Important Info about Our Meet with Fulton-El Camino on Sat.

Hello Sugarbears Swimmers and Parents:

Hope you all had a nice Memorial Day Weekend.

Our next swim meet is scheduled for this Saturday, June 5th with the Fulton-El Camino Stingrays. THIS IS AN AWAY MEET. The meet theme this day is: Western. So pull out your cowboy or cowgirl gear and "hoof it on down" to this meet!

Included in this email is some important information about parking at their pool.

Fulton-El Camino Stingrays 6-Lane Pool
3097 Cottage Way
Sacramento, CA

Their home pool is Cottage Pool, located at the intersection of Cottage and Morse, at 3907 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA.

The pool is right across the street from Kaiser's ER. They have 3 small parking lots along Cottage, in front of their pool and to either side, slightly down the street. These are not big enough for both teams cars, however, there is also parking available in the Kaiser lot which is kitty-corner across the street. This is NOT the main hospital parking lot, but rather medical/ administrative offices that are not open on the weekends, on the southeast corner.

DIRECTIONS:

From Oakmont:

start out going west on Cirby Way toward Parkview Dr.
turn left on Riverside Ave
merge onto I80 W toward Sacramento
take the I80 BR/Capital City Freeway exit, Exit 95, toward CA-99 S/Sac
take the Fulton Ave exit
turn left onto Fulton Ave
turn left at Cottage Way

(their pool is Cottage Pool, located at the intersection of Cottage and Morse)

Here are some important reminders:

Parents need to have their swimmers check-in with the coaches by 7 AM. Swimmers should wait to see that their name is actually highlighted on the coach's check-in sheet to confirm the coach got them. Parents can accompany younger swimmers to check-in, but PARENTS SHOULD NOT CHECK-IN FOR THEIR CHILD! It's a good habit to teach your swimmer now! And you can remind the swimmers that arrive at your age group tent. Swimmers that do not check in with the coaches will be scratched from the meet.

Many teams do not seed their swimmers until after the scratch session. We seed the swimmers who will actually be swimming each race based upon their best time for that event. This is what determines their heat and lane assignment. So, the night before the race we may only know which swimmers are swimming which event, and not which heat and lane they will be in. This is also the reason that most teams use a ready bench. We will not know exactly what to expect until we get to the visiting team's pool!

Regards,

Your Sugarbears Parent Board