Vista Ridge Rip Tide

Swim Meet Essentials for Swimmers:

• Water & Gatorade -- Stay Hydrated!
• Healthy snacks
• Towels - bring a few so you have dry ones
• Swim cap
• Goggles
• Sunscreen
• Cash money for concessions
• Folding chairs
• Label EVERYTHING with your name!

Upon Arrival:

• Be on Time! Warm-ups could begin as early as 7:00am depending on the number of teams competing.
• Make sure you lather up your swimmer with sunscreen and have their arms marked with his/her event information. Coaches generally help with this.
• VOLUNTEERS: If you have signed up to volunteer NO MATTER WHAT SHIFT, PLEASE check in with one of our board members as soon as you get to the pool. We LOVE our volunteers and like to know we have all our bases covered.

Understanding arm marking:

What is arm marking?

Marking your swimmers arm will help them remember what events they are swimming for the meet (and they look cool!) You can mark your swimmer yourself or find a coach the morning of the meet.

How to read the "markings"...

These numbers will tell you the event number, heat number and stroke.

For example: 3 - 2 - BR - this is event number 3. Heat number 2 and they are swimming breast.

Stroke:

- F = Freestyle

- BA = Back Stroke

- BR = Breast Stroke

- FLY = Butterfly

- IM = Individual Medley

- FR = Free Relay (All swimmers swim freestyle)

- MR = Medley Relay (Each swimmer swims a different stroke: 1st = back, 2nd=breast, 3rd=fly, 4th=free)

Relay Marking: This will designate the relay leg the child is swimming.

*R - 1 =  first relay leg

*R - 2 **=  2nd relay leg **If its the Medley Relay this will be Breast Stroke

Individual Medley & Medley Relay Stroke Order

The order of the strokes in the Individual Medley, also know as the IM is:

1. Butterfly
2. Backstroke
3. Breaststroke
4. Freestyle

The order of the strokes for the Medley Relay is:

1. Back
2. Breaststroke
3. Butterfly
4. Freestyle

Swim Meet Essentials for Parents/Spectators:

This year we will be using new meet software. We will update this area as we get all info and logistics sorted out.  

Volunteers !

Parents/spectators!

As with any technology/software there can be snafus, so please bear with us as we make this transitions. We are confident in the end, it will be worth it!