Prelims and Finals
Prelims are held Monday
through Thursday the last week of the season, and are organized by age group.
Finals are held on the last Saturday of the season. See schedule below for date
and pool locations.
It is a league requirement
that a swimmer must swim in at least 10 practices and swim in at least 2 meets
to participate in Prelims.
Preliminary Schedule,
organized by age:
Be prepared! Preliminaries
are DAY LONG EVENTS! Bring any items you would normally bring to
a meet. Warm-ups start between 6:30-7am and the events can last well into the
afternoon. At prelims, the host team provides a concession stand. RMSL sells
T-shirts with a new design every year at each prelim and at finals. Events that
each swimmer is in will be posted at Franklin the week before the Prelims. The
team and coaches count on all the swimmers to be there for the events in which
they are entered. Swimmers may not leave the pool area unless they inform
one of their coaches. This is extremely important, especially for
relays. Whole relay teams in the past have had to scratch because one swimmer
left!
At Prelims, the top 16
finishers, along with 2 alternates (places 17 & 18) in each event will qualify
to swim at the Finals for that event. No points are awarded for Prelims.
Alternates should also attend Finals and be prepared to swim.
Some swimmers will qualify
for a relay but no individual events. It is important that relay swimmers
attend finals if their relay qualifies. If one swimmer doesn’t show up, that
relay team can’t swim!
At Finals, points are
awarded to all 16 places. Total points determine the 1st, 2nd
and 3rd teams in each division and those teams receive trophies.
Trophies are also awarded for each gender / age group based on points earned.