Swimmer Qualifications
For safety reasons, TSA takes a strong stance on swimmer qualifications, especially in the 6-and-under age group. Therefore, the board has asked our coaching staff to more stringently follow these guidelines:

• Swimmers will only be able to swim a stroke in a meet if they show some proficiency during practice.
• A stroke must be “legal” to participate in a main event.

Entrance and Safety Guidelines

• 6&U must be able to swim 15 yards without holding the ropes
• 7-10 must be able to swim 25 yards
• 11-18 must be able to swim 50 yards

In order to participate in a dual meet, each swimmer must be able to swim the minimum distance stated above without assistance. Holding onto the ropes repeatedly and exhibiting inability to swim unassisted is not acceptable for safety reasons. The swimmer’s progress in practice is taken into consideration. It is at the coaches’ discretion to decide a swimmer’s eligibility to participate in a dual meet.

If you have any questions or concerns about your child’s status, please talk with the coaches. They will make every reasonable effort to help your child be ready for competition. These guidelines are established for the safety of the swimmers. Please let the coaches know about any special circumstances that may make meeting the above standard difficult.

Meet Rules

1. Swimmers may participate in individual main events for their own age group only. A swimmer’s age is determined by his or her age on June 1 of the current TSA swim season. Swimmers do not change age groups during the TSA swim season. The age groups, distances, and strokes for individual main events shall be as follows, separately for boys and girls:

1. Rope finish lines shall be established for 6 and under events. All other age groups shall swim from wall to wall, regardless of pool length.
2. Swimmers in the 6 and under age group may swim in up to 2 individual main events. Swimmers in all other age groups may swim in up to 3 individual main events.
3. There shall be a medley relay event and a free style relay event separately for boys and girls in each age group, except for 6 and under. Participation in relays shall not be included in the number of individual main events a swimmer may enter. A swimmer may participate in one medley relay event and one freestyle relay event. Each swimmer in a relay will swim the same distance as swimmers in the individual main events for the age group.
4. Events shall be swum, alternating between boys and girls and starting with the youngest boys’ age group swimming in the event, in the following order:
   • Medley Relay
   • Freestyle
   • Backstroke
   • Breaststroke
   • Butterfly
   • Freestyle Relay
5. Eagle Ridge Swim Meets will start at 6:00pm on Tuesday evenings.The inclement weather date will be the immediate following Wednesday, starting at 6:00pm, unless an alternate day can be mutually agreed upon by the two TSA representatives.