How do championships work?
Every athlete will attend at least one championship. Which championships you attend is determined by how fast you swim. Each championship beyond the first, “A” Championship, requires certain cuts, or time standards. The faster you swim, the more championships you can attend! The first championship, which has historically been called “A” Championships is the meet that all swimmers, including new swimmers will attend. It has a preliminary session and the top 16 swimmers will swim in finals at night. This is also the only championship where the faster swimmers do not swim. If you have more than 6 “AA” cuts, you do not swim at the “A” Championships. “AA” Championships, held at Miami University, is the goal meet of the season. We would like all our athletes to qualify to swim at these Championships. They are also a prelim/finals format. ALL athletes who qualify swim at this meet, including National swimmers. Zones is the next level meet. It is for swimmers from 5 states who have qualified b
