47th Annual GPS Invitational

• Date: Saturday, July 8th (NEXT SATURDAY)
• Entry Deadline: Thursday, 7/6, 10:00 pm (we have a meet against Easton that night too)
• Location: Belvidere Community Pool

It's a lot of fun with all different types of relays and about ten teams from the region all competing against each other. There are team trophies, individual trophies, medals, and duckies to be won too!! :)

EVENT CHOICE

• Swimmers choose their own individual events online, so please sign-up through our website, gps.swimtopia.com. 
• Leave a note for your relay preferences and which individual event you want prioritized.
• Coaches create the relays based upon who signs up. 
• Currently, we only have 34 swimmers signed-up, which for a team of 124 is not great. Plus, since it's our meet, we definitely need to have a better showing than this.  
• Cost: $5 per event, but will be paid after entries are finalized. We will do this as a Swimtopia Team Store item. I'll let you know as soon as I have it set up.
• There is a parent relay and a 30/Over individual 50 free event; let me know if you're interested. They score points for the team and win medals too!! LOL.

Volunteers/Hospitality Donations

• Volunteers - This is all hands on deck, we are the host team. We definitely need people to volunteer to help us run the meet. Please sign-up online.
• Hospitality Donations - Sale of these goods helps make this meet profitable for the team. Please sign-up online.
• See bottom for more details **

Pre-Invitational Meet/Tent Set-up: Looking for any parents/swimmers to help setup Friday night, 7/7, at Belvidere. Arrive around 6:00pm. We could really use the help. 

Two Sessions - Only need to attend and/or volunteer the session your swimmer is in.

• Morning Session, Ages 11-18, Gates open at 7:15 am. 
• Parent relays and age 30/Over event are at the end of the morning session.
• Afternoon Session, Ages 10/Under, Arrive 1:00 pm(confirmation email will be sent Friday, 7/7).

Volunteer Details **

If you volunteer you get into the meet for free, if not, there is a per person $6 gate fee Belvidere pool charges each spectator. They only accept cash, no credit cards.

Obviously, swim meets take many people to run, and since we are hosting, the majority of volunteers should come from us. So, please sign up.

We especially NEED 3-4 people that are comfortable being assertive yet diplomatic in directing traffic, and good at organizing a mental image in your head of how we fit a couple of hundred cars in stony/grassy areas with no lines or clearly identified parking spaces. :)

See you on deck,

Coach Drake