MEET ENTRY PROCEDURES

We have partnered with Direct Athletics www.directathletics.com to do online meet registrations. The website will allow you to make your meet declarations but it DOES NOT accept payment of the entry fees.

While we strongly encourage the use of Direct Athletics We will also accept entries via email at meetentry@hudsonheat.com. Effective in the Fall of 2008 we will no longer accept paper entries for meets.

You should receive an email from Direct Athletics with your logon and initial password. If you deleted the email please send a note to meetentry@hudsonheat.com to request your logon. You may want to check your SPAM folder/filter to see if the email was mistakenly marked as SPAM.

Complete instructions on using Direct Athletics are available on the HEAT website at HEAT Direct Athletics Brochure (PDF).

Please keep in mind that the deadline we establish for meet entries will be different that the meet entry deadline on the Lake Erie Swimming website. This gives us time to process the entries and request the check from HCER.

For very popular meets we may establish a very early due date to help prevent our swimmer from being shut out of a meet.

Under no circumstances should you send meet entries directly to the meet host unless you are asked to do so by the Head Coach or Meet Entry Secretary.

DAY OF MEET PROCEDURES

Arrive 15 minutes prior to scheduled warm up time and find team area and coach.

Each meet session will last no more than 4 hours, many lasting 2-3 hours plus warm up. All swimmers will warm up together as a team under coach's supervision.

Wear HEAT team suit and cap during all competitions. If you're attending a meet you are required to be available for relays whether they are at the beginning or end of a meet.

Relay selection is done at the meet and is at the coach's discretion.

Always let a coach know before getting dressed and leaving the meet.

All HEAT Swimmers will conduct themselves in a manner that brings credit to themselves, their families, and to HEAT. Swimmers who disregard will be excluded from future meets.