There are 4 types of meets we participate in. They are:

• Time Trial/Practice Meet – The Time Trial meet is our pre-season meet where all team members will swim each of their competitive events for a time. This is your swimmer’s opportunity to obtain an official time, which is required by NWAL to participate in future meets. Additionally, it gives the swimmers and parent volunteers a practice run of an actual meet. There is no limit to the number of individual events a swimmer can swim during this meet. Relay events are not swum.
• Dual Meet – Meet where two (2) swim teams compete against one another. Dual meets make up the majority of the meets that we will compete in during the summer swim season. These meets can either be a home meet at the Huntwick pool or an away meet at the competing team’s pool.
• Divisional Meet – Meet where all 6 teams in the division compete against each other at a single meet. Swimmers must have participated in 2 dual meets in order to swim at the divisional meet. You must also have an official time (time recorded at a dual meet - not Time Trial) to participate in an event at the divisional meet. There will be only one relay team for each relay event at the divisional meet.
• Invitational Meet – Invitational meets are open to swimmers who have achieved a pre-determined qualifying time. We encourage all swimmers who qualify to participate. More information will be available regarding all invitational meets later in the season. Invitational meets are additional meets outside of our normal meet schedule. We encourage all qualifying swimmers to participate in invitational meets. The Huntwick Patriots will cover the cost of registration and fees required to participate in the meets. 

There are 80 events in a dual and divisional meet. The order of the events is as follows:

1. 10 & U 50 Freestyle
2. 100 Freestyle
3. 6 & Under Free Relay
4. Medley Relay (stroke order: Back, Breast, Fly, Free)
5. Freestyle
6. Breaststroke
7. Individual Medley (IM stroke order: Fly, Back, Breast, Free)
8. Backstroke
9. Butterfly
10. Free Relay

Events start with the youngest girls in each classification and work up through age groups alternating girls then boys for each event. The strokes and distances swam are determined by age group.