Brentwood Gators

Meet Progression by Stroke order:

1. Individual Medley, called IM: Events 1-8: one swimmer swims all four strokes
   1. Butterfly
   2. Back
   3. Breast
   4. Freestyle
2. Freestyle: Events 9-20
3. Back: Events 21-32
4. Free Relays: Events 33-44: teams of four race together, all swimming free style
5. Breast: Events 45-56
6. Fly: Events 57- 68
7. Team Medley, called Medley: Events 69-78: teams of four with each swimmer doing one of the four strokes. (Stroke order is alphabetical)
   1. Back
   2. Breast
   3. Butterfly
   4. Freestyle

Scoring and Awards:

Only the top heat receives points toward the team score

• 1st place 5 points
• 2nd place 3 points
• 3rd place 1 point
• Ribbons are awarded for each heat

Entry limitations per swimmers:

Each swimmer may participate in up to 5 events per meet (three individual and two relays) Younger swimmers may only swim in 1-2 events.

Who is chosen to swim the relays?

This is data driven. The top four times as documented prior to the meet, aka "seed times." This is why the Gator meet matters.

Which races will my kids swim?

• This is up to the coaches, you can state interests in a stroke but the coaches decide.
• Being able to swim without getting disqualified is called having a legal stroke.
• Ideally, your swimmer is legal and then entered into a race, sometimes we are growing in our skills and give it our best shot.

Fun fact: you cannot be disqualified from freestyle. It is truly "free" style. The years have taught us the most efficient way to do it, but any movement is welcome and no one is disqualified.