Anonymous
02/17/2026 17:45
Subject: Okay now educate me on VHSL states...
I am also wondering if tickets will sell out. Last year just paid at the door. My parents are probably coming but I’d rather wait until they know they are able to.
Anonymous
02/17/2026 16:10
Subject: Okay now educate me on VHSL states...
Anonymous wrote:When does the psych sheet come out?
They’re on the VHSL website now.
Anonymous
02/17/2026 06:56
Subject: Okay now educate me on VHSL states...
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I would love some info on the tickets. Do they tend to sell out? I will buy tickets for prelims now, but it seems silly to buy tickets for finals in advance. LMK if I will be out of luck if I don't get the Finals tickets now.
If your kid is on a relay team it's a pretty safe bet they'll be at finals. Teams that don't come back are usually the 6a and 6b 2nd/3rd/4th place relays.
Unless they DQ prelims, which does happen.
Thank you! NP, but was wondering about finals.
Anonymous
02/16/2026 21:48
Subject: Okay now educate me on VHSL states...
Anonymous wrote:I would love some info on the tickets. Do they tend to sell out? I will buy tickets for prelims now, but it seems silly to buy tickets for finals in advance. LMK if I will be out of luck if I don't get the Finals tickets now.
If your kid is on a relay team it's a pretty safe bet they'll be at finals. Teams that don't come back are usually the 6a and 6b 2nd/3rd/4th place relays.
Unless they DQ prelims, which does happen.
Anonymous
02/16/2026 18:13
Subject: Okay now educate me on VHSL states...
When does the psych sheet come out?
Anonymous
02/16/2026 16:19
Subject: Okay now educate me on VHSL states...
I would love some info on the tickets. Do they tend to sell out? I will buy tickets for prelims now, but it seems silly to buy tickets for finals in advance. LMK if I will be out of luck if I don't get the Finals tickets now.
Anonymous
02/15/2026 15:55
Subject: Okay now educate me on VHSL states...
Anonymous wrote:So against all odds my kid made finals tonight.
The meet is next weekend. Which districts will be swimming in it?
How many heats do the have in prelims? And how does that work since there are time cuts and top finishes in the meet. Does that mean some events have 27 and some have 16???
Do relays swim both prelims and finals???
What other odd things are there to know?
Read the meet packets on VHSL:
https://www.vhsl.org/swim-and-dive/
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-l2q0ImwLDtS0OmytK4s1X_aHSvEZb55/view
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1chgxByDdEm4u1aZx0fNdf5QZ9yEqegIg/view
Anonymous
02/15/2026 15:52
Subject: Okay now educate me on VHSL states...
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:All the schools in the state in the class determined by school size are able to be at the state meet (NoVA schools are mostly 5 and 6). For class 6, that's 4 districts so 16 relays minimum, plus any schools that had a State cut time but didn't finish in the top four.
Individual events are harder to predict because many kids have more than two State cuts. They do not fill the heats, so if all the qualifiers from Regions went, and no one with a cut who didn't swim Regionals, there would be 20 swimmers. They won't pull four more to make 24 like the would for Regionals.
A and B finals for individual; I think for relays as well, which means both prelim and final swim for everyone.
NP. What are the four districts?
https://www.vhsl.org/alignment/alignmentdistrictregion-table/
Anonymous
02/14/2026 22:50
Subject: Okay now educate me on VHSL states...
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:All the schools in the state in the class determined by school size are able to be at the state meet (NoVA schools are mostly 5 and 6). For class 6, that's 4 districts so 16 relays minimum, plus any schools that had a State cut time but didn't finish in the top four.
Individual events are harder to predict because many kids have more than two State cuts. They do not fill the heats, so if all the qualifiers from Regions went, and no one with a cut who didn't swim Regionals, there would be 20 swimmers. They won't pull four more to make 24 like the would for Regionals.
A and B finals for individual; I think for relays as well, which means both prelim and final swim for everyone.
NP. What are the four districts?
Four Regions, not Districts. 6A-D (https://www.vhsl.org/brackets/swim-and-dive/) The FFX county ones are Northern and Occoquan, I think C and D.
Anonymous
02/14/2026 22:47
Subject: Okay now educate me on VHSL states...
States relays are like individual events. Only top 16 go to finals.
And yes number of swimmers in each prelim can be an odd number due to getting in as a top 5 finisher at regionals or getting a state time cut.
And yes number of swimmers in each prelim can be an odd number due to getting in as a top 5 finisher at regionals or getting a state time cut.
Anonymous
02/14/2026 22:43
Subject: Okay now educate me on VHSL states...
Anonymous wrote:All the schools in the state in the class determined by school size are able to be at the state meet (NoVA schools are mostly 5 and 6). For class 6, that's 4 districts so 16 relays minimum, plus any schools that had a State cut time but didn't finish in the top four.
Individual events are harder to predict because many kids have more than two State cuts. They do not fill the heats, so if all the qualifiers from Regions went, and no one with a cut who didn't swim Regionals, there would be 20 swimmers. They won't pull four more to make 24 like the would for Regionals.
A and B finals for individual; I think for relays as well, which means both prelim and final swim for everyone.
NP. What are the four districts?
Anonymous
02/14/2026 22:30
Subject: Okay now educate me on VHSL states...
All the schools in the state in the class determined by school size are able to be at the state meet (NoVA schools are mostly 5 and 6). For class 6, that's 4 districts so 16 relays minimum, plus any schools that had a State cut time but didn't finish in the top four.
Individual events are harder to predict because many kids have more than two State cuts. They do not fill the heats, so if all the qualifiers from Regions went, and no one with a cut who didn't swim Regionals, there would be 20 swimmers. They won't pull four more to make 24 like the would for Regionals.
A and B finals for individual; I think for relays as well, which means both prelim and final swim for everyone.
Individual events are harder to predict because many kids have more than two State cuts. They do not fill the heats, so if all the qualifiers from Regions went, and no one with a cut who didn't swim Regionals, there would be 20 swimmers. They won't pull four more to make 24 like the would for Regionals.
A and B finals for individual; I think for relays as well, which means both prelim and final swim for everyone.
Anonymous
02/14/2026 22:08
Subject: Okay now educate me on VHSL states...
So against all odds my kid made finals tonight.
The meet is next weekend. Which districts will be swimming in it?
How many heats do the have in prelims? And how does that work since there are time cuts and top finishes in the meet. Does that mean some events have 27 and some have 16???
Do relays swim both prelims and finals???
What other odd things are there to know?
The meet is next weekend. Which districts will be swimming in it?
How many heats do the have in prelims? And how does that work since there are time cuts and top finishes in the meet. Does that mean some events have 27 and some have 16???
Do relays swim both prelims and finals???
What other odd things are there to know?