What Are Extra Meets?
Each of the three teams - Boys, Girls, Coed - swims between 6 and 8 dual meets against other Y teams. These are required meets, and every swimmer is expected to attend unless they have a good reason not to. (If you cannot attend a dual meet, you must notify your coach so he/she can create the meet sheets accordingly. Failure to notify your coach will cause you to be suspended from swimming in the next meet.)
In addition to these dual meets, we swim a number of "extra meets" every season. The biggest of these are Fall Festival, Holiday Classic, and Winterfest. Regardless of size, however, we encourage you to swim in as many extra meets as you can.
In addition to the above meets, swimmers should also swim at the YMCA championship meets. These meets are held in February and March, after the dual meet season has ended. There are four levels of competition, and every swimmer will qualify for at least one of these meets. They are 8/under championships, Bronze championships, Silver championships, and the NJ State YMCA (Gold) championships.
Finally, there are the YWCA Junior/Senior National Championships (Nationals), which are held in early April in Charlotte, NC. Any swimmer that qualifies for at least one event at this meet is eligible to attend, and may then swim up to 6 events there. Nationals isn't really considered an "extra meet" as far as the information below is concerned, however. As you can imagine, a 4 day trip to North Carolina is a bit more involved that driving to a nearby pool, swimming, and going home. Therefore, we have a separate web page devoted just to Nationals.
Entering Extra Meets
Entering extra meets consists of two steps: First completing the entry form; and then paying for the events. While your dues cover the costs of the required dual meets, the optional extra meets are an additional expense. With the large number of swimmers participating in extra meets, it has become too difficult for us to let the children swim now and pay later. Therefore, swimmers will not be entered into any meets without prior payment.
The easiest way to enter an extra meet is to fill out this form on the web site. Continue until you click the Submit Form button, and the entry will be emailed to Chris Hochman, with a cc: coming back to you as confirmation. Then, write a check out to "RVY" and give it to either Chris or coach Mike. Chris will then enter you into that meet. If you prefer, you may print the form from the web site and hand it in with payment, but we find that the electronically submitted form is more accurate, and therefore preferred.
Information On Extra Meets
Information on extra meets are at the links below. Most extra meets have qualifying times that must be met. If there are qualifying times for a given meet, they will be listed in these documents. To see if you qualify for an event, check your best times here.
Fall Festival (Oct 28-29)
Meet InformationPeddie Thanksgiving Classic (Nov 19)
Meet InformationGo For The Gold (Nov 19)
Meet InformationFirst Frost (Dec 3)
Meet InformationHoliday Classic (Dec 8-10)
Meet InformationWinterfest (Jan 6-7)
Meet InformationPool Assignments
Warmup Assignments
Timing Assignments
Distance Entries
Stingray Splash (Jan 14)
Meet InformationTiming Assignments
Officials
YMCA 8/Under Championships (Feb 4)
Misc Championship Meet InformationMeet Information (including events)
Meet Entries
Timing Assignments
YMCA Bronze Championships (Feb 10-11)
Misc Championship Meet InformationMeet Information (including QT)
Meet Entries
Timing Assignments
YMCA Silver Championships (Feb 17-18)
Misc Championship Meet InformationMeet Information (including events)
Meet Timeline
Qualifying Times
Hotel Information
Eligibility Report
Meet Entries
Timing Assignments
YMCA State Championships (Mar 9-11)
Misc Championship Meet InformationMeet Schedule and Overview
Order of Events
Qualifying Times
Hotel Information
Eligibility Report
Meet Entries
Timing Assignments
Warmups