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There will be a warm-up before each meet. The home team warms up from 5:00-5:30 PM. The visiting team warms up from 5:30-6:00 PM. The meets begin promptly at 6:00 PM. We ask that all swimmers arrive at 4:45 for home meets and 5:00 for away meets so that they can be checked in and prepared to warm-up on time.

When swimmers arrive at a meet, they have four basic responsibilities:

1. Check the posted line-up to see what events they are swimming. For younger swimmers, it is recommended that parents write the line-up information (event #, heat # and lane #) on the swimmers’ hand.
2. Let a coach know that they are there.
3. Report any line-up problems (such as being entered in too few or too many events) to one of the coaches.
4. Report on time for warm ups.

At home meets the line-up will be posted on the shed. At away meets, the line-up will be posted in the pool area designated for Hampton swimmers.

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Team suits are not required for meets but strongly encouraged. The suit for the 2008 and 2009 swim seasons is Radiance by Speedo. They are being provided by Swim Pro and can be ordered from their website, www.swimproinc.com.  You can also call them at 800-866-7761.

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“The Free State League was started in 1961 by Warren Heeman from Sparrow’s Point Country Club, Ed Novak from Hampton, Dotty Donovan from Valley Country Club and Fred Brown from Loch Raven Kiwanis Swim Club. Those four clubs organized swimming competition that has continued through the years and now encompasses ten teams.”

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