TAQ Mardi Gras Meet
January 10, 2025
Heat Sheets are here: Meet page on host team website
Pool Map
*We plan to seat our swimmers in the large diving well bleachers (look for our team banner!). If we are not able to acquire this on Friday evening, we'll send you an updated plan.
*note spectator areas are raised bleachers and the open floor area along the scoreboard pool (chairs are permitted in that area)
*the rest of the pool deck is reserved for athletes, coaches, officials and meet management
*Spectator / Non-Athletes restrooms are located next to the tennis courts
*Swim Shop and Concessions are located behind the scoreboard
Meet Schedule (confirmed- final schedule from meet host)
- On Friday PM and Sat/Sun AM, the facility does not open until 15 min prior to the start of warm up; please be in the team area
Arrival: Swimmers should be in the team area, ready to start warm up 10 minutes prior to the warm up session.
- Session 1- Friday Warm up. 4:30-5:00pm (1st warm up group- scoreboard pool). Meet begins 5:45pm.
- Main Pool- Girls. Scoreboard Pool- Boys
- Sesion 2- Saturday, 13 & Older. Warm up- 7:30–8:00am (1st warm up group- scoreboard pool). Meet begins- 8:45am
- Main Pool- Boys. Scoreboard Pool- Girls
- Session 3- Saturday, 12 & Under: Warm up- 12:00-12:30pm (1st warm up group- main pool). Meet begins- 1:15pm
- Main Pool- Boys. Scoreboard Pool- Girls
- Session 4- Sunday, 13 & Older Warm up- 8:00-8:30am (2nd warm up group- main pool). Meet begins- 8:45am
- Main Pool- Girls. Scoreboard Pool- Boys
- Session 5- Sunday, 12 & Under Warm up- 12:30-1:00pm (2nd warm up group- diving well). Meet begins- 1:15pm
- Main Pool- Girls. Scoreboard Pool- Boys
Team Attire:
Shirt Colors: Carry The Torch! (SAT 2024 shirts) on Friday; Red on Saturday; Black on Sunday.
Swim Caps: Black Caps with Crawfish logo
Shirts are not required but Black Crawfish Swim Cap is the only cap swimmers can wear in the meet. Coaches will have black caps at the meet also for purchase.
Awards:
Scoring will be done for all 12&Under events.
-The 12 & Under age brackets will include be SINGLE age group: 6&Under, 7yr old, 8yr old, 9yr old, 10yr old, 11yr old, 12yr old.
-High point awards will be given for 1 st , 2 nd , and 3 rd place high point winner’s female and male for the single age group brackets listed above (this means the 3 highest scoring individuals, female and male, per age group- 6 & U, 7yr, 8yr, etc. through 12yr old.
-No trophies or ribbons will be given in addition to the high point awards.
-Sunday following the 12 & U session they will distribute high point awards. Coaches will stay for this to pick up any unpicked up awards to bring back to the pool!
IMPORTANT NOTICES FROM THE HOST TEAM
- HIGH POINT AWARDS - 12 & Under swimmers only, scored single age group. Please advise swimmers to stay at the end of Sunday PM's session to receive awards.
- LIVE STREAM - the meet will be lived streamed on the Tiger Aquatics YouTube page
- RESULTS - will be available on the Meet Mobile app ( "2025 LA Tiger Aquatics Mardi Gras Invite")
- CONCESSIONS - will be available for spectators and meet participants in the front lobby of the Natatorium. You can access out the diving well side door near the tennis courts.
- D & J SPORTS - will be available to purchase swim apparel at the meet
Meet Fees:
- $13.5 swimmer surcharge and $5 per event.
- USA Swimming Membership is required. Swimmers that do not have this membership will need to purchase USA Swimming athlete membership by January 1, prior to submitting entries to the host team.
- Swimmers 12 & Under have the option of a Flex Membership ($40) which will allows for 2 USA Swimming sanctioned meets per calendar yeary. After that, upgrade to the full $90 membership is required to participate in more meets during the calendar year. The only membership option for 13 & older swimmers is the full membership ($90) which is valid through December 2025..
- CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE USA SWIMMING MEMBERSHIP THROUGH OUR TEAM UNIQUE URL.
Seating (based on 2024/ subject to change based on meet info from host team week of the meet)
We are planning to set swimmers up in the large bleacher on the pool deck on locker room side closest to the scoreboard. This seating will be primarily for swimmers. Chairs can be set up on the "large raised bleacher side" next to the raised bleachers (opposite the locker room side of pool where we will set up) and the large raised bleachers is open for spectators also. Set up of chairs may be open around our team bleacher but it is more limted on that side of the pool.
*We will 4-5 coaches at each session with 1 behind the blocks of each pool during the meet and then in our team area to help keep them on track where needed.
