County Championships, Saturday, August 3rd-Sunday, August 4th, 2024

  • Qualifying for County Championships is often the highlight of a swimmer's athletic career.  There are challenging time standards the swimmer must meet in order to compete at County.
  • In order to compete at County, the Stingrays and the Twin County Swim League  must abide by all rules set in place by The County Committee.  

 

Location

  • Acalanes High School, 1200 Pleasant Hill Road, Lafayette

 

Team Camp/Setup

  • ​Team Camp info will be available after XXXX.  We will likely be in the overflow area without a specific team assignment unless we have a stroke and turn judge who wants to work the duration of one day at the meet.  

 

Parking

 

Entries

  • Each swimmer is limited to two individual events and two relays.  Even if a swimmer is County Qualified in all events, they must pick the two individual events (and two relays if qualified) that they want to swim.  

 

12&Under Tech Suit Rules:

We will be following USA Swimming guidelines for tech suit rules for 12&under swimmers.

·       Does a 12&under swimmer have a suit WITHOUT a FINA logo?  If so, the suit is LEGAL, if it meets all other standard USA Swimming suit guidelines.
·       If a 12&under swimmer has a suit: (i) WITH a FINA logo; AND (ii) a green check mark logo next to the FINA logo, then the suit is LEGAL.
·       If a 12&under swimmer has a suit WITH a FINA logo; BUT NO green check mark logo, the suit is ILLEGAL, UNLESS, the suit appears on the USA Swimming 12&Under Tech Suit Approval list.  (That list can be found on the USA Swimming website and also the County Meet website.)  In that situation, the Meet Referee (Carol Cottam) will need to approve the suit  in advance of the race.

Our goal is that no swimmers will get disqualified for wearing an illegal suit.  We will proactively monitor suits in the clerk of the course, in hopes of ensuring compliance by all swimmers.  However, ultimately it is the swimmers’ and coaches’ responsibility to follow these guidelines.  This topic will be explained in great detail in the coaches meetings in the morning of both days.

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Approximate Schedule 

  • For individual events (except IM), timed trials will occur in the morning.  The top 10 finishers will advance to Championship Finals (1st-10th).  The next 10 finishers will advance to Consolation Finals (11th-20th). Championship and Consolation Finals will occur in the afternoon.
  • Individual Medley and Relays will be Timed Championship Finals only (there are no timed trials for these events).  
  • Saturday, August 5th:
    • 9am-12pm – Free trials, Breast trials, 11&up IM (timed finals)
    • 12pm-1pm – Break (entire pool open for warmups for at least 30 minutes)
    • 1pm-4pm – 15-18 50 Free finals, Medley Relay (timed finals), Free finals, Breast finals 
  • Sunday, August 6th:
    • 9am-12pm – Back trials, Fly trials, 10&under IM (timed finals)
    • 12pm-1pm - Break (entire pool open for warmups for at least 30 minutes)
    • 1pm-4pm – Free Relay (timed finals), Back finals, Fly finals

 

Pre-meet warmups:

  • Both days the entire pool is open for warmups from 7:15-8:30am.   From 8:30am-8:50am, the pool is only available for 8&under swimmers.  There will be announcements for which lanes are available for racing starts.  Please follow instructions from meet officials and lifeguards during all warmup periods. There are no assigned lanes for teams during any warmup periods. 

 

Clerk of the Course

  • Clerk of the Course – All swimmers must check in and be seated at the Clerk of the Course before their events AND immediately following the Clerk’s Final Call for that age group. No parents will be allowed inside the Clerk of the Course at any time during the meet. Coaches may accompany swimmers 8 and under, only. This area is for participating swimmers and their coaches (as allowed above) only.

 

Volunteer Assignments

  • ALL families will have volunteer assignments; this includes board members, core volunteers, and buyouts.  The volunteer assignments will be emailed out closer to the actual event as the team's volunteer requirements are not yet final.

 

Apparel and Programs

  • T-shirts and sweatshirts always sell out early.  They will begin sales of apparel and meet programs on Friday at XXXX from XXXX.
  • These items will also be on sale at the actual meet but sizes of apparel usually becomes limited very early on.  

 

Awards

  • Medals will be awarded to 1st-10th place (those who have advanced to the Champioship Finals) and rosette ribbons will be awarded to 11th-20th place (those who advanced to the Consolation Finals).  Relay teams will be awarded medals 1st - 10th place only.  
  • Awards will not be available over the weekend.  The team will get them from County Meet and likely distribute them at our team's Awards Ceremony.