Visiting Team Information
Pool Address: 5550 Fincastle Drive
Manassas, VA 20112
Parking: Please use the parking lot first until full. You may also park in the shopping center lot across the street. There are limited parking spots on the street. Please do not park on Carrs Brook Way or in front of any driveways or mailboxes.
Special Needs swimmers: Please let us know if any of your swimmers or parents have any special needs we should be aware of. You can send an email to [email protected]
Concessions: We will be selling concessions in the parking lot beginning around 6:30 AM.
What to bring: Please bring your starter system. We will use both starters because we start the 8 & under swimmers from the opposite side of the pool. As many officials as you can bring. Stop watches and your coach’s tent. We will provide 8 chairs for your coaches.
Heat Sheet: An electronic copy will be provided to your computer rep. We will also post the heat sheet to our website the day before the meet.
Deck Area: We do not allow any families to set up tents on the pool deck. The visiting team has a designated area. It is to the left of the pool as you are looking down from the parking lot. You will be able to enter the pool from your seating area.
Coaches Area: The visiting teams coach’s area will be next to the lifeguard chair on the same side as the visiting team’s seating area. Please bring extra chairs and a coach’s tent.
Team Area: The visiting team’s seating area is on the grass, right outside the pool, to the left of the pool as you are looking down from the parking lot. We have a new small shed in the visitors area that has taken some space. The fire department asks for a pathway from the parking lot to the double gates. Please be aware of this when setting up tents. We will also block off space in the bottom parking lot for our visiting teams. Visiting teams may begin to set up after 8:00 PM on Friday evening.
Pool Information: Ashland is a 6 lane 25-meter pool.
- Backstroke flags are regulation (5 meters)
- Ashland does not use flyover starts
- Visiting teams warm up from 6:25-6:50 AM
- National Anthem will take place at approximately 6:53 AM
- Meet will begin at 7:00 AM
Relays: Visiting teams will use lanes 1, 3 and 5 for their relays
Volunteers needed: (Ashland will be using 2 shifts)
- Head Timer- 1 per shift / 2 total
- Timers- 9 per shift / 18 total
- Recorders- 3 per shift / 6 total
- Runner- 1 per shift / 2 total
- Clerk of Course- 2 per shift / 4 total
- Deck Marshall- 1 per shift / 2 total
- Heat Ribbons- 1 per shift / 2 total
- Ribbon Writer-1 per shift-2 total
- Verifier-1 per shift / 2 total
- Officials-as many as you have
Volunteers be sure to check-in with the volunteer coordinator no later than 10 minutes prior to the event start.
Timers/Recorder lane assignments:
Lane 1 timers: Ashland/Ashland/Visitor Lane 1 recorder: Visitor
Lane 2 timers: Visitor/Visitor/Ashland Lane 2 recorder: Ashland
Lane 3 timers: Ashland/Ashland/Visitor Lane 3 recorder: Visitor
Lane 4 timers: Visitor/Visitor/Ashland Lane 4 recorder: Ashland
Lane 5 timers: Ashland/Ashland/Visitor Lane 5 recorder: Visitor
Lane 6 timers: Visitor/Visitor/Ashland Lane 6 recorder: Ashland
Volunteer Information: We run 2 shifts: 1st shift-7:00-9:30 2nd shift- 9:30-12:00 (please check-in no later than 30 minutes prior to your shift).
Volunteer Coordinator:
Bob Wright [email protected]
Heidi Reichert [email protected]
Main Contact: Chris Bodmer
Ashland Stingrays Swim Team
Entries: Please send entries to Jeff Rowlison no later than 7:00 PM on the
Thursday prior to the Saturday meet.
Email is: [email protected]
