HURSTBOURNE HURRICANES

Item you need for a meet

• Team suit
• Team cap (personalized caps help to identify athletes)
• Goggles (an extra pair is recommended in case of emergency)
• Several towels (marked with your name)
• Sunscreen
• Extra clothes
• Water bottle
• Snacks

Dive:

• 11:00 am visiting team warm-up
• 11:30 am home team warm-up
• 12:00 pm dive meet starts

Swim:

• 1:30 pm visiting team warm-up
• 1:45 pm home team warm-up
• 2:00 swim meet starts

Check-In:

• Check-in with the coaches when you arrive
• Setup your area in the team tent
• Listen to the tent volunteers
• Cheer Loud, Swim Fast and Have Fun!

What Events Am I Swimming?
Heat sheets will be available upon arrival. You should also check the clerk of course for any changes and for relay teams. Confirming with a coach is always a good idea too!

Meet Arrival & Check-In

It is the responsibility of swimmers and divers  to report to the team tent and check-in 15 minutes before warm-ups. At check-in, swimmers can pick-up a heat sheet and learn their event assignments and their position for their relay events. 

During the Meet

Swimmers must stay in the team area at all times. If there is a reason they need to leave, they must let the parent assigned to their age group know. Team area parents have a big job rounding up swimmers in the team area, so they cannot be expected to search the pool area, snack bar, etc. to find swimmers. 

All divers will sit on deck with their team during the meet. 

Meet Events

Dive: For competition, divers are broken into the following age categories: 8 and under, 10 and under, 12 and under, 14 and under, and Open Each age group is further broken down into Girls and Boys. Age is based on child’s age on June 1.

Divers must be able to perform the following to compete in dual meets:

Divers 8 and Under

Must perform 3 dives with the option of doing a front jump (DD 1.0) in dual meets only.

Divers 10 and Under

Must perform 4 dives with a forward dive in any position required, also with the option of doing a front jump in dual meets only.

Divers 12+

Must perform 5 dives with one forward dive in any position required, a front jump is not an option.

Swim: For competition swimmers are broken down into the following categories:

6 and under, 8 and under, 10 and under, 12 and under, 14 and under, Open.

Each age group is further broken down into Girls and Boys. Age is based on swimmer’s age on May 31. All swimmers may swim one individual stroke event and up to four events in total at a dual meet.

Swim meet consists of the following events:

Swimmers 6 and under:

Backstroke

Freestyle

Freestyle relay

Swimmers 8 and over:

Backstroke

Breaststroke

Butterfly

Freestyle

Individual Medley (12 and older—one lap of each stroke)

Freestyle Relay

Medley Relay

Coaches will decide what strokes swimmers will swim based on what is best for each swimmer, as well as what is best overall for the team. Relay teams are divided into “A”, “B”, “C”, etc. teams. Often swimmers may be asked to “swim up” on a relay team. For instance, an 8-year-old may be swimming on his or her 8-year-old freestyle and medley relay teams and may also be included on a 10-year-old relay team. This is great experience for the swimmer.

Terminology:

The Clerk Of Course: It is a team area where swimmers gather, get prepared to warm up, and wait for their events. It is run by coaches and parent volunteers who help organize the swimmers for their events.

Medley Relay: 4 team members each swim a leg of the relay - each swimmer does a different stroke – Back, Breast, Fly, Free, in that order.

Individual Medley (IM): One swimmer performs 4 strokes – Fly, Back, Breast, Free – in that order.

Freestyle Relay: 4 team members each swim a leg of the relay - each swims the freestyle stroke.