How Swim Meets Run (Generally) EVENTS: The meet will run each event in the order listed in the meet announcement or meet program. The Girls 50 Freestyle is an example of an event. HEATS: A heat is one race. Every event will run the number of heats needed for all the entered athletes to swim. An event will have one or more heats. Typically, there is one athlete per pool lane. Some heats may not fill all the lanes. LANES: Each pool lane has a number. Often the number is...

5 Fun Facts about Swimmers and Sleep by Olivier Poirier-Leroy. Competitive swimmers understand how important it is to work hard in practice, crush it in the gym, and to eat well. You spend an endless amount of time drilling your technique, working your core strength, and developing the conditioning and strength to become a faster swimmer. And yet, for way too many of us, we pass on one of the easiest ways to supercharge our performance in and out of the water. Getting lots of sleep is the easiest and...

FUELING A FITTER AND FASTER SWIMMER By Fitter and Faster Staff December 1, 2019 THE IMPACT OF NUTRITION Nutrition has an enormous impact on a swimmers’ performance. Without enough energy or calories coming in, you cannot expect your body to respond quickly to the high demand of our sport. Parents and athletes need to understand the relationship between what you eat and how well you perform. For example, without sufficient protein, muscles cannot grow stronger. Without enough calcium, magnesium, potassium and other nutrients, muscles cannot contract and relax at the...