receive free parking passes. Prepaid
parking will be available in the W10 parking deck that is adjacent to
the CRC. To park in this deck, you must prebuy a parking pass, you
cannot pay at the gate. To prepurchase parking please visit https://gatech.parkmobile.io/events
. Parking costs will be between $12-15. Overflow parking for W10 and
any day of parking for those who did not prepay is located at the W23
lot at 905 State St for Wednesday and Friday. This is a relatively short
walk from the pool. A map of the area can be found at Georgia Tech General Parking Map and ASA Parking Diagram and Map Please plan accordingly.
OVERFLOW PARKING AND NON-PREPAY PARKING
If
you do not prepay to park or if the W10 lot sells out you can park in
the W23 lot at 905 State St on Wednesday and Friday. On Thursday only
the alternate lot is the W02 lot located at 355 Ferst Drive, this is the
Student Center lot. Both are a short walk from the pool. You cannot
prepay for parking in those lots, you just pay when you arrive, or take a
ticket from the kiosk and pay upon exiting the deck.
Again,
the debate is at 9 pm on Thursday, so we anticipate some impact for the
afternoon session mainly, but it is something teams can plan for and
work through. Please be sure to communicate this clearly with your team
well in advance of your session. This will have no impact on Wednesday
and Friday’s sessions.
We look forward to a great meet and some fast swimming. See you all soon.
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