Baxter Barracudas

• There are 7 opportunities to race each season during the month of June. Six official meets and one Practice Meet are held in the evenings on Mondays and Thursdays
• We have 6 dual meets as part of the league schedule on Monday and Thursday evenings in June where we compete against other Metrolina teams.
• Our first meet is a Time Trial (Practice Meet), held at our pool. Its purpose is to give every swimmer an opportunity to record a time for each event the swimmer has legal strokes.

• At a dual meet, each swimmer may swim a maximum of 3 individual events and 2 relays. The Coaching Staff will determine if a swimmer's stroke is legal before entry in an event.
• As strokes are mastered, 6 & Under swimmers may swim in the 7-8 age group events
• Relays are determined by the Coaching Staff and will be compiled under their discretion
• Swimmers receiving a DQ (disqualification) during a meet will have the stroke reviewed with them by the Coaching Staff at the following practice

• Please declare your swimmers for a Monday meet by 5pm the Friday before. Please declare your swimmers for a Thursday meet by 5pm the Monday before.
• We cannot accommodate late entries since we need to prepare and send our completed meet files to the opposing team prior to each meet.
• If we update a heat sheet after the cut-off time, it is only to remove and replace a declared swimmer in a relay if a swimmer has scratched due to illness or some other unforeseen circumstance. We will communicate directly with affected parents in such circumstances.
• When declaring your swimmers for meets, you may select up to three events that they would like to swim. Note that you do not need to select any events. 
• 6 & unders can request additional events beyond freestyle by typing a note within the "Notes for coach" box.
• If your swimmer is only available for one relay (such as the IM rely, which comes early in the meet), please note that in the "Notes for coach" box.
• While the entry selections are ultimately up to the coach’s discretion, it is helpful to know swimmers/parents’ preferences when seeding swimmers. Please note that the coaches will only select swimmers for events that they have mastered. This is more for the benefit of swimmers than for the team itself since disqualifications can be discouraging for swimmers. The coaches will continue to work with swimmers at practice to help them master as many strokes as possible during our short season.

Individual Event

• First Place – 5 points
• Second Place – 3 points
• Third Place – 2 points
• Fourth Place – 1 point

Relay Events (Includes the Medley Relay and the Freestyle Relay)

• Only the A Team of each relay will be eligible to be scored. If there is an opportunity for B and C Relay teams they will be considered “Exhibition” teams and will not be eligible for scoring, even if they in fact beat an A Team.
  • First Place – 10 points
  • Second Place – 6 points

Ribbons

• Ribbons shall be awarded in all individual events, including the 6 & under Freestyle, to the 1st through 4th place finishers
• Ribbons shall be awarded in all relay events to the 1st and 2nd place finishers
• Additional ribbons will be awarded as follows:
  • Heat ribbons shall be awarded to all heat winners in any of the 10 & under individual events
  • Participation ribbons shall be awarded to all 6 & under Freestyle swimmers upon completion of their race

• Per GCSL guidelines, age groups are based on the swimmer's age on May 31^st
• A swimmer will remain in that age group the entire season, regardless of a mid-season birthday
  • For example if your swimmer is 8 on May 30 and turns 9 on June 2, they will continue to swim in the 7-8 yr old division, and you will continue to mark them up as "8".