Triangle Torpedoes

QUICK LINKS: Registration Information | Practices | Meets | Parent Participation | Contact Info

Team Photo Update!
Torpedoes team photo will be on Friday, July 8th at 6pm.

Registration Information
Registrations are accepted in person at the front desk at any time until Monday, June 6. Each member receives a team cap and may wish to purchase the official team suit, TYR Shockwave Blue, available for girls ,and boys. Special team pricing is available at All American Swim Shop located inside the Curran Aquatic Center. Team members who need a suit are encouraged to stop by All American on May 2 or 3 from 6 - 7:30PM for a special suit fitting event and to place orders.

Swim team membership is $350 for the first child, $250 for the second, and $200 thereafter. Torpedo Family Pass for adults and non-team children is $225. Price includes swim cap, team photo, movie night and Greater Raleigh Meet entry fees.

The summer swim season will conclude on Wednesday, July 20 with an end of season Potluck Dinner and Awards Banquet (contact Julia if you can help). However, Torpedoes may use their summer passes through July 31 during all posted lap swim hours.

Practices
During School	May 2 - June 10
6 - un	T, Th, F	7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
7 - 8	T, Th, F	7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
9 - 10	M, W, F	7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
11 12	M, W, F	7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
13 - up	M, W, F	7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
School is Out	June 13 - July 19	(excl. Meets on Tue)
6 - un	M - F	11 - noon, 7:00 - 8:00 pm
7 - 8	M - F	11 - noon, 7:00 - 8:00 pm
9 - 10	M - F	11 - noon, 7:00 - 8:00 pm
11 12	M - F	11 - noon, 7:00 - 8:00 pm
13 - up	M - F	11 - noon, 7:00 - 8:00 pm

Meet Information
Please talk with your coach by Friday of the prior week if you will NOT be attending an upcoming meet! This will ensure that relays are properly entered. Results will be posted as links in the schedule below. **PLEASE NOTE: The results posted here on this website reflect the times captured by the stopwatches or the timing system at TAC and may not match the official results recorded by the place judges and recorder during the meets.
Summer 2011
Charleston Village	June 14	Home	Results
Carpenter Village	June 21	Home	Results
Haddon Hall	June 28	Home	Results
Weldon Ridge	July 5	Away
Greater Raleigh	July 10	TAC
Bentwinds	July 12	Away
Wellington Park	July 19	Away

Parent Participation

It takes lots of volunteers to run meets for our children, so we ask that adults from each member family volunteer to work at least 3 times during the season.

Please refer to the following position descriptions needed (per meet):

	Announcer - (1) Using PA system, calls swimmers to each event, announces score updates.
	Kid Pushers - (5) Collects and directs their assigned age group to assigned events as directed by the Announcer.
	Clerk of Course - (1) Directs swimmers, heat by heat, to the blocks for their swims.
	Ribbon Writer - (1) Uses event information to create ribbon labels and then affixes the labels to ribbons for 1st - 6th place finishers.
	Starter - (1) Gives instructions to the swimmers at the start of each event. "Take your mark...etc."
	Stroke and Turn Judges - (1) Monitors swims for infractions and disqualify swimmers as necessary.
	Place Judges - (3) Monitors each main event and calls the swimmer that finishes (each place judge calls 1 place).
	Heat Winner Judge - (1) Awards heat winner ribbons.
	Timers - (3) Runs the stopwatches / timing system buttons.
	Runner - (2) Takes recorder logs to the scorer after each event.
	Recorder - (1) Logs place judge decisions.
	Scorer - (1) Records finishes and DQs and posts results on the score sheet.