Swim Meets are on Tuesdays and Thursdays through June and July.  Swimmers should arrive no later than 5:00PM for warm up. Meets start at 6:00PM.  All swimmers must check in with one of the coaches between 4:45 and 5:15pm. If a swimmer has not given the coach prior notice that they will be late or has not checked in by 5:20, they will be scratched from the meet line up.

A swimmer’s age on May 31 determines the age group they swim. Swimmers compete in two to three events as determined by the coaches. Each event has a ‘points’ heat and may have several exhibition heats.  The number of exhibition heats is limited in an effort to end the meets at a reasonable hour.  This means more relays and less individual events for many swimmers.

Event sheets with swimmer names are posted on the Sharks bulletin board at home meets. At away meets, the event sheets are posted on portable boards and hung on fencing. It helps for swimmers to write their events on the back of their hand so they don’t miss their races.

Swimmers may swim in an older age group as determined by the coaches, but never in a younger age group.  There are 51 events in each meet.  Home team swims in lanes 1, 3, 5 and visiting team swims in lanes 2, 4, 6.