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There is no max-- though you only really need ~40 for a meet. So this many kids means either half the team doing nothing or faster kids getting fewer events to let slower kids do something. Both options suck. [/quote]

Can someone elaborate on that ~40 number? Is that boys/girls and dive? I’m new to HS swim and new to HS meets.  I have a freshman that made the team but is likely one of the slower swimmers. I’m wondering if they have a chance to swim at meets. Team has 60ish swimmers total.  [/quote]

High school meets consist of 8 individual swim events for both boys and girls + 3 relays for each + diving.  In dual meets and districts, each team can enter 4 swimmers per individual event.  If each kid swims 2 individual events, which is the limit, and up to 2 relays you need 32 swimmers (16 boys, 16 girls) to fill a meet.  If some kids specialize in a single event or as a coach you want to get more kids involved in those 4th seed slots, then you start adding one-event swimmers which pushes 32 closer to 40.

Beyond Districts, swimmers have to qualify via District Finals or Region Finals or by meeting a time standard.

See order of events for a typical high school meet here: https://www.battlefieldswimming.com/order-of-events/[/quote]

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