Visiting Teams
Welcome Swim Families!
This page is intended to provide you with helpful information as you plan for your away meet hosted by Cypress Mill Mako Sharks.
Cypress Mill Pool:
- Pool Address: 14710 Mills Park Ln. Cypress, TX 77429
- 6 lanes/25 yards
- Indoor rec center for computers
- Covered pavilion for concessions
Parking:
We ask for the safety of both residents and swimmers that you park in designated areas only.
- During swim meets, the recreation center parking lot is limited to parking pass holders only.
- Do not park within 15 feet of fire hydrants, 20 feet of a crosswalks or intersections, or within 30 feet of a stop sign. These are all standard Texas laws.
- Do not park in front of mailboxes or driveways.
- Please observe speed limits.
- A "Drop Off Zone" is available for you in front of the recreation center to allow you to unload your gear before parking. Cars may be towed if parked in the areas marked as "No Parking".
Visiting Team Set Up:
- Before parking, parents may drop off gear at the pool in the designated loading/unloading area (yellow on the map below), which is located in front of the recreation center.
- The visiting team area is located on the left side of the pool behind the playground. During the swim meet, the fence will be open to allow for easy access from the tent set-up area to the ready bench/pool area.
- Playground area is off limits during meets.
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Timeline:
- Home team warm-ups: 7:15 am
- Visiting team warm-ups: 7:45 am
- Scratches and relay changes presented by clerk of course (Khanh Kim) to computers: 7:45am
- Officials meeting: 8:00 am in the computer room
- Timer/Scribe meeting: 8:15 am at the blocks
- Ready Bench Meeting: 8:15 am at the ready benches
- Meet start time: 8:30 am
Officials:
Please coordinate with our Meet Referee Hunter Clayburn at [email protected].
The recreation center interior will be restricted to officials, team reps, computers, results runners and ribbon writers.
Entry Exchange:
Please coordinate meet entry exchange with our Head of Computer, Victoria Thomas at [email protected].
Volunteers:
Volunteer Coordinator: Vanessa Hernandez, [email protected]
| Position | 1st Shift | 2nd Shift |
| Events 1-40 | Events 41-80 | |
| Head Timer | 0 | 1 |
| Timer/ Scribe | 3 | 3 |
| Timer | 6 | 6 |
| Ready Bench | 2 | 2 |
| Runner | 1 | 0 |
|
Verifier |
0 |
1
|
| Computers | 1 | 1 |
| Ribbons | 0 | 1 |
Shark Shack:
- Breakfast: donuts, kolaches, breakfast tacos, coffee
- Lunch: nachos, Frito-pies, chili /hot dogs, and pizza.
- Snacks: chips, candy, fruit bags
- Drinks: water, can soda, gatorade
- Payment: cash, Venmo (@Makosharks) and Zelle: [email protected]
Heat Sheets:
We do not sell heat sheets at our meets. Teams are welcome to distribute the sheets via email/PDF to members of their team to print or view electronically at the meet.
Our objective is to run an efficient meet that is enjoyed by all families. If you have feedback, we encourage you to share your comments by going to our team site homepage and clicking on the envelope icon on the top right hand side of the page.
