• June 1: Time trials
• June 8: Dual Meet 1: Home vs. Trump National
• June 15: Dual Meet 2: Away vs. River Bend Country Club
• June 22: Dual Meet 3: Home vs. Mount Vernon Yacht Club
• June 23: Blue Division Relay Carnival at River Bend Country Club
• June 29: Dual Meet 4: Home vs. International Country Club
• (Note: no meet the week of July 6)
• July 13: Dual Meet 5: Away vs. Country Club of Fairfax
• July 14: End of Season Banquet
• July 20: All Star Prelims (invite only)
• July 21: All Star Finals (qualifiers only)

We want everyone to really strive to be a big part of the team, the more you put into it the more you get out of it. Just like any other sport, it is important to stay until the end. We put as many swimmers as we possibly can in events and relays through the end of the meet because we want to represent ourselves as good as possible and we want people staying until the end of the meet. It’s important that we shake hands after the meet and we do it as a team, even if they only have a couple of swimmers, we do things right every time.  

Think about your other sports, would you leave your sport when your minutes are done? If you were playing baseball and were pitching and got pulled out halfway through the game, would you leave and not finish the game? If you were in a basketball game and were playing the 1st and 3rd quarters, would you leave the bench and go home after you get taken out? We understand you all have a lot going on but we really want this to be important and want you to stay until the end, especially if you are slated to swim a relay. Please look at the relays and see if you are on one, we try and get as many swimmers as possible in the relays. When you can’t do a relay, or miss one, that does affect other swimmers that are planning on doing them. 

Meet Entries Based on Team Need

Westwood Whirlwinds are part of the Dominion Country Club League, which is divided into the White and Blue Divisions. We are in the Blue Division. Unlike NVSL, all our swim team members compete in our Saturday swim meets, regardless of their ability. We have unlimited entries for freestyle and backstroke (six entries for breaststroke, fly, and IM). We have to prioritize the needs of the team over individual preferences.

This means:

•  Meet entries are set to represent the best team we can put together every week.  
•  We spend a lot of time trying to move swimmers around and figure out what is best for the team. When setting the lineup, we look at a lot of different variables. We try and get as many swimmers as possible in the meet and in events we know they like, but at the end of the day we have to do what is best for the team and our scoring.  
•  We will not look at preferences for these meets, and while doing entries, it is way too much to balance trying to please everyone (we have 200 swimmers) while also following the entry rules set forth by the DCCL.  
•  Swimmers may swim 4 events (which is a LOT) and 2 relays. We ONLY get 2 heats of entries for breaststroke, butterfly, and IM events. If your swimmer is not one of the stronger swimmers in these events, we may not be able to get them to swim it.  

How we determine who swims in breast, fly, IM

•  Times are the first thing, but not the only thing we look at.  
•  We pay attention to who is the most legal, who does the details right, and who is swimming faster in practice. We have conversations with the coaches each week and daily about who is standing out in these events. Not everyone gets an opportunity the first week and people do improve, so we do have to pick based on feel sometimes and can’t go strictly on times for these events.  
•  We try to get as many swimmers as possible for these events and give everyone an opportunity to swim the events they like, but we have to be mindful of many factors.  

All Stars is the exception

 All Stars is the meet that is not scored and is ALL individual. If you qualify for all stars, YOU choose your events. The eligible swimmers that are the fastest get first pick and we don’t look at team scores for this meet.