2025 SSL Swim Season

El Dorado Hills Tasmanian Devils Swim Team (“Taz”)

We are pleased to welcome you to our facility for our 2025 dual meet. We have included below some details to help you prepare for the meet, and also to help your swimmers and families have an enjoyable experience.

Our coaching staff and Board members will help your staff to find their seating areas, and also to find the scratch location.

We would like to invite the key officials to make contact with their Taz counterparts during the meet in order to continue the exchange of ideas and best practices.

We’re looking forward to hosting your families and swimmers. Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, or if there is anything we can do to make your visit a truly enjoyable event.

See you on deck,

Ben Glickman, President        Steve Frith SSL Representative

[email protected]             [email protected]         

Taz Contacts:

Head Coaches – Kim Ross, JT Ross, Kacey Ross

Meet Referee – Bob Ross

Head Starter - Troy Gassaway

Computer Operations – Jon & Hillary Garrett ([email protected])

Meet Info

Location: Our pool is located at 1021 Harvard Way, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762. A map and directions are located on our website, www.edhtaz.org (under the “Maps” tab).

If you’re traveling from the West, from Highway 50, exit north on El Dorado Hills Blvd. The pool is on the right about a mile from Highway 50. Enter the complex by taking a right on St. Andrews Drive (north of the pool), followed by a right into the CSD complex.  Please do not enter from Harvard Way.

If you’re traveling from the East, you may use the Silva Valley Parkway exit just before EDH Blvd. Turn right onto Silva Valley Parkway. Drive approximately 1.5 miles and turn left onto Harvard Way. The CSD will be on your right approximately .5 miles down the road.

If you’re traveling from Loomis or Granite Bay, take Folsom-Auburn Road.  Turn left on Green Valley Rd., then right on Francisco Dr., then right on El Dorado Hills Blvd.  From El Dorado Hills Blvd., turn left onto St. Andrews Drive, followed by a right into the CSD complex.

Parking: Parking is available in the main lots in the CSD complex. Please do not park in the gravel lot adjacent to the solar-covered parking.

Key Times: The following key times pertain to the meet:

* Meet Referee with Taz heads of Comp Ops, Timers, S&T, Starters, and Ready Bench; SSL League Reps

** Timers meet behind the main blocks on the East side of the pool.

** Ready bench meets at the ready bench area near the wading pool

** Stroke and turn officials meet behind lane 6 on the far end (West end) of the pool

Team Areas: We invite your team to set up in the quad just outside the main entrance to the pool. We will provide a table for sign-in. If you need anything else, please ask. The coaches' scratch session will be in the classroom inside the gym. Restrooms are available adjacent to the quad area.

Timing System: We will use a Superior Swim Timing starter and timing system, with three plungers and a manual stopwatch in each lane. 

Starting Blocks Area: All races will begin on the deep end of the pool (blue tents). Access to the starting blocks and athlete ready area is restricted to meet officials, athletes, and coaches. Guests are not permitted in front of the barriers at either end of the pool.

Meet Operations: Our Meet Operations tables are located on the Southeast edge of the pool near the diving boards. Please see us at the desk if we can be of any assistance.

Junior TAZ:  At the July 12 meet only, our Junior TAZ swimmers will swim before the 6U freestyle and backstroke events (i.e., before Events 20 and 42).

Snack Bar: We will have a full snack bar operating for your swimmers and families, including coffee, soda, water, breakfast burritos, doughnuts, pizza, sandwiches, ice cream, and assorted snacks. Note: Taz will provide two pizzas (one cheese, one pepperoni) for visiting team coaches.

Wading Pools:  Swimmers are not permitted in the zero-entry area adjacent to the race pool or the "mushroom" wading pool.

Volunteer Positions Needed

Timers: Each team must provide 15 timers, plus 2 backup timers, per shift; we change shifts at the meet’s midway point. The Head Timer will assign timers to lanes, with at least one timer from each team per lane.

We consider timers to be active meet officials. Please advise your timers that they are are responsible for:

• Matching the swimmer by name with the name on the program. If the swimmer at the block does not match the program, the Timer MUST immediately notify the Clerk of the Course. The race cannot proceed until the mismatch is resolved by the Clerk and Referee.
• Timers are expected to control the deck area between the timer chairs and the edge of the pool. Control means that there should only be two swimmers forward of the chairs: 1) the swimmer in the water, and 2) the swimmer who is being called forward for the next heat.
• Timers should be helpful in encouraging younger swimmers to take the blocks after the Starter calls the next heat to “Step Up.”
• At the conclusion of each race, timers should record the manual time on the heat sheet.

Stroke and Turn: Taz uses 2 judges (5-5 lanes) at each end for freestyle events,  and 3 judges (3-4-3 lanes) at each end for all other events.  We typically run 3 S/T shifts, with shift changes at 10am and 12pm.  Each team should provide 9 S/T judges (3 per shift). If fewer judges are available, we will run longer shifts.  

Ready Bench: Taz operates a joint ready bench for 10-and-under swimmers. We recommend 6 volunteers per team on duty per shift.  The ready bench is located in the northwest corner (behind wading pool).