Forrester Woods Swim Team

One of the main purposes of swim team is to ultimately complete in swim meets. For many new swimmers, taking the first step and going to their first competitive meet is a big undertaking. Our coaches understand this and are happy to share information about each meet and help make your child comfortable.

We encourage all swimmers to attend swim meets and compete in events. Swim meets provide an opportunity for the swimmers to measure the progress of their training and practice. Swim meets are also a social time, which enables the swimmers to build friendships with fellow teammates.

Swimmers must remain in the tent area during the meet. If they leave the tent area they must notify the head tent parent. Swimmers should remain aware of the current event lining up so that restroom and concession breaks can be planned accordingly.

Meet Attendance: If you are unable to attend the swim meet, you must still register as “not attending”. We need to know this information when the meet is being built.

All swimmers who commit to a meet should strive to participate in the events they signed up for. If they are unable to make a meet or an event, they need to inform the coach who can scratch them or replace them in any relays if necessary.

Swimmers must compete in at least 2 regular meets in order to compete in the Divisional meet.

FWST is bound by SAIL's meet template. All of the divisions follow the same rules that are set by SAIL when they enter the meets into SwimTopia. All teams seed meets the same way and based on the same rules.

Maximum Entries: Swimmers are currently limited to 3 individual events and 2 relays max. Parents choose 3 individual events to enter each of their swimmers in. SwimTopia will automatically seed the relays. The coaches have the ultimate say on swimmer events and relays.

Seeding: Seed times from the previous year may be used in the present year for all meets except the Divisional meets.

For more information regarding SAIL's Technical Rules, please view the SAIL Technical Rules

For more information on how SwimTopia organizes meets and times, SwimTopia has a comprehensive help section HERE

The 'A' relay team is automatically generated based on the fastest combination of swimmer times. The ‘B’, ‘C’, etc. relays are also automatically generated based on the next fastest swimmers, but coaches have discretion to override and will not always represent the next fastest times. The relay team that swims an event at Divisionals will be the team that swims it at C&C (even if a swimmer’s divisional time puts them faster than one of the Divisional relay swimmers), unless someone from that team has 'opted' no for C&C, becomes ill, or injured.

If you have any questions about how relays are generated, many answers can be found directly on the SwimTopia help section. Automatic Relay Generation

Please let the coaches know as soon as possible if your swimmer has been assigned to a relay and is unable to swim.