Meet Format

We will be swimming two tri-meets each Tuesday.  Teams will still get 5 meets, but may swim against the same team twice during the course of the season.  We will need to start the meets on time, and will need the cooperation of all coaches, swimmers and volunteers to keep the meet running smoothly.  Our goal is to start at 5:00pm and be finished by 8:00pm.  We were able to do this last year. 

All teams may enter THREE swimmers in each event, and SIX swimmers in the 50-free.  We will swim the girls in the first tri-meet in heat one, and the girls in the second tri-meet in heat two.  The boys will follow the same procedure.  There will be an additional heat of the 50 free for both girls and boys.  Teams will still be allowed to enter FOUR per event at District and State.  At dual meets, we will add a “C” relay in the 200-Free and 200-Medley Relays, but not in the 400 Free.   500 free swimmers MUST be able to swim the event in LESS THAN 8 minutes and will be seeded in dual meets with a time, so you must enter a time when you send the entries to Ann.  This will be a combined event.  Coaches need to run time trials at practice to make certain that the swimmers meet the time standard.  Saturday morning is also available to run time trials. If you need to do this, please speak with Michael Kreiter at the Y.  Please adhere to this rule.  It seems that we have had several recurring  violations in the past, and it is not fair to the teams that are in compliance.  If you have a swimmer that cannot meet the under eight minute time, put them in a freestyle with less yardage at dual meets, or utilize the C relays.  Also, please remember that each swimmer may swim 4 events of which no more than 2 are individual events.  Three examples of maximum swims are: 3 relays and 1 individual event; 4 relays; 2 individual events and 2 relays.  The computer program is set this year to flag violations.  There are no exceptions to this high school rule.  Violations will result in disqualification of swimmer and or relay. 

We will still combine relays. Teams must forward their entry file to Ann Costello the Monday before each meet, before 9:00p.m.  You can still make swimmer changes until the whistle blows the event closed. This makes the computer and scoring go so much faster.  If you do not understand this program, please call Ann at 362-5622.  All entries for District and State must be submitted via Team Manager.  

Lanes one through nine will be used at all meets, and each team will be responsible for providing THREE timers and ONE marshal for the duration of each meet.  Teams will also be responsible for providing TWO officials at each meet.  The host team will provide the head timer, card runners and will be responsible for set-up and take down. 

Lane 10 will be open for warm-up and cool down, and will be supervised by a meet marshal.  We will put in an extra lane-line to separate lanes 9 and 10.  We ask that this lane is used strictly for its intended purpose, and not for socializing.  If this is abused, the lane will be closed during the meet.

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