Pleasanton Seahawks ‘Toys for Tots’ Swim Meet Comes to Dolores Bengtson Aquatic Center

The Pleasanton Seahawks Swim team will host an age group swim meet Dec. 10th and 11th at the Dolores Bengtson Aquatic Center expected to draw about 1,200 swimmers and their families.

New, unwrapped toys will be collected at the meet for the annual Toys for Tots program.

Swimmers and spectators will arrive both days starting at 7 a.m., with the competition beginning at 9:00 a.m. The meet will continue both days until about 6:30 p.m.

The city has been working closely with the Seahawks to develop plans for a both a successful competition and reduced impact on the neighborhoods surrounding the Aquatic Center, located at 4455 Black Avenue near Santa Rita Road.

Congested traffic conditions are anticipated on Santa Rita Road and Black Avenue each morning as the swimmers begin to arrive for the day’s competition.

Accordingly, City staff has developed a traffic flow system for the Aquatic Center to facilitate competitor drop-off, and participants have been notified of pre-designated parking locations that would reduce the impacts on the surrounding neighborhoods.

The , , and parking lots will be used as overflow parking.

Swim meet parking is not allowed in any of the business lots on the south side of Black Avenue and in the Amador Shopping Center parking lot.

For more information, please contact Aquatics Supervisor Michelle Stearns at (925) 931-3423.