Helpful Meet Information
Meets are a very important part of being a member of Delta Aquatics
HOW TO ENTER A MEET: Click here to open directions / Go directly to Meet Signups
Types of Meets
Delta Aquatics Swim Team is a USA Swimming club, which means our swimmers get the opportunity to compete in a wide variety of meets.
USA Swimming
USA Swimming is the national governing body for swimming in the United States, which provides support and services for clubs, hosts national level championship meets and selects teams for international competitions such as the Olympic team. There are approximately 3,100 registered clubs with USA Swimming, which can range from YMCA's, health clubs, park districts, school districts, parent boards and coach-owned teams. USA Swimming is divided into 59 local swim committees (LSC's), which are grouped into four zones. The JETS are part of Illinois Swimming, which is located in the Central Zone. Illinois Swimming regulates competition within our state, including state level championship meets such as Age Group Champs and Senior Champs. The Central Zone regulates competitions such as Sectionals, Age Group Zones and the IMX Games.
Being a USA Swimming team, Delta puts our primary focus on the Illinois Swimming (ISI) championship meets and above. Our team performance goals for ISI championship meets year after year are the following:
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Chase the Dream: Have 100% team participation and demonstrate the best team spirit at the meet.
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There are no minimum time standards to compete.
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The only requirement to participate is that swimmers can not swim events that they have ISI Regional or State times in.
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Regionals: Have at least 50% of the team qualified and pack the podium with as many Top 10 and Regional Champions as possible.
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Refer to the ISI Time Standards page to view qualifying times.
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Age Group and Senior State: Have at least 25% of the team qualified and pack the podium with as many Top 10 and State Champions as possible.
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Refer to the ISI Time Standards page to view qualifying times.
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Time Trials - The purpose of time trials is to have swimmers swim competitively within their age groups, trying to swim their best possible time in each stroke, or in all the strokes that they know at that time. The times posted are used by the coaches as an initial assessment and a starting point from which the swimmer can work to improve during the season. Time trials are meets and times do count.
Time Trials is also training time for parents of new swimmers. Each parent will participate in one or more of the following functions during the course of Time Trials: timer, recorder, runner, scoreboard operator & announcer. Parents will be instructed on the “how to’s” before Time Trials begins, and then will be paired with an experienced parent during events to learn firsthand what is required in each function. This training will aid parents in fulfilling their required work obligations during the season.
Helpful Documents
How do Coaches pick my swimmer's events?
Understanding Meet Entries (Includes visual of How to Sign-up & what to write on your swimmer)
Swim Meet Checklist (print this to help you pack for meets!)
First meet of the season expectations
8 Reasons why all age group swimmers should swim meets
Who does Delta compete against?
Growing Champions for Life (parent education click here)
Meet Resources
Smart Phone Applications to see what meet events your child is in:
- OnDeck Parent (shows events from this website) : Login using "Delta" as Team Alias!
- Meet Mobile (live meet data with paid subscription)
- Deck Pass (USA swimming app)
