Swim Meet 101
What to expect at a swim meet
There are two types of events during our meets, individual events and relay events. Individual events are when a swimmer swims in a lane by themselves. Relay events are when a swimmer swims along with 3 other swimmers in a lane together.
You should expect to arrive to the meet at least 30 minutes prior to the warmup time. If you fail to arrive before warmups, your swimmer may be scratched from their events and unable to participate.
You should expect your child to participate in 2 or 3 individual events and possibly a relay event. We try to put all swimmers in a relay at every meet, but depending on the number of available swimmers, we may not always be able to.
When you arrive to the meet, there will be at least 1 coach waiting at the entrance to check in. Please check your swimmer in with the coach so we know they are there. Once checked in, please head to the designated area for our team. It's important to stay in that area so when events are called swimmers don't miss them.
Once in our area, there will be heat sheets taped up. These sheets have your child's events(includes stroke), heats and lanes on them. Please take note of these and write them in a grid pattern on your child's hand in permanent marker. It should look like this:
_E_|_H_|_L_|_S_
_2_|_2_|_4_|_25 Bk_
_20__|_3_|_2_|_25 Fr_
During the meet there will be marshallers walking around yelling out for children in specific events. Please, both you and your child, pay attention to this to prevent them from missing their events.
