• Swimmers must arrive one hour before the meet starts.
• Event and lane assignments are given to swimmers at the pre-meet meeting.
• Heat assignments are given when there is a large number of swimmers for an event (heat 1 is competition, all others are exhibition only)
• Our team gets 3 lanes for each event (1,3,5 or 2,4,6)
• A swimmer may be in up to 3 events in a meet
• Swimmers do laps to warm up.
• Meets can take up to three hours to complete.
• Swimmers who are not competing in the current event:
• must stay out of the pool
• must stay clear of the deck
• must listen for the coaches to announce their event
• may encourage and cheer for their teammates
• may play quiet games on their towels

The order of events is as follows:

• Individual Medley (25 meters each stroke)
• 12 and under girls, then boys
• 13 - 18 girls, then boys
• Freestyle
• 8 and under girls, then boys (25 meters)
• 9 - 10 girls, then boys (25 meters)
• 11 - 12 girls, then boys (50 meters)
• 13 - 14 girls, then boys (50 meters)
• 15 - 18 girls, then boys (50 meters)
• Backstroke
• by age and gender as in freestyle
• Breastroke
• by age and gender as in freestyle
• Butterfly
• by age and gender as in freestyle
• Relays
• 12 & under Medley girls, then boys (4 swimmers, 25 Meters each stroke)
• 13 & over co-ed Medley (4 swimmers, 50 Meters each stroke)
• 8 & under co-ed Freestyle (4 swimmers, 25 Meters each)
• 12 & under co-ed Freestyle (4 swimmers, 25 Meters each)
• 13 & over co-ed Freestyle (4 swimmers, 50 Meters each)