Swim Meet 101
A Meets
- Saturday
mornings
- start 9:00 am
- report times announced day or two before each meet
- Fastest
swimmers for each event
- 6 swimmers for freestyle
- 3 swimmers for all other individual events
- 8 swimmers for each relay event composed on day of the meet
- Meets are agains teams in our division
- Divisions and schedule based on prior year's performance
- Division A has 6 strongest teams
- Division B has next 6 strongest teams
- etc.
- We are in Division M this year
- Meet is scored
- Results determine points in division standing
- Divisions and schedule based on prior year's performance
B Meets
- Wednesday
evenings
- start time is 6:00 pm
- report times announced day or two before each meet
- Open to swimmers who
didn’t swim on Saturday or only swam a couple of events
- No limit on number of swimmers from any given team in any given event
- Meets are against local teams
- Meet is not scored
- Swimmers who show significant improvement may be moved up to A meets.
Special Meets
- Relay
Carnivals
- All events in the meet are relays
- One meet for the B League team
- Depending on need, swimmers may be asked to swim in both
- One meet for Division M (scored and counts toward division standing)
- Divisional
Meet
- End of season meet for the Division teams
- Scored and counts toward division standing
- 2 swimmers for each individual event
- Mini-Meet
- for our youngest swimmers
- includes kick board events so that anyone can participate
- Long Course meets
- All-Star meets
What to do the day of a swim meet?
- Swimmer and volunteer must be at the pool at designated times.
- Swimmers to make sure you have time to warm up.
- Volunteers to help with set up.
- Adults should volunteer to help run the meet
- Makes the work easier for everyone
- (Frankly, meets can become boring if you're not doing anything)
- Aren't sure how to help out?
- Ask a team rep.
- There are plenty of people willing to help you lear the ropes.
What to bring:
- 2 towels (one to dry off with and one to sit on or cover up)
- water
- light snack (oranges, granola bar)
- sunscreen
- cash for concession stand (after swimmer has completed all assigned events, can go eat "real food")
- activity to do between events (if your swimmer is entered in numerous events, the wait between events can be a bit long)
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