Meet Sheets, How to Read
Warning: this seems like alot of information. Please reference this on the webside, as needed, throughout the season. It will be on the 'news' tab on the website. I will also place it in the general information tab on the website shortly. Don't get overwhelmed reading and looking at this. There will be plenty of experienced swimmers and parents to help.
Meet Sheet, 101
Regular season heat sheets are relatively simple, since there rarely are multiple heats. Each sheet contains the following information: Event number, event title, heat number, status of heat, lane number, swimmer’s name, swimmer’s age for season, swimmer’s team, and swimmer’s entry time. At the beginning of the season, each swimmer is designated an NT which stands for “No Time”. After they swim their first meet and earn an official time (not disqualified), a time will be shown in the last column. The seed time is based on their best time for the event, not necessarily the time from the previous meet.
How to write meet information on swimmer (for them to reference) Use sharpie or waterproof marker.
(E) Event number
(H) Heat number
(L) Lane number - this number will be blank until you get to the pool.
Stroke - The swim coaches will email the swimmers’ events prior to each meet. With the exception of the lane assignment, the other information can be completed prior to coming to the pool. Permanent sharpie marker works best for this task.
