Meet Format
- Swimmers must arrive one hour before the meet starts.
- Event and lane assignments are given to swimmers at the pre-meet meeting.
- Heat assignments are given when there is a large number of swimmers for an event (heat
1 is competition, all others are exhibition only)
- Our team gets 3 lanes for each event (1,3,5 or 2,4,6)
- A swimmer may be in up to 3 events in a meet
- Swimmers do laps to warm up.
- Meets can take up to three hours to complete.
- Swimmers who are not competing in the current event:
- must stay out of the pool
- must stay clear of the deck
- must listen for the coaches to announce their event
- may encourage and cheer for their teammates
The order of events is as follows:
- Individual Medley (25 yards each stroke)
- 12 and under girls, then boys
- 13 - 18 girls, then boys
- Freestyle
- 8 and under girls, then boys (25 yards)
- 9 - 10 girls, then boys (25 yards)
- 11 - 12 girls, then boys (50 yards)
- 13 - 14 girls, then boys (50 yards)
- 15 - 18 girls, then boys (50 yards)
- Backstroke
- by age and gender as in freestyle
- Breaststroke
- by age and gender as in freestyle
- Butterfly
- by age and gender as in freestyle
- Relays
- 12 & under Medley girls, then boys (4 swimmers, 25 yards each
stroke)
- 13 & over co-ed Medley (4 swimmers, 50 yards each stroke)
- 8 & under co-ed Freestyle (4 swimmers, 25 yards each)
- 12 & under co-ed Freestyle (4 swimmers, 25 yards each)
- 13 & over co-ed Freestyle (4 swimmers, 50 yards each)