Meet Entry Procedure

Each swimmer will receive an e-mail from Direct Athletics. You will be given a Username and initial Password which will be identical to each other. Print the e-mail.

The Swimmer should then:

Access the Marlins’ website, www.thewoodlandsmarlins.org. Click on the Online Meet Registration button. This will take you to a site managed by Direct Athletics (www.directathletics.com).
Log in using your Username and Password in the upper left hand corner of the Home page.
You will be able to see which meets are open for entry declaration and/or editing.
Click on the appropriate meet(s) and enter no more than three (3) individual events.
Click on the Submit button. You will be able to verify your entries and either receive an e-mail to verify your entries (highly recommended) or have the ability to edit your entries. You will also be able to change your e-mail address, if necessary, at this point as well.
Log Out.

You will be able to review your entries (and subsequent Meet Results) at Team Manager Online or by using the above listed internet address (see Wednesday). This step is highly recommended!

You will also be able to see if your swimmer is scheduled to swim on a relay team. If a swimmer is scheduled to swim on a relay team and is unable/does not wish to, please notify the Meet Entry Coordinator as soon as possible. If a swimmer becomes unable to swim a relay event while at the meet, please notify the Age Group Parent so that they may find a substitute swimmer if possible.

Important Notes:

Swimmers may enter a maximum of three (3) individual events for dual meets and the Divisional Meet. Please note that only swimmers ages 13 and older may swim the 100 yard Freestyle.

No late online entries (after Monday midnight, the week of the meet) will be accepted.

There are no Saturday “on deck” entries accepted in NWAL Summer League Swimming.

Swimmers MUST have a time for any event they wish to swim. Please note this is an NWAL Rule! The purpose of Marlin Mania (Saturday, April 2, 2:00 – 6:00 pm at the WAC) is to get seed times for all events your swimmer may wish to swim at any dual meet. There is no limit to the number of individual events the swimmer may swim at Marlin Mania. However, only ages 13 and older may swim the 100 yard Freestyle.

If you are not able to participate in Marlin Mania, please notify the coaches. You will need to have a coach time the swimmer at practice using a Coach’s Swim Time Form for all events in which a swimmer wishes to participate in at a meet. If the swimmer should have a “NT” (No Time) for a chosen event, they CAN NOT swim that event for the current week’s meet. However, they may get one of the coaches to time them (using a Coach’s Swim Time Form) and enter the event for subsequent meets. The Coach’s Swim Time Form must be turned into the Meet Entry Coordinator no later than the Friday one week and one day before the meet in which the swimmer wishes to swim the event for which they received a seed time. We encourage as many swimmers as possible to participate in Marlin Mania to receive their seed times. By doing so, the amount of time that the coaches must spend timing individual swimmers rather than actual coaching at practices is minimized.

A maximum of three relay teams per relay event will be created (A, B and C) for each age group. The A and B teams are calculated based on the best swimmers’ times in a particular stroke. The C relay team will rotate the remaining swimmers through so that every effort is made to allow all those wishing to swim a relay event to do so. Please be aware that relay teams can and often do change by Saturday morning. Always check with your swimmer’s Age Group Parent for any changes to relay teams.

Please be aware that the swimmer MUST have competed in a minimum of two (2) dual meets to participate in the Divisional Meet. You also MUST have an “official” time (time recorded at a dual meet – not a Marlin Mania time) to participate in an event at the Divisional Meet. A disqualification (DQ) during a dual meet does not count as an “official” time.

If you should have any questions or comments regarding the online meet entry process or need to get your swimmer’s username and initial password, please contact the Meet Entry Coordinator.

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