Hunt Valley Swim & Dive Team

• NVSL is the largest summer swim league in the nation with over 10,000 swimmers across 102 teams. NVSL webpage can be accessed here.
• Teams are ranked based on performance from the previous year and assigned to one of the 17 six-team divisions.
• Teams in each division compete in dual Saturday morning meets over 5 weeks, from late June through July.
• Hunt Valley swimmers race to score points for our team against the opposing pool.

Scoring

• Each meet includes 40 individual events and 12 relays.
• Individual events include freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly, divided into 5 age groups of boys and girls: 8&Under, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-18.
• How Points Work:
  
  • Individual Events:
    • 1st place = 5 points
    • 2nd place = 3 points
    • 3rd place = 1 point

Relays

• There are age-group relays and 1 mixed-age relays for boys and girls for a total of 12 relay events. 
• Relay Events Scoring:
  • Only the winning relay scores points (5 points)

Note: There are no Individual Medley (IM) events at a Saturday Meet. 

Swimmer Selection:

• Coaches select swimmers based on the fastest times in each stroke.
• Swimmers may swim up to two individual events plus relays.

Swimmer Selections for Saturday Meets

• Selection Criteria:
  • Coaches select swimmers based on fastest times and other strategic factors, such as expected competition.
  • Selections are finalized by Thursday morning and announced to swimmers and parents.
• Important:
  • If your swimmer cannot attend a meet, please declare their unavailability as soon as possible, even if they haven’t swum in a Saturday meet before.
  • Declarations can be made through Swimtopia by utilizing the calendar link. 

Divisionals 

A divisional meet in the Northern Virginia Swimming League (NVSL) is a special end-of-season competition where all six teams in a division compete against each other in a single meet. Unlike the regular Saturday dual meets, where two teams face off, the divisional meet includes all the teams in the division, making it a larger and more competitive event.

Individual All Stars

Individual swimmers qualify for All+Stars by swimming one of the top 18 fastest times in their event and age group at Divisionals, NVSL-wide.