swim meet
noun
plural swim meets
chiefly US
: a large gathering of athletes for a swimming competition
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The group also sponsors invitational high school track and swim meets.
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Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2024
Between dance competitions, swim meets, soccer games, celebrations, fundraisers, and the usual doctor and orthodontist appointments (plus planning for summer camp—already!), only a few days are activity-free in the weeks to come.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 2 Apr. 2024
Swimmers can select from a range of vision corrections (-1.5 to -8) to ensure optimal viewing while swimming laps or competing in a swim meet.
—Ambrosia V. Brody, Parents, 14 Mar. 2024
This reached a boiling point at a swim meet in November, when the swimmer’s mom, who has taken over duties as his full-time coach, briefly turned away from her son on the pool deck.
—Eddie Pells, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2024
Most weekends, my husband and I find ourselves on the sidelines of a swim meet.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 3 Oct. 2023
Sarah visited the campus from a young age, watching her brother compete in swim meets at the school, eating at Laura’s favorite restaurants from college and walking around the campus, just as her mother did in middle school.
—Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
There are swim meets and dinners and school events.
—Alix Strauss, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2023
Dalton Sousa, a former collegiate swimmer at Roger Williams University, posed for a photo with his parents at a college swim meet.
—Maggie Scales, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2023
Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2024
Between dance competitions, swim meets, soccer games, celebrations, fundraisers, and the usual doctor and orthodontist appointments (plus planning for summer camp—already!), only a few days are activity-free in the weeks to come.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 2 Apr. 2024
Swimmers can select from a range of vision corrections (-1.5 to -8) to ensure optimal viewing while swimming laps or competing in a swim meet.
—Ambrosia V. Brody, Parents, 14 Mar. 2024
This reached a boiling point at a swim meet in November, when the swimmer’s mom, who has taken over duties as his full-time coach, briefly turned away from her son on the pool deck.
—Eddie Pells, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2024
Most weekends, my husband and I find ourselves on the sidelines of a swim meet.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 3 Oct. 2023
Sarah visited the campus from a young age, watching her brother compete in swim meets at the school, eating at Laura’s favorite restaurants from college and walking around the campus, just as her mother did in middle school.
—Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
There are swim meets and dinners and school events.
—Alix Strauss, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2023
Dalton Sousa, a former collegiate swimmer at Roger Williams University, posed for a photo with his parents at a college swim meet.
—Maggie Scales, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2023
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