Swim meet guides
Plain-English answers to the questions every club, school and parent runs into around a swim meet or carnival, written by people who time them.
How to run a swim meet
A full checklist for organising a swim meet from first planning meeting to pack-up.
Read the guideHow to run a school swimming carnival
A step-by-step checklist and run sheet for a school swimming carnival.
Read the guideSwim meet volunteer roles
Every volunteer job at a swim meet explained: marshal, timekeeper, recorder and more.
Read the guideSwimming timekeeper duties
How to time a swimming race properly, and how many timekeepers you need per lane.
Read the guideHand timing vs electronic timing
How hand timing compares to touchpads on accuracy, and what the 0.24 s conversion actually is.
Read the guideHeats and seeding explained
How swim meet heats are seeded, how lanes are assigned, and how to read a heat sheet.
Read the guideClub night run sheet
A copyable, time-stamped template for running a swim club night from setup to pack-up.
Read the guideSwim meet announcer script
Ready-to-use announcer lines for welcome, marshalling, events, relays and results.
Read the guideSwimming DQ reasons
Disqualification rules by stroke, with rule numbers, false starts and relay takeovers.
Read the guideMedley relay order
Medley relay order vs individual medley order, with takeover rules and a simple visual.
Read the guideSwim meet for parents
What happens at a swim meet, what to pack, and how to read results and PBs.
Read the guideLooking for a calculator instead of a read? See the free swim meet tools, including a time converter, a house points calculator and an age champion calculator.
Read the guide, then run the night on phones.
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