A Meets
Declaration of Meet Availability
Swimmer availability for ALL A Meets should be updated prior to Time Trials. Swimmers COULD BE selected to swim in an A Meet if they have not declared themselves unavailable for the meet. So in order to reduce the burden on our volunteers and coaches we ask you to PLEASE mark your swimmer as unavailable if you are certain you will be missing a meet. You are able to change your availability throughout the season, however, it is very helpful to the coaching staff if swimmer availability is updated at the beginning of the season. Any changes to a swimmer’s availability MUST be made by noon on the Tuesday preceding the Saturday A Meet. This is essential so that the coaches can prepare the A Meet sheet.
Selection Process for A Meets
Swimmers are selected for the A meets based on seed time and the needs of the team. The goal is to maximize the team’s chances of winning the meet by accumulating the most points. Points are given for 1st (5 points), 2nd (3 points), 3rd (1 point), and for relays (5 points each) in each of the events. Three swimmers will be selected in each of the strokes in each of the age groups for boys and girls. The four strokes are freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly. Announcements of A Meet selections will be made by Wednesday or Thursday each week. Meet sheets will be emailed to the team on Wednesday. It is important that you review this sheet, even if your child hasn't swam in an A meet before. Late scratches can easily result in your child being selected to swim.
Planned Absences
It is essential to let the coaches know if your child will not be available for an A meet -- we may be counting on them, even if they are not one of the three fastest swimmers on the ladder in that event!! All families (whether or not you anticipate swimming in an A Meet) should record any planned absences in SwimTopia, which will be used by the coaches in their A-Meet selection process.
