In the picture above, let’s use Laniyah as our example. (She is highlighted in yellow)
She is swimming in the Event Name “Girls 8 & Under 25 Yard Freestyle”
the “event” is #13.
The “heat” is #2
The “lane” is #6

The Event Name gives you the description of the event.

"Girls or Boys / Age Group / Distance to swim / Type of stroke being swam"

One length of the pool is measured as 25 yards (or sometimes 25 meters)

Grids for Swimmers

Now that you know how to read the heat sheet, let’s talk about how to keep your swimmer ready for their events.

This is really easy. Simply draw a grid (like a tic-tac-toe board) on your swimmers arm.
(usually with a sharpie pen) With the 3 numbers that we talked about above, we write those #’s in the grid and ta-da!!!, your swimmer now knows exactly when and where they need to be for their events.