A few explanations from the Swim Team Swimmer & Parent Manual:

Championships

This is a two-day meet that marks the end of the season. Each of the six SICSA clubs may enter three swimmers in each event. There are no exhibition entries. Preliminaries are held on Friday, August 4. The swimmers who qualify in the top twelve positions and all of our relays will swim in the championships held on Saturday, August 5. This meet is often called “The Finals.” Friday's prelims usually end around 4:30/5:00. While Saturday's finals conclude around the same time, the after party will last the rest of the night. Individual entries for this meet are submitted the Monday before the meet (July 31).

Every year the SICSA Championships are hosted by one of the six member clubs on a six year rotation. After the finals on Saturday, the host club provides a dinner dance for all the participants and their parents. This year’s Championship Meet will be hosted by Birmingham CC on August 4 and 5. This year’s theme is BIG 6 SICSA Championships. BOH hosts this exciting event in 2025.

Relays swim on Saturday. Relay entries are not due until after the Preliminaries are completed Friday, August 5. Swims during the first day of the Championships might impact who is swimming in a relay or who is swimming what stroke in a medley relay. Our relay entries will be posted online a couple of hours after Friday’s preliminaries are completed.

“B” Championships

The “B” Championships is a consolation meet for all swimmers who are not swimming in the Championships. All swimmers can swim in dual meets because of the exhibition heats and multiple relay entries. The meet is held the Sunday prior to the Championships. This year MCC hosts the meet in the morning on Sunday, July 30.

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Monday, July 24:

The Finals Line Up is expected to be completed by Wednesday. Some of our age groups are very competitive and we will no doubt have some swimmers disappointed that they are not in the Finals. For that reason we will be releasing the Finals roster via email Wednesday rather than share it at a practice. Please remember that the entries are not actually due until Monday, July 31 at the Coaches’ Seed Meeting. While rare, changes have occurred between our release and the Seed Meeting. All non A Finals swimmers will be entered in the B Championships unless you declare that you are not attending that meet. B Championship swimmers’ last practice will be Saturday, July 29; however, we encourage them to attend the Fire Up Dinner and Paper Plate Awards on Wednesday, August 2.

We have a practice scheduled at BCC on Tuesday, August 1 from 1:00 - 2:30 for A Finals swimmers. A specific schedule will be developed and communicated later this week.