Swim Meet 101
What to Bring To Meets:
Suit, goggles & cap (please label everything)
Sharpies
Two or more towels
Chairs and/or blanket
Food (Healthy snacks are the best)
Drinks (Water and sports drinks)
Spirit Posters (We post and pick winners weekly for prizes)
Heat Sheets (Can be printed from website prior to the meet)
When You Arrive at Meet:
Please be on time for warm ups and so the coaches can confirm all swimmers are in attendance.
Make sure your swimmers races are written on their arms with Sharpies. We attempt to do this at practice prior to meet. However, things do change so please make sure your swimmer double checks their arms. We also put names on the backs of our younger swimmers. This is for our shepherds to help identify them.
Find a place to get comfortable. You are going to be here awhile!
If you are volunteering, please check in with the coordinator and be on time to your position.
Have your swimmers check in with the coaches.
Heat Sheets:
The heat sheets list events in order 1 to 77. It will list the Event Name, Heat and Lane. It is a good idea to go thru and highlight each event your swimmer is in so that you can help them keep track of their events. The shepherds will be finding the swimmers in advance of their events and taking them to the lines. Please help them locate your children! This can get very stressful especially with the younger swimmers wandering.
Order of Events:
1.Freestyle relays (6 and under)
2.Medley relays (ages 7-18)
3.Freestyle events (all ages)
4.Breaststroke events (ages 7-18)
5.Backstroke events (all ages)
6.Butterfly events (ages 7-18)
7.Individual Medley (ages 7-18)
8.Freestyle relays (ages 7-18)
9.CRESCENDO (this can be raced anywhere during the meet, usually half way or at the end) (1 swimmer from each age group.
Distances
CSRA Swim League is a "short-course" competition. We swim either 25 yards or 25 meters. 10 and under swim 25 yards/meters. 11 and older swim 50 yards/meters.
Scoring
Individual events are scored 5-3-1 for places 1st thru 3rd. Relays are scored 8-5-2 for places 1st thru 3rd.
Ribbons
Ribbons are presented for 1st through 6th place. Each swimmer receives a participant ribbon regardless of place of finish. Some home teams present "heat winner" ribbons at the meet. This is subject to the home team. CSP does not host any meets due to not having a home pool.
Meet Entries
The maximum events a swimmer may swim per meet is 3 individual, 2 relay events.
We are part of the CSRA Swim League.
