Needville Narwhals Aquatics

League meets are competitive meets that are officiated in accordance with Texas UIL swimming rules and regulations. Most league meets occur at pool locations that have starting blocks and touch-pad timing systems.

A list of the league event numbers and descriptions can be located at: www.ccaaswim.org under the "Swim Season Events" tab.

Things to have: Team swimsuit, goggles, NNA Team swim cap, towel, water or sports drinks for hydration, and high-carb snacks and food.

Items to Note:

• Eat a good breakfast the day of the meets.
• There is plenty of downtime at all the meets. Try to bring things to do to keep the family entertained, but pay attention to event numbers as they will go quickly and will NOT wait on late arrivals.
• The meets will have concessions, but the variety and quality are sometimes suspect so plan accordingly.
• Try to have healthy snacks for the swimmers and keep them out of the sun and rested between events.
• Officials dressed in white stand at the edge of the pool and check for infractions. Please stay out of their way so they can do their job.
• Odd event numbers are girls, even numbers are boys. All swimmers 10 and under will report to the ready bench to help ensure they get to the blocks for their event on time.
• Swimmers 11 and older will need to be at the blocks 5 events prior to their event so they do not miss swimming their event.

What is a Heat Sheet?

This is the printed listing displayed before and during a meet that tells swimmers what events they will compete in. It also defines the swimmer's lane assignment per event. Lanes are typically assigned based on seed times, with the fastest swimmers in the center of the pool.

Important Heat Sheet Terms:

Seed time is the fastest time a swimmer or team of swimmers has swum an event prior to the submission of entries for the meet. For individuals, this is the time entered for the swimmer for the event, and is a good goal to try to beat. It also factors into lane placement and heat number.

An “NT” listed for seed time means no seed time has yet been recorded for that swimmer, i.e. that swimmer has not competed in that event, or was disqualified during the event.

An X in front of seed time means the swimmer is swimming in an exhibition heat. In exhibition heats, swimmers receive a time, but do not score points for the team. Exhibition heats are performed so that more swimmers can participate in events, and are a valuable opportunity to get a legal time for championship eligibility, or achieve one’s personal best.

Note: Individual Medleys (IM) are swum in order: 1) Butterfly, 2) Backstroke, 3) Breaststroke, 4) Freestyle. It’s important for swimmers to know the order, because any other order will result in a disqualification or “DQ”

Marking your swimmers arm:

Courtesy of Jets Aquatics Club website

https://www.gomotionapp.com/team/asjjst/page/event.

Heat sheet info courtesy of Forest North Stingrays.