Hello Pool Shark families,

There is a lot of information here. If you have any questions, please reach out to myself, our coaches or board members.

If for some reason an emergency occurs, or your swimmer gets sick or hurt and is NOT able to swim Saturday or Sunday, please email our head coach Riley Talmage at [email protected] ASAP.

All conference meet information can be found on the Conference website. PLEASE look over the website before tomorrow if you haven't done so already. 2026 Tri-County Conference Meet Website

I have highlighted some key items below:

• The Tri-County Conference Championship will be swam at the Sauk Prairie High School indoor pool. 

• Maps and information for parking, entrance doors, and team areas are on the website under "Meet Information", "Parking and Maps". Please take a moment to look at these maps. Parking and Maps You will NOT be able to park or drive into the pool / stadium parking lot. 

• Doors will open at 6:30am. Please arrive at 6:45 am and have your swimmers check in with their coaches BEFORE 7am! Our warm-ups will be from 7:20-7:40am both mornings. We have lanes 1-4 in the competition pool, and will be splitting the pool with Mazomanie. There will be a meet break each day between the IM and breaststroke events. There will be a 20 minute warm up session during the meet break. We are in the first warm up session, in lanes 5-6. Listen carefully and pay attention to coaches and announcers for the afternoon warm up session. If your swimmer does not swim in the afternoon session, they should not swim in the afternoon warm up. We only have 2 lanes and need them for the swimmers who are swimming in the 2nd half of the meet. 

• Saturday July 26th is an individual events ONLY meet. No Relays. If your swimmer is only swimming relays, they do not need to attend on Saturday. The top 16 individual times from each event on Saturday will qualify to swim in the consolation and final heats of their events on Sunday. If your swimmer gets 17th or 18th on Saturday, they are alternates for their events on Sunday. They should still report for their event on Sunday in case there are any scratches.

• Sunday July 27th is finals for individuals AND relays! There will be only 2 heats of every event on Sunday, but all swims count for points! 9-16th will swim in the first heat (consolation heat) and 1-8th will swim in the 2nd heat (finals heat). All 16 places score points for our team on Sunday for individual events and the top relay for each team will score the appropriate place points for their team!

• There will be a break on both days in the middle of the meet for lunch and a mid meet warm up. The break is about an hour long from 11-12pm tentatively. The first half of the meet on Saturday will be individual events 11-38. (Freestyle-IM events) The second half will be events 39-68. (breaststroke-butterfly events) The first half of the meet on Sunday will be relay and individual events 1-38 (Medley relay-IM events) and the second half will be events 39-78. (breaststroke-Free relay events)

• If you swimmer is only swimming in the 2nd half of the meet (Events 39-78, breaststroke-free relay events) they do NOT need to report to the meet at 7am for early warm-ups. Please plan on being at the meet by 10:30 for the afternoon warm ups. If your swimmer is doing this, PLEASE LET A COACH KNOW ahead of time and check in with them when you arrive.

• If there have been lineup changes after last Saturday, they may not show up on the website and app. The heat sheets at the meet will be accurate unless changes occur Saturday or Sunday morning. If a coach has told you about a change, that is what your swimmer is swimming. If you are not sure, please check with a coach.

• Heat Sheets and Admissions - You can find admissions fees and information here. Admissions

• Thank you to everyone who signed up to volunteer! You will receive an email from me this afternoon with volunteer shifts details. Please plan to check in for your shift 30 minutes ahead of time.

• Seating & Team Gathering Areas - Each team will have their own tent for swimmers to gather under, in the northwest parking lot. Spectator seating is located on the red bleachers on the 2nd floor of the aquatic center. Bleacher seating has been sectioned off by teams. Personal tents are only allowed in the open field to the west of the team tents. No tents will be allowed in front of the aquatic center or on the tennis courts. If you would like to set up tents ahead of time this afternoon, you can do so, but you do so at your own risk. There will be no overnight supervision of the parking lot or of what is in it. If you are going to put pop ups there overnight, they need to be lowered, and staked or weighted. Speakers will be located outside as well in the team tent area to inform swimmers they should report to the clerk of course. A live video screening will be located near the concession stand in front of the pool.
• Final Results - Meet mobile will be running and available for the meet. Just a friendly reminder that meet mobile results, and what you see on the scoreboard are NOT official results. The only results that are OFFICIAL are posted results. Results will be posted as soon as they are available.

• There will be a different theme each day! Saturday's team theme is "Bright Futures" (what do you want to be when you grow up) and Sunday's all conference theme is "Holly Jolly Conference" attire and costumes! Come dressed in your favorite "Bright Future" and Christmas/winter costumes/attire to show some team and Tri-County conference spirit this weekend! (swimsuit underneath of course!)

• Live streaming of the 2025 Tri-County Conference Meet is available for both days. Go to the Livestream link on the conference website to access the live stream link both days. Livestream

• Once your child is done swimming all the events they are signed up for, you may leave. If you are not sure, please ask a coach to be sure they are done swimming before you leave.
• Thank you for making it to the end of a very long email and for an amazing season so far! We can't wait to see what our Pool Sharks can do this weekend!

Please let us know if you have any questions. GO POOL SHARKS!!

The Sauk Prairie Pool Sharks Board