You must mark your swimmer to reflect which event, heat, lane, and relay they are racing. This is used to help remind the swimmer of their events and Shepherds (age group) tent or ready bench volunteers. Use the Heat Sheet to find and highlight your child's events.

Mark the arm as illustrated below in the picture in the order of Event/Heat/Lane/Relay Leg. Write on clean dry skin with no sunscreen.

Marking up your Swimmer

• Meet events are standard for most in season meets. An event might be eliminated due to time constraints.
• Find your child’s race information on the Event Reports/Heat Sheets.
• Label your swimmers with a black sharpie with their race details.
• On their forearm, mark their event information: (See further below for Stroke labels)

(E = event, H = heat, L = lane)
For relays, add a slash followed by the position on the relay after the lane# (1, 2, 3 or 4)