2023 Swim meet schedule & Swimathon

swimathon for precomp & competition team June 5

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.

Practice meet for precomp & competition team june 3

Just Gator swimmers - no other teams! 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.

Valley aquatic league meets start at 8am - End about 1pm

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, 740 age 10&Un)

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, 720 age 10&Un)

July 22 - Championships at Morgan Hill Aquatic Center. (8:00am - 2:30pm)

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!