Tell me about divisionals!

[Anonymous]

So in NVSL is my child is swimming breast and fly, should I not plan to arrive at 7:30?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the first year my kid will make it to divisionals. D2 if it makes a difference.

Is it like an “A meet” where kids must stay for the entire meet?

It looks like it lasts maybe 5-6 hours, is that right?

Does it follow the usual free > back > breast > fly order?

Anything else/tips to share?

D1 here. Do NOT stay the whole meet. Too hot. This is an individual swimmer meet, so they need to be at their best. Many of us try to pick events that are both the best events for our swimmer AND are close together so we limit the time between events. You will have a warm up time (it’s small), and then two heats for each age group/gender. Certainly cheer while you’re there for your teammates, but nobody expects kids to stay out in the heat for a long time before their events. My child will likely swim fly and IM, so we won’t arrive until 10:50 am (fly warm up is 11 am for our division). 12U girls will wear kneeskins and 13+ girls will wear tech suits if they think they have a chance at ASRs. Borrow one if you don’t have one (D2 definitely wears these suits, even 8Us).

+1. Cheer while you are there, do not stay the whole meet. There are designated report times and warm up times for each stroke and they can't start the event before the designated time. This is individual effort, not team points.

[Anonymous]

Expect *roughly* (your division coordinator will send out the exact schedule):
Division Winner Trophy Presentation either before the meet or at the break between Breast and Fly
Free - 8 am warm up, 8:30 am start
Back - 9 am warm up, 9:25 am start
Breast - 10 am warm up, 10:20 am start
— 10 min break, new timers/new officials —
Fly - 11:15 am warm up, 11:35 start
IM - 12 pm warm up, 12:25 start
—- largely depends on whether the host has two pools (one for warm up/one for racing), etc.
Please volunteer in some way if your swimmer is swimming two events. Timers, marshals, stroke & turn officials, etc.

[Anonymous]

Oh dear, nightmare for my free/fly kiddo!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh dear, nightmare for my free/fly kiddo!

Leave after free and come back for fly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:D2 is NoVA. If I recall correctly, they change the order of events each year. Kids usually have a time to show up, a couple events before their event. There’s no sense is coming 3 hours before your event to warm up. It’s a long day, few stay the whole time, it typically goes into the afternoon. They have spaced out warm ups by group.

We host every year and parents are assigned a time slot too for volunteering. Parking is difficult, plan for it. There are vendors selling shirts and goggles. I would order ahead a divisional shirt unless your kid is really good and will make it every year. My DD wore hers proudly for years. There typically food for sale too.

For the event Oder I might be confused with diving divisionals. Had kids in both.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So in NVSL is my child is swimming breast and fly, should I not plan to arrive at 7:30?

No. Arrive whenever breast warm up is, probably around 10 am but check with your division lead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is the first year my kid will make it to divisionals. D2 if it makes a difference.

Is it like an “A meet” where kids must stay for the entire meet?

It looks like it lasts maybe 5-6 hours, is that right?

Does it follow the usual free > back > breast > fly order?

Anything else/tips to share?

This varies by team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the first year my kid will make it to divisionals. D2 if it makes a difference.

Is it like an “A meet” where kids must stay for the entire meet?

It looks like it lasts maybe 5-6 hours, is that right?

Does it follow the usual free > back > breast > fly order?

Anything else/tips to share?

This varies by team.

No team will require swimmers to be there longer than necessary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh dear, nightmare for my free/fly kiddo!

Leave after free and come back for fly.

Same events for my DD and that’s our plan!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh also they rotate order of strokes every year. This year it will be free back breast fly I’m. (Last year started with I’m)

Not sure if this is for D2, but in D5 our order is: Free, Back, Breast​
BREAK
2nd Half: Butterfly, IM
So may depend on division

NVSL-wide:
https://www.mynvsl.com/calendar
And discussion about different aspects of Divisionals on pages 70, 73, 74, 76, 77, 80, 81, and 85:
https://www.mynvsl.com/advertisers.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh dear, nightmare for my free/fly kiddo!

Leave after free and come back for fly.

Same events for my DD and that’s our plan!

Mind sharing how close you are to the divisional pool?

We’re about 30 minutes away which is what has me debating it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh dear, nightmare for my free/fly kiddo!

Leave after free and come back for fly.

Same events for my DD and that’s our plan!

Mind sharing how close you are to the divisional pool?

We’re about 30 minutes away which is what has me debating it!

We are just 10 minutes away from the host pool so easy for us to go back and forth between the two events.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So in NVSL is my child is swimming breast and fly, should I not plan to arrive at 7:30?

No. Arrive whenever breast warm up is, probably around 10 am but check with your division lead.

Thank you this is super helpful! Is there not a general warm up?

[Anonymous]

What kind of merch is typically available for purchase?