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Types of Swim Meets
WEDNESDAY MEETS
(For a prompt 6:00 p.m. start time)
Home Meets –
4:45 p.m. arrival time
Away Meets – 5:15 p.m. arrival time
SATURDAY MEETS
(For a prompt 9:00 a.m. start time)
Home Meets – 7:45 a.m. arrival time
Away Meets – 8:15 a.m. arrival time
Conference Dual Meets
– Consist of two conference teams: home
and visitors. Swimmers may enter two individual events, two relays
and the Individual Medley (IM). The number of IM heats will be
agreed upon prior to the meet by the coaches. Relays consist of all
boy or all girl members only, except for 6 & unders, which can
be mixed relays with at least one member of each sex. The United
States Swimming “No False Start” rule shall be
followed. (In the event of a false start, the swimmers are not
called back. The race continues and the swimmer who false started
is disqualified.)
Non-Conference Dual
Meets
– Shall have the flexibility of being
able to run boy/girl relays, extra heats, etc. with the approval of
both coaches prior to the meet.
Invitationals
– Are meets where team participation is optional. Some
examples of Invitationals are the Springbrook Pentathlon and Battle
of the Ages. Information for Invitational meets will be posted. The
Team Schedule should be referred to for all such
events.
Lafayette City Meet
– Is always held the middle of July. LMYA, Las
Trampas, Oakwood, Rancho Colorados, Springbrook and Sun Valley
attend this two-day swim meet. Each swimmer is allowed three
individual events (Individual Medley counts as one of these) and
two relays. Each team enters only one Medley Relay and one
Freestyle Relay per sex and age group.
Conference Championship Meet
– Is the culmination of the swim season, where all eight
teams in the Walnut Creek Swim Conference participate in a two-day
swim meet to determine the season’s championship team. To be
eligible for this meet, swimmers must have swum in at least two
conference dual meets. No complimentary events or swimmers are
allowed in the Conference Meet. Swimmers are strongly encouraged to
swim in this meet.
County Championship Meet
– Is for swimmers who have achieved a county qualifying time
in one or more swim strokes. Qualifying for this meet means that
the swimmer is one of the better swimmers in Contra Costa County!
Starting in 1996, swimmers must have participated in at least three
meets with their team during the summer to enter this
meet.
SWIM-UP RULE
:
A swimmer may swim up only one age group. (For the Lafayette City
Meet a swimmer can only swim up for relays). However, if a swimmer
swims up for an individual event, he/she must swim up for all
events entered. EXCEPTION: a swimmer may swim up one age group for
relay events and still swim individual events in his/her normal age
group. However, if a swimmer swims up for a relay, he/she cannot
swim in a relay in his/her normal age group. Relay teams may have
no more than two swimmers swimming up.
RELAY STARTS
:
Leaving swimmer may start his/her dive
anytime, but some part of his/her foot must still be touching the
starting block when the incoming swimmer finishes.
Swim Meet Events
Swim meets are typically swam in the following order of
events:
Medley Relay – Four strokes swum 25 or
50 yards per swimmer (back, breast, fly, and free). All boy or all
girl relay teams. Six & unders can be mixed as long as there is
one member of each sex on the relay team.
Freestyle – The stroke usually used is crawl, but a swimmer
may use any stroke he/she wishes. Usually there are several heats
per age group.
Breaststroke – Usually one to two heats per age group.
Backstroke – Usually one to two heats per age group.
Butterfly – Usually one to two heats per age group.
Individual Medley (IM) – Swimmer swims one lap each of
butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle. 6 & unders
do not swim this event.
Freestyle Relay – All boy or all girl relay, except for 6
& unders, which can be mixed as long as there is one member of
the opposite sex on the relay team.
Swim Event Distances
Swim events are typically swam in the following
distances:
6-Yr Olds & Under – Swim one lap per
event (25 yards)
7/8-Yr Olds – Swim one lap per event (25
yards)*
9/10-Yr Olds – Swim two laps per event (50 yards)*
11/12-Yr Olds – Swim two laps per event (50 yards)*
13/14-Yr Olds – Swim two laps per event (50 yards)*
15/18-Yr Olds – Swim four laps per event (l00 yards)*
*IM events are four laps (100 yards). IM is
not swum by 6 & Unders.
Swim Meet Scoring
Dual Meets
:
Place
1st 2nd
3rd 4th
Individual
Events 5 3 1 0
Relay
Events 7 3 2 1
Conference Championship Meet
:
Individual
Events: 1st
2nd
3rd 4th
5th 6th
7th 8th
Championship
Heat* 20 17 16 15
14 13
12 11
Consolation
Heat
9 7 6 5 4 3 2
1
Relay
Events 30 26 24 22 20 18
16 14
*The Championship Heat has the swimmers with
the eight best qualifying times. A swimmer in the Championship Heat
will finish no lower than 8th place unless disqualified. The
Consolation Heat has the swimmers with the ninth to sixteenth best
qualifying times. The winner of the Consolation Heat is awarded 9th
place. In case of ties, add together the points for the places
involved and divide by the number involved in the
tie.
Swim Meet Awards
Dual Meets
– All swimmers placing first, second or
third in an individual event or relay team get ribbons. 6 &
Unders and 7/8’s receive ribbons up to 8th place.
Conference Championship Meet
:
Individual Awards – Medals to first, second and third place
swimmers for both boy/girl, age group and event. Rosette ribbons
awarded to fourth through eighth place, plus rosette heat winner
ribbons.
Team Awards
– Trophies to first, second and third place teams, and
“Most Improved Team.”
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