2023 Swim meet schedule & Swimathon

We will have our 33rd annual SwimaThon and Dinner on June 5 during practice -  Funds raised will provide scholarships for families in need, equipment, insurance, team supplies, renting pools, etc.   Sponsors can be parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, neighbors, or friends. Swimmers can choose as many bonus prizes as they can earn. Awards are given for the Most Laps in each age group: 6&U, 7/8, 9/10, 11/12, 13/14, 15/18. Pledge & Prize Form will be emailed to families.

5:30-6:00pm – Ages 9&10 years  (Age on May 31) 

6:05-6:35pm – Ages 6 years & younger 

6:40-7:10pm – Ages 7&8 years 

7:15-7:45pm – Ages 11& 12 years  

7:45- 8:15pm – Ages 13& 14 years 

8:15- 8:45pm – Ages 15 to 18 years 

**Team Dinner at San Tomas Park (corner of Valerie & Fenian & SanTomas Aquino Road) Pasta in the Park, Swimathon Prizes, Games with the Coaches Sunday June 25, 5:30-7:30pm 

Last name: A through G – pasta dish and fruit                     H through O – pasta dish and salad                     P through Z – pasta dish and dessert Pasta can be hot or cold! Bring your own lawn chairs, plates, forks, knifes, napkins, beverages.  

Just Gator swimmers. Warmups 7:15am ages 11 to 18 years, warmups 7:45-7:55 ages 10& under. Races start at 8am with Event 11 (no relays!). Scroll down to see Order of Events. Swimmers will swim each event to get their base time for the season. Then swimmers can earn "improved time" awards each time they improve at the upcoming swim meets. Parents will sign up to bring 1 item to the snack bar.

June 10 - Gators at Los Ranchitos Cabana (warmups 7:25am) park on La Pradera Dr.

June 24 - Gators vs Morgan Hill Splash at MH (warmups 7:20 am ages 11&up)

July 8 - Gators vs Encore Dolphins at Valley Christian High - 100 Skyway Dr. San Jose 95111 (Gators hosting - warmups 7am 11&up, 7:20 age 10&under) 

July 15 - Gators vs Stingrays at Valley Christian High (warmups 7am -ages 11&up)

July 22 - Championships at Morgan Hill Aquatic Center.

Westgate Swim Team (Gators) is a member of Valley Aquatic League, along with 4 other swim teams that we compete against. They are Los Ranchitos Swim Team (Sharks) – 5 lane pool in Campbell, Encore Swim Team (Dolphins) – 6 lane pool at Leigh High School, Los Gatos (Stingrays) – 5 lane pool on Oka Road and the Morgan Hill Splash Aquatics, Olympic size pool at the Morgan Hill Aquatic Center.  

SWIM EVENTS For dual meets and Championships, swimmers are limited to 3 individual events, and at most 2 relays. The coaches choose the events based on how much progress a swimmer is making in different strokes, and balancing the number of swimmers in each event. The younger swimmers may not swim the same 3 events every week. The older swimmers may have established their best events with little or no fluctuation. At least one meet per season is a “swimmer’s choice” meet where the swimmer and parents can choose which individual events they would like to swim.  The Head Coach is responsible for developing the “meet sheet entries” each week and providing the event list to the director for preparing the computer entries for the following Saturday’s dual meet.  The director emails entries to the host team. The “meet sheet” is then emailed to all families and posted on our bulletin board at the Westgate Cabana Pool. How does a coach decide who is going to swim what?  The coaches try to put an equal number of swimmers in each event and almost all swimmers will do freestyle. The coaches also know which stroke a child may need more work on before competing in it so that he is not disqualified. The director and coaches keep track of best times, consistency of times, and relay split times. The Valley Aquatic League has a limit of 135 swimmers at each swim meet.  

ORDER OF EVENTS FOR VALLEY AQUATIC LEAGUE 

EVENT NUMBER     * A 7/8 year swimmer can NOT swim both the 50 free and 25 free. 

GIRLS   BOYS  AGE GROUP EVENT DESCRIPTION  

 1    2    15/18 200 yard Medley Relay

 3    4    13/14 200 yard Medley Relay 

5    6    11/12 200 yard Medley Relay

 7    8    9/10 100 yard Medley Relay 

9   10    8 & under 100 yard Medley Relay 

11   12    15/18 50 yard butterfly 

13   14    13/14 50 yard butterfly 

15   16    11/12 50 yard butterfly 

17   18     9/10 25 yard butterfly 

19  20     7/8 25 yard butterfly 

21  22    6 & under 25 yard butterfly 

23   24    15/18 50 yard backstroke 

25   26    13/14 50 yard backstroke 

27   28    11/12 50 yard backstroke 

29   30     9/10 25 yard backstroke 

31   32     7/8 25 yard backstroke 

33   34    6 & under 25 yard backstroke 

35   36     9/10 100 yard Individual Medley 

37   38     7/8 50 yard* freestyle 

39   40    11/12 100 yard Individual Medley 

41   42    13/14 100 yard Individual Medley 

43   44    15/18 100 yard Individual Medley 

45   46    6 & under 25 yard breaststroke 

47   48     7/8 25 yard breaststroke 

49   50     9/10 25 yard breaststroke 

51   52    11/12 50 yard breaststroke 

53   54    13/14 50 yard breaststroke 

55   56    15/18 50 yard breaststroke 

57   58    6 & under 25 yard freestyle 

59   60     7/8 25 yard* freestyle 

61   62     9/10 25 yard freestyle 

63   64    11/12 50 yard freestyle 

65   66    13/14 50 yard freestyle 

67   68    15/18 50 yard freestyle  

69   70    6 & under 100 yard freestyle Relay 

71   72     7/8 100 yard freestyle Relay 

73   74     9/10 100 yard freestyle Relay 

75   76    11/12 200 yard freestyle Relay 

77   78    13/14 200 yard freestyle Relay 

79   80    15/18 200 yard freestyle Relay  

See Handbook tab for SWIM MEET checklist - what to expect, what to bring!