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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]
Depending on the meet, teams can enter exhibition only swimmers. They don’t count for any points - even if their time would mean they could have placed. This gives the swimmers experience, as well as an official time to potentially move up. But this makes the meets longer, which is why it really depends on the meet and other teams. The exhibition only swimmers are considered “JV” at my son’s school, although technically they don’t have a JV. Each school and each meet is a little bit different.[/quote]

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