Events Per Age Group
Swimmers may swim in 2 individual events and 2 relays per meet.
Ribbons are awarded for 1st-5th place in each heat (Bradshaw has a 5-lane pool); or 1st-6th place if we swim at a pool with 6 lanes.
How to mark your child's arm or leg for swim meets (event, heat, lane):
How to declare for a swim meet!
EVERYONE has to declare for our swim meets ….
If you are going…or not. If you don’t declare on SwimTopia you will be there…your kids won’t be entered into the swim meet.
Knowing you won’t be there… helps our coaches, too!
It’s super easy to do…
Login to your SwimTopia account.
Go here on our SwimTopia website, and scroll down to our meets. You will be able to declare for meets, and select what you want your child to swim.
https://bradshawfarm.swimtopia.com/swim_meets
For example you
will see:
Bradshaw vs Woodlands
And you can click on MEET ENTRY to sign your swimmer/s up!
And
you’ll see your own kid/s names.
Click
“EDIT” and go from there.
You’ll be
able to select if you're attending the swim meet, availability for relays and if you need to leave early or arrive late. There is also a comments field where you can add notes to the coaches.
More Meet Info:
-No coaches in scoring lanes.
-Swimmers must be able to swim the full 25 yards unassisted by the first swim meet.
-Only one (1) heat of IM's (unless teams agree upon more than one heat).
-Only one (1) heat of relays (unless teams agree upon more than one heat).
-Relays: swimmers may only swim up one (1) age group.
-Individual events: no swimming up an age group. (exception is if you have lanes open in other events & age groups, you can throw 'extras' in there)
-DQ'ing will happen for:
-False starts
-One hand touches on strokes that require two hand touches
-Illegal kicks
-Pushing off bottom of pool
-Pulling on lane ropes
-Diving:
-Under four (4) feet - NO DIVING ((we cannot dive at our pool at meets))
-4 feet to 5 feet - must have waiver and dive certification
-Over five (5) feet - diving is allowed
-If swimmer was certified last year, they are still certified
-Only new swimmers, or those not certified, need to be certified
-5 year olds don't get dive certified, and don't dive at meets
We want to share a very helpful product on the market to help ward off "Swimmer's Ear" infections, All Dry ear drops. Use after each practice or meet. This bottle was purchased from Amazon, similar brands also available at CVS, Walgreen’s, etc.
When it comes to swim meets, you may have heard the terms, Short Course and Long Course.
The Barracuda meets are Short Course. This means they are staged in 25 yard pools, like the Bradshaw Farm pool.
Most Summer Swim, High School and College swim meets are Short Course.
Year-round club teams also compete in Short Course meets from September through March.
The Olympics and other big-time international swim competitions held in 50 meter pools are called Long Course.
Year-round club teams swim Long Course from April through August. Barracuda swimmers that are also part of year-round teams swim both Short Course and Long Course meets during the summer.
