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Pleasanton Drivers May Want to Avoid Black Avenue Due to Big Swim Meets

700 swimmers and spectators are expected at Dolores Bengtson Aquatic Center this weekend; another meet the next weekend could draw 900.

From the City of Pleasanton: 

The City of Pleasanton’s Dolores Bengtson Aquatic Center will be the host site for two large attendance swim meets in the coming weeks. 

City staff has worked with the swim meet coordinators to develop plans for a successful competition and reduced impact on the neighborhoods surrounding the Aquatic Center, located at 4455 Black Avenue near Santa Rita Road. 

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Swim meet coordinators have been advised of a traffic flow system to facilitate competitor drop-off at the Aquatic Center, and all participants have been notified of pre-designated overflow parking locations (at adjacent Gingerbread Preschool, Alisal Elementary School, and Amador Valley High School) designed to reduce the impact to the surrounding neighborhood.

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 The Pleasanton Seahawks Swim team will host the Senior 2, Long Course meet during the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, July 27 and 28, 2013.

The meet is expected to draw about 700 swimmers and spectators from throughout the Bay Area who will begin to arrive each morning at 7:00 a.m. for a 9:00 a.m. meet start. The meet is expected to conclude both days at approximately 3:00 p.m. This is one of the last qualifying meets of the summer and includes youth age groups from 6 to 18 years of age. The Pleasanton Seahawks are a Gold Medal swim team, as designated by USA Swimming, which ranks the team as one of the Top 20 producing swim teams in the nation.

On the following weekend, the annual Tri-Valley Swim League Championships is scheduled on Saturday, August 3, 2013. The meet is expected to draw about 900 swimmers and spectators who will begin to arrive at 6:30 a.m. Competition starts at 8:00 a.m. and is expected to conclude by 5:00 p.m.

 


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