Hello! 

To get you ready for this evening's swim meet (yay!), please read below!

Swimmer mark-up (write-up) Info:

During a meet, every swimmer participating will get “written on” (literally marker on their arm or leg) in order to help our swimmers remember what races they are swimming and help our bullpen parents line our swimmers up correctly. See below to learn more about the write up.

(E) Event number

(H) Heat number

(L) Lane number - this number will be blank until you get to the pool.

Stroke - The swim coaches will email the swimmers’ events prior to each meet. With the exception of the lane assignment, the other information can be completed prior to coming to the pool. Permanent sharpie marker works best for this task.

Medley relay strokes (4 swimmers, 4 different strokes):

1. Backstroke

2. Breast stroke

3. Butterfly

4. Freestyle

Hint: they are alphabetical!

(If your swimmer is new, and they were assigned a stroke they may have only just learned, do not worry! The coaches will work with them to feel ready to do it.)

Free relay:

Free relay is just freestyle. The numbers tell you the order in which the swimmers will go.

Individual medley (1 swimmer, all 4 strokes):

Here's the order: Butterfly, Back, Breast, Freestyle

(fly is first, so the swimmer gets it over with)

How to read the Heat Sheet: