SO WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEETS ALL ABOUT?

YMCA DUAL MEET    DUAL MEETS ARE ONE DAY MEETS WITH TWO TEAMS COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER.  ALL LEVELS SWIM AND COACHES DETERMINE THE EVENT THE CHILD WILL PARTICIPATE IN.  WE TYPICALLY HAVE 6 DUAL MEETS A SEASON - 3 AT HOME AND 3 AWAY.  SWIMMERS MUST COMPETE IN AT LEAST 3 TO QUALIFY FOR SENECY.  THEY USUALLY LAST ROUGHLY 4 HOURS DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE TEAMS.

SPECIALTY MEETS - SUCH AS THE FREESTYLE FRENZY, PENTATHALON AND VARIOUS DISTANCE MEETS CAN LAST FOR 1 OR MORE DAYS.  THEY OFFER A NICE CHANGE BECAUSE THE FORMAT IS DIFFERENT THAN A DUAL MEET.  EXAMPLE - FREESTYLE FRENZY IS ALL ABOUT FREESTYLE.  EACH CHILD SWIMS ALL LENGTHS - 50, 100, ETC., AND THE SWIMMER WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF CUMULATIVE TIME WINS. 

USA MEETS - THESE ARE  WITHIN THE REALM OF USA SWIMMING, NOT YMCA,  AND OFFER USA MEMBERS A DIFFERENT, OFTEN MORE COMPETITIVE, LEVEL OF SWIMMING.   SWIMMERS COMPETE AS INDIVIDUALS AS OPPOSED TO DUAL MEETS WHERE WE SWIM AS A TEAM. 

SENECY  MEET- SOUTH EAST NEW ENGLAND CLUSTER YMCA
THIS IS OUR LAST HURRAH FOR THE YMCA DUAL MEET SEASON.  WE SWIM AGAINST ALL THE TEAMS THAT ARE IN OUR DIVISION AT THE SENECY MEET.  LAST YEAR WE PLACED 3RD OVERALL - OUR BEST FINISH YET.

Y NATIONALS - CUT TIMES HAVE TO BE MET TO QUALIFY FOR THIS MEET HELD IN FLORIDA FOR SHORT COURSE SEASON, AND MARYLAND FOR LONG COURSE.  SWIMMERS FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES, THAT HAVE QUALIFIED, COMPETE IN THIS MEET.  LAST YEAR, THE MAKOS SENT 6 KIDS TO SPRING NATIONALS TO REPRESENT OUT TEAM.

SHORT COURSE - THIS SEASON RUNS FROM OCTOBER TO APRIL.  ALL EVENTS ARE IN LENGTHS MEASURED BY YARDS.
LONG COURSE  - RUNS THROUGH THE SUMMER AND EVENTS ARE MEASURED IN METERS.