Computers
Meet Changes & Scratches
We strictly enforce an entry deadline for swim meets because it takes time and effort to coordinate between teams and build the actual meet. Even longer since most of us are volunteers!
With that said, if your plans change we like to know as soon as possible so we can update the meet files, coordinate with the age group parent, and make relays work.
Scratches - drop from the meet - can be processed any time after the meet is closed up until 30 minutes prior to the meet. If you signed up and you know your kiddo isn't swimming please let us know! Kids get sick, things come up, etc. It is easy to scratch someone from an individual event. Relays are not always easy or possible to change. If you are in doubt if your kiddo will make it, please opt-out of relays. It saves us all time and frustrated kids. Scratching a relay affects 3 other kids.
Deck Entries - add to the meet - In some cases, we can add kids to the meet that didn't sign up. If there is a free lane in the desired event. If the other team hasn't already taken it. If you are following the entry limits. If we have time to process the change without messing up the rest of the meet. Please ask. Our goal is to get every kid that wants to swim, to be able to swim. It is just easier if everyone signs up by the deadline.
Event Results
The Computers Teams try to post a paper copy of event results at the meets shortly after each stroke concludes. These results are posted in a display case near the entrance to the pools.
Want your event results in real time? Download the Swimtopia or Meet Mobile (depending on meet host software used) application for your smartphone and have the results as soon as they're entered into the computer system. To find our meet, simply search "Austin" and select the appropriate meet. Add your swimmers as favorites, and Meet Mobile notifies you when their times are posted. Be aware that we do not have WiFi at the AHSLPools, so you will need to use your 4G/cell connection to download data and may incur charges depending on your plan.
For live results there may be a subscription fee. It is available on a monthly or annual basis. The swim team is not affiliated with either swimtopia or meet mobile and gets none of the subscription money.
Note: The official meet results will not be posted until shortly after the meet concludes. Official results may differ from results posted at the pool, or on Meet Mobile due to disqualifications. Meet Mobile is available on a best effort basis. If we have problems at the meet and are unable to publish the results for any reason, the posted results will always be available.
Seed Times & Special Meets
We have carried over seed (previous swim) times from 2025 and plan to use those times for the first few meets. Using seed times allows us to place swimmers of similar abilities in the same heat. This makes for a faster meet and encourages our swimmers to rise to the level of their competition.
There are three special meets in regard to seed times:
Intrasquad - The intrasquad meet is for practice and is unofficial. It is for us to remember how to run a swim meet again for the new season. It is unofficial because there isn't another team to witness that we followed all the proper processes.
Medal Meet - The medal meet is one of the most fun for the swimmers. Instead of ribbons they get medals to reward their progress. The most important rule to understand for this meet is that a swimmer MUST have an existing time in an event to swim in that event at the medal meet. The time MUST come from a CURRENT YEAR sanctioned meet (not the intrasquad meet). If your swimmer is planning on trying all the strokes this year, they need to do so BEFORE this meet.
CHAMPS Meet - (2024)This is our first combined all athletes invited medal & championship meet for the Austin Hills Swim League. The meet will be held at the Round Rock Aquatics Center. It will be conducted in an 8 lane, 25 yard pool with TimeDrops timing system & LED scoreboard. Swimmers must have achieved valid times in official AHSL dual or tri meets (no NTs). Times from Intrasquad meets or time trials will not be considered for qualification purposes.
In addition to having valid times, swimmers must have participated (“splashed”) in a minimum of two official meets during the current season to be eligible for competition. Rained out official meets, if applicable, will count as a “splash”.
Why are times different between meets?
If you have ever noticed that the seed times are different on the meet program or results at different meets, here is why! The system we use automatically converts swimmers' times between the various pool lengths. In swimming there are 3 courses depending on the pool length:
SCM - Short Course Meters (25 Meter pool)
SCY - Short Course Yards (25 Yard pool)
LCM - Long Course Meters (50 Meter pool)
The River Place CC pool is SCM, or 25 Meters. Many of the away pools are SCY (see list on the league website), which will appear to have faster times because of the shorter length pool. In many cases, you will see a * next to a time that has been automatically converted.
