Swim Meet Season
The swim meet season can really be divided into three distinct parts.
- Division Dual Meets: For five weeks in a row there will be two meets each week - one "A" Meet and one "B" Meet. This is a meet where The Plateau Club swims against one other team in our division. These meets are on Tuesdays and Thursdays and one will be at home and one will be away.
- Division Championship Meet, AKA "B Champs".
- All-League Championship Meets
- Senior Prelims (13 and over)
- Jr. Boys Prelims (12 & Under)
- Jr. Girls Prelims (12 & Under)
- "A Champs" for those who qualify after the prelim meets earlier in the week
Meet Attendance
For every meet, you will need to either opt in or out on the new team website. The default is now "undecided", so you will need to either select "yes, I will attend" or "no, I will not attend". If you do no make a selection, you will not be put in a meet that week.
There will also be a comment section if you want to send a note to the coaches about that specific meet ie "no fly please" or "have to leave early for a recital, no free relay".
If last minute circumstances arise and your child is unable to swim in a meet, please get ahold of the head coach so the coaches can reorganize the line-ups.
No Alcohol in the Zone of Competition
As per Midlakes Operating Plan, alcohol is not permitted within the zone of competition (within the gated pool area). (Pool rules prohibit any glass objects on the pool deck.)
Judging and Disqualification (DQ)
Competitive Swimming, like any other sport, has a set of rules and has officials to enforce these rules. Stroke & Turn Judges stand at the ends or walk the sides of the pool watching the swimmers. While it can be a great disappointment to a beginning swimmer, a DQ is really little different than a foul in basketball or a penalty in soccer or football. Obviously DQs should be avoided if possible, but when they happen they should be viewed as a learning experience. Below is an informal summary of the major rules for each stroke with some comments as to which infractions are the most common causes of DQs.
The Midlakes Swim League Website provides complete stroke briefing, whistle start procedures, relay takeoffs, and DQ information.
