Swimmers need to hydrate during practice and at swim meets.
At a swim meet, your swimmer will compete with swimmers from UNAC and other clubs in his/her age group (8 and under, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15 and over).
Only STSL (Southern Tier Swim League) meets are free. These are swim meets within our league. Other swim meets we attend have swimmer costs associated with them.
To register for the meet, log in to your Commit account at commitswimming.com. Click the Meet tab on the left and select the meet you want to register for. Once you commit your swimmer to the meet, the events your swimmer is eligible to swim will be shown, and you will be able to pick the events your swimmer wants to swim. The number of events is determined by the club hosting the meet. This is a competitive swim club. Swimmers are expected to participate in swim meets. Newer swimmers might not be ready for a swim meet. Please ask your swimmer’s coach if they feel he/she is ready.
Swim meets take a tremendous amount of work to be successful. We do not pay people to help us plan a swim meet or staff the swim meet. Everything that needs to be done at a swim meet hosted by UNAC is done with the active participation of parents. Our goal is to have every parent eventually rotated through to every position. If you are assigned a role, you need to make arrangements to be able to fulfill that role. As with any other sport, active participation by parents is required for UNAC. We do not hold fundraisers (ie. magazine sales, pasta dinner, etc). The bigger meets are our fundraisers! We are in need of participation for a few hours to staff the meet. It is a very rewarding experience!
Every swimmer needs to participate in warm ups before the swim meet starts. Your swimmer needs to be in the pool, ready for warm ups, at the time listed. The swimmers practice as a team. The coaches are focused on their entire team during warm ups.
The officials saw a mistake on the part of your swimmer. You should ask the coach to get specifics on the disqualification. Remember, a DQ is a learning experience!
Your swimmer may have won his/her individual heat, but another swimmer in a different heat may have had a lower time. The final results for a specific event (e.g. 13-14 girls’ 100 yard breaststroke) are compiled based upon the fastest times for all swimmers in that event. A personal best time is what we are striving for!
You should keep track of how your swimmer is doing at swim meets. You can make up a spreadsheet, keep a log book, get the MeetMobile app, look in Commit, look at swimcloud.com, etc. These are great ways to track swim times for the events they participate in. Swim meets are a true test of swimmers’ performance improvements.
UNAC will have a team store set up through Swim Outlet to order team apparel, suits, and parkas. More information coming.
Swimmers will get his/her UNAC swim cap at the first meet he/she participates in for UNAC. These caps are to be worn ONLY at swim meets. Do not wear them to practice. Parents need to supply swim caps for practice.