We are excited to welcome you to our pool.  Please share the following information with your team before the meet.

Pool Location:

16111 Coles Crossing Drive, Cypress, TX 77429. The Coles Crossing Swim Center is located across from Sampson Elementary School (16002 Coles Crossing Drive). There is no parking available at the lap pool.  Please park at Sampson or along Coles Crossing Dr., while noting the no parking signs in certain spots.  When you arrive, you will see the set up area behind the pool.  Visiting team set up area is in the parking lot and surrounding area.  For more information, see the map linked below.

Timeline:

Warm-ups for visiting teams will begin at 7:45.  The meet is scheduled to start at 8:30am. All volunteers should listen for announcements & be in place to allow for a prompt start to the meet.

Pool:

Our pool is a 6 lane regulation 25-yard pool. We use a Colorado Infinity starter and a Time-Drops timing system. We will provide all stopwatches for the meet. We request that you bring your starter (as a backup to ours).

Starting blocks are located at the deep end of the pool only. Coaches’ tents are located next to the building. The restrooms are poolside. Results will be posted on result boards near the shallow end of the pool.

Parking: 

The pool parking lot will be used for setup and blocked to all traffic except for access to handicapped spots, a few reserved spots, and team equipment delivery.  Please utilize the parking lot across the street at the school.  There is also parking available along Coles Crossing Drive and Coles Crossing Drive North.  Please obey all posted No Parking signs and watch for pedestrians. For more detail, please review the parking map linked below.

Team Set-up:

Parents may drop off gear at the pool in the designated drop-off area.  The visiting team area is a large space, just outside the side gate to the pool area.  

Computers:

Exchange will occur via the swimtopia website per NWAL rules. Please contact our clerk of course for details.  We run our meets using Swimtopia's Meet Maestro software.

Officials:

We hold an officials meeting at about 8:00 on the morning of the meet - listen for announcement of the exact time.  Our head referee will work with your officials to ensure good coverage during the meet.

Volunteers:

TIMERS AND SCRIBES:  

• We split timing and scribe volunteers into 2 shifts:  events 1- 40 and 41-80  
• All volunteers should listen for announcements & be in place to allow for a prompt start to the meet, and to keep the meet moving uninterrupted during shift change. 
• We will offer a timers meeting in the parking lot at around 8am.   
• We will use 3 timers/scribes on each lane, so request you to provide 9 timers/scribes per shift.  If your team assigns lanes to timers and scribes, please assign two volunteers to even numbered lanes, and 1 volunteer to odd numbered lanes.

READY BENCH:  

• We split the Ready Bench volunteers into 3 shifts: events 1-24, 25-50, 51-74
• We will offer a Ready Bench meeting at 8:00am under the green tents at the right side of the pergola.

We request the following Volunteers from our visiting team:

9 timers/scribes per shift

4 ready bench per shift

1 time verifier per shift

1 sheet runner per shift

1 ribbon writer per shift

Concessions:

Our concessions will be located in the breezeway and we will offer donuts, breakfast tacos, candy, drinks, burgers and pasta .We will also have Smart Drinks and  Bahama Bucks on site. Concessions items can be purchased with cash or card.

We make every effort to have a fair and efficiently run swim meet.  If you have any questions, concerns or suggestions, please feel free to reach out to one of our team board members.